| 1949 SANFL season | |
|---|---|
| Teams | 8 |
| Premiers | North Adelaide 7th premiership |
| Minor premiers | North Adelaide 6th minor premiership |
| Magarey Medallist | Ron Phillips North Adelaide Allan Crabb Glenelg |
| Ken Farmer Medallist | Colin Churchett Glenelg (72 Goals) |
| Attendance | |
| Matches played | 72 |
| Total attendance | 666,658 (9,259 per match) |
| Highest | 42,490 (Grand Final, North Adelaide vs. West Torrens) |
The 1949 South Australian National Football League season was the 70th 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 | 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 | 40.78 | 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: 1949 SANFL Grand Final |
| 1949 SANFL Grand Final | |||||
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| 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) |
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