1956 SANFL season
77th season of the South Australian National Football League
Australian rules football season
1956 SANFL season | |
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Teams | 10 |
Premiers | Port Adelaide 17th premiership |
Minor premiers | Port Adelaide 26th minor premiership |
Magarey Medallist | Dave Boyd Port Adelaide |
Ken Farmer Medallist | Rex Johns Port Adelaide (70 Goals) |
Attendance | |
Matches played | 76 |
Total attendance | 765,727 (10,075 per match) |
Highest | 45,514 (Grand Final, Port Adelaide vs. West Adelaide) |
← 1955 1957 → |
The 1956 South Australian National Football League season was the 77th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.
Ladder
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts |
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1 | Port Adelaide (P) | 18 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1700 | 911 | 65.11 | 34 |
2 | West Adelaide | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1458 | 1124 | 56.47 | 25 |
3 | North Adelaide | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1330 | 1176 | 53.07 | 20 |
4 | Norwood | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1373 | 1407 | 49.39 | 20 |
5 | West Torrens | 18 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 1322 | 1365 | 49.20 | 13 |
6 | Glenelg | 18 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 1279 | 1612 | 44.24 | 13 |
7 | South Adelaide | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1244 | 1566 | 44.27 | 12 |
8 | Sturt | 18 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 1152 | 1697 | 40.44 | 7 |
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers
Finals Series
Grand Final
1956 SANFL Grand Final | |||||
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Saturday 29 September (2:10 pm) | Port Adelaide | def. | West Adelaide | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 45,514) | Report |
3.2 (20) 4.5 (29) 8.8 (56) 12.9 (81) | Q1 Q2 Q3 Final | 1.5 (11) 4.8 (32) 5.9 (39) 9.11 (65) | |||
References
- ^ "Australian Football – SANFL Season 1956". Archived from the original on 8 June 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
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