South Adelaide
"All the elements of a good orchestra were there in 1963; what was needed now was an expert conductor, and throughout that season South was determinedly courting the man they had in mind. That man was Donald Neil Kerley, who in 1961, as playing coach, had been responsible for steering West Adelaide to a long overdue premiership. The following year he had failed by just three points to repeat the achievement, and to the astonishment of many had been dumped as coach in favour of Doug Thomas. Although he carried on with the club as a player in 1963, the South committee sensed - rightly, as it turned out - that here was a plant ripe for the picking ... "
John Devaney charts the chequered history of South Australia's second oldest club
1908 Season (SAFL) Fixture
South Adelaide's 1908 Fixture
Rnd |
H&A |
Club |
Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 |
S |
R |
Opponent |
Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 |
S |
Mgn |
Grd |
Date |
SC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1908-05-02 1 | A | South Adelaide | 1.0 | 2.3 | 3.9 | 4.10 | 34 | LOST | Norwood | 2.5 | 4.5 | 9.9 | 10.12 | 72 | -38 | NOR | 1908-05-02 May 2 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1908-05-09 2 | A | South Adelaide | 2.5 | 5.9 | 9.10 | 10.14 | 74 | WON | Sturt | 1.1 | 2.5 | 3.7 | 4.10 | 34 | 40 | UNL | 1908-05-09 May 9 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1908-05-16 3 | H | South Adelaide | 4.3 | 7.3 | 11.5 | 11.6 | 72 | WON | North Adelaide | 3.1 | 6.3 | 6.6 | 9.9 | 63 | 9 | ADO | 1908-05-16 May 16 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1908-05-23 4 | A | South Adelaide | 1.4 | 3.6 | 4.12 | 5.18 | 48 | LOST | West Torrens | 1.3 | 6.4 | 9.6 | 10.8 | 68 | -20 | HIN | 1908-05-23 May 23 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1908-05-30 5 | H | South Adelaide | 0.3 | 2.4 | 4.7 | 8.10 | 58 | LOST | Port Adelaide | 4.1 | 6.5 | 7.6 | 9.7 | 61 | -3 | ADO | 1908-05-30 May 30 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1908-06-09 6 | South Adelaide | Bye | 1908-06-09 Jun 9 (Tue, 12:00) | |||||||||||||||
| 1908-06-13 7 | A | South Adelaide | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 5.4 | 34 | LOST | West Adelaide | 2.3 | 2.11 | 7.16 | 13.20 | 98 | -64 | JUB | 1908-06-13 Jun 13 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1908-06-27 8 | A | South Adelaide | 2.4 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 6.10 | 46 | LOST | Norwood | 3.2 | 6.3 | 7.7 | 8.9 | 57 | -11 | NOR | 1908-06-27 Jun 27 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1908-07-04 9 | H | South Adelaide | 1.5 | 4.9 | 6.13 | 12.15 | 87 | WON | Sturt | 2.0 | 4.1 | 5.3 | 6.5 | 41 | 46 | JUB | 1908-07-04 Jul 4 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1908-07-11 10 | H | South Adelaide | 0.0 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 4.9 | 33 | LOST | North Adelaide | 4.2 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 8.7 | 55 | -22 | ADO | 1908-07-11 Jul 11 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1908-07-18 11 | H | South Adelaide | 6.2 | 8.6 | 9.8 | 11.12 | 78 | LOST | West Torrens | 2.4 | 3.6 | 9.9 | 12.11 | 83 | -5 | JUB | 1908-07-18 Jul 18 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1908-07-25 12 | A | South Adelaide | 2.4 | 8.7 | 8.10 | 9.11 | 65 | LOST | Port Adelaide | 4.2 | 7.5 | 9.8 | 9.16 | 70 | -5 | ALB | 1908-07-25 Jul 25 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1908-08-02 13 | South Adelaide | Bye | 1908-08-02 Aug 2 (Sun, 12:00) | |||||||||||||||
| 1908-08-15 14 | H | South Adelaide | 1.3 | 2.3 | 3.11 | 4.12 | 36 | LOST | West Adelaide | 2.1 | 6.4 | 8.5 | 10.6 | 66 | -30 | ADO | 1908-08-15 Aug 15 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |