2011 SANFL season

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2011 SANFL season
Teams9
Premiers Woodville-West Torrens
3rd premiership
Minor premiers Central District
11th minor premiership
Magarey Medallist James Allen
North Adelaide (25 votes)
Ken Farmer Medallist Michael Wundke
South Adelaide (67 Goals)
Attendance
Matches played96
Total attendance343,596 (3,579 per match)
Highest25,234 (Grand Final, Central District vs. Woodville-West Torrens)
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The 2011 South Australian National Football League season was the 132nd season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.

Contents

The season opened on 2 April with the opening fixture between Norwood and Port Adelaide, and concluded on 9 October with the Grand Final, in which the Minor Premiers Central District went on to lose to Woodville-West Torrens who recorded its 3rd premiership, winning by 3 points.

Norwood, Glenelg, South Adelaide, also made the top (final) five teams and participated in the finals series. Port Adelaide, West Adelaide, North Adelaide, Sturt all missed the top five, with the last of those finishing last to record its 19th wooden spoon.

Premiership season

Round 1

Round 1
Saturday, 2 April (11:15 am) Norwood 8.7 (55)def. Port Adelaide 7.10 (52) Football Park (crowd: 5,344) [1]
Saturday, 2 April (2:10 pm) North Adelaide 15.12 (102)def. by West Adelaide 17.9 (111) Prospect Oval (crowd: 2,492) [2]
Saturday, 2 April (4:10 pm) Glenelg 14.19 (103)def. Sturt 12.12 (84) Glenelg Oval (crowd: 5,317) [3]
Sunday, 3 April (2:10 pm) Woodville-West Torrens 11.12 (78)def. South Adelaide 10.3 (63) Woodville Oval (crowd: 2,337) [4]
Bye
Central District

Round 2

Round 2
Friday, 8 April (7:10 pm) Sturt 6.12 (48)def. by Norwood 19.12 (128) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 7,049)
Friday, 8 April (7:40 pm) West Adelaide 14.12 (96)def. Central District 4.6 (30) Richmond Oval (crowd: 4,193)
Saturday, 9 April (2:10 pm) Port Adelaide 9.9 (63)def. Glenelg 9.7 (61) Alberton Oval (crowd: 3,217)
Saturday, 9 April (6:30 pm) South Adelaide 8.21 (69)def. North Adelaide 8.9 (57) Hickinbotham Oval (crowd: 2,630)
Bye
Woodville-West Torrens

Round 3

Round 3
Friday, 15 April (7:40 pm) Woodville-West Torrens 5.7 (37)def. by Sturt 13.17 (95) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 3,230)
Friday, 15 April (7:40 pm) Norwood 8.7 (55)def. by Glenelg 10.16 (76) Norwood Oval (crowd: 8,011)
Saturday, 16 April (2:10 pm) Central District 25.10 (160)def. South Adelaide 13.5 (83) Elizabeth Oval (crowd: 2,523)
Sunday, 17 April (2:10 pm) North Adelaide 15.9 (99)def. Port Adelaide 10.11 (71) Prospect Oval (crowd: 3,557)
Bye
West Adelaide

Round 4

Round 4
Thursday, 21 April (7:40 pm) West Adelaide 13.16 (94)def. Sturt 5.11 (41) Richmond Oval (crowd: 4,515)
Thursday, 21 April (7:40 pm) South Adelaide 14.11 (95)def. Port Adelaide 12.7 (79) Hickinbotham Oval (crowd: 2,700)
Saturday, 23 April (2:10 pm) North Adelaide 12.8 (80)def. by Woodville-West Torrens 15.5 (95) Prospect Oval (crowd: 2,479)
Monday, 25 April (3:10 pm) Central District 16.11 (107)def. Norwood 9.10 (64) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 6,358)
Bye
Glenelg

Ladder

2011 SANFL Ladder
PosTeamPldWLDPFPAPPPts
1 Central District 2017301988151056.8334
2 Norwood 2014601776143055.4028
3 Woodville-West Torrens (P)2013701658136254.9026
4 Glenelg 2091011739200846.4119
5 South Adelaide 2081111606187646.1217
6 Port Adelaide 2081201653169449.3916
7 West Adelaide 2081201528168447.5716
8 North Adelaide 2071301870186650.0514
9 Sturt 2051501586197444.5510
Source: [5]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Finals series

Qualifying and Elimination Finals

Elimination Final
Sunday 18 September (2:10 pm) South Adelaide 14.17 (101)def. Glenelg 12.7 (79) Football Park (crowd: 9,192)
Qualifying Final
Sunday 18 September (2:10 pm) Norwood 17.12 (114)def. Woodville-West Torrens 8.5 (53) Football Park (crowd: 9,192)

Semi-finals

First Semi-final
Sunday 25 September (2:10 pm) Woodville-West Torrens 21.10 (136)def. South Adelaide 10.6 (66) Football Park (crowd: 11,443)
Second Semi-final
Sunday 25 September (2:10 pm) Central District 12.5 (77)def. Norwood 4.9 (33) Football Park (crowd: 11,443)

Preliminary final

Preliminary Final
Sunday 2 October
(2:10 pm)
Woodville-West Torrens 9.13 (67)def. Norwood 3.5 (23) Football Park (crowd: 6,518)

Grand Final

2011 SANFL Grand Final
Sunday 9 October (2:10 pm) Central District def. by Woodville-West Torrens Football Park (crowd: 25,234) Report
1.1 (7)
4.3 (27)
7.8 (50)
 11.12 (78)
Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final
4.2 (26)
7.6 (48)
11.8 (74)
 12.9 (81)
Jack Oatey Medallist: Craig Parry
Television broadcast: ABC

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