1916 SAPFL season
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The 1916 SAPFL season was the 1st season of the South Australian Patriotic Football League, a competition formed in the absence of the South Australian Football League during World War I. The SAFL was opposed to the formation of the Patriotic League and refused to recognise it during and after World War I.[2] Hindmarsh Oval was the contingency venue for the 1916 SAPFL Grand Final if an agreement with the SACA could not be reached as the Adelaide Oval was the preferred venue of the SAPFL.[3]
1st premiership
1st minor premiership
Port Adelaide (36 goals)[1]
| 1916 Patriotic season | |
|---|---|
1st SAPFL season Pictured above is the 1916 Port Adelaide SAPFL premiership team. | |
| Teams | 6 |
| Premiers | Port Adelaide 1st premiership |
| Minor premiers | Port Adelaide 1st minor premiership |
| Leading goalkicker | John Hayman Port Adelaide (36 goals)[1] |
1916 Season - Results of Minor Round Matches
May 13
Port Adelaide 14â14 defeated SA Railways 3â8
West Adelaide 4â8 defeated Norwood 3â7
West Torrens 4â0 defeated Prospect 4â4
May 20
Port Adelaide 9â?4 defeated West Adelaide 6â5
West Torrens 15â8 defeated SA Railways 2â14
Prospect 14â1? defeated Norwood 7â0
May 27
West Torrens 14â15 defeated Norwood 1â6
Port Adelaide 9â!2 defeated Prospect 5â5
West Adelaide 7-9 defeated SA Railways 5â4
June 3
Port Adelaide 13â16 defeated Norwood 4â6
West Torrens 8â12 defeated West Adelaide Sâ6
Prospect 5â8 defeated SA Railways Sâ6
June 10
West Torrens 7â10 defeated Port Adelaide 6â6
West Adelaide 11â9 defeated Prospect ?-?
Norwood 6â9 defeated SA Railways 2â8
June 17
West Torrens 11â12 defeated Prospect 3â5
Port Adelaide 22â19 defeated SA Railways 3â4
West Adelaide 11â17 defeated Norwood 6â3
June 24
All clubs off (Bye Round)
July 1
Port Adelaide ?â14 defeated West Adelaide 6â0
Norwood 3â2 defeated Prospect 1â?
July 8
West Torrens 11â20 defeated Norwood 2â4
Port Adelaide 5â6 defeated Prospect 3â?
July 15
Port Adelaide 10â14 defeated West Torrens 9â17
Prospect 7â9 defeated West Adelaide ?-?
July 22
Port Adelaide 15â19 defeated Norwood 2-0
July 23
West Torrens 6-21 defeated West Adelaide 6â11
Match played on Australia Day at Adelaide Oval. Crowd 4500.
Note - Quality of source newspaper article poor so difficult to read all the numerics.
Ladder
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Port Adelaide (P) | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 796 | 364 | 68.62 | 18 |
| 2 | West Torrens | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 631 | 316 | 66.63 | 18 |
| 3 | West Adelaide | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 441 | 394 | 52.81 | 10 |
| 4 | Prospect | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 334 | 416 | 44.53 | 8 |
| 5 | Norwood | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 253 | 636 | 28.46 | 6 |
| 6 | South Australian Railways[a] | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 152 | 481 | 24.01 | 0 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers
Notes:
- Railways disbanded in July after the sixth match, and wins were awarded to the opposing team for the remaining matches.
Minor Premiers
Port Adelaide secured the minor premiership on points from the West Torrens.
Each club lost one match only (to each other), but the Ports had a margin of 115 points.
The Ports gained more points against opponents, but the Torrens had less points scored against them than any other team as will be seen by the table.
Final Series
The game between the first and third teams (Port Adelaide and West Adelaide) is to be played on the Hindmarsh Oval on Saturday, and the match between the second and fourth teams (West Torrens and North Adelaide) has been arranged for Saturday week on the Alberton Oval.
Friday - 4th August 1916 Match was listed for Saturday Port Adelaide v. West Adelaide, on Hindmarsh Oval, 3 p.m sharp.
Port easily accounted for West Adelaide in the semi final and West Torrens, after its win over Prospect was trounced in the final on August 19.
Grand Final
| 1916 SAPFL Grand Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 19 August | Port Adelaide | def. | West Torrens | Hindmarsh Oval | |
| 3.5 (23) 5.5 (35) 7.10 (52) 7.11 (53) |
Q1 Q2 Q3 Final |
0.0 (0) 1.7 (13) 1.10 (16) 1.13 (19) |
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