1962 SANFL season | |
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Teams | 10 |
Premiers | Port Adelaide 21st premiership |
Minor premiers | Port Adelaide 31st minor premiership |
Magarey Medallist | Ken Eustice West Adelaide |
Ken Farmer Medallist | Rex Johns Port Adelaide (76 Goals) |
Matches played | 80 |
Highest | 43,597 (Grand Final, Port Adelaide vs. West Adelaide) |
The 1962 South Australian National Football League season was the 83rd 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 (P) | 19 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1942 | 1248 | 60.88 | 34 |
2 | West Adelaide | 19 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 1971 | 1386 | 58.71 | 26 |
3 | Norwood | 19 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1904 | 1616 | 54.09 | 23 |
4 | West Torrens | 19 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1638 | 1398 | 53.95 | 21 |
5 | Glenelg | 19 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 1621 | 1756 | 48.00 | 18 |
6 | North Adelaide | 19 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 1456 | 1555 | 48.36 | 16 |
7 | Sturt | 19 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 1380 | 1975 | 41.13 | 8 |
8 | South Adelaide | 19 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 1187 | 2165 | 35.41 | 6 |
1962 SANFL Grand Final | |||||
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Saturday, 29 September (2:10 pm) | Port Adelaide | def. | West Adelaide | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 43,597) | [2] |
1.3 (9) 4.4 (28) 7.7 (49) 8.10 (58) | Q1 Q2 Q3 Final | 0.4 (4) 3.7 (25) 5.11 (41) 7.13 (55) | |||
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