1975 SANFL season

1975 SANFL season
Teams	10
Premiers	Norwood 23rd premiership
Minor premiers	Norwood 15th minor premiership
Magarey Medallist	Peter Woite Port Adelaide (20 votes)
Ken Farmer Medallist	Fred Phillis Glenelg (108 Goals)
Attendance
Matches played	96
Total attendance	880,466 (9,172 per match)
Highest	53,283 (Grand Final, Norwood vs. Glenelg)
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The 1975 South Australian National Football League season was the 96th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.

Glenelg won the second semi-final and were premiership favourites. However Norwood won the grand final, their first premiership in 25 years.

Ladder

1975 SANFL Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts
1	Norwood (P)	18	16	2	0	2210	1620	57.70	32
2	Glenelg	18	15	3	0	2872	1740	62.27	30
3	Sturt	18	15	3	0	2251	1446	60.89	30
4	Port Adelaide	18	12	6	0	2278	1845	55.25	24
5	North Adelaide	18	8	10	0	1869	2305	44.78	16
6	West Adelaide	18	7	11	0	1855	1980	48.37	14
7	Central District	18	6	12	0	1708	2247	43.19	12
8	South Adelaide	18	5	13	0	1687	2245	42.90	10
9	Woodville	18	4	14	0	1686	2283	42.48	8
10	West Torrens	18	2	16	0	1806	2511	41.83	4

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

Finals series (Major Round)

Qualifying and Elimination Finals

	Elimination Final
Saturday, 6 September (2:10 pm)	Port Adelaide 11.32 (98)	def.	North Adelaide 8.20 (68)	Football Park (crowd: 16,585)

	Qualifying Final
Sunday, 7 September (2:10 pm)	Glenelg 17.24 (126)	def.	Sturt 15.10 (100)	Football Park (crowd: 25,770)	Report

Semi-finals

	First semi-final
Saturday, 13 September (2:10 pm)	Sturt 5.23 (53)	def. by	Port Adelaide 18.12 (120)	Football Park (crowd: 26,107)

	Second semi-final
Sunday, 14 September (2:10 pm)	Norwood 16.10 (106)	def. by	Glenelg 21.9 (135)	Football Park (crowd: 32,719)	Report

Preliminary final

	Preliminary Final
Saturday, 20 September (2:10 pm)	Norwood 11.19 (85)	def.	Port Adelaide 8.7 (55)	Football Park (crowd: 36,128)	[2]

Grand Final

Main article: 1975 SANFL Grand Final

	1975 SANFL Grand Final
Saturday, 27 September (2:10 pm)	Glenelg	def. by	Norwood	Football Park (crowd: 53,283)	[1]
	1.3 (9) 5.4 (34) 6.7 (43) 7.10 (52)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	3.5 (23) 4.6 (30) 6.9 (45) 9.10 (64)

Events

• On 23 August (Round 17), Glenelg 49.23 (317) defeated Central Districts 11.13 (79), setting a new record SANFL score which still stands today. ^[3] Gleneg's winning margin of 238 points is also still their biggest winning margin in SANFL history. ^[4]

The previous SANFL record was owned by North Adelaide, which kicked 34.22 (226) against South Adelaide 6.12 (48) at Adelaide Oval on 13 May 1972.

References

1. "SANFL Premiership season - Season 1975". Australian Football. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
2. "1975 Preliminary Final : Norwood Defeats Port In Exciting Encounter". SANFL Football Memories.
3. Jakobsen, Peter (10 May 2015). "The Slaying". www.thevarnishedculture.com. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
4. Ross, John (1998). The Clubs: The Complete History of Every Club in the VFL/AFL. Ringwood, Victoria: Penguin Books. p. 14. ISBN   0670878588.