1959 SANFL season

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1959 SANFL season
Teams10
Premiers Port Adelaide
20th premiership
Minor premiers Port Adelaide
28th minor premiership
Magarey Medallist Len Fitzgerald
Sturt
Ken Farmer Medallist Wally Dittmar
Port Adelaide (74 goals)
Attendance
Matches played76
Total attendance863,466 (11,361 per match)
Highest48,884 (Grand Final, Port Adelaide vs. West Adelaide)
  1958
1960  

The 1959 South Australian National Football League season was the 80th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.

Contents

By winning the 1959 SANFL Grand Final, Port Adelaide set the Australian record of six consecutive Grand Final victories in a top level state competition when it defeated West Adelaide by 10 points.

Ladder

1959 SANFL Ladder
PosTeamPldWLDPFPAPPPts
1 Port Adelaide (P)1817101935121361.4734
2 West Adelaide 1812601864133558.2724
3 Sturt 1810801798166351.9520
4 Glenelg 1810801709173849.5820
5 West Torrens 189901528152550.0518
6 Norwood 1871101552171747.4814
7 North Adelaide 1841401340178342.918
8 South Adelaide 1831501217196938.206
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Finals Series

Grand Final

1959 SANFL Grand Final
Saturday, 3 October
(2:10 pm)
Port Adelaide def. West Adelaide Adelaide Oval (crowd: 48,884) [2]
5.1 (31)
9.5 (59)
11.8 (74)
 13.9 (87)
Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final
1.5 (11)
3.5 (23)
7.9 (51)
 11.11 (77)

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References

  1. "Australian Football - SANFL Season 1959". Archived from the original on 13 January 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  2. "Australian Football - SANFL Season 1959". Archived from the original on 13 January 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2015.