1924 SAFL season

1924 SAFL premiership season
Teams8
PremiersWest Torrens
1st premiership
Minor premiersWest Torrens
1st minor premiership
Magarey MedallistWat Scott
Norwood
Leading goalkickerRoy Bent
Norwood (53 goals)
Matches played60
Highest44,345 (Grand Final, West Torrens vs Sturt)
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The 1924 South Australian Football League season was the 45th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.

The 1924 SAFL grand final crowd of 44,345 was the largest football crowd in South Australia for 15 years and was larger than any Victorian Football League (VFL) crowd during 1924. However, the one off Dame Nellie Melba's Limbless Soldiers' Appeal match between VFL and Victorian Football Association premiers Essendon and Western Bulldogs was slightly larger at 46,100.

Ladder

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1924 SAFL Ladder
Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts
1 West Torrens (P) 14 11 2 1 1189 883 57.38 23
2 Sturt 14 10 4 0 1249 975 56.16 20
3 Norwood 14 9 4 1 1199 872 57.89 19
4 Port Adelaide 14 9 5 0 1163 965 54.65 18
5 South Adelaide 14 9 5 0 1092 1041 51.20 18
6 North Adelaide 14 4 10 0 848 1101 43.51 8
7 West Adelaide 14 3 11 0 849 1189 41.66 6
8 Glenelg 14 0 14 0 799 1362 36.97 0
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Finals series

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First Semi-Final

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First Semi-Final
Saturday 6 September Norwood 15.13 (103) def. West Torrens 12.16 (88) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 33,000)

Second Semi-Final

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Second Semi-Final
Saturday, 13 September Sturt 14.9 (93) def. Port Adelaide 9.5 (59) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 27,000)

Preliminary Final

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Preliminary Final
Saturday, 20 September Sturt 10.3 (63) def. Norwood 6.13 (49) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 42,360)

Grand Final

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1924 SANFL Grand Final
Sunday 28 September West Torrens def. Sturt Adelaide Oval (crowd: 44,345) [2][3]
3.3 (21)
5.7 (37)
7.11 (53)
9.12 (66)
Q1
Q2
Q3
Final
1.1 (7)
5.3 (30)
7.5 (47)
8.10 (58)
Hollis 3
Karney, Adams 2
Minear, Mills 1
Goals 3 Rily
1 Barron, Scrutton, Donnelly, Lyne and Weller

References

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  1. ^ "Australian Football – SAFL Season 1924". Archived from the original on 6 January 2015. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  2. ^ "WEST TORRENS WIN". The Recorder. Port Pirie, SA. 29 September 1924. p. 3. Retrieved 13 February 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Australian Football – SANFL Season 1924". Archived from the original on 13 February 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2015.