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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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1983 Season (SANFL) Fixture

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North Adelaide's 1983 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 H North Adelaide 4.19.39.414.9 93 WON South Adelaide 1.53.114.177.18 60 33 PRO Apr 2 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
2 A North Adelaide 4.34.45.108.12 60 LOST Central District 3.67.1213.1620.23 143 -83 FBP Apr 9 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
3 H North Adelaide 6.37.89.1114.17 101 LOST West Torrens 4.59.814.1215.15 105 -4 PRO Apr 16 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
4 A North Adelaide 10.513.823.1325.15 165 WON Woodville 1.16.86.910.13 73 92 FBP Apr 23 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
5 A North Adelaide 1.16.68.1214.17 101 WON Glenelg 3.78.99.1612.19 91 10 GLE Apr 30 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
6 H North Adelaide 5.18.313.820.15 135 WON Norwood 5.310.613.913.10 88 47 PRO May 7 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
7 A North Adelaide 1.18.510.812.12 84 LOST West Adelaide 4.57.712.1015.16 106 -22 RIC May 14 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
8 H North Adelaide 5.513.919.1019.11 125 LOST Port Adelaide 4.110.314.321.7 133 -8 PRO May 21 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
9 A North Adelaide 3.35.78.1110.14 74 LOST Sturt 5.1011.1517.2223.25 163 -89 UNL May 28 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
10 A North Adelaide 2.25.510.912.15 87 LOST South Adelaide 7.511.913.1019.13 127 -40 ADO Jun 4 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
11 A North Adelaide 3.66.812.1318.16 124 WON Central District 5.110.313.616.8 104 20 ELZ Jun 11 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
12 A North Adelaide 8.713.818.1528.19 187 WON West Torrens 3.310.512.714.10 94 93 THB Jun 18 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
13 H North Adelaide 2.16.615.920.15 135 WON Woodville 7.211.513.917.11 113 22 PRO Jun 25 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
14 H North Adelaide 1.15.810.1114.14 98 LOST Glenelg 6.710.813.1116.14 110 -12 PRO Jul 2 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
15 A North Adelaide 2.24.55.67.8 50 LOST Norwood 4.37.414.518.9 117 -67 NOR Jul 9 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
16 H North Adelaide 3.210.615.918.16 124 LOST West Adelaide 7.511.722.1030.11 191 -67 PRO Jul 16 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
17 A North Adelaide 7.110.615.1022.15 147 WON Port Adelaide 4.28.515.915.9 99 48 ALB Jul 23 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
18 A North Adelaide 6.28.812.915.12 102 LOST Sturt 3.46.711.1219.14 128 -26 FBP Jul 30 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
19 A North Adelaide 2.44.67.1315.16 106 WON South Adelaide 0.55.129.1213.13 91 15 FBP Aug 13 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
20 H North Adelaide 5.410.613.820.13 133 LOST Central District 4.513.618.1221.16 142 -9 PRO Aug 20 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
21 A North Adelaide 6.311.913.1217.19 121 WON West Torrens 3.35.511.1013.13 91 30 FBP Aug 27 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
22 A North Adelaide 6.411.718.1125.17 167 WON Woodville 5.26.89.1112.13 85 82 WOO Sep 3 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
EF A North Adelaide 4.65.916.1220.13 133 WON South Adelaide 2.15.36.414.9 93 40 FBP Sep 10 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
1SF A North Adelaide 5.27.59.813.12 90 LOST Sturt 5.213.318.524.7 151 -61 FBP Sep 17 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
 

Footnotes

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