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KEY FACTS

Official name
West Torrens Football Club

Known as
West Torrens

Nickname
Eagle

Former name
Port Natives

Formed
1894 as Port Natives; changed name to Natives in 1896, and to West Torrens in 1897

Disbanded
1990: merged with Woodville

Colours
Blue and gold (originally red and white, then black and gold)

Associated clubs
Woodville West Torrens; Port Adelaide-West Torrens

Affiliation (Historical)
South Australian National Football league (SANFL) 1895–1990

SANFL Premierships
1924, 1933, 1945, 1953 (4 total)

Senior Premierships
Patriotic League 1918 (1 total); SANFL Night/Knock-out/Pre-season Series 1983 (1 total)

Most Games
325 by Lindsay Head from 1952 to 1970

League Top Goalkickers
Anthony Daly (27) 1900; John Willis (85) 1952; Geoff Kingston (79) 1961 (3 total)

Magarey Medalists
Tom Mackenzie 1902; Dave Low 1912; John Karney 1921; Max Pontifex 1932; Bob Hank 1946 & 1947; Lindsay Head 1955, 1958, 1963 (6 Medallists/9 Medals)

Postal Address
N/A

West Torrens



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Some of the most prominent contributors to the [South Australian football] tradition wore the blue and gold of the West Torrens Football Club. Indeed, had Australian football boasted a national competition from the outset it is likely that names like Mackenzie, Low, Pontifex, Hank and Head would have figured prominently on several occasions on grand final day. Instead, they were major contributors toward the creation of one of South Australian football’s most distinctive and noteworthy club traditions...

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1981 Season (SANFL) Fixture

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West Torrens' 1981 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 H West Torrens 6.311.516.820.9 129 WON Central District 4.210.412.717.11 113 16 THB Apr 4 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
2 A West Torrens 4.47.610.1316.15 111 LOST West Adelaide 3.613.716.1026.12 168 -57 FBP Apr 12 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
3 A West Torrens 4.28.614.818.11 119 LOST Port Adelaide 8.312.817.1119.14 128 -9 ALB Apr 18 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
4 A West Torrens 4.211.313.517.10 112 LOST North Adelaide 2.74.1415.2120.25 145 -33 PRO Apr 25 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
5 A West Torrens 3.15.412.616.11 107 LOST Norwood 4.69.1210.1715.21 111 -4 NOR May 2 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
6 H West Torrens 2.34.65.76.9 45 LOST South Adelaide 3.33.48.910.12 72 -27 THB May 9 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
7 A West Torrens 4.25.411.513.7 85 LOST Sturt 1.25.139.1513.22 100 -15 FBP May 16 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
8 H West Torrens 5.36.912.1315.14 104 LOST Glenelg 4.48.814.922.15 147 -43 THB May 23 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
9 A West Torrens 9.212.417.620.11 131 LOST Woodville 3.411.821.1225.18 168 -37 ADO May 30 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
10 H West Torrens 1.34.106.129.15 69 LOST West Adelaide 4.57.712.1315.18 108 -39 THB Jun 6 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
11 A West Torrens 6.58.610.1015.12 102 LOST Central District 2.310.1023.1531.21 207 -105 ADO Jun 13 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
12 A West Torrens 0.26.79.715.7 97 LOST Port Adelaide 4.1210.1516.2121.24 150 -53 ADO Jun 20 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
13 H West Torrens 2.15.16.210.2 62 WON North Adelaide 3.27.37.59.7 61 1 THB Jun 27 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
14 H West Torrens 3.08.410.612.8 80 LOST Norwood 1.11.15.313.5 83 -3 FBP Jul 4 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
15 H West Torrens 2.42.83.105.13 43 LOST South Adelaide 2.26.37.510.9 69 -26 FBP Jul 11 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
16 H West Torrens 3.39.612.1217.16 118 LOST Sturt 7.410.1017.1118.16 124 -6 FBP Jul 18 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
17 A West Torrens 0.53.94.98.11 59 LOST Central District 5.78.1210.2019.22 136 -77 ELZ Jul 25 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
18 A West Torrens 2.63.104.125.13 43 LOST Glenelg 0.22.74.116.14 50 -7 ADO Aug 8 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
19 H West Torrens 5.27.512.818.10 118 LOST Woodville 3.46.912.1218.15 123 -5 ADO Aug 15 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
20 A West Torrens 4.27.28.39.4 58 DRAW West Adelaide 3.53.64.97.16 58 0 RIC Aug 22 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
21 H West Torrens 2.34.57.710.10 70 LOST Port Adelaide 6.710.1523.1727.27 189 -119 THB Aug 29 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
22 H West Torrens 8.913.1617.1823.20 158 WON North Adelaide 3.38.715.918.13 121 37 THB Sep 5 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
 

Footnotes

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