South Adelaide Football Club

South Adelaide
Names
Full name South Adelaide Football Club
Nickname(s) The Panthers
2011 season
Leading goalkicker Michael Wundke (67)
Best and fairest Joel Cross
Club details
Founded 1876
Colours      Navy and      White
Competition South Australian National Football League
Coach Ron Fuller
Captain(s) Nick Murphy
Ground(s) Hickinbotham Oval (capacity: 12,000)
Other information
Official website www.safc.com.au
Guernsey:

South Adelaide Football Club competes in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). Known as the Panthers, their home ground is Hickinbotham Oval[1] (formerly Noarlunga Oval), located in Noarlunga Downs in the southern suburbs of Adelaide.

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History

The South Adelaide Football Club is the second oldest football club in South Australia, and has held its colours longer than any other football club in South Australia. Prior to its formation in 1875, in the 1860s it was part of a club called the Adelaide Football club. South played their first game in June 1876 and wore blue caps and long white trousers. South Adelaide was the first team to win a Premiership in the (then) newly formed South Australian Football Association in 1877, and between 1892 and 1900 it won six premierships and was runner-up three times.[2]

The Club last won the SANFL Premiership in 1964. Souths had finished 8th and last in 1963 but had recruited West Adelaide's 1961 premiership playing-coach (and 1962 premiership runner up) Neil Kerley to coach the team. Under Kerl's leadership the Panthers went from bottom to top in one season to win their (so far) last premiership in 1964, defeating Port Adelaide in front of the Panthers record crowd of 56,353 at the Adelaide Oval.

South Adelaide last played in a Grand Final in 1979. Again facing Port Adelaide, this time on a wet day at Football Park, the Magpies reversed the 1964 result defeating the Panthers 9.9 (63) to 3.14 (32), the Panthers inaccuracy in the wet conditions costing them the chance of getting closer to the Magpies on the day.

South Adelaide's clubrooms were based at Panther Park at St Marys until 1995 when the club moved further into the Southern Suburbs of Adelaide to the new ground Hickinbotham Oval. Prior to 1995, with the exception of 1904 when they played at the now defunct Jubilee Oval, the Panthers have played all their home games at the Adelaide Oval (ironically located on the northern side of the Adelaide city centre) while in 1993 they played a game at the Bice Oval in the southern suburb of Christies Beach to gauge support in the area for the Panthers. The oval, located only 1km from where Hickinbotham Oval now sits, was packed to capacity with approximately 8,000 crammed in to see Souths take on Glenelg. It was following this game the Panthers made the decision to move permanently to Noarlunga.

South Adelaide christened their new home at Noarlunga in Round 8 of the 1995 SANFL season. The opening game at Noarlunga also saw the ground record crowd of 10,123 when Glenelg defeated the Panthers by 47 points. Originally called Noarlunga Oval, the name was officially changed to Hickinbotham Oval in 2005 to honour former Panther and successful property developer, the late Alan Hickinbotham.[3]

Club Records

* Jim Deane awarded the 1957 Magarey Medal retrospectively

Individual honours

Magarey Medallists

Main article: List of Magarey Medallists

All-Australians

League top goalkickers

Year Goals Player
1882 14   R. Wardrop[4]
1885 19   H. Hill[5]
1887 25   Alf Bushby[6]
1896 25   Jack Kay[7]
1898 35   Jack Kay[7]
1902 28   Jack Kay[7]
1935 115   Chris Munro[8]
1945 54   S. Scott[9]
1995 95   Danny Del-Re
2011 67   Michael Wundke

'Greatest Team'

The South Adelaide Team of the Century is officially called the 'Greatest Team'.[10]

Greatest Team
B: Jack Reedman (captain) Bill Oliver[11] George Mulcahy[12]
HB: Bob Schmidt[13] Dan Moriarty Jack Cockburn
C: Laurie Cahill Jim Deane Mark Coombe[14]
HF: Max Murdy[15] Don Pryor[16] Alf 'Bulla' Ryan
F: Mark Naley Chris Munro[8] Jack Dawes[17]
Foll: Peter Darley Jack Tredrea[18] Frank Tully[19]
Int: Lindsay Backman[20] Ray Linke[21] Len Lapthorne[22]
Coach: –

Honour board 1945–2010

Year Pos Win/Loss (Minor Round) Coach Captain Best & Fairest Top Goalkicker Goals
1945 8 3-14 L Ashby C Ames M Doherty S Scott 64
1946 7 5-12 M Murdy J Templeton K Brown L Lapthorne 29
1947 8 2-15 L Cahill D Pryor A Hickinbotham D Pryor 51
1948 8 0-17 L Cahill D Pryor J Deane L Lapthorne 23
1949 7 4-13 J Dawes L Lapthorne J Deane M Merchant 35
1950 8 0-17 J Dawes L Lapthorne R Linke L Lapthorne 27
1951 8 J Deane J Deane J Deane L Lapthorne 47
1952 7 J Deane J Deane R Linke M Read 47
1953 8 J Deane J Deane J Deane M Read 47
1954 7 A Hickinbotham A Hickinbotham R Linke M Read 46
1955 8 J Graham R Hewitt D Polden J Judd 25
1956 7 P Hunt J Deane J Deane J Judd 38
1957 8 L Cahill J Deane J Deane K Peucker 37
1958 6 R Reiman R Reiman G Christie J Judd 37
1959 8 R Reiman R Reiman R Jackson J Judd 52
1960 8 F Williams D Panizza D Panizza D Panizza 22
1961 6 W Sutherland G Christie D Kantilla D Kantilla 31
1962 8 W Sutherland G Christie D Kantilla L Backman 45
1963 8 W Sutherland
D Parham		 I Day P Darley L Backman 34
1964 1 17-3 D Kerley D Kerley P Darley I Day 35
1965 3 D Kerley D Kerley R Schmidt L Backman 41
1966 4 D Kerley D Kerley P Darley A Skuse 38
1967 5 P Darley P Darley P Darley L Backman 31
1968 6 P Darley P Darley P Darley P Jones 32
1969 10 P Darley P Darley M Coombe L Backman 42
1970 10 J Deane L Backman L Backman P Howlett 60
1971 9 J Deane P Darley P Haines P Howlett 50
1972 9 D Darcy D Darcy P Darley P Jones 30
1973 9 D Darcy D Darcy P Darley M Dittmar 60
1974 8 P Darcy R Keddie D Young P Darley 44
1975 8 H Bunton R Keddie R Keddie G Robbins 50
1976 7 H Bunton R Keddie R Hateley A Bennett 67
1977 4 H Bunton G Robbins G Baynes W Slattery 54
1978 7 H Bunton G Baynes G Baynes G Linke 38
1979 2 H Bunton G Baynes G Baynes W Slattery 61
1980 7 H Bunton G Baynes S Butler G Linke 84
1981 4 H Bunton G Baynes R Hawkins G Linke 74
1982 8 H Bunton S Palmer R White C Reynolds 70
1983 5 G Cornes S Palmer R Hawkins J Schneebichler 65
1984 5 G Cornes S Palmer M Naley D Harris 57
1985 8 D Scott
R Davies		 J Schneebichler D Kappler R Davies 72
1986 9 R Davies J Schneebichler D Troy R Davies 72
1987 10 R Davies J Schneebichler D Kappler D Stoeckel 55
1988 10 J Reid S Butler D Kappler S Schmid 38
1989 9 J Reid S Butler M Whitford D Stoeckel 50
1990 4 J Reid M Bennett D Trevena D Stoeckel 52
1991 3 J Reid M Bennett D Kappler S Schmid 40
1992 5 J Reid M Bennett M Grummet R Bone 35
1993 6 J Reid D Kappler M Dillon P McIntyre 79
1994 7 K Sheldon D Trevena C Wittman P Keam 35
1995 6 K Sheldon D Trevena J Polkinghorne D Del-Re 92
1996 8 K Sheldon
S Butler		 D Stoeckel A Osborn C Cameron 20
1997 9 K Applegarth D Stoeckel J Polkinghorne C Cameron 20
1998 7 K Applegarth A Osborn D Talbot R Fitzgerald 40
1999 8 K Applegarth A Osborn K Cobb D Hams 43
2000 6 G Anderson A Osborn D Talbot M Demasi 39
2001 7 G Anderson K Koster D Morgan C Sampson 28
2002 8 G Anderson K Koster S Sampson M Demasi 25
2003 7 G Anderson C Sampson C Hall R Tregenza 59
2004 8 7-13 R Pyman C Sampson C King R Tregenza 39
2005 7 7-13 R Pyman C Sampson M Davis B Warren 60
2006 4 11-9 R Pyman C Sampson R Archard B Warren 64
2007 8 4-15-1 R Pyman C Sampson S McGlone B Warren 27
2008 8 5-14-1 J Cahill
C Sampson		 J Torney J Boyd B Warren 42
2009 9 2-18 C Sampson J.Torney M Sandery B Warren 48
2010 9 2-17-1 R Fuller B Warren N Liddle B Warren 32
2011 4 8-11-1 R Fuller N Murphy J Cross M Wundke 67

Notable players

Source: http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/south_adelaide.htm

A: Wally Allen[23] Greg Anderson[24] Len 'Buck' Ashby[25]
B: Lindsay Backman[20] Frank 'Dinky' Barry Andy Bennett Mark Bickley Randall Bone
B: Dean Brogan Keith Brown[26] Alf Bushby[6]
C: Laurie Cahill Alipate Carlile Arnold Caust[27] Graham Christie[28] Matthew Clarke
C: Craig Cock[29] Jack Cockburn Mark Coombe[14] Graham Cornes Damian Cupido
D: Anthony Daly[30] 'Jack' Daly[31] Dave Darcy Luke Darcy Peter Darley
D: Alwyn Davey Rick Davies James 'Jim' Dawes[32] John 'Jack' Dawes[17] Ian Day[33]
D: Jim Deane Danny Del-Re Michael Doughty Stephen Doyle
F: Ashley Fernee Ryan Fitzgerald Eddie Fry[34]
G: Simon Goodwin Jack Graham Ryan Griffen Chris Groom
H: Jim Handby Frank Hansen[35] 'Jack' Hansen[36] 'Barney' Haussen[37] Robb Hawkins[38]
H: Glynn Hewitt Alan Hickinbotham[1] Clem Hill H. Hill[5] Michael Handby
J: Dick Jackson[39] Stan Jaffer[40] Vic Johnson[41] Ernie Jones John Judd[42]
K: David Kantilla Darren Kappler Barry Karklis[43] Jack Kay[7] Bob Keddie
K: Neil Kerley Ron Kitchen[44] Kym Koster
L: Brendon Lade Len Lapthorne[22] Ray Linke[21]
M: Ron McGowan[45] Cory McGrath Bruce McGregor Peter McIntyre George Margitich
M: Dan Moriarty George Mulcahy[12] Max Murdy[15] Chris Munro[8]
N: Mark Naley
O: Bill Oliver[11] Andrew Osborn
P: Stuart Palmer Des Panizza[46] Denis Parham[47] Bryan Ploenges[48] Ian Prendergast
P: Don Pryor[16]
R: Jack 'Dinny' Reedman Brian Roberts Matthew Rogers Lester Ross[49] Alf 'Bulla' Ryan
S: Clay Sampson Joe Scanlon[50] Bob Schmidt[13] John Schneebichler[51] S. Scott[9]
S: Alf Skuse[52] Nigel Smart Frank Spiel[53] Chris Stasinowsky
T: Jim Templeton[54] James Tierney Jason Torney Jack Tredrea[18] Frank Tully[19]
V: Nathan van Berlo John Vickers[55]
W: George Wallace[56] H. Wardrop[4] Alan White[57] Robin White[58] Malcolm Whitford[59]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Alan Hickinbotham, fullpointsfooty.net.
  2. ^ History of the South Adelaide Football Club, SANFL website. Retrieved on 2009-05-01.
  3. ^ Alan Hickinbotham, fullpointsfooty.net
  4. ^ a b R. Wardrop, League top goalkicker 1882 (14 goals)
  5. ^ a b H. Hill, League top goalkicker 1885 (19 goals), should not be confused with Clem Hill, born 1877 and an active South Adelaide footballer of the 1890s.
  6. ^ a b Alf Bushby, League top goalkicker 1887 (25 goals)
  7. ^ a b c d Jack Kay, League top goalkicker 1896 (25 goals), 1898 (25), 1902 (28)
  8. ^ a b c Chris Munro, League top goalkicker 1935 (115); Full Forward, Official "Greatest Team"
  9. ^ a b S. Scott, League top goalkicker 1945 (54)
  10. ^ Official 'Greatest Team', fullpointsfooty.net. Retrieved on 2009-05-01.
  11. ^ a b Willian "Bill" Oliver
  12. ^ a b George Mulcahy
  13. ^ a b Bob Schmidt
  14. ^ a b Mark Coombe
  15. ^ a b Max Murdy
  16. ^ a b Don Pryor
  17. ^ a b Jack Dawes
  18. ^ a b Jack Tredrea, fullpointsfooty.net. Retrieved on 2009-05-01.
  19. ^ a b Frank Tully
  20. ^ a b Lindsay Backman
  21. ^ a b Ray Linke
  22. ^ a b Len Lapthorne
  23. ^ Wally Allen
  24. ^ Greg Anderson
  25. ^ Len Ashby
  26. ^ Keith Brown
  27. ^ Arnold Caust
  28. ^ Graham Christie
  29. ^ Craig Cock
  30. ^ Anthony Daly
  31. ^ John W. Daly
  32. ^ James 'Jim' Dawes
  33. ^ Ian Day
  34. ^ Eddie Fry
  35. ^ Frank Hansen
  36. ^ John Hansen
  37. ^ Keith Haussen
  38. ^ Robb Hawkins
  39. ^ Dick Jackson
  40. ^ Stanley Jaffer
  41. ^ Victor Johnson
  42. ^ John Judd
  43. ^ Barry Karklis
  44. ^ Ron Kitchen
  45. ^ Ron McGowan
  46. ^ Des Panizza
  47. ^ Denis Parham
  48. ^ Bryan Ploenges
  49. ^ Lester Ross
  50. ^ Joseph Scanlon
  51. ^ John Schneebichler
  52. ^ Alf Skuse
  53. ^ Frank Spiel
  54. ^ Jim Templeton
  55. ^ John Vickers
  56. ^ George Wallace
  57. ^ Alan White
  58. ^ Robin White
  59. ^ Malcolm Whitford

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