1972 SANFL season

1972 SANFL season
Teams	10
Premiers	North Adelaide 11th premiership
Minor premiers	North Adelaide 11th minor premiership
Magarey Medallist	Malcolm Blight (Woodville)
Ken Farmer Medallist	Michael Coligan (Norwood) 81 goals
Attendance
Matches played	109
Total attendance	1,150,514 (10,555 per match)
Highest	55,709 (Grand Final, North Adelaide vs. Port Adelaide)
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The 1972 South Australian National Football League season was the 93rd season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.

Ladder

1972 SANFL Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts
1	North Adelaide (P)	21	16	5	0	2270	1711	57.02	32
2	Port Adelaide	21	15	6	0	2235	1829	55.00	30
3	Norwood	21	14	6	1	2280	1952	53.88	29
4	Central District	21	14	7	0	2019	1774	53.23	28
5	Sturt	21	11	10	0	2133	1763	54.75	22
6	Glenelg	21	11	10	0	2264	2025	52.79	22
7	West Torrens	21	7	14	0	1728	2023	46.07	14
8	Woodville	21	7	14	0	1951	2515	43.69	14
9	South Adelaide	21	5	16	0	1704	2535	40.20	10
10	West Adelaide	21	4	16	1	1793	2250	44.35	9

Source: ^[1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Finals Series

Grand Final

Main article: 1972 SANFL Grand Final

	Grand Final
Saturday, 30 September (2:10 pm)	North Adelaide	def.	Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 55,709)	Report
	3.3 (21) 5.6 (36) 13.11 (89) 19.14 (128)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	4.6 (30) 6.8 (44) 8.9 (57) 10.12 (72)
Sachse 6 Hearl 3 R. Robran, Marsh, Von Bertouch 2 Rebbeck, Phillips, Plummer, B. Robran , Webb 1		Goals

1972 Championship of Australia

	Championship of Australia Final
Sunday 15 October	North Adelaide	def.	Carlton	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 23,213)
	3.5 (23) 5.6 (36) 8.12 (60) 10.13 (73)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	3.5 (23) 7.10 (52) 9.11 (65) 10.12 (72)	Umpires: William Deller
A Rebbeck 4 J Plummer 2 D Sachse, D Webb, D Marsh, B Robran 1		Goals	R Walls 3 G Kennedy 2 S Jackson, J Warden, G Crane, T Keogh, J Nicholls 1
The game was played in rain. North Adelaide received $10,000 in prize money. [2]

References

1. "Australian Football - SANFL Season 1972". Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
2. "Australian Football – North Adelaide's Finest Hour".

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