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
1920 Season (SAFL) Fixture
South Adelaide's 1920 Fixture
Rnd | H&A | Club | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | S | R | Opponent | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | S | Mgn | Grd | Date | SC |
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1920-05-01 1 | H | South Adelaide | 2.0 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 5.11 | 41 | WON | West Adelaide | 0.5 | 1.6 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 33 | 8 | ADO | 1920-05-01 May 1 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
1920-05-10 2 | H | South Adelaide | 3.1 | 4.3 | 5.6 | 6.6 | 42 | WON | North Adelaide | 2.0 | 3.4 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 32 | 10 | ADO | 1920-05-10 May 10 (Mon, 12:00) | Scores |
1920-05-16 3 | South Adelaide | Bye | 1920-05-16 May 16 (Sun, 12:00) | |||||||||||||||
1920-05-22 4 | A | South Adelaide | 2.6 | 3.7 | 6.11 | 7.11 | 53 | LOST | Port Adelaide | 2.2 | 5.7 | 5.10 | 8.14 | 62 | -9 | ALB | 1920-05-22 May 22 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
1920-06-05 5 | H | South Adelaide | 2.3 | 2.8 | 5.10 | 6.12 | 48 | WON | West Torrens | 1.1 | 3.5 | 4.8 | 5.11 | 41 | 7 | ADO | 1920-06-05 Jun 5 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
1920-06-12 6 | A | South Adelaide | 2.2 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 27 | LOST | Sturt | 4.1 | 5.5 | 9.7 | 13.10 | 88 | -61 | UNL | 1920-06-12 Jun 12 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
1920-06-19 7 | A | South Adelaide | 1.0 | 3.1 | 5.3 | 6.4 | 40 | LOST | Norwood | 2.4 | 4.6 | 7.11 | 8.14 | 62 | -22 | NOR | 1920-06-19 Jun 19 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
1920-06-28 8 | H | South Adelaide | 2.0 | 6.3 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 49 | LOST | Port Adelaide | 5.3 | 7.6 | 10.8 | 13.11 | 89 | -40 | ADO | 1920-06-28 Jun 28 (Mon, 12:00) | Scores |
1920-07-04 9 | South Adelaide | Bye | 1920-07-04 Jul 4 (Sun, 12:00) | |||||||||||||||
1920-07-10 10 | H | South Adelaide | 0.2 | 3.3 | 7.6 | 11.10 | 76 | WON | West Adelaide | 2.4 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 25 | 51 | ADO | 1920-07-10 Jul 10 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
1920-07-17 11 | A | South Adelaide | 3.2 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 5.3 | 33 | LOST | North Adelaide | 1.5 | 2.8 | 3.12 | 5.16 | 46 | -13 | ADO | 1920-07-17 Jul 17 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
1920-07-31 12 | A | South Adelaide | 3.1 | 3.5 | 5.6 | 6.7 | 43 | LOST | West Torrens | 3.6 | 4.12 | 7.17 | 10.19 | 79 | -36 | HIN | 1920-07-31 Jul 31 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
1920-08-21 13 | H | South Adelaide | 1.1 | 4.4 | 5.5 | 10.6 | 66 | WON | Norwood | 3.1 | 3.1 | 6.5 | 6.6 | 42 | 24 | ADO | 1920-08-21 Aug 21 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
1920-08-28 14 | H | South Adelaide | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 5.4 | 34 | LOST | Sturt | 1.4 | 3.8 | 4.9 | 7.12 | 54 | -20 | ADO | 1920-08-28 Aug 28 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |