The 1949 South Australian National Football League season was the 70th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.

1949 SANFL season
Teams8
PremiersNorth Adelaide
7th premiership
Minor premiersNorth Adelaide
6th minor premiership
Magarey MedallistRon Phillips
North Adelaide
Allan Crabb
Glenelg
Ken Farmer MedallistColin Churchett
Glenelg (72 Goals)
Attendance
Matches played72
Total attendance666,658 (9,259 per match)
Highest42,490 (Grand Final, North Adelaide vs. West Torrens)
← 1948
1950 →

Ladder

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1949 SANFL Ladder
Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts
1 North Adelaide (P) 17 12 5 0 1616 1301 55.40 24
2 Norwood 17 12 5 0 1698 1471 53.58 24
3 West Torrens 17 11 6 0 1638 1320 55.38 22
4 West Adelaide 17 11 6 0 1580 1378 53.41 22
5 Glenelg 17 8 9 0 1456 1519 48.94 16
6 Port Adelaide 17 7 10 0 1277 1362 48.39 14
7 South Adelaide 17 4 13 0 1392 1791 43.73 8
8 Sturt 17 3 14 0 1139 1645 40.91 6
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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1949 SANFL Grand Final
Saturday 1 October North Adelaide def. West Torrens Adelaide Oval (crowd: 42,490) Report
4.7 (31)
6.13 (49)
10.13 (73)
13.17 (95)
Q1
Q2
Q3
Final
2.6 (18)
5.11 (41)
8.15 (63)
9.18 (72)

References

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  1. ^ "Australian Football – SANFL Season 1949". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2015.