1952 SANFL season

1952 SANFL season
Teams	8
Premiers	North Adelaide (8th premiership)
Minor premiers	North Adelaide (7th minor premiership)
Matches played	72
Attendance	724,460 (10,062 per match)
Highest attendance	50,105 (Grand Final, North Adelaide vs. Norwood)
Ken Farmer Medallist	John Willis West Torrens (85 Goals)
Magarey Medallist	Len Fitzgerald Sturt (25 votes)
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The 1952 South Australian National Football League season was the 73rd season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.

Minor Round

Round 1

	Round 1
Friday, 25 April (2:10pm)	Port Adelaide 11.12 (88)	def.	Glenelg 7.3 (45)	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 27,000)	[1]
Saturday, 26 April (2:10pm)	West Adelaide 15.12 (102)	def.	South Adelaide 7.10 (52)	Kensington Oval (crowd: 2,000)	[2]
Saturday, 26 April (2:10pm)	West Torrens 17.4 (106)	def.	North Adelaide 11.18 (84)	Thebarton Oval (crowd: 9,500)	[3]
Saturday, 26 April (2:10pm)	Sturt 9.11 (65)	def. by	Norwood 23.13 (151)	Unley Oval (crowd: 9,500)	[4]

Ladder

1952 SANFL Ladder
	TEAM	P	W	L	D	PF	PA	%	PTS
1	North Adelaide (P)	17	14	3	0	1525	1179	56.40	28
2	Port Adelaide	17	13	4	0	1423	957	59.79	26
3	West Torrens	17	11	6	0	1622	1316	55.21	22
4	Norwood	17	10	7	0	1519	1340	53.13	20
5	Glenelg	17	6	11	0	1387	1460	48.72	12
6	West Adelaide	17	6	11	0	1161	1304	47.10	12
7	South Adelaide	17	5	12	0	1093	1652	39.82	10
8	Sturt	17	3	14	0	1156	1678	40.79	6
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, (P) = Premiers								[5]

Finals

Grand Final

References

1. "Teamwork Gives Port Easy Win.". The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 - 1954). Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 26 April 1952. p. 12. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
2. "Round the Pickets.". The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 - 1954). Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 28 April 1952. p. 5. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
3. "Round the Pickets.". The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 - 1954). Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 28 April 1952. p. 5. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
4. "Round the Pickets.". The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 - 1954). Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 28 April 1952. p. 5. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
5. "Australian Football - SANFL Season 1952". Archived from the original on 13 January 2015. Retrieved 2015-01-11.