| 1957 SANFL season | |
|---|---|
| Teams | 8 |
| Premiers | Port Adelaide 18th premiership |
| Minor premiers | Port Adelaide 27th minor premiership |
| Magarey Medallist | Ron Benton West Adelaide Jim Deane South Adelaide |
| Ken Farmer Medallist | Peter Phipps West Adelaide (90 Goals) |
| Attendance | |
| Matches played | 76 |
| Total attendance | 849,369 (11,176 per match) |
| Highest | 58,924 (Grand Final, Port Adelaide vs. Norwood) |
The 1957 South Australian National Football League season was the 78th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.
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| TEAM | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | PTS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Port Adelaide (P) | 18 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 2152 | 1267 | 62.94 | 31 | |||
| 2 | West Adelaide | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1790 | 1506 | 54.31 | 24 | |||
| 3 | West Torrens | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1517 | 1474 | 50.72 | 23 | |||
| 4 | Norwood | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1681 | 1628 | 50.80 | 22 | |||
| 5 | Sturt | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1576 | 1652 | 48.82 | 16 | |||
| 6 | North Adelaide | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1355 | 1523 | 47.08 | 12 | |||
| 7 | Glenelg | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1421 | 1744 | 44.90 | 12 | |||
| 8 | South Adelaide | 18 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 1335 | 2033 | 39.64 | 4 | |||
| Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, (P) = Premiers | [1] | |||||||||||
| 1957 SANFL Grand Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday 28 September (2:10 pm) | Port Adelaide | def. | Norwood | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 58,924) | Report |
| 2.5 (17) 7.8 (50) 10.12 (72) 15.15 (105) |
Q1 Q2 Q3 Final |
4.5 (29) 9.9 (63) 11.12 (78) 13.16 (94) |
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