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1955 SANFL season

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1955 SANFL season
Teams10
PremiersPort Adelaide
16th premiership
Minor premiersPort Adelaide
25th minor premiership
Magarey MedallistLindsay Head
West Torrens
Ken Farmer MedallistPaul Caust
Sturt (57 Goals)
Attendance
Matches played72
Total attendance813,560 (11,299 per match)
Highest44,826 (Grand Final, Port Adelaide vs. Norwood)
← 1954
1956 ⊟

The 1955 South Australian National Football League season was the 76th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.

Ladder

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1955 SANFL Ladder
Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts
1 Port Adelaide (P) 17 13 4 0 1545 1172 56.86 26
2 Norwood 17 11 5 1 1457 1184 55.17 23
3 West Torrens 17 9 7 1 1412 1226 53.53 19
4 Sturt 17 9 8 0 1315 1253 51.21 18
5 North Adelaide 17 9 8 0 1309 1312 49.94 18
6 Glenelg 17 7 10 0 1355 1503 47.41 14
7 West Adelaide 17 7 10 0 1413 1612 46.71 14
8 South Adelaide 17 2 15 0 966 1510 39.01 4
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Finals

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Grand Final

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1955 SANFL Grand Final
Saturday 1 October
(2:10 pm)
Port Adelaide def. Norwood Adelaide Oval (crowd: 44,826) Report
4.2 (26)
5.5 (35)
7.6 (48)
15.11 (101)
Q1
Q2
Q3
Final
0.1 (1)
3.5 (23)
4.7 (31)
5.8 (38)

References

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  1. ^ "Australian Football – SANFL Premiership season – Season 1955". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2015.