Australian Football

SANFL - KEY FACTS

Official name
South Australian National Football League

Known as
SANFL

Duration
1877–2024

Affiliated competitions (Historical)
Wartime League 1942-1944

1915 SAFL Premiership season

1914 1919

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The SANFL (South Australian National Football League) is the premier League and governing body for Australian Football in South Australia. Originally formed as the South Australian Football Association (SAFA) on 30 April 1877, the SANFL is the oldest surviving football league of any code in Australia and one of the oldest football competitions in the world. The 'home and away' season is played over 23 weeks from April to September. The top five teams then play off in a final series culminating in the grand final for the Thomas Seymour Hill Premiership Trophy.

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1915 Ladder

LP	Club	P	W	L	D	For	Agn	%	Pts
1	Port Adelaide	12	9	2	1	792	453	63.61	19
2	South Adelaide	12	8	3	1	602	547	52.39	17
3	West Adelaide	12	6	6	0	578	556	50.97	12
4	Sturt	12	6	6	0	638	671	48.74	12
5	West Torrens	12	5	7	0	564	686	45.12	10
6	North Adelaide	12	4	8	0	584	618	48.59	8
7	Norwood	12	3	9	0	474	701	40.34	6
	H&A	42	41	41	1	4232	4232	50.00	84
	Finals	4	4	4	0	327	327	50.00	8
	Total	46	45	45	1	4559	4559	50.00	92

1915 Round by Round

Round 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 1SF | 2SF | PF | GF

Round 1[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
South Adelaide	2.3	2.5	3.6	4.8	32	Sat 1-May-1915	Adelaide Oval
Port Adelaide	1.0	5.4	7.6	10.10	70	Port Adelaide won by 38 points
Norwood	4.5	6.7	7.9	9.11	65	Sat 1-May-1915	Norwood Oval
North Adelaide	0.1	1.2	2.9	6.12	48	Norwood won by 17 points
Sturt	2.2	4.7	6.9	8.12	60	Sat 1-May-1915	Unley Oval
West Adelaide	3.4	7.7	14.7	15.12	102	West Adelaide won by 42 points
West Torrens						Bye

Round 2[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
West Torrens	2.4	5.5	8.8	9.11	65	Sat 8-May-1915	Adelaide Oval	5,000
Norwood	1.4	2.6	2.9	4.10	34	West Torrens won by 31 points
South Adelaide	2.7	2.10	5.14	6.15	51	Mon 10-May-1915	Adelaide Oval
West Adelaide	0.0	3.3	3.3	5.6	36	South Adelaide won by 15 points
Sturt	1.1	2.2	3.8	5.11	41	Mon 10-May-1915	Unley Oval
Port Adelaide	2.8	3.10	6.12	8.14	62	Port Adelaide won by 21 points
North Adelaide						Bye

Round 3[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
North Adelaide	1.1	2.4	3.7	3.10	28	Sat 15-May-1915	Adelaide Oval
West Adelaide	1.0	1.4	1.8	1.10	16	North Adelaide won by 12 points
West Torrens	1.2	1.2	3.7	3.8	26	Sat 15-May-1915	Hindmarsh Oval
South Adelaide	0.2	3.6	3.6	5.8	38	South Adelaide won by 12 points
Norwood	0.2	2.2	2.5	2.6	18	Sat 15-May-1915	Norwood Oval
Sturt	2.2	4.3	5.3	7.4	46	Sturt won by 28 points
Port Adelaide						Bye

Round 4[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
North Adelaide	1.5	5.8	5.8	8.13	61	Sat 22-May-1915	Adelaide Oval	6,500
West Torrens	1.4	1.5	3.8	4.8	32	North Adelaide won by 29 points
Port Adelaide	1.1	4.4	8.7	12.13	85	Sat 22-May-1915	Alberton Oval
West Adelaide	2.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	21	Port Adelaide won by 64 points
Sturt	3.0	6.2	6.3	8.8	56	Sat 22-May-1915	Unley Oval
South Adelaide	4.4	6.5	12.7	13.12	90	South Adelaide won by 34 points
Norwood						Bye

Round 5[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
South Adelaide	5.1	6.2	7.2	8.5	53	Sat 5-Jun-1915	Adelaide Oval
Norwood	0.1	2.3	4.6	6.6	42	South Adelaide won by 11 points
North Adelaide	0.4	0.4	2.9	3.12	30	Mon 7-Jun-1915	Adelaide Oval
Port Adelaide	1.3	5.3	6.5	7.6	48	Port Adelaide won by 18 points
West Torrens	3.3	4.10	5.15	7.18	60	Mon 7-Jun-1915	Hindmarsh Oval	1,950
Sturt	3.0	5.4	6.6	8.9	57	West Torrens won by 3 points
West Adelaide						Bye

Round 6[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
West Adelaide	0.2	3.7	6.11	8.15	63	Sat 12-Jun-1915	Adelaide Oval
West Torrens	2.1	3.3	3.6	5.6	36	West Adelaide won by 27 points
North Adelaide	0.3	3.5	5.7	8.10	58	Sat 12-Jun-1915	Jubilee Oval
South Adelaide	1.4	4.9	7.12	7.15	57	North Adelaide won by 1 point
Norwood	0.2	3.4	3.4	6.5	41	Sat 12-Jun-1915	Norwood Oval
Port Adelaide	4.3	7.4	8.14	10.18	78	Port Adelaide won by 37 points
Sturt						Bye

Round 7[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
North Adelaide	2.2	5.6	5.9	8.10	58	Sat 19-Jun-1915	Adelaide Oval
Sturt	4.3	5.3	6.7	8.12	60	Sturt won by 2 points
Port Adelaide	5.3	6.7	9.9	13.15	93	Sat 19-Jun-1915	Alberton Oval
West Torrens	1.3	1.5	4.7	4.9	33	Port Adelaide won by 60 points
Norwood	1.0	4.2	5.3	7.6	48	Sat 19-Jun-1915	Norwood Oval
West Adelaide	2.4	4.6	7.8	8.8	56	West Adelaide won by 8 points
South Adelaide						Bye

Round 8[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
Port Adelaide	1.4	2.4	3.4	4.8	32	Sat 26-Jun-1915	Alberton Oval
South Adelaide	1.2	1.2	3.6	4.8	32	Port Adelaide drew with South Adelaide
West Adelaide	0.8	0.9	1.12	2.15	27	Mon 28-Jun-1915	Adelaide Oval
Sturt	2.3	3.4	4.6	4.7	31	Sturt won by 4 points
North Adelaide	1.3	3.10	6.14	7.17	59	Mon 28-Jun-1915	Jubilee Oval
Norwood	2.4	3.4	3.6	3.8	26	North Adelaide won by 33 points
West Torrens						Bye

Round 9[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
South Adelaide	2.3	4.8	7.8	7.9	51	Sat 3-Jul-1915	Adelaide Oval
West Adelaide	1.3	2.6	2.7	5.10	40	South Adelaide won by 11 points
Port Adelaide	2.4	4.12	5.13	9.15	69	Sat 3-Jul-1915	Alberton Oval
Sturt	0.5	0.7	3.12	3.13	31	Port Adelaide won by 38 points
Norwood	2.0	5.0	6.1	7.4	46	Sat 3-Jul-1915	Norwood Oval
West Torrens	1.5	3.7	4.10	5.10	40	Norwood won by 6 points
North Adelaide						Bye

Round 10[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
South Adelaide	1.4	5.7	6.13	7.14	56	Sat 24-Jul-1915	Adelaide Oval
West Torrens	0.2	2.4	3.8	5.9	39	South Adelaide won by 17 points
West Adelaide	2.8	4.10	6.12	7.14	56	Sat 24-Jul-1915	Jubilee Oval
North Adelaide	0.2	5.5	6.6	7.6	48	West Adelaide won by 8 points
Sturt	0.5	3.7	5.10	9.13	67	Sat 24-Jul-1915	Unley Oval
Norwood	2.4	3.6	5.8	6.11	47	Sturt won by 20 points
Port Adelaide						Bye

Round 11[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
South Adelaide	1.2	1.3	4.3	8.5	53	Sat 31-Jul-1915	Adelaide Oval
Sturt	2.3	5.6	6.8	7.9	51	South Adelaide won by 2 points
West Torrens	4.3	4.11	7.13	9.15	69	Sat 31-Jul-1915	Hindmarsh Oval
North Adelaide	3.3	6.7	6.12	8.12	60	West Torrens won by 9 points
West Adelaide	0.3	1.7	4.7	7.10	52	Sat 31-Jul-1915	Jubilee Oval
Port Adelaide	2.2	2.6	3.10	4.11	35	West Adelaide won by 17 points
Norwood						Bye

Round 12[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
North Adelaide	0.0	2.8	4.9	6.13	49	Sat 7-Aug-1915	Adelaide Oval
Port Adelaide	4.4	5.5	8.8	10.10	70	Port Adelaide won by 21 points
Norwood	2.1	3.3	5.4	8.5	53	Sat 7-Aug-1915	Norwood Oval
South Adelaide	1.5	2.7	3.9	5.10	40	Norwood won by 13 points
Sturt	4.9	4.9	8.12	9.14	68	Sat 7-Aug-1915	Unley Oval
West Torrens	0.1	4.7	5.7	6.8	44	Sturt won by 24 points
West Adelaide						Bye

Round 13[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
South Adelaide	2.2	4.5	6.7	7.7	49	Sat 14-Aug-1915	Adelaide Oval
North Adelaide	1.3	5.4	6.7	6.8	44	South Adelaide won by 5 points
Port Adelaide	4.5	6.8	9.13	11.15	81	Sat 14-Aug-1915	Alberton Oval
Norwood	1.2	2.4	2.6	2.8	20	Port Adelaide won by 61 points
West Torrens	2.4	3.5	5.10	6.13	49	Sat 14-Aug-1915	Hindmarsh Oval
West Adelaide	3.0	3.3	4.4	6.5	41	West Torrens won by 8 points
Sturt						Bye

Round 14[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
West Adelaide	0.3	5.9	7.10	9.14	68	Sat 28-Aug-1915	Adelaide Oval
Norwood	1.2	2.3	3.4	5.4	34	West Adelaide won by 34 points
West Torrens	0.4	4.9	5.11	10.11	71	Sat 28-Aug-1915	Hindmarsh Oval
Port Adelaide	5.1	7.3	8.6	10.9	69	West Torrens won by 2 points
Sturt	0.3	1.8	3.10	10.10	70	Sat 28-Aug-1915	Unley Oval
North Adelaide	1.5	2.8	4.11	5.11	41	Sturt won by 29 points
South Adelaide						Bye

1915 Ladder

LP	Club	P	W	L	D	For	Agn	%	Pts
1	Port Adelaide	12	9	2	1	792	453	63.61	19
2	South Adelaide	12	8	3	1	602	547	52.39	17
3	West Adelaide	12	6	6	0	578	556	50.97	12
4	Sturt	12	6	6	0	638	671	48.74	12
5	West Torrens	12	5	7	0	564	686	45.12	10
6	North Adelaide	12	4	8	0	584	618	48.59	8
7	Norwood	12	3	9	0	474	701	40.34	6
	H&A	42	41	41	1	4232	4232	50.00	84
	Finals	4	4	4	0	327	327	50.00	8
	Total	46	45	45	1	4559	4559	50.00	92

First Semi-final

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
West Adelaide	2.3	3.5	6.5	6.7	43	Sat 4-Sep-1915	Adelaide Oval	4,400
Port Adelaide	2.1	4.3	5.7	5.8	38	West Adelaide won by 5 points

Second Semi-final

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
Sturt	1.2	5.4	6.5	9.6	60	Sat 11-Sep-1915	Adelaide Oval	6,000
South Adelaide	2.3	2.6	3.10	4.12	36	Sturt won by 24 points

Preliminary Final

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
Sturt	2.1	3.2	6.3	7.3	45	Sat 18-Sep-1915	Adelaide Oval	7,500
West Adelaide	0.2	0.9	0.10	2.13	25	Sturt won by 20 points

Grand Final

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
Sturt	2.1	3.5	6.7	6.10	46	Sat 25-Sep-1915	Adelaide Oval	13,000
Port Adelaide	3.1	3.4	4.5	4.10	34	Sturt won by 12 points

Australian Football

SANFL - KEY FACTS

Premiership season

1915 SAFL Premiership season

1915 Ladder

1915 Round by Round

Round 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 1SF | 2SF | PF | GF

Round 1[Round Review]

Round 2[Round Review]

Round 3[Round Review]

Round 4[Round Review]

Round 5[Round Review]

Round 6[Round Review]

Round 7[Round Review]

Round 8[Round Review]

Round 9[Round Review]

Round 10[Round Review]

Round 11[Round Review]

Round 12[Round Review]

Round 13[Round Review]

Round 14[Round Review]

1915 Ladder

First Semi-final

Second Semi-final

Preliminary Final

Grand Final

Footnotes