1952 SANFL season

The 1952 South Australian National Football League season was the 73rd season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.

1952 SANFL season
Teams	8
Premiers	North Adelaide 8th premiership
Minor premiers	North Adelaide 7th minor premiership
Magarey Medallist	Len Fitzgerald Sturt (25 votes)
Ken Farmer Medallist	John Willis West Torrens (85 Goals)
Attendance
Matches played	72
Total attendance	724,460 (10,062 per match)
Highest	50,105 (Grand Final, North Adelaide vs. Norwood)
← 1951 1953 →

Minor Round

Round 1

	Round 1
Friday, 25 April (2:10pm)	Port Adelaide 11.12 (88)	def.	Glenelg 7.3 (45)	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 27,000)	[1]
Saturday, 26 April (2:10pm)	West Adelaide 15.12 (102)	def.	South Adelaide 7.10 (52)	Kensington Oval (crowd: 2,000)	[2]
Saturday, 26 April (2:10pm)	West Torrens 17.4 (106)	def.	North Adelaide 11.18 (84)	Thebarton Oval (crowd: 9,500)	[3]
Saturday, 26 April (2:10pm)	Sturt 9.11 (65)	def. by	Norwood 23.13 (151)	Unley Oval (crowd: 9,500)	[4]

Ladder

1952 SANFL Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts
1	North Adelaide (P)	17	14	3	0	1525	1179	56.40	28
2	Port Adelaide	17	13	4	0	1423	957	59.79	26
3	West Torrens	17	11	6	0	1622	1316	55.21	22
4	Norwood	17	10	7	0	1519	1340	53.13	20
5	Glenelg	17	6	11	0	1387	1460	48.72	12
6	West Adelaide	17	6	11	0	1161	1304	47.10	12
7	South Adelaide	17	5	12	0	1093	1652	39.82	10
8	Sturt	17	3	14	0	1156	1678	40.79	6

Source: ^[5]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Finals

Grand Final

Main article: 1952 SANFL Grand Final

	1952 SANFL Grand Final
Saturday 4 October (2:10 pm)	North Adelaide	def.	Norwood	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 50,105)	Report
	3.1 (19) 11.3 (64) 17.10 (112) 23.15 (153)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	2.0 (12) 3.4 (22) 5.5 (35) 6.9 (45)

References

1. "Teamwork Gives Port Easy Win". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 26 April 1952. p. 12. Retrieved 12 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
2. "Round the Pickets". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 28 April 1952. p. 5. Retrieved 13 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
3. "Round the Pickets". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 28 April 1952. p. 5. Retrieved 13 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
4. "Round the Pickets". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 28 April 1952. p. 5. Retrieved 13 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
5. "Australian Football – SANFL Season 1952". Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2015.