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
1922 Season (SAFL) Fixture
South Adelaide's 1922 Fixture
Rnd |
H&A |
Club |
Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 |
S |
R |
Opponent |
Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 |
S |
Mgn |
Grd |
Date |
SC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1922-05-08 1 | H | South Adelaide | 1.5 | 3.8 | 5.9 | 8.12 | 60 | WON | Norwood | 3.1 | 5.3 | 5.10 | 7.10 | 52 | 8 | ADO | 1922-05-08 May 8 (Mon, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1922-05-13 2 | A | South Adelaide | 4.3 | 6.7 | 7.11 | 7.13 | 55 | LOST | Sturt | 3.1 | 8.3 | 12.7 | 13.13 | 91 | -36 | UNL | 1922-05-13 May 13 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1922-05-20 3 | H | South Adelaide | 3.1 | 6.6 | 10.10 | 16.13 | 109 | WON | Glenelg | 3.1 | 3.4 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 31 | 78 | ADO | 1922-05-20 May 20 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1922-05-27 4 | H | South Adelaide | 4.1 | 6.2 | 10.6 | 11.11 | 77 | WON | Port Adelaide | 2.3 | 4.9 | 5.12 | 5.13 | 43 | 34 | ADO | 1922-05-27 May 27 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1922-06-03 5 | H | South Adelaide | 4.9 | 6.16 | 8.25 | 10.32 | 92 | WON | West Adelaide | 0.0 | 1.0 | 4.6 | 8.11 | 59 | 33 | ADO | 1922-06-03 Jun 3 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1922-06-10 6 | H | South Adelaide | 3.4 | 6.8 | 7.11 | 9.12 | 66 | WON | North Adelaide | 0.6 | 2.8 | 6.10 | 7.11 | 53 | 13 | ADO | 1922-06-10 Jun 10 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1922-06-26 7 | H | South Adelaide | 1.3 | 3.8 | 5.11 | 8.12 | 60 | LOST | West Torrens | 3.5 | 5.6 | 6.10 | 10.10 | 70 | -10 | ADO | 1922-06-26 Jun 26 (Mon, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1922-07-01 8 | A | South Adelaide | 0.2 | 2.5 | 4.8 | 7.10 | 52 | LOST | Norwood | 3.5 | 5.9 | 7.12 | 10.16 | 76 | -24 | NOR | 1922-07-01 Jul 1 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1922-07-15 9 | H | South Adelaide | 4.6 | 7.12 | 10.18 | 18.21 | 129 | WON | Sturt | 1.0 | 4.3 | 8.6 | 11.6 | 72 | 57 | ADO | 1922-07-15 Jul 15 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1922-07-22 10 | A | South Adelaide | 3.3 | 6.6 | 9.8 | 12.12 | 84 | WON | Glenelg | 1.3 | 1.5 | 3.8 | 4.10 | 34 | 50 | GLE | 1922-07-22 Jul 22 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1922-07-29 11 | A | South Adelaide | 2.4 | 3.6 | 7.12 | 9.15 | 69 | WON | West Torrens | 3.1 | 5.3 | 6.6 | 7.8 | 50 | 19 | THB | 1922-07-29 Jul 29 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1922-08-05 12 | A | South Adelaide | 3.5 | 4.9 | 5.13 | 5.14 | 44 | LOST | Port Adelaide | 0.4 | 6.4 | 7.5 | 10.8 | 68 | -24 | ALB | 1922-08-05 Aug 5 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1922-08-19 13 | A | South Adelaide | 1.4 | 5.7 | 6.10 | 6.15 | 51 | LOST | North Adelaide | 5.4 | 7.6 | 10.9 | 10.9 | 69 | -18 | PRO | 1922-08-19 Aug 19 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1922-09-03 14 | South Adelaide | Bye | 1922-09-03 Sep 3 (Sun, 12:00) | |||||||||||||||
| 1922-09-09 15 | H | South Adelaide | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 4.11 | 35 | LOST | West Adelaide | 2.1 | 5.4 | 13.7 | 17.11 | 113 | -78 | ADO | 1922-09-09 Sep 9 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1922-09-16 1SF | A | South Adelaide | 0.3 | 2.4 | 7.10 | 11.11 | 77 | LOST | Norwood | 4.7 | 9.8 | 11.10 | 13.10 | 88 | -11 | NOR | 1922-09-16 Sep 16 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |