List of SANFL premiers
This page is a chronological listing of the premiership winners in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) – the premier Australian rules football competition in the state of South Australia.
Chronological list
Premiership decided by a Grand Final
Premiership decided by a Grand Final Replay, after the scheduled Grand Final was drawn
Premiership decided by a Challenge Final
Premiership decided without any form of Grand Final
| Year | Premier | Runner Up | Score | Crowd | Ground | Date | Telecaster | ||
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| 1877 |  South Adelaide (1) Victorian (1) |
 Adelaide (1) |
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| 1878 |  Norwood (1) |
 Port Adelaide (1) |
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| 1879 | Norwood (2) |
Port Adelaide (2) |
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| 1880 | Norwood (3) |
Victorian (1) |
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| 1881 | Norwood (4) |
South Adelaide (2) |
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| 1882 | Norwood (5) |
South Adelaide (3) |
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| 1883 | Norwood (6) |
Port Adelaide (3) |
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| 1884 | Port Adelaide (1) |
Norwood (1) |
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| 1885 | South Adelaide (2) |
Norwood (2) |
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| 1886 | Adelaide (1) |
South Adelaide (4) |
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| 1887 | Norwood (7) |
Port Adelaide (4) |
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| 1888 | Norwood (8) + COA (1) |
Port Adelaide (5) |
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| 1889 | Norwood (9) |
Port Adelaide (6) |
7.4 (7) d. 5.9 (5) | 7,227 | Adelaide Oval | Saturday 5 October | |||
| 1890 | Port Adelaide (2) + COA (1) |
Norwood (3) |
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| 1891 | Norwood (10) |
Port Adelaide (7) |
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| 1892 | South Adelaide (3) |
Port Adelaide (8) |
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| 1893 | South Adelaide (4) |
Norwood (4) |
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| 1894 | Norwood (11) |
South Adelaide (5) |
4.8 (32) drew 4.8 (32) 4.7 (31) d. 3.5 (23) |
Adelaide Oval | Wednesday 6 August Wednesday 13 August |
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| 1895 | South Adelaide (5) |
Norwood (5) |
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| 1896 | South Adelaide (6) |
Norwood (6) |
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| 1897 | Port Adelaide (3) |
South Adelaide (6) |
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| 1898 | South Adelaide (7) |
Port Adelaide (9) |
8.8 (56) d. 4.8 (32) | 6,500 | Adelaide Oval | ||||
| 1899 | South Adelaide (8) |
Norwood (7) |
Adelaide Oval | ||||||
| 1900 |  North Adelaide (1) |
South Adelaide (7) |
7,000 | Adelaide Oval | |||||
| 1901 | Norwood (12) |
Port Adelaide (10) |
4.3 (27) d. 1.8 (14) | 7,000 | Adelaide Oval | ||||
| 1902 | North Adelaide (2) |
South Adelaide (8) |
4.9 (33) d. 4.5 (29) | Adelaide Oval | |||||
| 1903 | Port Adelaide (4) |
South Adelaide (9) |
6.6 (42) d. 5.5 (35) | 14,000 | Adelaide Oval | ||||
| 1904 | Norwood (13) |
Port Adelaide (11) |
6.8 (44) d. 1.6 (12) | 15,000 | Jubilee Oval | ||||
| 1905 | North Adelaide (3) |
Port Adelaide (12) |
6.8 (44) d. 1.6 (12) | 12,000 | Adelaide Oval | ||||
| South Australian Football League | |||||||||
| 1906 | Port Adelaide (5) |
North Adelaide (1) |
8.12 (60) d. 5.9 (39) | 20,000 | Adelaide Oval | ||||
| 1907 | Norwood (14) + COA (2) |
Port Adelaide (13) |
8.7 (55) d. 3.9 (27) | 25,000 | Adelaide Oval | ||||
| 1908 |  West Adelaide (1) + COA (1) |
Norwood (8) |
7.10 (52) d. 6.13 (49) | 22,000 | Adelaide Oval | Saturday 26 September | |||
| 1909 | West Adelaide (2) |
Port Adelaide (14) |
7.17 (59) d. 6.5 (41) | 25,000 | Adelaide Oval | Saturday 18 September | |||
| 1910 | Port Adelaide (6) + COA (2) |
 Sturt (1) |
8.12 (60) d. 5.11 (41) | 20,000 | Adelaide Oval | Saturday 8 October | |||
| 1911 | West Adelaide (3) + COA (2) |
Port Adelaide (15) |
7.9 (52) d. 6.10 (46) | 19,000 | Adelaide Oval | Saturday 7 October | |||
| 1912 | West Adelaide (4) |
Port Adelaide (16) |
6.10 (46) d. 5.2 (32) | 28,500 | Adelaide Oval | Monday 28 October | |||
| 1913 | Port Adelaide (7) + COA (3) |
North Adelaide (2) |
7.12 (54) d. 5.10 (40) | 22,000 | Adelaide Oval | Saturday 20 September | |||
| 1914 | Port Adelaide (8) + COA (4) |
North Adelaide (3) |
13.15 (93) d. 1.8 (14) | 11,000 | Adelaide Oval | Saturday 19 September | |||
| 1915 | Sturt (1) |
Port Adelaide (17) |
6.10 (46) d. 4.10 (34) | 13,000 | Adelaide Oval | ||||
| Play suspended due to WWI | |||||||||
| 1919 | Sturt (2) |
North Adelaide (4) |
30,000 (1) 35,000 (2) |
Adelaide Oval | |||||
| 1920 | North Adelaide (4) |
Norwood (9) |
9.15 (69) d. 3.3 (21) | 31,000 | Adelaide Oval | ||||
| 1921 | Port Adelaide (9) |
Norwood (10) |
34,000 | Adelaide Oval | |||||
| 1922 | Norwood (15) |
West Adelaide (1) |
9.7 (61) d. 2.16 (28) | 31,000 | Adelaide Oval | ||||
| 1923 | Norwood (16) |
Sturt (2) |
9.12 (66) d. 6.4 (40) | 37,000 | Adelaide Oval | ||||
| 1924 |  West Torrens (1) |
Sturt (3) |
44,345 | Adelaide Oval | |||||
| 1925 | Norwood (17) |
West Torrens (1) |
37,750 | Adelaide Oval | |||||
| 1926 | Sturt (3) |
Port Adelaide (18) |
30,000 | Adelaide Oval | |||||
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| 1927 | West Adelaide (5) |
North Adelaide (5) |
33,222 | Adelaide Oval | |||||
| 1928 | Port Adelaide (10) |
Norwood (11) |
35,700 | Adelaide Oval | |||||
| 1929 | Norwood (18) |
Port Adelaide (19) |
35,504 | Adelaide Oval | |||||
| 1930 | North Adelaide (5) |
Port Adelaide (20) |
23,609 | Adelaide Oval | |||||
| 1931 | North Adelaide (6) |
Sturt (4) |
34,202 | Adelaide Oval | |||||
| 1932 | Sturt (4) |
North Adelaide (6) |
29,717 | Adelaide Oval | |||||
| 1933 | West Torrens (2) |
Norwood (12) |
33,444 | Adelaide Oval | |||||
| 1934 |  Glenelg (1) |
Port Adelaide (21) |
30,045 | Adelaide Oval | |||||
| 1935 | South Adelaide (9) |
Port Adelaide (22) |
26,496 | Adelaide Oval | |||||
| 1936 | Port Adelaide (11) |
Sturt (5) |
35,120 | Adelaide Oval | |||||
| 1937 | Port Adelaide (12) |
South Adelaide (10) |
35,895 | Adelaide Oval | |||||
| 1938 | South Adelaide (10) |
Port Adelaide (23) |
33,364 | Adelaide Oval | |||||
| 1939 | Port Adelaide (13) |
West Torrens (2) |
44,885 | Adelaide Oval | |||||
| 1940 | Sturt (5) |
South Adelaide (11) |
28,500 | Adelaide Oval | |||||
| 1941 | Norwood (19) |
Sturt (6) |
30,742 | Adelaide Oval | |||||
| Play suspended due to WWII | |||||||||
| 1945 | West Torrens (3) |
Port Adelaide (24) |
47,500 | Adelaide Oval | |||||
| 1946 | Norwood (20) |
Port Adelaide (25) |
53,473 | Adelaide Oval | |||||
| 1947 | West Adelaide (6) |
Norwood (13) |
32,631 | Adelaide Oval | |||||
| 1948 | Norwood (21) |
West Torrens (3) |
48,755 | Adelaide Oval | |||||
| 1949 | North Adelaide (7) |
West Torrens (4) |
42,490 | Adelaide Oval | |||||
| 1950 | Norwood (22) |
Glenelg (1) |
50,389 | Adelaide Oval | |||||
| 1951 | Port Adelaide (14) |
North Adelaide (7) |
10.12 (72) d. 8.13 (61) | 41,997 | Adelaide Oval | ||||
| 1952 | North Adelaide (8) |
Norwood (14) |
23.15 (153) d. 6.9 (45) | 50,105 | Adelaide Oval | ||||
| 1953 | West Torrens (4) |
Port Adelaide (26) |
9.13 (67) d. 8.12 (60) | 42,949 | Adelaide Oval | ||||
| 1954 | Port Adelaide (15) |
West Adelaide (2) |
11.13 (79) d. 10.16 (76) | 42,895 | Adelaide Oval | ||||
| 1955 | Port Adelaide (16) |
Norwood (15) |
15.11 (101) d. 5.8 (38) | 44,826 | Adelaide Oval | ||||
| 1956 | Port Adelaide (17) |
West Adelaide (3) |
12.9 (81) d. 9.11 (65) | 45,514 | Adelaide Oval | ||||
| 1957 | Port Adelaide (18) |
Norwood (16) |
15.15 (105) d. 13.6 (94) | 58,924 | Adelaide Oval | ||||
| 1958 | Port Adelaide (19) |
West Adelaide (4) |
14.10 (94) d. 14.8 (92) | 54,282 | Adelaide Oval | ||||
| 1959 | Port Adelaide (20) |
West Adelaide (5) |
13.9 (87) d. 11.11 (77) | 48,884 | Adelaide Oval | ||||
| 1960 | North Adelaide (9) |
Norwood (17) |
14.11 (95) d. 13.12 (90) | 54,162 | Adelaide Oval | ||||
| 1961 | West Adelaide (7) |
Norwood (18) |
40,409 | Adelaide Oval | |||||
| 1962 | Port Adelaide (21) |
West Adelaide (6) |
43,597 | Adelaide Oval | |||||
| 1963 | Port Adelaide (22) |
North Adelaide (8) |
52,688 | Adelaide Oval | |||||
| 1964 | South Adelaide (11) |
Port Adelaide (27) |
56,353 | Adelaide Oval | |||||
| 1965 | Port Adelaide (23) |
Sturt (7) |
12.8 (80) d. 12.5 (77) | 62,543 | Adelaide Oval | ||||
| 1966 | Sturt (6) |
Port Adelaide (28) |
16.16 (112) d. 8.8 (56) | 59,417 | Adelaide Oval | Saturday 1 October | |||
| 1967 | Sturt (7) |
Port Adelaide (29) |
13.10 (88) d. 10.17 (77) | 58,849 | Adelaide Oval | Saturday 30 September | |||
| 1968 | Sturt (8) |
Port Adelaide (30) |
12.18 (90) d. 9.9 (63) | 57,811 | Adelaide Oval | Saturday 28 September | |||
| 1969 | Sturt (9) |
Glenelg (2) |
24.15 (159) d. 13.16 (94) | 55,600 | Adelaide Oval | Saturday 4 October | |||
| 1970 | Sturt (10) |
Glenelg (3) |
12.13 (85) d. 9.10 (64) | 48,757 | Adelaide Oval | Saturday 26 September | |||
| 1971 | North Adelaide (10) |
Port Adelaide (31) |
52,228 | Adelaide Oval | |||||
| 1972 | North Adelaide (11) + COA (1) |
Port Adelaide (32) |
55,709 | Adelaide Oval | |||||
| 1973 | Glenelg (2) |
North Adelaide (9) |
21.11 (137) d. 19.16 (130) | 56,525 | Adelaide Oval | Saturday 30 September | |||
| 1974 | Sturt (11) |
Glenelg (4) |
9.16 (70) d. 8.7 (55) | 58,113 | Football Park | Saturday 28 September | |||
| 1975 | Norwood (23) |
Glenelg (5) |
9.10 (64) d. 7.10 (52) | 53,283 | Football Park | Saturday 27 September | |||
| 1976 | Sturt (12) |
Port Adelaide (33) |
17.14 (116) d. 10.15 (75) | 66,897 | Football Park | ||||
| 1977 | Port Adelaide (24) |
Glenelg (6) |
17.11 (113) d. 16.9 (105) | 56,717 | Football Park | Saturday 24 September | |||
| 1978 | Norwood (24) |
Sturt (8) |
16.15 (111) d. 14.26 (110) | 50,867 | Football Park | Seven Network (1) | |||
| 1979 | Port Adelaide (25) |
South Adelaide (12) |
9.9 (63) d. 3.14 (32) | 50,428 | Football Park | Nine Network (1) | |||
| 1980 | Port Adelaide (26) |
Norwood (19) |
54,536 | Football Park | Seven Network (2) | ||||
| 1981 | Port Adelaide (27) |
Glenelg (7) |
52,659 | Football Park | Seven Network (4) | ||||
| 1982 | Norwood (25) |
Glenelg (8) |
47,336 | Football Park | Seven Network (5) | ||||
| 1983 | West Adelaide (8) |
Sturt (9) |
21.16 (142) d 16.12 (108) | 47,129 | Football Park | Seven Network (6) | |||
| 1984 | Norwood (26) |
Port Adelaide (34) |
50,271 | Football Park | Seven Network (7) | ||||
| 1985 | Glenelg (3) |
North Adelaide (10) |
21.15 (141) d. 12.12 (84) | 50,289 | Football Park | Saturday 5 October | Seven Network (8) | ||
| 1986 | Glenelg (4) |
North Adelaide (11) |
21.9 (135) d. 12.15 (87) | 50,538 | FootballPark | Saturday 4 October | Seven Network (9) | ||
| 1987 | North Adelaide (12) |
Glenelg (9) |
23.7 (145) d. 9.9 (63) | 50,617 | Football Park | Saturday 3 October | Seven Network (10) | ||
| 1988 | Port Adelaide (28) |
Glenelg (10) |
12.12 (84) d. 8.7 (55) | 50,313 | Football Park | Saturday 1 October | Nine Network (1) | ||
| 1989 | Port Adelaide (29) |
North Adelaide (12) |
15.18 (108) d. 1.8 (14) | 50,487 | Football Park | Saturday 7 October | Nine Network (2) | ||
| 1990 | Port Adelaide (30) |
Glenelg (11) |
16.12 (108) d. 13.15 (93) | 50,589 | Football Park | Sunday 7 October | Nine Network (3) | ||
| Adelaide Crows formed and enter AFL | |||||||||
| 1991 | North Adelaide (13) |
West Adelaide (7) |
21.22 (148) d. 11.7 (73) | 39,276 | Football Park | Saturday 5 October | ABC (1) | ||
| 1992 | Port Adelaide (31) |
Glenelg (12) |
17.3 (105) d. 7.7 (49) | 42,242 | Football Park | Saturday 3 October | Nine Network (4) | ||
| 1993 |  Woodville-West Torrens (1) |
Norwood (20) |
17.20 (122) d. 7.7 (49) | 42,719 | Football Park | Saturday 2 October | ABC (2) | ||
| 1994 | Port Adelaide (32) |
Woodville-West Torrens (1) |
15.16 (106) d. 10.9 (69) | 40,598 | Football Park | Sunday 2 October | ABC (3) | ||
| 1995 | Port Adelaide (33) |
 Central District (1) |
13.16 (94) d. 6.10 (46) | 45,786 | Football Park | Sunday 1 October | ABC (4) | ||
| 1996 | Port Adelaide (34) |
Central District (2) |
11.14 (80) d. 6.8 (44) | 46,120 | Football Park | Sunday 6 October | ABC (5) | ||
| Port Adelaide Football Club enters the AFL | |||||||||
| 1997 | Norwood (27) |
Port Adelaide (35) |
19.12 (126) d. 7.11 (53) | 44,161 | Football Park | Sunday 5 October | ABC (6) | ||
| 1998 | Port Adelaide (35) |
Sturt (10) |
11.9 (75) d. 9.12 (66) | 44,838 | Football Park | Sunday 4 October | ABC (7) | ||
| 1999 | Port Adelaide (36) |
Norwood (21) |
14.17 (101) d. 14.9 (93) | 39,135 | Football Park | Sunday 3 October | ABC (8) | ||
| 2000 | Central District (1) |
Woodville-West Torrens (2) |
8.13 (61) d. 5.9 (39) | 34,819 | Football Park | Sunday 7 October | ABC (9) | ||
| 2001 | Central District (2) |
Woodville-West Torrens (3) |
10.11 (71) d. 4.8 (32) | 26,378 | Football Park | Sunday 7 October | ABC (10) | ||
| 2002 | Sturt (13) |
Central District (3) |
13.14 (92) d. 6.9 (45) | 35,187 | Football Park | Sunday 6 October | ABC (11) | ||
| 2003 | Central District (3) |
West Adelaide (8) |
17.19 (111) d. 11.11 (77) | 28,199 | Football Park | Sunday 5 October | ABC (12) | ||
| 2004 | Central District (4) |
Woodville-West Torrens (4) |
23.15 (153) d. 4.4 (28) | 24,207 | Football Park | Sunday 3 October | ABC (13) | ||
| 2005 | Central District (5) |
Woodville-West Torrens (5) |
15.14 (104) d. 11.10 (76) | 28,637 | Football Park | Sunday 2 October | ABC (14) | ||
| 2006 | Woodville-West Torrens (2) |
Central District (4) |
17.19 (121) d. 7.3 (45) | 25,130 | Football Park | Sunday 8 October | ABC (15) | ||
| 2007 | Central District (6) |
North Adelaide (13) |
16.11 (107) d. 5.12 (42) | 30,478 | Football Park | Sunday 7 October | ABC (16) | ||
| 2008 | Central District (7) |
Glenelg (13) |
17.11 (113) d. 10.11 (71) | 34,128 | Football Park | Sunday 5 October | ABC (17) | ||
| 2009 | Central District (8) |
Sturt (11) |
13.14 (92) d. 7.12 (54) | 35,647 | Football Park | Sunday 4 October | ABC (18) | ||
| 2010 | Central District (9) |
Norwood (22) |
10.11 (71) d. 9.11 (65) | 34,355 | Football Park | Sunday 3 October | ABC (19) | ||
| 2011 | Woodville-West Torrens (3) |
Central District (5) |
12.9 (81) d. 11.12 (78) | 25,234 | Football Park | Sunday 9 October | ABC (20) | ||
| 2012 | Norwood (28) |
West Adelaide (9) |
12.7 (79) d. 3.12 (30) | 29,661 | Football Park | Sunday 7 October | ABC (21) | ||
| 2013 | Norwood (29) |
North Adelaide (14) |
10.12 (72) d. 4.8 (32) | 36,685 | Football Park | Sunday 6 October | ABC (22) | ||
| 2014 | Norwood (30) |
Port Adelaide (36) |
12.10 (82) d. 11.12 (78) | 38,644 | Adelaide Oval | Sunday 21 September | Seven Network (10) | ||
| 2015 | West Adelaide (9) |
Woodville-West Torrens (6) |
11.12 (78) d. 7.6 (48) | 25,625 | Adelaide Oval | Sunday 27 September | Seven Network (11) | ||
| 2016 | Sturt (14) |
Woodville-West Torrens (7) |
12.4 (76) d. 7.7 (49) | 30,213 | Adelaide Oval | Sunday 25 September | Seven Network (12) | ||
Number of SANFL premierships by club
| Club | Premierships | Runners Up | Top Two Finish |
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| Port Adelaide |
36 | 36 | 72 |
| Norwood |
30 | 22 | 52 |
| Sturt |
14 | 11 | 25 |
| North Adelaide |
13 | 14 | 27 |
| South Adelaide |
11 | 12 | 23 |
| Central District |
9 | 5 | 14 |
| West Adelaide |
9 | 9 | 18 |
| West Torrens (defunct) |
4 | 5 | 9 |
| Glenelg |
4 | 13 | 17 |
| Woodville-West Torrens |
3 | 7 | 10 |
| Adelaide (defunct) |
1 | 0 | 1 |
| Victorians (defunct) |
1 | 1 | 2 |
 Woodville (defunct) |
0 | 0 | 0 |
 Adelaide |
0 | 0 | 0 |
Most consecutive SANFL premierships
Only Norwood, Port Adelaide, Sturt and Central District have recorded premiership streaks of three or more in the SANFL.
| Club | Premierships | Sequence | Consecutive Top Two | Sequence |
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| Norwood Port Adelaide |
6 | 1878-83 1954-59 |
8 7 |
1878-85 1909-1915, 1953–59, 1962–68 |
| Sturt |
5 | 1966–70 | 6 | 1965-70 |
| Central District |
4 | 2007–10 | 12 | 2000-2011 |
Champions of Australia
The Championship of Australia was the name given to an Australian rules football tournament which was contested between football club's from the Victorian, South Australian, West Australian and Tasmania football leagues. The Championship took place three times in the 19th century and then from 1907 to 1914 with the exception of 1912 and every year from 1968 to 1975.
| Club | Premierships | Runners-Up |
|---|---|---|
| Port Adelaide |
4 | 0 |
| Norwood |
2 | 1 |
| West Adelaide |
2 | 1 |
| North Adelaide |
1 | 1 |
| Sturt |
0 | 4 |
| South Adelaide |
0 | 1 |
SANFL Grand Final Records
Prior to 1974 all SANFL Grand Finals were held at the Adelaide Oval (bar the 1904 Grand Final at Jubilee Oval). From 1974 to 2013 they were held at Football Park. From 2014 onwards they are to return to Adelaide Oval.
- Largest Attendance at Football Park: 66,897 - Sturt 17.14 (116) d Port Adelaide 10.15 (75), 1976
- Smallest Attendance at Football Park: 22,207 - Central District 23.15 (153) d Woodville-West Torrens 4.4 (28), 2004
- Largest Attendance at Adelaide Oval: 62,543 - Port Adelaide 12.8 (80) d Sturt 12.5 (77), 1965
- Highest Score: 24.15 (159) Sturt d Glenelg 13.16 (94), 1969
- Lowest Score: 1.6 (12) Port Adelaide lost to North Adelaide 6.8 (44), 1905
- Largest Winning Margin: 125 points - Central District 23.15 (153) d Woodville-West Torrens 4.4 (28), 2004
- Smallest Winning Margin: 1 point - Norwood 16.15 (111) d Sturt 14.26 (110), 1978
- Highest Losing Score: 19.16 (130) North Adelaide lost to Glenelg 21.11 (137), 1973
- Lowest Winning Score: 8.10 (58) Port Adelaide d West Adelaide 7.13 (55), 1962
- Highest Match Aggregate: 267 points - Glenelg 21.11 (137) d North Adelaide 19.16 (130), 1973
- Lowest Match Aggregate: 95 points - Port Adelaide 9.9 (63) d South Adelaide 3.14 (32), 1979
References
See also
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