1958 SANFL season

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1958 SANFL season
Teams8
Premiers Port Adelaide
19th premiership
Minor premiers North Adelaide
8th minor premiership
Magarey Medallist Lindsay Head
West Torrens
Ken Farmer Medallist Rex Johns
Port Adelaide (55 Goals)
Attendance
Matches played76
Total attendance848,093 (11,159 per match)
Highest54,282 (Grand Final, Port Adelaide vs. West Adelaide)
  1957
1959  

The 1958 South Australian National Football League season was the 79th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.

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Ladder

1958 SANFL Ladder
PosTeamPldWLDPFPAPPPts
1 North Adelaide 1815301705126457.4330
2 West Adelaide 1815301806137456.7930
3 Port Adelaide (P)1813501754120359.3226
4 Norwood 1871011389155947.1215
5 West Torrens 1871011400158146.9615
6 South Adelaide 1861111255153145.0513
7 Glenelg 1851301357166144.9610
8 Sturt 1821511360185342.335
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Grand final

1958 SANFL Grand Final
Saturday, 27 September
(2:10 pm)
West Adelaide def. by Port Adelaide Adelaide Oval (crowd: 54,282) [2]
3.0 (18)
8.3 (51)
13.6 (84)
 14.8 (92)
Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final
4.3 (27)
7.5 (47)
11.8 (74)
 14.10 (94)

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References

  1. "Australian Football – SANFL Premiership season – Season 1958". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  2. "Australian Football – SANFL Premiership season – Season 1958". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2015.