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

1934 SANFL Premiership season

1933 1935

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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.

Ladder | Round by Round | Finals

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1934 Ladder

LP	Club	P	W	L	D	For	Agn	%	Pts
1	Port Adelaide	17	10	6	1	1916	1581	54.79	21
2	Glenelg	17	10	6	1	1818	1704	51.62	21
3	West Torrens	17	10	7	0	1550	1509	50.67	20
4	Sturt	17	10	7	0	1624	1583	50.64	20
5	North Adelaide	17	9	7	1	1855	1605	53.61	19
6	West Adelaide	17	8	8	1	1755	1727	50.40	17
7	Norwood	17	5	12	0	1612	1920	45.64	10
8	South Adelaide	17	4	13	0	1626	2127	43.33	8
	H&A	68	66	66	2	13756	13756	50.00	136
	Finals	4	4	4	0	834	834	50.00	8
	Total	72	70	70	2	14590	14590	50.00	144

1934 Round by Round

Round 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 1SF | 2SF | PF | GF

Round 1[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
South Adelaide	4.2	8.6	12.8	19.12	126	Sat 28-Apr-1934	Adelaide Oval
Norwood	7.4	10.5	15.8	16.9	105	South Adelaide won by 21 points
Sturt	3.5	4.6	8.10	8.13	61	Sat 28-Apr-1934	Unley Oval
Port Adelaide	2.3	5.8	6.10	10.16	76	Port Adelaide won by 15 points
West Torrens	1.1	4.2	5.4	11.8	74	Sat 28-Apr-1934	Thebarton Oval
North Adelaide	0.2	3.5	4.10	5.14	44	West Torrens won by 30 points
West Adelaide	6.5	7.9	10.13	13.19	97	Sat 28-Apr-1934	Adelaide Showground
Glenelg	3.2	9.6	10.9	13.11	89	West Adelaide won by 8 points

Round 2[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
South Adelaide	6.3	13.10	14.12	20.15	135	Sat 5-May-1934	Adelaide Oval
Port Adelaide	3.4	5.5	9.12	13.15	93	South Adelaide won by 42 points
Norwood	1.4	10.12	14.14	20.19	139	Sat 5-May-1934	Norwood Oval
West Adelaide	4.0	5.2	11.11	15.14	104	Norwood won by 35 points
North Adelaide	10.4	12.5	19.7	20.11	131	Sat 5-May-1934	Prospect Oval
Sturt	0.1	2.7	4.10	5.16	46	North Adelaide won by 85 points
Glenelg	4.2	9.4	13.5	14.15	99	Sat 5-May-1934	Glenelg Oval
West Torrens	5.3	7.9	12.13	17.15	117	West Torrens won by 18 points

Round 3[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
West Adelaide	4.7	9.12	14.14	15.18	108	Sat 12-May-1934	Adelaide Oval
North Adelaide	3.2	6.2	8.3	11.8	74	West Adelaide won by 34 points
Sturt	1.3	5.7	8.10	11.15	81	Sat 12-May-1934	Unley Oval
Norwood	6.4	6.5	10.9	12.10	82	Norwood won by 1 point
West Torrens	3.7	7.11	8.16	15.21	111	Sat 12-May-1934	Thebarton Oval
South Adelaide	1.3	5.5	7.7	10.14	74	West Torrens won by 37 points
Port Adelaide	8.4	12.8	19.13	33.19	217	Sat 12-May-1934	Alberton Oval
Glenelg	0.0	4.7	9.9	12.14	86	Port Adelaide won by 131 points

Round 4[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
South Adelaide	2.3	7.7	11.10	17.13	115	Sat 19-May-1934	Adelaide Oval
Sturt	6.3	8.7	17.9	18.14	122	Sturt won by 7 points
Norwood	2.5	8.14	12.20	15.25	115	Sat 19-May-1934	Norwood Oval
Port Adelaide	5.2	7.4	10.8	12.12	84	Norwood won by 31 points
North Adelaide	5.4	8.7	13.9	15.11	101	Sat 19-May-1934	Prospect Oval
Glenelg	2.7	9.9	12.14	14.17	101	North Adelaide drew with Glenelg
West Adelaide	3.3	7.8	13.10	15.16	106	Sat 19-May-1934	Adelaide Showground
West Torrens	3.3	8.3	10.6	13.9	87	West Adelaide won by 19 points

Round 5[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
South Adelaide	6.5	14.6	18.10	24.13	157	Sat 26-May-1934	Adelaide Oval
West Adelaide	5.2	8.5	10.8	15.14	104	South Adelaide won by 53 points
Sturt	1.1	5.8	10.15	13.22	100	Sat 26-May-1934	Unley Oval
Glenelg	2.5	4.5	6.9	12.13	85	Sturt won by 15 points
West Torrens	1.8	6.14	8.17	14.18	102	Sat 26-May-1934	Thebarton Oval
Norwood	4.0	5.2	9.4	12.6	78	West Torrens won by 24 points
Port Adelaide	4.5	6.8	9.12	12.16	88	Sat 26-May-1934	Alberton Oval
North Adelaide	6.7	7.10	11.12	13.12	90	North Adelaide won by 2 points

Round 6[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
North Adelaide	7.7	13.10	22.13	26.16	172	Sat 2-Jun-1934	Adelaide Oval
Norwood	2.7	7.12	11.14	14.21	105	North Adelaide won by 67 points
Glenelg	5.6	10.8	13.9	21.11	137	Sat 2-Jun-1934	Glenelg Oval
South Adelaide	6.4	8.5	13.9	16.12	108	Glenelg won by 29 points
West Adelaide	5.10	7.14	16.15	19.17	131	Sat 2-Jun-1934	Adelaide Showground
Port Adelaide	3.6	9.9	14.11	19.17	131	West Adelaide drew with Port Adelaide
Sturt	5.2	10.6	12.9	13.12	90	Mon 4-Jun-1934	Adelaide Oval	17,938
West Torrens	2.2	6.3	10.10	12.12	84	Sturt won by 6 points

Round 7[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
South Adelaide	4.3	6.11	8.17	16.25	121	Sat 9-Jun-1934	Adelaide Oval
North Adelaide	6.3	12.6	17.10	22.13	145	North Adelaide won by 24 points
Norwood	1.3	6.9	8.18	13.21	99	Sat 9-Jun-1934	Norwood Oval
Glenelg	5.6	6.10	9.16	14.17	101	Glenelg won by 2 points
West Torrens	2.7	4.8	10.8	13.11	89	Sat 9-Jun-1934	Thebarton Oval
Port Adelaide	2.2	5.5	7.7	13.10	88	West Torrens won by 1 point
West Adelaide	1.8	3.14	6.21	8.21	69	Sat 9-Jun-1934	Adelaide Showground
Sturt	1.4	7.9	8.12	13.20	98	Sturt won by 29 points

Round 8[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
Glenelg	4.8	8.10	12.17	16.20	116	Sat 23-Jun-1934	Adelaide Oval
West Adelaide	1.2	4.8	6.11	11.17	83	Glenelg won by 33 points
Norwood	9.2	12.2	17.5	21.15	141	Sat 23-Jun-1934	Norwood Oval
South Adelaide	8.1	11.6	16.11	17.12	114	Norwood won by 27 points
Sturt	6.10	7.13	16.17	22.22	154	Sat 23-Jun-1934	Unley Oval
Port Adelaide	2.1	8.3	11.8	14.14	98	Sturt won by 56 points
North Adelaide	1.3	6.11	9.15	16.20	116	Sat 23-Jun-1934	Prospect Oval
West Torrens	0.12	0.13	2.16	5.17	47	North Adelaide won by 69 points

Round 9[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
West Adelaide	6.2	10.5	16.11	21.15	141	Sat 30-Jun-1934	Adelaide Oval
Norwood	5.1	6.7	9.11	11.13	79	West Adelaide won by 62 points
Sturt	7.2	10.2	14.5	17.8	110	Sat 30-Jun-1934	Unley Oval
North Adelaide	4.6	9.15	12.19	14.20	104	Sturt won by 6 points
West Torrens	3.4	6.11	13.13	17.17	119	Sat 30-Jun-1934	Thebarton Oval
Glenelg	5.4	7.6	8.10	10.11	71	West Torrens won by 48 points
Port Adelaide	5.5	9.10	13.13	21.17	143	Sat 30-Jun-1934	Alberton Oval
South Adelaide	2.3	9.6	11.14	15.16	106	Port Adelaide won by 37 points

Round 10[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
South Adelaide	3.1	10.9	11.19	11.22	88	Sat 7-Jul-1934	Adelaide Oval
West Torrens	5.3	9.3	11.5	16.11	107	West Torrens won by 19 points
Norwood	4.7	8.7	11.9	13.9	87	Sat 7-Jul-1934	Norwood Oval
Sturt	0.1	4.5	8.9	15.13	103	Sturt won by 16 points
Glenelg	3.6	9.10	13.13	16.14	110	Sat 7-Jul-1934	Glenelg Oval
Port Adelaide	3.4	7.7	8.12	11.18	84	Glenelg won by 26 points
West Adelaide	5.6	8.8	10.12	15.20	110	Sat 7-Jul-1934	Adelaide Showground
North Adelaide	4.3	8.6	10.9	12.11	83	West Adelaide won by 27 points

Round 11[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
South Adelaide	3.1	5.7	8.8	10.12	72	Sat 21-Jul-1934	Adelaide Oval
Sturt	4.8	7.11	11.19	16.24	120	Sturt won by 48 points
West Torrens	2.4	5.7	8.11	13.15	93	Sat 21-Jul-1934	Thebarton Oval
West Adelaide	3.4	4.6	6.11	9.12	66	West Torrens won by 27 points
Port Adelaide	3.2	10.6	11.7	18.11	119	Sat 21-Jul-1934	Alberton Oval
Norwood	4.5	5.6	10.12	10.14	74	Port Adelaide won by 45 points
Glenelg	4.2	6.6	9.12	13.18	96	Sat 21-Jul-1934	Glenelg Oval
North Adelaide	2.1	6.6	8.10	8.11	59	Glenelg won by 37 points

Round 12[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
Norwood	3.1	7.2	9.4	10.7	67	Sat 28-Jul-1934	Norwood Oval
West Torrens	3.4	5.14	6.17	11.23	89	West Torrens won by 22 points
North Adelaide	4.3	5.6	6.8	10.11	71	Sat 28-Jul-1934	Prospect Oval
Port Adelaide	3.2	5.4	9.7	11.11	77	Port Adelaide won by 6 points
Glenelg	5.1	11.2	16.5	20.8	128	Sat 28-Jul-1934	Glenelg Oval
Sturt	3.3	5.4	9.7	14.11	95	Glenelg won by 33 points
West Adelaide	6.3	11.6	15.9	18.14	122	Sat 28-Jul-1934	Adelaide Showground
South Adelaide	1.5	4.5	8.8	11.12	78	West Adelaide won by 44 points

Round 13[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
South Adelaide	2.2	5.8	5.12	8.14	62	Sat 4-Aug-1934	Adelaide Oval
Glenelg	4.3	9.8	16.14	23.18	156	Glenelg won by 94 points
Norwood	2.3	9.6	10.10	16.13	109	Sat 4-Aug-1934	Norwood Oval
North Adelaide	6.5	6.8	12.14	15.16	106	Norwood won by 3 points
Sturt	7.4	8.6	11.9	14.10	94	Sat 4-Aug-1934	Unley Oval
West Torrens	0.0	5.5	9.6	13.10	88	Sturt won by 6 points
Port Adelaide	4.2	10.6	15.8	18.11	119	Sat 4-Aug-1934	Alberton Oval
West Adelaide	2.1	6.6	10.8	14.12	96	Port Adelaide won by 23 points

Round 14[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
Port Adelaide	5.1	8.9	9.13	13.16	94	Sat 18-Aug-1934	Adelaide Oval
West Torrens	2.3	5.3	11.7	12.10	82	Port Adelaide won by 12 points
Sturt	4.2	6.3	8.9	11.13	79	Sat 18-Aug-1934	Unley Oval
West Adelaide	2.6	7.9	9.9	17.13	115	West Adelaide won by 36 points
North Adelaide	4.4	12.6	17.11	24.13	157	Sat 18-Aug-1934	Prospect Oval
South Adelaide	1.5	4.8	8.10	11.13	79	North Adelaide won by 78 points
Glenelg	2.3	8.10	10.14	16.19	115	Sat 18-Aug-1934	Glenelg Oval
Norwood	3.5	6.5	10.8	12.14	86	Glenelg won by 29 points

Round 15[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
North Adelaide	3.4	10.6	14.7	17.18	120	Sat 25-Aug-1934	Adelaide Oval
Glenelg	5.9	9.9	13.13	17.15	117	North Adelaide won by 3 points
West Torrens	3.1	9.7	10.12	12.18	90	Sat 25-Aug-1934	Thebarton Oval
South Adelaide	4.4	5.6	13.12	15.14	104	South Adelaide won by 14 points
Port Adelaide	4.3	8.8	12.10	14.11	95	Sat 25-Aug-1934	Alberton Oval
Sturt	4.2	6.5	9.8	11.11	77	Port Adelaide won by 18 points
West Adelaide	5.4	8.8	12.14	14.14	98	Sat 25-Aug-1934	Adelaide Showground
Norwood	1.2	5.10	5.12	10.17	77	West Adelaide won by 21 points

Round 16[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
South Adelaide	2.4	2.7	3.9	4.12	36	Sat 1-Sep-1934	Adelaide Oval
Port Adelaide	6.4	10.7	19.12	25.21	171	Port Adelaide won by 135 points
North Adelaide	4.3	9.5	17.9	23.14	152	Sat 1-Sep-1934	Prospect Oval
Norwood	5.2	11.6	15.8	15.9	99	North Adelaide won by 53 points
West Torrens	4.2	7.5	10.7	15.13	103	Sat 1-Sep-1934	Thebarton Oval
Sturt	2.4	6.7	9.12	13.13	91	West Torrens won by 12 points
Glenelg	4.0	9.2	11.3	15.8	98	Sat 1-Sep-1934	Glenelg Oval
West Adelaide	4.5	7.7	10.11	12.15	87	Glenelg won by 11 points

Round 17[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
Norwood	3.1	6.3	8.4	10.10	70	Sat 8-Sep-1934	Norwood Oval
Glenelg	2.2	7.10	12.14	16.17	113	Glenelg won by 43 points
Sturt	3.4	8.8	12.11	15.13	103	Sat 8-Sep-1934	Unley Oval
South Adelaide	3.4	3.6	4.11	6.15	51	Sturt won by 52 points
North Adelaide	5.2	9.2	17.5	20.10	130	Sat 8-Sep-1934	Prospect Oval
West Adelaide	5.2	10.7	15.8	18.10	118	North Adelaide won by 12 points
Port Adelaide	4.6	10.8	17.11	21.13	139	Sat 8-Sep-1934	Alberton Oval
West Torrens	1.6	5.8	8.11	9.14	68	Port Adelaide won by 71 points

1934 Ladder

LP	Club	P	W	L	D	For	Agn	%	Pts
1	Port Adelaide	17	10	6	1	1916	1581	54.79	21
2	Glenelg	17	10	6	1	1818	1704	51.62	21
3	West Torrens	17	10	7	0	1550	1509	50.67	20
4	Sturt	17	10	7	0	1624	1583	50.64	20
5	North Adelaide	17	9	7	1	1855	1605	53.61	19
6	West Adelaide	17	8	8	1	1755	1727	50.40	17
7	Norwood	17	5	12	0	1612	1920	45.64	10
8	South Adelaide	17	4	13	0	1626	2127	43.33	8
	H&A	68	66	66	2	13756	13756	50.00	136
	Finals	4	4	4	0	834	834	50.00	8
	Total	72	70	70	2	14590	14590	50.00	144

First Semi-final

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
Sturt	3.3	6.3	11.10	14.15	99	Sat 15-Sep-1934	Adelaide Oval	19,132
West Torrens	0.7	6.10	7.13	12.14	86	Sturt won by 13 points

Second Semi-final

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
Port Adelaide	7.5	11.7	18.13	23.21	159	Sat 22-Sep-1934	Adelaide Oval	24,934
Glenelg	3.3	8.9	10.10	13.16	94	Port Adelaide won by 65 points

Preliminary Final

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
Glenelg	2.3	4.3	6.9	13.11	89	Sat 29-Sep-1934	Adelaide Oval	17,281
Sturt	2.1	4.8	6.14	9.16	70	Glenelg won by 19 points

Grand Final

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
Glenelg	5.4	10.8	15.10	18.15	123	Sat 6-Oct-1934	Adelaide Oval	30,045
Port Adelaide	3.4	6.13	11.17	16.18	114	Glenelg won by 9 points

Australian Football

SANFL - KEY FACTS

Premiership season

1934 SANFL Premiership season

1934 Ladder

1934 Round by Round

Round 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 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]

1934 Ladder

First Semi-final

Second Semi-final

Preliminary Final

Grand Final

Footnotes