1954 SANFL season

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1954 SANFL season
Teams8
Premiers Port Adelaide
15th premiership
Minor premiers Port Adelaide
24th minor premiership
Magarey Medallist Len Fitzgerald
Sturt
Ken Farmer Medallist William McKenzie
North Adelaide (67 Goals)
Attendance
Matches played76
Total attendance783,030 (10,303 per match)
Highest42,895 (Grand Final, Port Adelaide vs. West Adelaide)
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The 1954 South Australian National Football League season was the 75th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.

Contents

Minor round

Round 1

 
Saturday, 24 April (2:10pm) Glenelg 7.10 (52)def. by Norwood 12.12 (84) Glenelg Oval (crowd: 9,300) [1]
Saturday, 24 April (2:10pm) North Adelaide 10.8 (68)def. by West Adelaide 10.11 (71) Prospect Oval (crowd: 8,000) [2]
Saturday, 24 April (2:10pm) Sturt 4.7 (31)def. by South Adelaide 11.13 (79) Unley Oval (crowd: 5,500) [3]
Monday, 26 April (2:10pm) Port Adelaide 11.11 (77)def. West Torrens 10.8 (68) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 28,000) [4] [5]

Ladder

1954 SANFL Ladder
PosTeamPldWLDPFPAPPPts
1 Port Adelaide (P)1815301720117059.5230
2 West Adelaide 1813501559142552.2526
3 West Torrens 1810801412137750.6320
4 Norwood 189901467139351.2918
5 North Adelaide 1881001395138950.1116
6 Sturt 1881001415159946.9516
7 South Adelaide 1851301135144044.0810
8 Glenelg 1841401364167444.908
Source: [6]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Finals

Grand Final

1954 SANFL Grand Final
Saturday 2 October
(2:10 pm)		 Port Adelaide def. West Adelaide Adelaide Oval (crowd: 42,895) Report
2.4 (16)
3.6 (24)
9.10 (64)
11.13 (79)		Q1
Q2
Q3
Final		7.7 (49)
7.7 (49)
9.12 (66)
10.16 (76)

References

  1. ↑ "South Whips Sturt In Sound Opening". The Advertiser . Adelaide. 26 April 1954. p. 7. Retrieved 12 November 2015– via National Library of Australia.
  2. ↑ "South Whips Sturt In Sound Opening". The Advertiser . Adelaide. 26 April 1954. p. 7. Retrieved 12 November 2015– via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ "South Whips Sturt In Sound Opening". The Advertiser . Adelaide. 26 April 1954. p. 7. Retrieved 12 November 2015– via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ "PORT-TORRENS IN EVEN FIGHT". The News . Adelaide. 26 April 1954. p. 22. Retrieved 12 November 2015– via National Library of Australia.
  5. ↑ "Second Half Turns Tide For". The Advertiser . Adelaide. 27 April 1954. p. 11. Retrieved 12 November 2015– via National Library of Australia.
  6. ↑ "Australian Football – SANFL Premiership season – Season 1954". australianfootball.com. Archived from the original on 31 October 2015. Retrieved 12 November 2015.


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