1981 SANFL season

1981 SANFL season
Teams10
PremiersPort Adelaide
27th premiership
Minor premiersGlenelg
3rd minor premiership
Magarey MedallistMichael Aish
Norwood (41 votes)
Ken Farmer MedallistTim Evans
Port Adelaide (98 Goals)
Attendance
Matches played116
Total attendance1,087,854 (9,378 per match)
Highest52,659 (Grand Final, Port Adelaide vs. Glenelg)
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The 1981 South Australian National Football League season was the 102nd season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.

Ladder

1981 SANFL Ladder
Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts
1 Glenelg 22 19 3 0 2769 2029 57.71 38
2 Port Adelaide (P) 22 15 7 0 2414 1983 54.90 30
3 South Adelaide 22 15 7 0 2296 2002 53.42 30
4 Norwood 22 13 8 1 2430 2096 53.69 27
5 West Adelaide 22 11 10 1 2526 2259 52.79 23
6 Sturt 22 11 10 1 2262 2286 49.74 23
7 Central District 22 11 11 0 2523 2233 53.05 22
8 North Adelaide 22 7 15 0 2179 2558 46.00 14
9 West Torrens 22 3 18 1 2020 2631 43.43 7
10 Woodville 22 3 19 0 1820 3162 36.53 6
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Finals series

Grand Final

1981 SANFL Grand Final
Saturday, 3 October (2:10pm) Glenelg def. by Port Adelaide Football Park (crowd: 52,659)
1.0 (6)
2.4 (16)
2.5 (17)
6.8 (44)
Q1
Q2
Q3
Final
6.5 (41)
8.6 (54)
12.11 (81)
14.11 (95)

References