1949 SANFL season

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
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)

Ladder

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:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Finals

Grand Final

Main article: 1949 SANFL Grand Final

	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)