1961 SANFL season

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1961 SANFL season
Teams10
Premiers West Adelaide
(7th premiership)
Minor premiers Port Adelaide
(30th minor premiership)
Matches played80
Attendance859,336 (10,742 per match)
Highest attendance40,409 (Grand Final, West Adelaide vs. Norwood)
Ken Farmer Medallist Geoff Kingston
West Adelaide (79 Goals)
Magarey Medallist John Halbert
Sturt
  1960
1962  

The 1961 South Australian National Football League season was the 82nd season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.

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Ladder

1961 SANFL Ladder
TEAMPWLDPFPA %PTS
1 Port Adelaide 1915401638116158.5230
2 West Adelaide (P)1914501827128758.6728
3 West Torrens 1914501782141055.8328
4 Norwood 1911801611138253.8322
5 North Adelaide 1910901537146551.2020
6 South Adelaide 1951401250197038.8210
7 Glenelg 1941501481199642.598
8 Sturt 1931601330178542.706
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, (P) = Premiers [1]

Finals Series

Grand Final

1961 SANFL Grand Final
Saturday, 30 September
(2:10 pm)
West Adelaide def. Norwood Adelaide Oval (crowd: 40,409) [1]
3.2 (20)
9.5 (59)
12.8 (80)
 16.13 (109)
Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final
4.5 (29)
7.6 (48)
9.7 (61)
 11.7 (73)

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References

  1. 1 2 "Australian Football – SANFL Premiership season – Season 1961". australianfootball.com. Retrieved 17 July 2020.