1954 SANFL season

1954 SANFL season
Teams	8
Premiers	Port Adelaide (15th premiership)
Minor premiers	Port Adelaide (24th minor premiership)
Matches played	76
Attendance	783,030 (10,303 per match)
Highest attendance	42,895 (Grand Final, Port Adelaide vs. West Adelaide)
Ken Farmer Medallist	William McKenzie North Adelaide (67 Goals)
Magarey Medallist	Len Fitzgerald Sturt
← 1953 1955 →

The 1954 South Australian National Football League season was the 75th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.

Minor round

Round 1

Saturday, 24 April (2:10pm)	Glenelg 7.10 (52)	def. by	Norwood 12.12 (84)	Glenelg Oval (crowd: 9,300)	[1]
Saturday, 24 April (2:10pm)	North Adelaide 10.8 (68)	def. by	West Adelaide 10.11 (71)	Prospect Oval (crowd: 8,000)	[2]
Saturday, 24 April (2:10pm)	Sturt 4.7 (31)	def. by	South Adelaide 11.13 (79)	Unley Oval (crowd: 5,500)	[3]
Monday, 26 April (2:10pm)	Port Adelaide 11.11 (77)	def.	West Torrens 10.8 (68)	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 28,000)	[4][5]

Ladder

1954 SANFL Ladder
	TEAM	P	W	L	D	PF	PA	%	PTS
1	Port Adelaide (P)	18	15	3	0	1720	1170	59.52	30
2	West Adelaide	18	13	5	0	1559	1425	52.25	26
3	West Torrens	18	10	8	0	1412	1377	50.63	20
4	Norwood	18	9	9	0	1467	1393	51.29	18
5	North Adelaide	18	8	10	0	1395	1389	50.11	16
6	Sturt	18	8	10	0	1415	1599	46.95	16
7	South Adelaide	18	5	13	0	1135	1440	44.08	10
8	Glenelg	18	4	14	0	1364	1674	44.90	8
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, (P) = Premiers								[6]

Finals

Grand Final

References

1. "South Whips Sturt In Sound Opening.". The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 - 1954). Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 26 April 1954. p. 7. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
2. "South Whips Sturt In Sound Opening.". The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 - 1954). Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 26 April 1954. p. 7. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
3. "South Whips Sturt In Sound Opening.". The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 - 1954). Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 26 April 1954. p. 7. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
4. "PORT-TORRENS IN EVEN FIGHT.". News (Adelaide, SA : 1923 - 1954). Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 26 April 1954. p. 22. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
5. "Second Half Turns Tide For.". The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 - 1954). Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 27 April 1954. p. 11. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
6. "Australian Football - SANFL Premiership season - Season 1954". australianfootball.com. Retrieved 2015-11-12.