Australian Football

1979 SANFL Premiership season

1978 1980

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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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1979 Ladder

LP	Club	P	W	L	D	For	Agn	%	Pts
1	Central District	22	15	6	1	2304	2116	52.13	31
2	Port Adelaide	22	14	8	0	2112	1892	52.75	28
3	South Adelaide	22	14	8	0	2052	1956	51.20	28
4	Norwood	22	11	11	0	2339	1966	54.33	22
5	Woodville	22	10	12	0	2131	2043	51.05	20
6	North Adelaide	22	10	12	0	2134	2360	47.49	20
7	Glenelg	22	9	12	1	2111	2184	49.15	19
8	West Torrens	22	9	12	1	1959	2267	46.36	19
9	Sturt	22	9	13	0	2131	2331	47.76	18
10	West Adelaide	22	7	14	1	2244	2402	48.30	15
	H&A	110	108	108	2	21517	21517	50.00	220
	Finals	6	6	6	0	1155	1155	50.00	12
	Total	116	114	114	2	22672	22672	50.00	232

1979 Round by Round

Round 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | EF | QF | 1SF | 2SF | PF | GF

Round 1[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
West Torrens	4.2	6.4	10.11	14.14	98	Sat 7-Apr-1979 2:10 pm	Football Park	8,704
Central District	4.2	8.4	12.8	14.14	98	West Torrens drew with Central District
Woodville	2.6	6.11	12.15	14.20	104	Sat 7-Apr-1979 2:10 pm	Woodville Oval	3,248
West Adelaide	2.2	8.5	10.6	19.7	121	West Adelaide won by 17 points
Port Adelaide	2.5	8.9	9.14	12.17	89	Sat 7-Apr-1979 2:10 pm	Alberton Oval	14,182
Norwood	3.0	6.1	13.8	19.12	126	Norwood won by 37 points
Sturt	3.4	9.8	12.12	12.14	86	Sat 7-Apr-1979 2:10 pm	Unley Oval	11,388
Glenelg	4.4	12.6	14.8	20.16	136	Glenelg won by 50 points
North Adelaide	1.3	6.6	7.8	11.10	76	Sat 7-Apr-1979 2:10 pm	Prospect Oval	4,549
South Adelaide	4.5	5.5	10.10	13.13	91	South Adelaide won by 15 points

Round 2[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
Glenelg	2.3	6.13	8.18	14.19	103	Sat 14-Apr-1979 2:10 pm	Football Park	18,476
Norwood	3.5	5.10	8.16	14.18	102	Glenelg won by 1 point
West Torrens	5.6	11.8	15.17	18.23	131	Sat 14-Apr-1979 2:10 pm	Thebarton Oval	6,719
West Adelaide	3.2	5.4	6.8	10.10	70	West Torrens won by 61 points
South Adelaide	3.4	5.9	10.12	14.15	99	Sat 14-Apr-1979 2:10 pm	Adelaide Oval	3,562
Woodville	3.3	7.8	9.11	13.13	91	South Adelaide won by 8 points
Central District	8.3	12.8	17.10	21.14	140	Sat 14-Apr-1979 2:10 pm	Elizabeth Oval	6,912
North Adelaide	2.1	3.7	4.14	8.22	70	Central District won by 70 points
Sturt	3.5	6.6	8.11	8.13	61	Mon 16-Apr-1979 2:10 pm	Football Park	18,320
Port Adelaide	0.1	1.6	3.9	6.16	52	Sturt won by 9 points

Round 3[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
Port Adelaide	1.3	5.7	8.12	11.18	84	Sat 21-Apr-1979 2:10 pm	Football Park	8,198
South Adelaide	3.5	3.9	7.10	9.12	66	Port Adelaide won by 18 points
Woodville	8.3	10.5	12.11	17.16	118	Sat 21-Apr-1979 2:10 pm	Woodville Oval	3,670
Sturt	2.1	4.4	7.6	10.6	66	Woodville won by 52 points
Norwood	4.7	5.9	8.14	11.20	86	Sat 21-Apr-1979 2:10 pm	Norwood Oval	10,927
West Torrens	2.7	10.11	10.15	12.17	89	West Torrens won by 3 points
Glenelg	4.6	6.7	7.10	10.10	70	Sat 21-Apr-1979 2:10 pm	Glenelg Oval	6,297
North Adelaide	0.1	4.5	7.9	13.13	91	North Adelaide won by 21 points
West Adelaide	7.2	9.5	12.7	15.9	99	Sat 21-Apr-1979 2:10 pm	Richmond Oval	4,113
Central District	2.1	6.5	11.8	16.10	106	Central District won by 7 points

Round 4[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
Norwood	7.3	12.9	16.15	20.17	137	Wed 25-Apr-1979 2:10 pm	Football Park	16,703
Sturt	5.5	6.8	6.10	12.14	86	Norwood won by 51 points
South Adelaide	5.4	8.8	11.11	14.18	102	Sat 28-Apr-1979 2:10 pm	Football Park	6,272
Central District	2.6	5.7	6.13	9.18	72	South Adelaide won by 30 points
Port Adelaide	3.4	5.7	9.8	14.11	95	Sat 28-Apr-1979 2:10 pm	Alberton Oval	12,775
Glenelg	2.7	5.10	7.13	9.16	70	Port Adelaide won by 25 points
West Torrens	5.3	9.7	14.9	18.13	121	Sat 28-Apr-1979 2:10 pm	Thebarton Oval	6,110
Woodville	3.4	8.5	15.8	16.13	109	West Torrens won by 12 points
West Adelaide	5.1	11.4	11.6	14.10	94	Sat 28-Apr-1979 2:10 pm	Richmond Oval	4,386
North Adelaide	5.7	8.9	15.13	18.18	126	North Adelaide won by 32 points

Round 5[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
Port Adelaide	2.8	5.14	8.19	9.26	80	Sat 5-May-1979 2:10 pm	Football Park	8,876
Woodville	2.3	2.6	5.15	10.18	78	Port Adelaide won by 2 points
South Adelaide	4.8	7.12	12.15	14.16	100	Sat 5-May-1979 2:10 pm	Adelaide Oval	9,163
West Torrens	1.1	7.2	8.6	9.7	61	South Adelaide won by 39 points
Sturt	3.1	8.10	12.14	19.18	132	Sat 5-May-1979 2:10 pm	Unley Oval	6,191
West Adelaide	4.6	5.8	9.13	12.16	88	Sturt won by 44 points
Glenelg	2.2	6.8	6.10	14.14	98	Sat 5-May-1979 2:10 pm	Glenelg Oval	8,094
Central District	3.5	7.6	8.10	8.14	62	Glenelg won by 36 points
Norwood	3.6	8.10	9.13	14.16	100	Sat 5-May-1979 2:10 pm	Norwood Oval	9,664
North Adelaide	6.3	9.4	14.8	18.10	118	North Adelaide won by 18 points

Round 6[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
Glenelg	3.2	4.7	8.14	8.15	63	Sat 12-May-1979 2:10 pm	Football Park	8,018
South Adelaide	3.0	7.1	8.3	11.9	75	South Adelaide won by 12 points
Central District	5.4	8.11	14.17	20.26	146	Sat 12-May-1979 2:10 pm	Elizabeth Oval	4,255
Woodville	6.2	13.6	15.9	17.11	113	Central District won by 33 points
West Adelaide	5.1	9.5	15.5	19.9	123	Sat 12-May-1979 2:10 pm	Richmond Oval	4,346
Norwood	3.2	6.7	14.13	19.17	131	Norwood won by 8 points
West Torrens	2.2	7.8	11.9	15.16	106	Sat 12-May-1979 2:10 pm	Thebarton Oval	7,101
Sturt	5.4	6.5	15.9	17.11	113	Sturt won by 7 points
North Adelaide	3.2	8.4	14.7	17.8	110	Sat 12-May-1979 2:10 pm	Prospect Oval	10,258
Port Adelaide	3.4	6.9	7.12	10.17	77	North Adelaide won by 33 points

Round 7[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
Glenelg	1.3	2.5	6.9	9.14	68	Sat 19-May-1979 2:10 pm	Football Park	4,903
Woodville	3.4	12.10	15.11	23.13	151	Woodville won by 83 points
South Adelaide	3.3	7.7	10.10	15.18	108	Sat 19-May-1979 2:10 pm	Adelaide Oval	5,115
West Adelaide	2.2	5.4	13.6	15.10	100	South Adelaide won by 8 points
Sturt	5.2	11.7	18.8	23.10	148	Sat 19-May-1979 2:10 pm	Unley Oval	12,223
North Adelaide	8.1	10.4	15.9	19.13	127	Sturt won by 21 points
Port Adelaide	4.5	10.8	16.9	18.13	121	Sat 19-May-1979 2:10 pm	Alberton Oval	10,075
West Torrens	2.2	5.5	6.10	13.13	91	Port Adelaide won by 30 points
Norwood	4.2	7.5	8.10	10.15	75	Sat 19-May-1979 2:10 pm	Norwood Oval	8,321
Central District	2.5	6.10	14.12	17.14	116	Central District won by 41 points

Round 8[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
Glenelg	4.2	7.6	9.11	13.14	92	Sat 26-May-1979 2:10 pm	Football Park	7,794
West Torrens	8.4	8.8	15.10	17.12	114	West Torrens won by 22 points
South Adelaide	4.1	4.3	6.7	10.10	70	Sat 26-May-1979 2:10 pm	Adelaide Oval	9,214
Norwood	5.4	9.12	17.13	23.16	154	Norwood won by 84 points
Central District	5.3	10.4	11.4	21.13	139	Sat 26-May-1979 2:10 pm	Elizabeth Oval	7,610
Sturt	2.2	5.5	14.15	15.15	105	Central District won by 34 points
North Adelaide	6.1	7.5	14.10	21.16	142	Sat 26-May-1979 2:10 pm	Prospect Oval	4,140
Woodville	3.4	6.9	10.12	13.16	94	North Adelaide won by 48 points
West Adelaide	3.3	9.5	11.8	13.14	92	Sat 26-May-1979 2:10 pm	Richmond Oval	5,264
Port Adelaide	4.7	8.8	17.13	18.14	122	Port Adelaide won by 30 points

Round 9[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
South Adelaide	2.2	7.9	11.13	14.19	103	Sat 2-Jun-1979 2:10 pm	Football Park	7,274
Sturt	2.4	4.5	8.6	15.6	96	South Adelaide won by 7 points
West Torrens	8.4	10.7	13.12	17.14	116	Sat 2-Jun-1979 2:10 pm	Thebarton Oval	6,989
North Adelaide	3.6	7.11	13.13	23.15	153	North Adelaide won by 37 points
Port Adelaide	6.2	13.9	16.14	23.17	155	Sat 2-Jun-1979 2:10 pm	Alberton Oval	10,138
Central District	2.1	2.2	6.3	9.4	58	Port Adelaide won by 97 points
West Adelaide	4.2	7.10	10.11	13.15	93	Sat 2-Jun-1979 2:10 pm	Richmond Oval	5,221
Glenelg	0.6	4.12	7.17	12.21	93	West Adelaide drew with Glenelg
Woodville	4.2	10.7	13.10	13.12	90	Sat 2-Jun-1979 2:10 pm	Woodville Oval	5,259
Norwood	5.3	8.6	10.7	12.13	85	Woodville won by 5 points

Round 10[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
Norwood	7.2	12.7	16.9	28.11	179	Sat 9-Jun-1979 2:10 pm	Football Park	9,061
West Torrens	4.3	7.4	9.5	10.8	68	Norwood won by 111 points
South Adelaide	5.5	9.7	15.12	16.16	112	Sat 9-Jun-1979 2:10 pm	Adelaide Oval	12,201
Port Adelaide	6.1	8.6	9.7	11.13	79	South Adelaide won by 33 points
Sturt	6.3	11.4	15.5	18.6	114	Sat 9-Jun-1979 2:10 pm	Unley Oval	5,172
Woodville	2.3	6.6	13.11	17.19	121	Woodville won by 7 points
Central District	5.4	7.6	15.7	18.11	119	Sat 9-Jun-1979 2:10 pm	Elizabeth Oval	5,308
West Adelaide	3.6	7.14	12.16	16.16	112	Central District won by 7 points
Glenelg	5.2	12.4	17.7	20.10	130	Sat 9-Jun-1979 2:10 pm	Glenelg Oval	7,850
North Adelaide	3.5	7.7	9.10	11.14	80	Glenelg won by 50 points

Round 11[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
West Adelaide	3.2	11.9	11.11	18.17	125	Sat 16-Jun-1979 2:10 pm	Football Park	6,366
West Torrens	3.4	5.9	9.14	10.18	78	West Adelaide won by 47 points
Port Adelaide	4.3	5.6	12.8	19.10	124	Sat 16-Jun-1979 2:10 pm	Alberton Oval	11,695
Sturt	4.3	7.8	13.9	17.12	114	Port Adelaide won by 10 points
Woodville	5.4	7.6	12.15	15.16	106	Sat 16-Jun-1979 2:10 pm	Woodville Oval	4,648
South Adelaide	1.1	8.3	8.5	12.9	81	Woodville won by 25 points
North Adelaide	2.4	5.7	8.10	10.12	72	Sat 16-Jun-1979 2:10 pm	Prospect Oval	9,051
Central District	2.4	4.7	6.9	13.11	89	Central District won by 17 points
Norwood	7.1	9.5	12.8	15.13	103	Mon 18-Jun-1979 2:10 pm	Football Park	18,874
Glenelg	2.7	4.11	10.16	13.16	94	Norwood won by 9 points

Round 12[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
South Adelaide	1.4	5.6	9.10	15.15	105	Sat 23-Jun-1979 2:10 pm	Football Park	5,467
North Adelaide	3.3	6.5	10.8	11.10	76	South Adelaide won by 29 points
Norwood	3.1	11.4	16.8	21.14	140	Sat 23-Jun-1979 2:10 pm	Norwood Oval	14,795
Port Adelaide	5.4	7.6	13.8	16.11	107	Norwood won by 33 points
West Torrens	0.3	7.6	12.12	17.16	118	Sat 23-Jun-1979 2:10 pm	Thebarton Oval	5,046
Central District	2.4	6.9	9.11	15.19	109	West Torrens won by 9 points
West Adelaide	3.2	8.10	9.14	11.15	81	Sat 23-Jun-1979 2:10 pm	Richmond Oval	3,410
Woodville	2.7	3.9	8.15	15.21	111	Woodville won by 30 points
Sturt	5.1	11.5	16.9	23.15	153	Sun 24-Jun-1979 2:10 pm	Football Park	15,502
Glenelg	6.3	7.7	10.12	11.14	80	Sturt won by 73 points

Round 13[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
North Adelaide	2.1	4.2	6.4	8.8	56	Sat 30-Jun-1979 2:10 pm	Football Park	3,630
West Adelaide	2.6	5.11	11.15	18.17	125	West Adelaide won by 69 points
Sturt	2.3	3.6	4.10	4.14	38	Sat 30-Jun-1979 2:10 pm	Unley Oval	9,872
Norwood	3.3	5.7	8.7	13.12	90	Norwood won by 52 points
Woodville	2.2	4.5	5.7	7.11	53	Sat 30-Jun-1979 2:10 pm	Woodville Oval	4,579
West Torrens	3.6	6.8	8.14	8.18	66	West Torrens won by 13 points
Glenelg	4.6	5.7	5.10	6.13	49	Sat 30-Jun-1979 2:10 pm	Glenelg Oval	8,212
Port Adelaide	0.1	2.6	4.9	8.16	64	Port Adelaide won by 15 points
South Adelaide	0.3	2.6	8.10	11.13	79	Sun 1-Jul-1979 2:10 pm	Adelaide Oval	7,315
Central District	5.7	9.8	16.9	17.14	116	Central District won by 37 points

Round 14[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
Sturt	0.0	5.5	8.7	11.13	79	Sat 7-Jul-1979 2:10 pm	Football Park	4,729
West Adelaide	2.7	4.7	8.12	9.14	68	Sturt won by 11 points
North Adelaide	5.7	6.7	14.13	17.13	115	Sat 7-Jul-1979 2:10 pm	Prospect Oval	6,791
Norwood	1.2	9.9	10.11	13.14	92	North Adelaide won by 23 points
Central District	1.1	5.2	10.4	14.9	93	Sat 7-Jul-1979 2:10 pm	Elizabeth Oval	7,647
Glenelg	4.6	5.7	10.10	13.10	88	Central District won by 5 points
Woodville	2.1	7.4	8.5	10.8	68	Sat 7-Jul-1979 2:10 pm	Woodville Oval	7,060
Port Adelaide	5.3	6.4	10.10	12.12	84	Port Adelaide won by 16 points
West Torrens	3.1	8.4	8.9	8.10	58	Sun 8-Jul-1979 2:10 pm	Thebarton Oval	5,752
South Adelaide	3.1	5.2	7.7	10.9	69	South Adelaide won by 11 points

Round 15[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
Woodville	3.3	4.9	10.14	16.19	115	Sat 14-Jul-1979 2:10 pm	Football Park	5,175
Central District	1.3	2.10	7.18	7.23	65	Woodville won by 50 points
Glenelg	9.6	14.8	19.8	25.11	161	Sat 14-Jul-1979 2:10 pm	Glenelg Oval	7,303
South Adelaide	3.5	6.8	11.12	20.15	135	Glenelg won by 26 points
Port Adelaide	5.5	11.10	11.15	19.18	132	Sat 14-Jul-1979 2:10 pm	Alberton Oval	9,375
North Adelaide	1.1	6.5	11.5	12.7	79	Port Adelaide won by 53 points
Norwood	5.4	13.8	18.11	21.17	143	Sat 14-Jul-1979 2:10 pm	Norwood Oval	7,000
West Adelaide	4.2	5.3	7.8	7.13	55	Norwood won by 88 points
Sturt	4.4	6.11	9.15	17.19	121	Sat 14-Jul-1979 2:10 pm	Unley Oval	8,620
West Torrens	2.4	5.7	7.13	10.16	76	Sturt won by 45 points

Round 16[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
Woodville	4.4	5.7	6.10	9.12	66	Sat 21-Jul-1979 2:10 pm	Football Park	3,887
Glenelg	1.2	5.4	6.4	7.7	49	Woodville won by 17 points
North Adelaide	5.4	7.6	8.9	10.11	71	Sat 21-Jul-1979 2:10 pm	Prospect Oval	4,490
Sturt	4.1	9.6	11.9	14.16	100	Sturt won by 29 points
West Adelaide	7.4	7.5	10.8	12.8	80	Sat 21-Jul-1979 2:10 pm	Richmond Oval	2,064
South Adelaide	3.1	6.4	6.4	8.7	55	West Adelaide won by 25 points
West Torrens	2.0	3.1	6.3	7.5	47	Sat 21-Jul-1979 2:10 pm	Thebarton Oval	4,486
Port Adelaide	3.2	6.7	8.13	10.16	76	Port Adelaide won by 29 points
Central District	4.5	6.10	12.11	12.13	85	Sun 22-Jul-1979 2:10 pm	Elizabeth Oval	8,427
Norwood	4.4	4.4	9.7	12.11	83	Central District won by 2 points

Round 17[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
Glenelg	1.5	7.8	13.11	19.15	129	Sat 28-Jul-1979 2:10 pm	Football Park	6,132
West Torrens	2.6	3.10	5.13	8.15	63	Glenelg won by 66 points
Port Adelaide	9.5	12.7	14.11	18.15	123	Sat 28-Jul-1979 2:10 pm	Alberton Oval	7,604
West Adelaide	4.3	9.7	14.10	19.13	127	West Adelaide won by 4 points
Sturt	0.2	7.6	11.11	14.11	95	Sat 28-Jul-1979 2:10 pm	Unley Oval	10,327
Central District	3.7	6.10	9.13	13.20	98	Central District won by 3 points
Woodville	2.3	7.3	12.10	18.12	120	Sat 28-Jul-1979 2:10 pm	Woodville Oval	3,554
North Adelaide	3.2	5.8	6.12	8.16	64	Woodville won by 56 points
Norwood	3.4	8.6	11.8	13.14	92	Sat 28-Jul-1979 2:10 pm	Norwood Oval	8,449
South Adelaide	0.0	4.4	8.6	11.11	77	Norwood won by 15 points

Round 18[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
Port Adelaide	4.3	4.4	9.7	11.13	79	Sat 4-Aug-1979 2:10 pm	Football Park	17,765
Central District	4.7	10.15	13.19	18.25	133	Central District won by 54 points
South Adelaide	2.2	7.5	12.10	17.14	116	Sat 4-Aug-1979 2:10 pm	Adelaide Oval	9,874
Sturt	2.4	4.7	8.9	11.13	79	South Adelaide won by 37 points
Glenelg	5.5	9.9	14.14	17.16	118	Sat 4-Aug-1979 2:10 pm	Glenelg Oval	6,645
West Adelaide	5.4	10.11	16.15	23.19	157	West Adelaide won by 39 points
Norwood	1.2	7.7	10.11	13.14	92	Sat 4-Aug-1979 2:10 pm	Norwood Oval	8,382
Woodville	3.1	8.2	14.9	15.9	99	Woodville won by 7 points
North Adelaide	2.4	7.7	8.9	12.13	85	Sun 5-Aug-1979 2:10 pm	Football Park	3,373
West Torrens	2.4	2.7	6.12	7.17	59	North Adelaide won by 26 points

Round 19[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
Sturt	2.1	6.5	7.9	9.14	68	Sat 11-Aug-1979 2:10 pm	Football Park	5,047
Woodville	2.3	5.3	6.8	8.14	62	Sturt won by 6 points
North Adelaide	5.4	6.12	9.14	15.18	108	Sat 11-Aug-1979 2:10 pm	Prospect Oval	3,732
Glenelg	2.6	6.7	9.9	11.10	76	North Adelaide won by 32 points
Port Adelaide	1.3	5.5	10.8	14.15	99	Sat 11-Aug-1979 2:10 pm	Alberton Oval	7,042
South Adelaide	4.1	5.2	7.5	7.8	50	Port Adelaide won by 49 points
West Torrens	4.1	6.4	10.9	13.11	89	Sat 11-Aug-1979 2:10 pm	Thebarton Oval	3,818
Norwood	1.2	2.5	3.7	4.8	32	West Torrens won by 57 points
Central District	5.4	7.8	12.10	16.14	110	Sun 12-Aug-1979 2:10 pm	Football Park	8,774
West Adelaide	5.5	9.6	11.12	13.14	92	Central District won by 18 points

Round 20[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
North Adelaide	5.6	8.9	9.15	11.19	85	Sat 18-Aug-1979 2:10 pm	Football Park	7,168
Central District	3.3	11.10	13.15	16.21	117	Central District won by 32 points
Glenelg	4.5	9.13	9.17	14.19	103	Sat 18-Aug-1979 2:10 pm	Glenelg Oval	6,847
Norwood	3.3	6.4	12.11	12.14	86	Glenelg won by 17 points
Sturt	2.7	5.11	8.11	9.13	67	Sat 18-Aug-1979 2:10 pm	Unley Oval	12,795
Port Adelaide	5.2	11.11	13.16	17.19	121	Port Adelaide won by 54 points
Woodville	0.0	2.5	6.7	8.10	58	Sun 19-Aug-1979 2:10 pm	Football Park	6,084
South Adelaide	3.2	6.6	10.10	12.12	84	South Adelaide won by 26 points
West Adelaide	6.4	6.7	12.7	14.11	95	Sun 19-Aug-1979 2:10 pm	Richmond Oval	3,528
West Torrens	7.3	8.9	11.11	14.13	97	West Torrens won by 2 points

Round 21[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
South Adelaide	6.2	14.5	20.10	27.14	176	Sat 25-Aug-1979 2:10 pm	Adelaide Oval	7,039
North Adelaide	4.3	5.6	9.8	10.16	76	South Adelaide won by 100 points
Glenelg	4.4	11.10	15.17	21.25	151	Sat 25-Aug-1979 2:10 pm	Glenelg Oval	8,833
Sturt	10.4	13.5	16.10	19.14	128	Glenelg won by 23 points
Woodville	6.5	9.13	13.19	14.22	106	Sat 25-Aug-1979 2:10 pm	Football Park	3,785
West Adelaide	3.1	7.6	10.9	21.12	138	West Adelaide won by 32 points
Central District	7.7	8.11	16.18	22.22	154	Sat 25-Aug-1979 2:10 pm	Elizabeth Oval	9,496
West Torrens	1.0	6.6	7.10	12.12	84	Central District won by 70 points
Norwood	2.5	6.7	8.8	9.10	64	Sun 26-Aug-1979 2:10 pm	Football Park	17,268
Port Adelaide	3.1	4.6	5.15	9.16	70	Port Adelaide won by 6 points

Round 22[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
Central District	2.4	7.7	10.10	11.13	79	Sat 1-Sep-1979 2:10 pm	Elizabeth Oval	10,514
South Adelaide	3.2	4.9	9.11	14.15	99	South Adelaide won by 20 points
Woodville	3.2	8.3	13.5	15.8	98	Sat 1-Sep-1979 2:10 pm	Woodville Oval	3,137
West Torrens	4.7	8.13	13.20	17.27	129	West Torrens won by 31 points
Norwood	3.3	11.6	16.11	22.15	147	Sat 1-Sep-1979 2:10 pm	Norwood Oval	9,757
Sturt	5.2	6.4	8.11	11.16	82	Norwood won by 65 points
North Adelaide	8.3	14.5	19.11	23.16	154	Sat 1-Sep-1979 2:10 pm	Prospect Oval	4,699
West Adelaide	3.4	5.11	13.11	16.13	109	North Adelaide won by 45 points
Port Adelaide	2.8	7.13	7.15	10.19	79	Sat 1-Sep-1979 2:10 pm	Football Park	14,166
Glenelg	5.1	7.5	11.10	13.12	90	Glenelg won by 11 points

1979 Ladder

LP	Club	P	W	L	D	For	Agn	%	Pts
1	Central District	22	15	6	1	2304	2116	52.13	31
2	Port Adelaide	22	14	8	0	2112	1892	52.75	28
3	South Adelaide	22	14	8	0	2052	1956	51.20	28
4	Norwood	22	11	11	0	2339	1966	54.33	22
5	Woodville	22	10	12	0	2131	2043	51.05	20
6	North Adelaide	22	10	12	0	2134	2360	47.49	20
7	Glenelg	22	9	12	1	2111	2184	49.15	19
8	West Torrens	22	9	12	1	1959	2267	46.36	19
9	Sturt	22	9	13	0	2131	2331	47.76	18
10	West Adelaide	22	7	14	1	2244	2402	48.30	15
	H&A	110	108	108	2	21517	21517	50.00	220
	Finals	6	6	6	0	1155	1155	50.00	12
	Total	116	114	114	2	22672	22672	50.00	232

Finals Week 1[Finals Week 1 Review]

Elimination Final

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
Norwood	4.1	9.3	14.6	20.10	130	Sat 8-Sep-1979 2:10 pm	Football Park	21,925
Woodville	0.3	4.4	9.6	9.10	64	Norwood won by 66 points

Qualifying Final

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
Port Adelaide	5.4	8.5	19.10	21.11	137	Sun 9-Sep-1979 2:10 pm	Football Park	28,310
South Adelaide	1.3	4.4	9.4	15.9	99	Port Adelaide won by 38 points

Finals Week 2[Finals Week 2 Review]

First Semi-final

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
South Adelaide	5.6	6.9	10.20	13.28	106	Sat 15-Sep-1979 2:10 pm	Football Park	22,113
Norwood	3.2	6.4	9.4	13.7	85	South Adelaide won by 21 points

Second Semi-final

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
Central District	6.2	9.5	10.8	13.10	88	Sun 16-Sep-1979 2:10 pm	Football Park	36,807
Port Adelaide	4.1	7.3	13.8	17.12	114	Port Adelaide won by 26 points

Finals Week 3[Finals Week 3 Review]

Preliminary Final

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
Central District	3.5	6.7	9.11	16.16	112	Sat 22-Sep-1979 2:10 pm	Football Park	25,160
South Adelaide	5.1	9.9	15.10	19.11	125	South Adelaide won by 13 points

Finals Week 4[Finals Week 4 Review]

Grand Final

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
Port Adelaide	5.0	5.3	9.7	9.9	63	Sat 29-Sep-1979 2:10 pm	Football Park	50,428
South Adelaide	0.0	3.7	3.8	3.14	32	Port Adelaide won by 31 points

SANFL - KEY FACTS

Premiership season

1979 SANFL Premiership season

1979 Ladder

1979 Round by Round

Round 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | EF | QF | 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]

Round 15[Round Review]

Round 16[Round Review]

Round 17[Round Review]

Round 18[Round Review]

Round 19[Round Review]

Round 20[Round Review]

Round 21[Round Review]

Round 22[Round Review]

1979 Ladder

Finals Week 1[Finals Week 1 Review]

Elimination Final

Qualifying Final

Finals Week 2[Finals Week 2 Review]

First Semi-final

Second Semi-final

Finals Week 3[Finals Week 3 Review]

Preliminary Final

Finals Week 4[Finals Week 4 Review]

Grand Final

Footnotes