1961 SANFL season

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1961 SANFL season
Teams10
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 played80
Total attendance859,336 (10,742 per match)
Highest40,409 (Grand Final, West Adelaide vs. Norwood)
  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
PosTeamPldWLDPFPAPPPts
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
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

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.