Australian rules football records at the Adelaide Oval

The records included in this article cover senior Australian rules football at Adelaide Oval, located in Adelaide, South Australia, for both men and women. The records include the South Australian league football (first known as the South Australian Football Association, then South Australian Football League, and later South Australian National Football League) from 1877, when the first premiership matches were held at the ground, until the end of the 1990 SANFL season, the last year that the competition was the highest level of Australian rules football in South Australia.

History

The first senior league Australian rules football match was played on Adelaide Oval in 1877 between the original Adelaide club and the Bankers club.

In 1991 the newly created Adelaide Crows entered the Australian Football League, subsequently playing the highest level of football in the state. Port Adelaide joined the Australian Football League in 1997.^{[citation needed]}

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  Ken Farmer
  (North Adelaide) Most goals outright (347) and equal most goals alongside Neil Hawke (Port Adelaide) in a single match (15).
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  Port Adelaide
  The Port Adelaide Football Club won 20 Grand Finals and four Championship of Australia titles at Adelaide Oval.
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  South Adelaide
  The South Adelaide Football Club used Adelaide Oval as its home ground for over 100 years between 1882 and 1903 and 1905–1994.
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  Alfred Waldron
  (Norwood) Alfred Waldron was captain of Norwood for the 1889 SAFA Grand Final, the first Grand Final in a major Australian rules football competition.

Individual (Men)

Most goals in a game by a player

Australian Football League (1991–present)[1] Goals Player Club Year 10 Taylor Walker Adelaide 2023 9 Joel Amartey Sydney 2024 8 Jay Schulz Port Adelaide 2014 7 Jay Schulz Port Adelaide 2014 Taylor Walker Adelaide 2015 Josh Kennedy West Coast 2016 Josh Jenkins Adelaide 2016 Taylor Walker Adelaide 2023 Last update from 2024, round 14.

South Australian league football (1877–1990) Goals Player Club Year 15 Ken Farmer North Adelaide 1936 Neil Hawke Port Adelaide 1957 14 Bruce Schultz Norwood 1940 Bruce Schultz Norwood 1941 13 Ken Farmer North Adelaide 1934 Final SANFL standings as of 1990, round 20.

Most career goals by a player

Australian Football League (1991–present)[1] Goals Player Club Games 252 Taylor Walker Adelaide 109 174 Eddie Betts Adelaide Carlton 73 153 Charlie Dixon Port Adelaide Gold Coast 84 139 Josh Jenkins Adelaide Geelong 65 133 Robbie Gray Port Adelaide 94 Last updated round 6, 2024.

South Australian league football (1877–1990) Goals Player Club Games 347 Ken Farmer North Adelaide 54 ~292 Bos Daly Norwood ~107 Final SANFL standings as of 1990, round 20.

Most career games by a player

Australian Football League (1991–present)[1] Games Player Club Years 120 Travis Boak Port Adelaide 2011– 115 Rory Laird Adelaide 2014– 115 Ollie Wines Port Adelaide 2014– 109 Taylor Walker Adelaide 2014– 107 Brodie Smith Adelaide 2011– Last updated round 6, 2024.

South Australian league football (1877–1990) Games Player Club Years ~144 Stuart Palmer South Adelaide 1969–85 Final SANFL standings as of 1990, round 20.

Team (men)

Most consecutive wins by a club at the ground

Australian Football League (1991–present) Streak Club Span 8 Port Adelaide 2011–14 8 Adelaide 2015–16 7 Adelaide 2016 6 Port Adelaide 2020 6 Port Adelaide 2023 Last update from 2023, round 17.

South Australian league football (1877–1990) Streak Club Span 18 Port Adelaide 1956–59 14 Port Adelaide 1913–15 11 North Adelaide 1905–06 11 Sturt 1968–70 11 Glenelg 1973–75 Final SANFL standings as of 1990, round 20.

Highest team score

Australian Football League (1991–present)[1] Score Club Year 27.15 (177) vs Brisbane Lions Adelaide 2016 27.12 (174) vs West Coast Adelaide 2023 24.15 (159) vs Brisbane Lions Port Adelaide 2014 24.9 (153) vs Essendon Adelaide 2017 23.14 (152) vs Port Adelaide Brisbane Lions 2024 Last update from 2024, round 15.

South Australian league football (1877–1990)[2] Score Club Year 34.22 (226) vs South Adelaide North Adelaide 1972 34.18 (222) vs South Adelaide Port Adelaide 1990 33.23 (221) vs South Adelaide West Adelaide 1959 34.15 (219) vs South Adelaide West Torrens 1950 34.12 (216) vs South Adelaide Central District 1973 Final SANFL standings as of 1990, round 20.

Largest single-quarter score

Australian Football League (1991–present)[1] Score Club Year Q4 – 9.3 (57) vs. Carlton Port Adelaide 2021 Q1 – 9.3 (57) vs. Hawthorn Port Adelaide 2023 Q1 – 9.2 (56) vs. Essendon Adelaide 2017 Q3 – 9.2 (56) vs. Gold Coast Port Adelaide 2023 Q3 – 8.5 (53) vs. GWS Giants Adelaide 2017 Last update from 2023, round 17.

South Australian league football (1877–1990)[2] Score Club Year Q4 – 14.10 (94) vs. North Adelaide West Adelaide 1940 Q4 – 14.3 (87) vs. Sturt Port Adelaide 1990 Q2 – 13.6 (84) vs. South Adelaide Port Adelaide 1974 Q3 – 13.5 (83) vs. West Torrens Central District 1981 Q2 – 13.3 (81) vs. Central District South Adelaide 1969 Final SANFL standings as of 1990, round 20.

Largest winning margin

Australian Football League (1991–present)[1] Margin Club Opponent Year 138 Adelaide Brisbane Lions 2016 115 Port Adelaide Gold Coast 2017 113 Port Adelaide Brisbane Lions 2014 103 Port Adelaide Carlton 2014 100 Adelaide Fremantle 2017 Last update from 2018, round 23.

South Australian league football (1877–1990)[3] Margin Club Opponent Year 180* Norwood Adelaide (SAFA) 1893 178 North Adelaide South Adelaide 1972 175 West Adelaide South Adelaide 1959 162* South Adelaide Adelaide (SAFA) 1892 153 Port Adelaide South Adelaide 1957 Final SANFL standings as of 1990, round 20.

• Before 1897 behinds were not included in the final score. During these matches the margins were 30 and 27 goals.^[4][5]

Lowest team score

Australian Football League (1991–present)[1] Score Club Opponent Year 3.2 (20) Gold Coast Port Adelaide 2017 2.14 (26) Western Bulldogs Adelaide 2018 3.11 (29) GWS Giants Port Adelaide 2022 4.5 (29) Essendon Port Adelaide 2020 4.9 (33) Adelaide Richmond 2020 4.9 (33) West Coast Port Adelaide 2022 Last update from 2022, round 18.

South Australian league football (1877–1990)[6] Score Club Opponent Year 0.0 (0) West Adelaide North Adelaide 1897 0.1 (1) West Adelaide South Adelaide 1898 0.5 (5) West Adelaide Sturt 1901 0.8 (8) West Torrens South Adelaide 1913 0.8 (8) West Torrens West Adelaide 1901

Individual (women)

Most goals in a game

Australian Football League Women (2019–present)[1]
Goals	Player	Club	Year
3	Chelsea Randall	Adelaide	S7 (2022)
3	Danielle Ponter	Adelaide	2019
3	Danielle Ponter	Adelaide	2019
2	Ashleigh Saint	Adelaide	2022
2	Danielle Ponter	Adelaide	2022
2	Erin Phillips	Adelaide	2019
2	Erin Phillips	Adelaide	2019
2	Ebony Marinoff	Adelaide	2019
2	Chloe Scheer	Adelaide	2019
2	Courtney Hodder	Brisbane Lions	2021
2	Jess Wuetschner	Brisbane Lions	2021
Last update from 2022 (S7)

Most goals in a career

Australian Football League Women (2019–present)[1]
Goals	Player	Club	Year
8	Danielle Ponter	Adelaide	2019–2022
5	Erin Phillips	Adelaide	2019–2022
3	Chloe Scheer	Adelaide	2019–2022
2	Ebony Marinoff	Adelaide	2019–2022
2	Courtney Hodder	Brisbane Lions	2021–2021
2	Jess Wuetschner	Brisbane Lions	2021–2021
2	Stevie-Lee Thompson	Adelaide	2019–2022
Last update 2022 AFLW Preliminary Final.

Team (women)

Highest team score

Australian Football League Women (2019–present)
Score	Club	Year
11.7 (73) vs Geelong	Adelaide	2019
10.3 (63) vs Carlton	Adelaide	2019
8.15 (63) vs Port Adelaide	Adelaide	S7 (2022)
6.4 (40) vs Fremantle	Adelaide	2022
6.2 (38) vs Adelaide	Brisbane Lions	2021

References

1. "AFL Tables - Adelaide Oval". Archived from the original on 4 September 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
2. "SANFL – Highest Scores". Archived from the original on 1 April 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
3. "South Australian league football stats". Australian football. Archived from the original on 23 July 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
4. "THE ADELAIDE OVAL". Adelaide Observer. Vol. XLIX, no. 2651. 23 July 1892. p. 19. Archived from the original on 3 July 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
5. "FOOTBALL". The Advertiser. Vol. XXXV, no. 10799. Adelaide. 29 May 1893. p. 3. Archived from the original on 3 July 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
6. "SANFL – Lowest Scores". Archived from the original on 1 April 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2015.