1921 SAFL season
| 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 |
Wat Scott Norwood (5 Votes) |
|
← 1920 1922 → | |
The 1921 South Australian Football League season was the 42nd season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.
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 five, with the last of those finishing last to record its 1st wooden spoon.[1]
Ladder
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| TEAM | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | 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 | |||
| Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, (P) = Premiers | Click here for source | |||||||||||
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.