1924 SAFL season
The 1924 South Australian Football League season was the 45th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.
| 1924 SAFL premiership season | |
|---|---|
| Teams | 8 |
| Premiers | West Torrens (1st premiership) |
| Minor premiers | West Torrens (1st minor premiership) |
| Matches played | 60 |
| Highest attendance | 44,345 (Grand Final, West Torrens vs Sturt) |
| Leading goalkicker | Roy Bent Norwood (53 goals) |
| Magarey Medallist | Wat Scott Norwood |
The 1924 SAFL grand final crowd of 44,345 was the largest football crowd in South Australia for 15 years and was larger than any Victorian Football League (VFL) crowd during 1924. However, the one off Dame Nellie Melba's Limbless Soldiers' Appeal match between VFL and Victorian Football Association premiers Essendon and Western Bulldogs was slightly larger at 46,100.
Ladder
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| TEAM | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | PTS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Torrens (P) | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1189 | 883 | 57.38 | 23 | |||
| 2 | Sturt | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1249 | 975 | 56.16 | 20 | |||
| 3 | Norwood | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1199 | 872 | 57.89 | 19 | |||
| 4 | Port Adelaide | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1163 | 965 | 54.65 | 18 | |||
| 5 | South Adelaide | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1092 | 1041 | 51.20 | 18 | |||
| 6 | North Adelaide | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 848 | 1101 | 43.51 | 8 | |||
| 7 | West Adelaide | 14 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 849 | 1189 | 41.66 | 6 | |||
| 8 | Glenelg | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 799 | 1362 | 36.97 | 0 | |||
| Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, (P) = Premiers | [1] | |||||||||||
Finals series
First Semi-Final
| First Semi-Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday 6 September | Norwood 15.13 (103) | def. | West Torrens 12.16 (88) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 33,000) | |
Second Semi-Final
| Second Semi-Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 13 September | Sturt 14.9 (93) | def. | Port Adelaide 9.5 (59) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 27,000) | |
Preliminary Final
| Preliminary Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 20 September | Sturt 10.3 (63) | def. | Norwood 6.13 (49) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 42,360) | |
Grand Final
| 1924 SANFL Grand Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday 28 September | West Torrens | def. | Sturt | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 44,345) | [2][3] |
| 3.3 (21) 5.7 (37) 7.11 (53) 9.12 (66) |
Q1 Q2 Q3 Final |
1.1 (7) 5.3 (30) 7.5 (47) 8.10 (58) |
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| Hollis 3 Karney, Adams 2 Minear, Mills 1 |
Goals | 3 Rily 1 Barron, Scrutton, Donnelly, Lyne and Weller | |||
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References
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 January 2015. Retrieved 6 January 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "WEST TORRENS WIN". Recorder (Port Pirie, SA : 1919 - 1954). Port Pirie, SA: National Library of Australia. 29 September 1924. p. 3. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 13 February 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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