1921 SAFL season
The 1921 South Australian Football League season was the 42nd season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.
| 1921 SAFL premiership season | |
|---|---|
 41st SAFL season | |
| Teams | 8 |
| Premiers | Port Adelaide (9th premiership) |
| Minor premiers | Port Adelaide (13th minor premiership) |
| Matches played | 61 |
| Highest attendance | 34,000 (Grand Final, Port Adelaide vs Norwood) |
| Leading goalkicker | Roy Bent Norwood (42 goals) |
| Magarey Medallist | John Karney West Torrens (5 votes) Charlie Adams Port Adelaide (5 votes) Dan Moriarty South Adelaide (5 votes) Wat Scott Norwood (5 votes) |
The competition expanded from seven to eight teams with the addition of Glenelg.
The season opened on Saturday 7 May with the opening fixture between West Adelaide and Glenelg, and concluded on Saturday 8 October with the Grand Final, in which Minor Premiers Port Adelaide went on to record its 9th premiership, defeating Norwood by 8 points.
South Adelaide, Sturt also made the top (final) four teams and participated in the finals series. North Adelaide, West Torrens, West Adelaide, Glenelg all missed the top four. Glenelg finished winless (as they did in next three years also) to "win" the wooden spoon in its first season.[1]
Ladder
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Port Adelaide (P) | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1257 | 691 | 64.53 | 24 |
| 2 | South Adelaide | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1040 | 879 | 54.19 | 18 |
| 3 | Norwood | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 976 | 898 | 52.08 | 18 |
| 4 | Sturt | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 926 | 838 | 52.49 | 16 |
| 5 | North Adelaide | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 849 | 840 | 50.27 | 15 |
| 6 | West Torrens | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 977 | 920 | 51.50 | 14 |
| 7 | West Adelaide | 14 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 781 | 936 | 45.49 | 7 |
| 8 | Glenelg | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 603 | 1407 | 30.00 | 0 |
1921 SAFL Finals
Week 4 (1921 SAFL Grand Final)
| 1921 SAFL Grand Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 8 October | Port Adelaide | def. | Norwood | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 34,000) | [2] |
| 3.1 (19) 4.3 (27) 4.6 (30) 4.8 (32) |
Q1 Q2 Q3 Final |
0.4 (4) 1.5 (11) 2.6 (18) 3.6 (24) |
Best on Ground: Bampton | ||
| Keal 2 Dewar, Congear 1 |
Goals | 3 Bent | |||
| Bampton, Oliver, Beck, Congear, Dayman, Keal, Hosking, Adams, Slade | Best | Dobson, Johns, Bryant, White, Toovey, Stephens, Schumacher, Scott, Grantley | |||
References
- http://www.sanfl.com.au/clubs/glenelg/
- "LEAGUE PREMIERSHIP". The Chronicle. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 15 October 1921. p. 18. Retrieved 28 December 2014.