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KEY FACTS

Official name
South Adelaide Football Club

Known as
South Adelaide

Nickname
Panthers

Formed
1876

Colours
Navy blue and white

Associated clubs
South Adelaide Reserves; South Adelaide U18s; Sturt-South Adelaide; South Adelaide U16s; South Adelaide WFC; South Adelaide U14s

Affiliation (Current)
South Australian National Football league (SANFL) 1877–2025

Home Ground
Hickinbotham Oval

SANFL Premierships
1877, 1885, 1892-3, 1895-6, 1898-9, 1935, 1938, 1964 (11 total)

Senior Premierships
NFL Series: 1978-9 (2 total); SANFL Night/Knock-out/Pre-season Series: 1984, 1986, 1991 (3 total)

Most Games
337 - Stuart Palmer (1969-1985)

Most Goals
393 - Chris 'Diddy' Munro (1928-30, 1932-37)

League Top Goalkickers
R.Wardrop (14) 1882; H.Hill (19) 1885; Alf Bushby (25) 1887; Jack Kay (25) 1896, (35) 1898 & (28) 1902; S.Scott (54) 1945; Danny Del-Re (95) 1995; Michael Wundke (67) 2011 & (52) 2013 (63) 2014; Brett Eddy (68) 2016 (11 total)

Magarey Medalists
Frank Barry (1915); Dan Moriarty (1919, 1920, 1921); Jack Cockburn (1935); Jim Deane (1953, 1957); Mark Naley (1991); Andrew Osborn (1998); Joel Cross 2012 & 2015; Bryce Gibbs 2021 (8 medallists / 12 medals)

Headquarters
1 Lovelock Drive, Noarlunga Downs, SA 5168

Phone: (08) 8186 8200 

Website
safc.com.au

CEO
B. Hansen

President
R. Abbott

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

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1995 Season (SANFL) Fixture

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South Adelaide's 1995 Fixture

Rnd
H&A
Club
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
S
R
Opponent
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
S
Mgn
Grd
Date
SC
1 South Adelaide       Bye        
2 H South Adelaide 6.220.527.930.15 195 WON Sturt 5.17.210.311.5 71 124 FBP Mar 25 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
3 A South Adelaide 2.23.36.68.9 57 LOST West Adelaide 9.315.317.624.9 153 -96 RIC Apr 1 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
4 H South Adelaide 4.06.110.512.9 81 WON North Adelaide 3.05.37.710.11 71 10 ADO Apr 8 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
5 H South Adelaide 5.512.817.1419.21 135 WON Woodville West Torrens 2.64.85.138.16 64 71 ADO Apr 15 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
6 A South Adelaide 4.38.412.616.10 106 WON Norwood 1.54.99.1413.14 92 14 NOR Apr 22 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
7 A South Adelaide 3.06.28.810.11 71 LOST Port Adelaide 2.79.1414.1922.20 152 -81 ALB Apr 29 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
8 H South Adelaide 2.46.107.148.16 64 LOST Glenelg 2.26.613.1116.15 111 -47 NOA May 7 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
9 A South Adelaide 2.13.26.39.5 59 LOST Central District 3.49.614.1219.16 130 -71 ELZ May 15 (Mon, 2:10) Scores
10 South Adelaide       Bye        
11 A South Adelaide 4.48.712.1319.16 130 WON Sturt 2.33.76.810.10 70 60 ADO May 27 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
12 A South Adelaide 2.25.97.119.12 66 LOST West Adelaide 4.35.88.1117.16 118 -52 ADO Jun 3 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
13 H South Adelaide 2.12.16.48.5 53 WON North Adelaide 1.11.41.54.9 33 20 NOA Jun 10 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
14 A South Adelaide 2.38.810.913.11 89 WON Woodville West Torrens 4.35.97.1011.12 78 11 WOO Jun 18 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
15 H South Adelaide 1.16.47.410.5 65 LOST Norwood 6.19.214.514.5 89 -24 NOA Jun 24 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
16 H South Adelaide 3.59.512.818.11 119 WON Port Adelaide 4.210.211.314.5 89 30 NOA Jul 1 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
17 A South Adelaide 4.57.79.918.11 119 WON Glenelg 2.15.59.813.12 90 29 GLE Jul 8 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
18 A South Adelaide 3.24.45.65.9 39 LOST Central District 4.29.512.1120.18 138 -99 ADO Jul 15 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
19 South Adelaide       Bye        
20 H South Adelaide 7.410.517.523.7 145 WON Sturt 0.02.43.58.9 57 88 NOA Jul 29 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
21 A South Adelaide 4.47.515.716.9 105 LOST West Adelaide 4.210.712.921.12 138 -33 RIC Aug 5 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
22 A South Adelaide 1.23.59.511.5 71 LOST North Adelaide 3.36.611.919.17 131 -60 PRO Aug 12 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
23 A South Adelaide 5.46.119.1314.15 99 LOST Port Adelaide 5.314.621.1228.13 181 -82 FBP Aug 19 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
24 H South Adelaide 1.56.107.1312.17 89 WON Woodville West Torrens 3.44.55.88.8 56 33 NOA Aug 26 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
25 A South Adelaide 6.18.612.718.9 117 LOST Norwood 2.29.413.719.10 124 -7 FBP Sep 2 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
 

Footnotes

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