1951 SANFL season

1951 SANFL season
Teams	8
Premiers	Port Adelaide (14th premiership)
Minor premiers	Port Adelaide (22nd minor premiership)
Matches played	76
Attendance	653,105 (8,593 per match)
Highest attendance	41,997 (Grand Final, Port Adelaide vs. North Adelaide)
Ken Farmer Medallist	Colin Churchett Glenelg (102 Goals)
Magarey Medallist	John Marriott Norwood
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The 1951 South Australian National Football League season was the 72nd season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.

Ladder

1951 SANFL Ladder
	TEAM	P	W	L	D	PF	PA	%	PTS
1	Port Adelaide (P)	18	17	1	0	1584	1016	60.92	34
2	North Adelaide	18	13	5	0	1566	1146	57.74	26
3	Glenelg	18	12	6	0	1709	1435	54.36	24
4	West Torrens	18	10	8	0	1514	1321	53.40	20
5	Norwood	18	9	9	0	1370	1240	52.49	18
6	West Adelaide	18	8	10	0	1180	1336	46.90	16
7	Sturt	18	2	16	0	1169	1780	39.64	4
8	South Adelaide	18	1	17	0	1120	1938	36.63	2
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, (P) = Premiers								[1]

Finals Series

Grand Final

	1951 SANFL Grand Final
Saturday 29 September (2:10 pm)	Port Adelaide	def.	North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval (Crowd: 41,997)	Report
	6.4 (40) 8.5 (53) 9.9 (63) 10.12 (72)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	2.1 (13) 4.6 (30) 4.9 (33) 8.13 (61)

References

1. "Australian Football - SANFL Season 1951". Archived from the original on 2015-01-13. Retrieved 2015-01-11.