1914 SAFL season
# 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.

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.

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

### Round 2

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

### Round 3

| | Round 3 | 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) |
| Saturday, 16 May | Port Adelaide 14.16 (100) | def. | Sturt 4.5 (29) | Alberton Oval (crowd: 5,000) |
| | Bye Norwood | Bye Norwood | Bye Norwood | |

### Round 4

| | Round 4 | 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) |
| | Bye North Adelaide | Bye North Adelaide | Bye North Adelaide | |

### Round 5

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

### Round 6

| | Round 6 | Round 6 | Round 6 | |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Saturday, 6 June | South Adelaide 7.15 (57) | def. | Norwood 5.11 (41) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 7,000) |
| 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) |
| | Bye West Adelaide | Bye West Adelaide | Bye West Adelaide | |

### Round 7

| | Round 7 | 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) |
| Saturday, 13 June | South Adelaide 10.8 (68) | def. | West Torrens 7.11 (53) | Jubilee Oval |
| | Bye Sturt | Bye Sturt | Bye Sturt | |

### Round 8

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

### Round 9

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

### Round 10

| | Round 10 | 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) |
| Saturday, 4 July | South Adelaide 11.6 (72) | def. | Sturt 10.11 (71) | Jubilee Oval (crowd: 6,500) |
| | Bye Port Adelaide | Bye Port Adelaide | Bye Port Adelaide | |

### Round 11

| | Round 11 | Round 11 | Round 11 | |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Saturday, 11 July | North Adelaide 12.9 (81) | def. | South Adelaide 12.8 (80) | Jubilee Oval (crowd: 4,000) |
| 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) |
| | Bye Norwood | Bye Norwood | Bye Norwood | |
| After half time at Unley Oval Port Adelaide kicked 65 points to Sturt's 2. ||||||

### Round 12

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

### Round 13

| | Round 13 | Round 13 | Round 13 | |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Saturday, 22 August | North Adelaide 8.11 (59) | def. by | Port Adelaide 11.14 (80) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 9,000) |
| 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 | Bye West Adelaide | Bye West Adelaide | |

### Round 14

| | Round 14 | 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) |
| | Bye Sturt | Bye Sturt | Bye Sturt | |

## Ladder

1914 SAFL Ladder :

| | TEAM | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | 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 | Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, (P) = Premiers | Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, (P) = Premiers | Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, (P) = Premiers | Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, (P) = Premiers | Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, (P) = Premiers | Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, (P) = Premiers | Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, (P) = Premiers | | |

### Win/Loss table

| + | Win | | Qualified for finals |
| - | - | - | - |
| - | Loss | X | Bye |
| | Draw | | Eliminated |

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 | Semi Final | Semi Final | |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Saturday, 5 September | Port Adelaide 12.17 (89) | def. | Sturt 5.5 (35) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 8,000) |

### Week 2

| | Qualifying Finals | Qualifying Finals | Qualifying Finals | |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Saturday, 12 September | North Adelaide 5.10 (40) | def. | West Torrens 3.13 (31) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 8,000) |

### Week 3 (1914 SAFL Grand Final)

| | Grand Final | 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 | Congear 4 Chaplin 3 Drummond, Andersen 2 Dunn, McFarlane 1 | Goals | 1 Thomas | 1 Thomas |
| Congear, Chaplin, Watson, Magor, Drummond, Andersen, Londrigan, Boon, Pope, Oliver, Robertson | Congear, Chaplin, Watson, Magor, Drummond, Andersen, Londrigan, Boon, Pope, Oliver, Robertson | Best | Secombe, Klose, Lewis, O'Brien, Pratten, Thomas, Wainwright, Russell, Trescowthick, Murch | Secombe, Klose, Lewis, O'Brien, Pratten, Thomas, Wainwright, Russell, Trescowthick, Murch |

## Awards

* The Magarey Medal was awarded to Jack Ashley of Port Adelaide, who received the most votes.
* The Leading Goal Kicker was Jack Dunn of Port Adelaide, who kicked 33 goals during the home and away season.
* The Wooden Spoon was awarded to Norwood for the second time.

### 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

| | 1914 Championship of Australia | 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

| | South Australia vs. Port Adelaide | South Australia vs. Port Adelaide | South Australia vs. Port Adelaide | |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Wednesday, 14 October | South Australia 5.10 (40) | def. by | Port Adelaide 14.14 (98) | Jubilee Oval |
