1951 SANFL season

The 1951 South Australian National Football League season was the 72nd season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.

1951 SANFL season
Teams	8
Premiers	Port Adelaide 14th premiership
Minor premiers	Port Adelaide 22nd minor premiership
Magarey Medallist	John Marriott Norwood
Ken Farmer Medallist	Colin Churchett Glenelg (102 Goals)
Attendance
Matches played	76
Total attendance	653,105 (8,593 per match)
Highest	41,997 (Grand Final, Port Adelaide vs. North Adelaide)

Ladder

1951 SANFL Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts
1	Port Adelaide (P)	18	17	1	0	1584	1016	60.92	34
2	North Adelaide	18	13	5	0	1566	1146	57.74	26
3	Glenelg	18	12	6	0	1709	1435	54.36	24
4	West Torrens	18	10	8	0	1514	1321	53.40	20
5	Norwood	18	9	9	0	1370	1240	52.49	18
6	West Adelaide	18	8	10	0	1180	1336	46.90	16
7	Sturt	18	2	16	0	1169	1780	39.64	4
8	South Adelaide	18	1	17	0	1120	1938	36.63	2

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

Finals Series

Grand Final

	1951 SANFL Grand Final
Saturday 29 September (2:10 pm)	Port Adelaide	def.	North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 41,997)	Report
	6.4 (40) 8.5 (53) 9.9 (63) 10.12 (72)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	2.1 (13) 4.6 (30) 4.9 (33) 8.13 (61)