| 1938 SANFL season | |
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| Teams | 8 |
| Premiers | South Adelaide 10th premiership |
| Minor premiers | South Adelaide 3rd minor premiership |
| Magarey Medallist | Bob Quinn Port Adelaide (32 votes) |
| Ken Farmer Medallist | Ken Farmer North Adelaide (112 Goals) |
| Matches played | 72 |
| Highest | 33,364 (Grand Final, South Adelaide vs. Port Adelaide) |
The 1938 South Australian National Football League season was the 59th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.
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| TEAM | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | PTS | ||||
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| 1 | South Adelaide (P) | 17 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2244 | 1553 | 59.10 | 30 | |||
| 2 | Norwood | 17 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1871 | 1486 | 55.73 | 26 | |||
| 3 | Port Adelaide | 17 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1865 | 1577 | 54.18 | 20 | |||
| 4 | West Torrens | 17 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1732 | 1576 | 52.36 | 20 | |||
| 5 | North Adelaide | 17 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1633 | 1847 | 46.93 | 16 | |||
| 6 | Sturt | 17 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 1494 | 1695 | 46.85 | 10 | |||
| 7 | West Adelaide | 17 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 1527 | 2025 | 42.99 | 8 | |||
| 8 | Glenelg | 17 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 1562 | 2169 | 41.87 | 6 | |||
| Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, (P) = Premiers | [1] | |||||||||||
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Main article: 1938 SANFL Grand Final |
| 1938 SANFL Grand Final | |||||
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| Saturday, 1 October | South Adelaide | def. | Port Adelaide | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 33,364) | |
| 6.3 (39) 9.5 (59) 21.9 (135) 23.14 (152) |
Q1 Q2 Q3 Final |
4.3 (27) 9.5 (59) 11.8 (74) 15.16 (106) |
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