The 1961 South Australian National Football League season was the 82nd season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.

1961 SANFL season
Teams10
PremiersWest Adelaide
7th premiership
Minor premiersPort Adelaide
30th minor premiership
Magarey MedallistJohn Halbert
Sturt
Ken Farmer MedallistGeoff Kingston
West Adelaide (79 Goals)
Attendance
Matches played80
Total attendance859,336 (10,742 per match)
Highest40,409 (Grand Final, West Adelaide vs. Norwood)
← 1960
1962 →

Ladder

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1961 SANFL Ladder
Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts
1 Port Adelaide 19 15 4 0 1638 1161 58.52 30
2 West Adelaide (P) 19 14 5 0 1827 1287 58.67 28
3 West Torrens 19 14 5 0 1782 1410 55.83 28
4 Norwood 19 11 8 0 1611 1382 53.83 22
5 North Adelaide 19 10 9 0 1537 1465 51.20 20
6 South Adelaide 19 5 14 0 1250 1970 38.82 10
7 Glenelg 19 4 15 0 1481 1996 42.59 8
8 Sturt 19 3 16 0 1330 1785 42.70 6
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Finals Series

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Grand Final

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1961 SANFL Grand Final
Saturday, 30 September
(2:10 pm)
West Adelaide def. Norwood Adelaide Oval (crowd: 40,409) [1]
3.2 (20)
9.5 (59)
12.8 (80)
16.13 (109)
Q1
Q2
Q3
Final
4.5 (29)
7.6 (48)
9.7 (61)
11.7 (73)

References

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  1. ^ a b "Australian Football – SANFL Premiership season – Season 1961". australianfootball.com. Retrieved 17 July 2020.