1947 SANFL season

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1947 SANFL season
Teams8
PremiersWest Adelaide
6th premiership
Minor premiersNorwood
12th minor premiership
Magarey MedallistBob Hank
West Torrens (26 votes)[1]
Ken Farmer MedallistBob McLean
Port Adelaide (80 goals)
Matches played72
Highest32,631 (Grand Final, West Adelaide vs. Norwood)
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The 1947 South Australian National Football League season was the 68th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.

Ladder[edit]

1947 SANFL Ladder
TEAM P W L D PF PA % PTS
1 Norwood 17 15 2 0 1916 1402 57.75 30
2 Port Adelaide 17 14 3 0 1642 1252 56.74 28
3 Sturt 17 10 7 0 1638 1438 53.25 20
4 West Adelaide (P) 17 10 7 0 1733 1523 53.22 20
5 West Torrens 17 9 8 0 1448 1432 50.28 18
6 North Adelaide 17 5 12 0 1481 1717 46.31 10
7 Glenelg 17 3 14 0 1427 1877 43.19 6
8 South Adelaide 17 2 15 0 1277 1921 39.93 4
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, (P) = Premiers [2]

Finals series[edit]

Grand Final[edit]

1947 SANFL Grand Final
Saturday, 4 October West Adelaide def. Norwood Adelaide Oval (crowd: 32,631)
2.5 (17)
5.6 (36)
7.12 (54)
 10.15 (75)
Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final
0.4 (4)
2.10 (22)
4.12 (36)
 5.15 (45)

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Magarey Medal To Bob Hank". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 9 September 1947. p. 10. Retrieved 20 December 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Australian Football - SANFL Season 1947". Archived from the original on 11 January 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2015.