The 1971 South Australian National Football League season was the 92nd season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.

1971 SANFL season
Teams10
PremiersNorth Adelaide
10th premiership
Minor premiersNorth Adelaide
10th minor premiership
Magarey MedallistRussell Ebert
Port Adelaide
Ken Farmer MedallistFred Phillis
Glenelg (99 Goals)
Attendance
Matches played109
Total attendance1,023,433 (9,389 per match)
Highest52,228 (Grand Final, North Adelaide vs. Port Adelaide)
← 1970
1972 →

Ladder edit

1971 SANFL Ladder
TEAM P W L D PF PA % PTS
1 North Adelaide (P) 21 17 4 0 2076 1645 55.79 34
2 Port Adelaide 21 16 5 0 2197 1594 57.95 32
3 Sturt 21 15 6 0 2080 1401 59.75 30
4 Central District 21 12 9 0 2151 1920 52.84 24
5 Norwood 21 10 11 0 2047 1962 51.06 20
6 Glenelg 21 9 12 0 2132 2030 51.23 18
7 West Torrens 21 8 13 0 1525 1767 46.32 16
8 West Adelaide 21 6 15 0 1698 2016 45.72 12
9 South Adelaide 21 6 15 0 1615 2078 43.73 12
10 Woodville 21 6 15 0 1596 2704 37.12 12
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, (P) = Premiers [1]

Finals Series edit

Grand Final edit

1971 SANFL Grand Final
Saturday, 25 September
(2:10 pm)
North Adelaide def. Port Adelaide Adelaide Oval (crowd: 52,228) [2]
4.6 (30)
6.11 (47)
9.18 (72)
 10.19 (79)
Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final
0.1 (1)
0.3 (3)
2.4 (16)
 9.5 (59)

References edit

  1. ^ "Australian Football – SANFL Premiership season – Season 1971". Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Australian Football – SANFL Season 1971". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2018.