1975 SANFL season

The 1975 South Australian National Football League season was the 96th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.

1975 SANFL season
Teams10
PremiersNorwood
23rd premiership
Minor premiersNorwood
15th minor premiership
Magarey MedallistPeter Woite
Port Adelaide (20 votes)
Ken Farmer MedallistFred Phillis
Glenelg (108 Goals)
Attendance
Matches played96
Total attendance880,466 (9,172 per match)
Highest53,283 (Grand Final, Norwood vs. Glenelg)

Glenelg won the second semi-final and were premiership favourites. However Norwood won the grand final, their first premiership in 25 years.

Ladder
1975 SANFL Ladder
TEAMPWLDPFPA %PTS
1 Norwood (P) 18 16 2 0 2210 1620 57.70 32
2 Glenelg 18 15 3 0 2872 1740 62.27 30
3 Sturt 18 15 3 0 2251 1446 60.89 30
4 Port Adelaide 18 12 6 0 2278 1845 55.25 24
5 North Adelaide 18 8 10 0 1869 2305 44.78 16
6 West Adelaide 18 7 11 0 1855 1980 48.37 14
7 Central District 18 6 12 0 1708 2247 43.19 12
8 South Adelaide 18 5 13 0 1687 2245 42.90 10
9 Woodville 18 4 14 0 1686 2283 42.48 8
10 West Torrens 18 2 16 0 1806 2511 41.84 4
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, (P) = Premiers [1]

Finals series (Major Round)

Qualifying and Elimination Finals
Elimination Final
Saturday, 6 September (2:10 pm) Port Adelaide 11.32 (98) def. North Adelaide 8.20 (68) Football Park (crowd: 16,585)
Qualifying Final
Sunday, 7 September (2:10 pm) Glenelg 17.24 (126) def. Sturt 15.10 (100) Football Park (crowd: 25,770) Report

Semi-finals
First semi-final
Saturday, 13 September (2:10 pm) Sturt 5.23 (53) def. by Port Adelaide 18.12 (120) Football Park (crowd: 26,107)
Second semi-final
Sunday, 14 September (2:10 pm) Norwood 16.10 (106) def. by Glenelg 21.9 (135) Football Park (crowd: 32,719) Report

Preliminary final
Preliminary Final
Saturday, 20 September (2:10 pm) Norwood 11.19 (85) def. Port Adelaide 8.7 (55) Football Park (crowd: 36,128) [2]

Grand Final
Main article: 1975 SANFL Grand Final
1975 SANFL Grand Final
Saturday, 27 September
(2:10 pm)		 Glenelg def. by Norwood Football Park (crowd: 53,283) [3]
1.3 (9)
5.4 (34)
6.7 (43)
 7.10 (52)		 Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final		 3.5 (23)
4.6 (30)
6.9 (45)
 9.10 (64)

Events
  • On 23 August (Round 17), Glenelg 49.23 (317) defeated Central Districts 11.13 (79), setting a new record SANFL score which still stands today.[4] Gleneg's winning margin of 238 points is also still their biggest winning margin in SANFL history.[5]

References
  1. http://australianfootball.com/seasons/season/SANFL/1975/%5B%5D
  2. "1975 Preliminary Final : Norwood Defeats Port In Exciting Encounter". SANFL Football Memories.
  3. http://australianfootball.com/seasons/season/SANFL/1975%5B%5D
  4. Jakobsen, Peter (10 May 2015). "The Slaying". www.thevarnishedculture.com. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  5. Ross, John (1998). The Clubs: The Complete History of Every Club in the VFL/AFL. Ringwood, Victoria: Penguin Books. p. 14. ISBN 0670878588.
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