1914 SAFL season

The 1914 South Australian Football League season was the 38th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.

1914 SAFL premiership season
37th SAFL season
Pictured above is the 1914 Port Adelaide premiership team.
Teams7
PremiersPort Adelaide
8th premiership
Minor premiersPort Adelaide
11th minor premiership
Magarey MedallistJack Ashley
Port Adelaide
Leading goalkickerJack Dunn
Port Adelaide (33 goals)
Matches played45
Highest15,000 (Round 6, Port Adelaide vs. North Adelaide)

The season opened on 2 May with a match between South Adelaide and Port Adelaide, and concluded on 19 September with the Grand Final, in which minor premiers Port Adelaide went on to win its eighth premiership, defeating North Adelaide by 79 points.[1]

West Torrens and Sturt also made the top four teams and participated in the finals series. West Adelaide, South Adelaide and Norwood all missed the top four.

The 1914 South Australian Football League season is the only time in SAFA/SAFL/SANFL history a team has gone through the entire season winning every game. In addition to going undefeated during the SAFL season, Port Adelaide beat a composite team of all the other SAFL sides and the Carlton Football Club in the Champions of Australia match played at Adelaide Oval.

1914 SAFL Minor Rounds

Round 1
Round 1
Saturday, 2 May South Adelaide 7.8 (50) def. by Port Adelaide 10.13 (73) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 10,500) [2]
Saturday, 2 May Norwood 8.14 (62) def. West Adelaide 6.7 (43) Norwood Oval (crowd: 5,000) [2]
Saturday, 2 May Sturt 9.4 (58) def. North Adelaide 6.8 (44) Unley Oval
Bye
West Torrens

Round 2
Round 2
Saturday, 9 May North Adelaide 9.9 (63) def. West Adelaide 8.9 (57) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 7,300) [3]
Monday, 11 May Norwood 11.12 (78) def. West Torrens 4.9 (33) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 12,000) [4]
Monday, 11 May Sturt 8.11 (59) def. South Adelaide 8.9 (57) Unley Oval
Bye
Port Adelaide

Round 3
Round 3
Saturday, 16 May North Adelaide 11.15 (81) def. South Adelaide 8.6 (54) Adelaide Oval
Saturday, 16 May West Torrens 9.8 (62) drew with West Adelaide 8.14 (62) Hindmarsh Oval (crowd: 5,000) [5]
Saturday, 16 May Port Adelaide 14.16 (100) def. Sturt 4.5 (29) Alberton Oval (crowd: 5,000) [6]
Bye
Norwood

Round 4
Round 4
Saturday, 23 May South Adelaide 4.7 (31) def. by West Adelaide 4.10 (34) Adelaide Oval
Saturday, 23 May Port Adelaide 13.11 (89) def. West Torrens 2.9 (21) Alberton Oval
Saturday, 23 May Norwood 5.7 (37) def. by Sturt 5.15 (45) Norwood Oval (crowd: 7,000) [7]
Bye
North Adelaide

Round 5
Round 5
Saturday, 30 May North Adelaide 8.12 (60) def. West Torrens 8.8 (56) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 4,200) [8]
Saturday, 30 May Norwood 8.5 (53) def. by Port Adelaide 13.13 (91) Norwood Oval (crowd: 9,000) [8]
Saturday, 30 May Sturt 7.7 (49) def. by West Adelaide 8.11 (59) Unley Oval
Bye
South Adelaide

Round 6
Round 6
Saturday, 6 June South Adelaide 7.15 (57) def. Norwood 5.11 (41) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 7,000) [9]
Saturday, 6 June West Torrens 11.11 (77) def. by Sturt 13.5 (83) Hindmarsh Oval
Monday, 8 June North Adelaide 6.19 (46) def. by Port Adelaide 11.8 (74) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 15,000) [10]
Bye
West Adelaide

Round 7
Round 7
Saturday, 13 June North Adelaide 7.17 (59) def. Norwood 8.9 (57) Adelaide Oval
Saturday, 13 June Port Adelaide 14.21 (105) def. West Adelaide 4.6 (30) Alberton Oval (crowd: 5,000) [11]
Saturday, 13 June South Adelaide 10.8 (68) def. West Torrens 7.11 (53) Jubilee Oval
Bye
Sturt

Round 8
Round 8
Saturday, 20 June North Adelaide 9.10 (64) def. by Sturt 10.11 (71) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 6,500) [12]
Saturday, 20 June Port Adelaide 9.15 (69) def. South Adelaide 5.7 (37) Alberton Oval (crowd: 5,500) [12]
Saturday, 20 June West Adelaide 8.19 (67) def. Norwood 8.9 (57) Jubilee Oval (crowd: 3,000) [12]
Bye
West Torrens

Round 9
Round 9
Saturday, 27 June Port Adelaide 11.15 (81) def. West Torrens 9.5 (59) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 8,500) [13]
Monday, 29 June South Adelaide 11.10 (76) def. West Adelaide 5.7 (37) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 10,200) [14]
Monday, 29 June Sturt 10.9 (69) def. Norwood 6.3 (39) Unley Oval (crowd: 6,000) [14]
Bye
North Adelaide

Round 10
Round 10
Saturday, 4 July North Adelaide 8.16 (64) def. West Adelaide 8.7 (55) Adelaide Oval
Saturday, 4 July West Torrens 13.9 (87) def. Norwood 9.12 (66) Hindmarsh Oval (crowd: 5,000) [15]
Saturday, 4 July South Adelaide 11.6 (72) def. Sturt 10.11 (71) Jubilee Oval (crowd: 6,500) [16]
Bye
Port Adelaide

Round 11
Round 11
Saturday, 11 July North Adelaide 12.9 (81) def. South Adelaide 12.8 (80) Jubilee Oval (crowd: 4,000) [17]
Saturday, 11 July Sturt 6.5 (41) def. by Port Adelaide 13.10 (88) Unley Oval
Tuesday, 14 July West Adelaide 6.15 (51) def. by West Torrens 9.8 (62) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 6,000) [17]
Bye
Norwood
  • After half time at Unley Oval Port Adelaide kicked 65 points to Sturt's 2.[18]

Round 12
Round 12
Saturday, 18 July Port Adelaide 19.17 (131) def. Norwood 7.8 (50) Alberton Oval (crowd: 4,500) [19]
Saturday, 18 July West Torrens 8.21 (69) def. North Adelaide 6.15 (51) Hindmarsh Oval (crowd: 5,000) [20]
Saturday, 18 July West Adelaide 13.13 (91) def. Sturt 5.19 (49) Jubilee Oval
Bye
South Adelaide

Round 13
Round 13
Saturday, 22 August North Adelaide 8.11 (59) def. by Port Adelaide 11.14 (80) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 9,000) [21]
Saturday, 22 August Norwood 8.10 (58) def. South Adelaide 8.6 (54) Norwood Oval
Saturday, 22 August Sturt 5.11 (41) def. by West Torrens 10.11 (71) Unley Oval
Bye
West Adelaide

Round 14
Round 14
Saturday, 29 August West Adelaide 5.5 (35) def. by Port Adelaide 12.15 (87) Adelaide Oval
Saturday, 29 August West Torrens 10.5 (65) def. South Adelaide 7.14 (56) Hindmarsh Oval
Saturday, 29 August Norwood 8.10 (58) def. North Adelaide 7.9 (51) Norwood Oval (crowd: 2,000) [22]
Bye
Sturt

Ladder
1914 SAFL Ladder
TEAMPWLDPFPA %PTS
1 Port Adelaide (P) 12 12 0 0 1068 510 67.68 24
2 North Adelaide 12 6 6 0 723 769 48.46 12
3 Sturt 12 6 6 0 665 799 45.42 12
4 West Torrens 12 5 6 1 715 786 47.63 11
5 West Adelaide 12 4 7 1 621 767 44.74 9
6 South Adelaide 12 4 8 0 692 722 48.94 8
7 Norwood 12 4 8 0 656 787 45.46 8
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, (P) = Premiers [23]

Win/Loss table
+WinQualified for finals
-LossXBye
DrawEliminated

Bold – Home game
X – Bye
Opponent for round listed above margin

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 F1 F2 GF
Port Adelaide SthA
23		 X Stu
71		 WT
68		 Nor
38		 NthA
28		 WstA
75		 SthA
32		 WT
22		 X Stu
47		 Nor
81		 NthA
21		 WstA
52		 Stu
54		 X NthA
79
North Adelaide Stu
14		 WstA
6		 SthA
27		 X WT
4		 Port
28		 Nor
2		 Stu
7		 X WstA
9		 SthA
1		 WT
18		 Port
21		 Nor
7		 X WT
9		 Port
79
Sturt NthA
14		 SthA
2		 Port
71		 Nor
8		 WstA
10		 WT
6		 X NthA
7		 Nor
30		 SthA
1		 Port
47		 WstA
42		 WT
30		 X Port
54
West Torrens X Nor
45		 WstA
0		 Port
68		 NthA
4		 Stu
6		 SthA
15		 X Port
22		 Nor
21		 WstA
11		 NthA
18		 Stu
30		 SthA
9		 X NthA
9
West Adelaide Nor
19		 NthA
6		 WT
0		 SthA
3		 Stu
10		 X Port
75		 Nor
10		 SthA
39		 NthA
9		 WT
11		 Stu
42		 X Port
52
South Adelaide Port
23		 Stu
2		 NthA
27		 WstA
3		 X Nor
16		 WT
15		 Port
32		 WstA
39		 Stu
1		 NthA
1		 X Nor
4		 WT
9
Norwood WstA
19		 WT
45		 X Stu
8		 Port
38		 SthA
16		 NthA
2		 WstA
10		 Stu
30		 WT
21		 X Port
81		 SthA
4		 NthA
7
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 F1 F2 GF

1914 SAFL Finals

Week 1
Semi Final
Saturday, 5 September Port Adelaide 12.17 (89) def. Sturt 5.5 (35) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 8,000) [24]

Week 2
Qualifying Finals
Saturday, 12 September North Adelaide 5.10 (40) def. West Torrens 3.13 (31) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 8,000) [25]

Week 3 (1914 SAFL Grand Final)
Main article: 1914 SAFL Grand Final
Grand Final
Saturday, 19 September Port Adelaide def. North Adelaide Adelaide Oval (crowd: 11,000) Report
2.1 (13)
5.7 (37)
7.8 (50)
 13.15 (93)		 Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final		 0.3 (3)
0.4 (4)
0.8 (8)
 1.8 (14)
Congear 4
Chaplin 3
Drummond, Andersen 2
Dunn, McFarlane 1		 Goals 1 Thomas
Congear, Chaplin, Watson, Magor, Drummond, Andersen, Londrigan, Boon, Pope, Oliver, Robertson Best Secombe, Klose, Lewis, O'Brien, Pratten, Thomas, Wainwright, Russell, Trescowthick, Murch

Awards

Best and fairest
Club Player
North Adelaide Tom Leahy
Norwood Sidney White
Port Adelaide Jack Ashley
South Adelaide —
Sturt William Mayman
West Adelaide —
West Torrens Stan Patten

Club leadership
Club Coach Captain(s)
North Adelaide - Johns, EEB
Norwood Algy Millhouse Algy Millhouse
Port Adelaide Jack Londrigan Jack Londrigan
South Adelaide Jack Tredrea Bert Renfry
Sturt William Mayman William Mayman
West Adelaide Joseph Dailey
West Torrens Stewart Geddes William Hutton

Post-season

1914 Championship of Australia
Main article: 1914 Championship of Australia
1914 Championship of Australia
Wednesday, 3 October Port Adelaide 9.16 (70) def. Carlton 5.6 (36) Adelaide Oval

1914 SAFL Combined State Game
Main article: Port Adelaide v South Australia (1914)
South Australia vs. Port Adelaide
Wednesday, 14 October South Australia 5.10 (40) def. by Port Adelaide 14.14 (98) Jubilee Oval [26]

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