1961 SANFL season | |
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Teams | 10 |
Premiers | West Adelaide 7th premiership |
Minor premiers | Port Adelaide 30th minor premiership |
Magarey Medallist | John Halbert Sturt |
Ken Farmer Medallist | Geoff Kingston West Adelaide (79 Goals) |
Attendance | |
Matches played | 80 |
Total attendance | 859,336 (10,742 per match) |
Highest | 40,409 (Grand Final, West Adelaide vs. Norwood) |
The 1961 South Australian National Football League season was the 82nd season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts |
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1 | Port Adelaide | 19 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1638 | 1161 | 58.52 | 30 |
2 | West Adelaide (P) | 19 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1827 | 1287 | 58.67 | 28 |
3 | West Torrens | 19 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1782 | 1410 | 55.83 | 28 |
4 | Norwood | 19 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 1611 | 1382 | 53.83 | 22 |
5 | North Adelaide | 19 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1537 | 1465 | 51.20 | 20 |
6 | South Adelaide | 19 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 1250 | 1970 | 38.82 | 10 |
7 | Glenelg | 19 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 1481 | 1996 | 42.59 | 8 |
8 | Sturt | 19 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 1330 | 1785 | 42.70 | 6 |
1961 SANFL Grand Final | |||||
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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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