1955 SANFL season

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1955 SANFL season
Teams10
Premiers Port Adelaide
16th premiership
Minor premiers Port Adelaide
25th minor premiership
Magarey Medallist Lindsay Head
West Torrens
Ken Farmer Medallist Paul Caust
Sturt (57 Goals)
Attendance
Matches played72
Total attendance813,560 (11,299 per match)
Highest44,826 (Grand Final, Port Adelaide vs. Norwood)
  1954
1956  

The 1955 South Australian National Football League season was the 76th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.

Contents

Ladder

1955 SANFL Ladder
PosTeamPldWLDPFPAPPPts
1 Port Adelaide (P)1713401545117256.8626
2 Norwood 1711511457118455.1723
3 West Torrens 179711412122653.5319
4 Sturt 179801315125351.2118
5 North Adelaide 179801309131249.9418
6 Glenelg 1771001355150347.4114
7 West Adelaide 1771001413161246.7114
8 South Adelaide 172150966151039.014
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Finals

Grand Final

1955 SANFL Grand Final
Saturday 1 October
(2:10 pm)
Port Adelaide def. Norwood Adelaide Oval (crowd: 44,826) Report
4.2 (26)
5.5 (35)
7.6 (48)
 15.11 (101)
Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final
0.1 (1)
3.5 (23)
4.7 (31)
 5.8 (38)

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References

  1. "Australian Football – SANFL Premiership season – Season 1955". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2015.