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KEY FACTS

Official name
North Adelaide Football Club

Known as
North Adelaide

Nickname
Roosters

Formed
1881 (as Medindie; renamed North Adelaide in 1893)

Colours
Red and white

Associated clubs
North Adelaide Reserves; North Adelaide U18s; Norwood-North; North Adelaide WFC; North Adelaide U16s; North Adelaide U14s

Affiliation (Current)
South Australian National Football league (SANFL) 1888–2024

Home Ground
Prospect Oval

SANFL Premierships
1900, 1902, 1905, 1920, 1930-31, 1949, 1952, 1960, 1971-72, 1987, 1991, 2018 (14 total)

Senior Premierships
Championship of Australia: 1972; Stanley H. Lewis Memorial Trophy: 1966-7, 1971-72, 2005-6, 2014 (7 total); SANFL Night/Knock-out/ Pre-season Series: 1968 (1 total)

Most Games
389 - Michael Redden (1978-1992)

Most Goals
1419 - Ken Farmer (1929-41)

League Top Goalkickers
A.Daly (54) 1903 & (30) 1905; P.Lewis (58) 1923; K.Farmer (105) 1930, (126) 1931, (102) 1932, (112) 1933, (106) 1934, (128) 1935, (134) 1936, (108) 1937, (112) 1938, (113) 1939 & (123) 1940; W.McKenzie (67) 1954; D.Sachse (90) 1967; J.Roberts (111) 1987; D.Hargraves (68) 2002 (18 total)

Magarey Medalists
P.Sandland 1901; T.Mackenzie 1905 & 1906; T.Leahy 1913; H.Hawke 1937; J.Pash 1939; H.Ron Phillips 1948 & 1949; I.McKay 1950; B.Barbary 1960; D.Lindner 1967; B.Robran 1968, 1970 & 1973; T.Antrobus 1983; A.Jarman 1987; B.Phillips 1993; J.Francou 1996; J.Allan 2007, 2010 & 2011; R.Archard 2009; C.Combe 2020; A.Young 2022 (24 total)

Headquarters
Menzies Crescenta, Prospect, SA 5082

Postal Address
PO Box 2048, Prospect, SA, 5082

Phone: (08) 8344 8733 

Email
administration@nafc.com.au

Website
nafc.com.au

North Adelaide



"Prominent players for North during the 1920s included Tom Leahy, nicknamed ‘the prince of ruckmen’, Percy Lewis, Percy Furler, Albert Fooks, Cec Curnow and Darby Crawford. Wishing no disrespect to any of these individuals, however, a player was to make his debut in 1929 who was to go on to outshine them all; indeed, in the entire history of South Australian football it is doubtful whether there has been a more highly celebrated figure. Ken Farmer - later to be popularly referred to, in South Australia at any rate, as ‘football’s Bradman’ - kicked 62 goals in 1929, a highly respectable total for the time, but, by the standards which he was shortly to establish, a comparatively modest one..."

John Devaney celebrates the long list of champions who have turned out in the Roosters' red and white

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1953 Season (SANFL) Fixture

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North Adelaide's 1953 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 H North Adelaide 2.44.67.117.14 56 LOST Port Adelaide 1.52.115.148.15 63 -7 PRO Apr 25 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
2 A North Adelaide 1.33.74.146.19 55 LOST Norwood 4.48.911.1112.16 88 -33 NOR May 2 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
3 H North Adelaide 5.08.312.715.9 99 LOST West Torrens 1.99.1313.1518.19 127 -28 PRO May 9 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
4 A North Adelaide 3.34.77.711.12 78 LOST Glenelg 5.711.813.1619.19 133 -55 GLE May 16 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
5 A North Adelaide 5.76.89.1310.16 76 LOST West Adelaide 2.56.59.712.12 84 -8 ADO May 23 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
6 A North Adelaide 3.45.79.814.11 95 WON South Adelaide 2.33.54.77.10 52 43 ADO May 30 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
7 H North Adelaide 6.510.916.1119.14 128 WON Sturt 3.65.117.1513.20 98 30 PRO Jun 6 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
8 A North Adelaide 3.26.413.1019.15 129 WON Norwood 2.37.109.1215.15 105 24 SCG Jun 13 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
9 A North Adelaide 3.33.38.68.6 54 LOST Port Adelaide 2.36.78.814.13 97 -43 ALB Jun 20 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
10 H North Adelaide 5.26.38.312.6 78 WON Norwood 1.35.35.118.14 62 16 PRO Jun 27 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
11 A North Adelaide 3.23.44.95.12 42 LOST West Torrens 2.44.107.1314.16 100 -58 THB Jul 4 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
12 H North Adelaide 3.39.914.1117.12 114 WON Glenelg 2.35.58.813.11 89 25 PRO Jul 25 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
13 H North Adelaide 6.111.213.515.6 96 WON West Adelaide 1.24.57.88.11 59 37 PRO Aug 1 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
14 A North Adelaide 1.34.56.69.11 65 LOST South Adelaide 4.47.49.610.8 68 -3 ADO Aug 8 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
15 A North Adelaide 2.07.28.311.5 71 WON Sturt 2.12.38.79.8 62 9 UNL Aug 15 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
16 H North Adelaide 4.45.46.510.8 68 LOST Port Adelaide 4.38.610.913.14 92 -24 KEN Aug 22 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
17 H North Adelaide 1.54.126.1511.19 85 WON South Adelaide 2.33.54.74.10 34 51 PRO Aug 29 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
18 H North Adelaide 1.15.77.810.16 76 LOST Glenelg 5.37.512.716.9 105 -29 KEN Sep 5 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
 

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.