1959 SANFL season

The 1959 South Australian National Football League season was the 80th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.

1959 SANFL season
Teams10
PremiersPort Adelaide
20th premiership
Minor premiersPort Adelaide
28th minor premiership
Magarey MedallistLen Fitzgerald
Sturt
Ken Farmer MedallistWally Dittmar
Port Adelaide (74 goals)
Attendance
Matches played76
Total attendance863,466 (11,361 per match)
Highest48,884 (Grand Final, Port Adelaide vs. West Adelaide)

By winning the 1959 SANFL Grand Final, Port Adelaide set the Australian record of six consecutive Grand Final victories in a top level state competition when it defeated West Adelaide by 10 points.

Ladder
1959 SANFL Ladder
TEAMPWLDPFPA %PTS
1 Port Adelaide (P) 18 17 1 0 1935 1213 61.47 34
2 West Adelaide 18 12 6 0 1864 1335 58.27 24
3 Sturt 18 10 8 0 1798 1663 51.95 20
4 Glenelg 18 10 8 0 1709 1738 49.58 20
5 West Torrens 18 9 9 0 1528 1525 50.05 18
6 Norwood 18 7 11 0 1552 1717 47.48 14
7 North Adelaide 18 4 14 0 1340 1783 42.91 8
8 South Adelaide 18 3 15 0 1217 1969 38.20 6
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, (P) = Premiers [1]

Finals Series

Grand Final
Main article: 1959 SANFL Grand Final
1959 SANFL Grand Final
Saturday, 3 October
(2:10 pm)		 Port Adelaide def. West Adelaide Adelaide Oval (crowd: 48,884) [2]
5.1 (31)
9.5 (59)
11.8 (74)
 13.9 (87)		 Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final		 1.5 (11)
3.5 (23)
7.9 (51)
 11.11 (77)

References
  1. "Australian Football - SANFL Season 1959". Archived from the original on 13 January 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  2. "Australian Football - SANFL Season 1959". Archived from the original on 13 January 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2015.


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