1952 SANFL season

1952 SANFL season
Teams8
PremiersNorth Adelaide
8th premiership
Minor premiersNorth Adelaide
7th minor premiership
Magarey MedallistLen Fitzgerald
Sturt (25 votes)
Ken Farmer MedallistJohn Willis
West Torrens (85 Goals)
Attendance
Matches played72
Total attendance724,460 (10,062 per match)
Highest50,105 (Grand Final, North Adelaide vs. Norwood)
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The 1952 South Australian National Football League season was the 73rd season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.

Minor Round

Round 1

Round 1
Friday, 25 April (2:10pm) Port Adelaide 11.12 (88) def. Glenelg 7.3 (45) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 27,000) [1]
Saturday, 26 April (2:10pm) West Adelaide 15.12 (102) def. South Adelaide 7.10 (52) Kensington Oval (crowd: 2,000) [2]
Saturday, 26 April (2:10pm) West Torrens 17.4 (106) def. North Adelaide 11.18 (84) Thebarton Oval (crowd: 9,500) [3]
Saturday, 26 April (2:10pm) Sturt 9.11 (65) def. by Norwood 23.13 (151) Unley Oval (crowd: 9,500) [4]

Ladder

1952 SANFL Ladder
Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts
1 North Adelaide (P) 17 14 3 0 1525 1179 56.40 28
2 Port Adelaide 17 13 4 0 1423 957 59.79 26
3 West Torrens 17 11 6 0 1622 1316 55.21 22
4 Norwood 17 10 7 0 1519 1340 53.13 20
5 Glenelg 17 6 11 0 1387 1460 48.72 12
6 West Adelaide 17 6 11 0 1161 1304 47.10 12
7 South Adelaide 17 5 12 0 1093 1652 39.82 10
8 Sturt 17 3 14 0 1156 1678 40.79 6
Source: [5]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Finals

Grand Final

Main article: 1952 SANFL Grand Final
1952 SANFL Grand Final
Saturday 4 October
(2:10 pm) 		North Adelaide def. Norwood Adelaide Oval (crowd: 50,105) Report
3.1 (19)
11.3 (64)
17.10 (112)
23.15 (153) 		Q1
Q2
Q3
Final 		2.0 (12)
3.4 (22)
5.5 (35)
6.9 (45)

References

  1. ^ "Teamwork Gives Port Easy Win". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 26 April 1952. p. 12. Retrieved 12 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Round the Pickets". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 28 April 1952. p. 5. Retrieved 13 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Round the Pickets". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 28 April 1952. p. 5. Retrieved 13 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "Round the Pickets". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 28 April 1952. p. 5. Retrieved 13 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "Australian Football – SANFL Season 1952". Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2015.


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