1901 SAFA season

The 1901 South Australian Football Association season was the 25th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.

Minor premiers Norwood won its 12th premiership whilst Sturt won the wooden spoon in its first season.

1901 SAFA Premiership season
Teams 7
Premiers Norwood
(12th premiership)
Minor premiers Norwood
(3rd minor premiership)
Matches played 64
Highest attendance 7,000 (Grand Final, Norwood vs. Port Adelaide)
Leading goalkicker William Miller
Norwood (44 Goals)
Magarey Medallist Phil Sandland
North Adelaide
1900
1902

Ladder

1901 SAFA Ladder
TEAM P W L D PF PA % PTS
1 Norwood (P) 18 13 5 0 906 613 59.64 26
2 North Adelaide 18 12 6 0 956 732 56.64 24
3 Port Adelaide 18 12 7 0 829 635 56.63 24
4 South Adelaide 18 7 10 1 617 739 45.50 15
5 West Adelaide 18 7 11 0 651 864 42.97 14
6 West Torrens 18 6 12 0 763 797 48.91 12
7 Sturt 18 5 12 1 534 876 37.87 11
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, A = Abandoned PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, (P) = Premiers [1]

References

  1. "Australian Football - SANFL Season 1901". Archived from the original on 2015-01-01. Retrieved 2014-12-29.