1908 SAFL season

1908 South Australian Football League October 2012 September 2022 safl 1908 File:1908_West_Adelaide_premiership_team.jpg 300px 32nd seasonPictured above is the 1908 West Adelaide premiership team. 7 1 4 46 25,000(Round 5, vs. ) J Mathieson (33 goals) James Tierney 1907 1909 The 1908 South Australian Football League season was the 32nd season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia. The feature of the season was the rise of . In their first eleven seasons in the SAFA/SAFL the Bloods had won just twenty of 127 games, including two winless seasons in 1898 and 1906.Bloods, Sweat and Tears Agars Merv 5 1987 West Adelaide Football Club 0859040291 Following a major country recruiting campaign over the summer,Bloods, Sweat and Tears Agars 6 1987 bolstered by recruiting as its first coach former star "Dinny" Reedman.Devaney John Full Points Footy's SA Football Companion 2008 John Devaney and Full Points Publications 9780955689727 397-400 Oxygen Versus Beer After a shocking loss to in their second game, West would lose only one more match for the remainder of the season, winning their first SAFL premiership and then their first Championship of Australia against . Minor Round Round 1 Round 1 Saturday, 2 May 1908 3.10 (28) A 5.6 (36) Adelaide Oval Saturday, 2 May 1908 5.8 (38) H 2.4 (16) Alberton Oval Saturday, 2 May 1908 10.12 (72) A 4.10 (34) Norwood Oval Round 2 Round 2 Saturday, 9 May 1908 6.6 (42) A 7.10 (52) Adelaide Oval Saturday, 9 May 1908 15.11 (101) H 1.7 (13) Alberton Oval Saturday, 9 May 1908 4.10 (34) A 10.14 (74) Unley Oval In a shocking loss following their off-season build-up, West Adelaide would not kick a lower score until scoring only six behinds against in 2021.https://australianfootball.com/clubs/lowest_scores/west%2Badelaide/324/season_from/1908/season_to/2027/league/107/competition/3/division/all/division_type/all/ground/all/round_type/all/limit/500/filter/show Australian Football West Adelaide – Lowest Scores 1908 to 2026 Round 3 Round 3 Saturday, 16 May 1908 11.6 (72) H 9.9 63 Adelaide Oval Saturday, 16 May 1908 5.8 (38) A 14.20 (104) Hindmarsh Oval Saturday, 16 May 1908 4.5 (29) A 10.17 (77) Unley Oval Round 4 Round 4 Saturday, 23 May 1908 13.12 (90 H 4.5 (29) Adelaide Oval Saturday, 23 May 1908 10.8 (68) H 5.18 (48) Hindmarsh Oval Saturday, 23 May 1908 4.7 (31) A 5.11 (41) Norwood Oval Round 5 Round 5 Saturday, 30 May 1908 8.10 (58) A 9.7 (61) Adelaide Oval Saturday, 30 May 1908 13.13 (91) H 4.9 (33) Norwood Oval Saturday, 30 May 1908 6.9 (45) A 8.11 (59) Hindmarsh Oval Round 6 Round 6 Saturday, 6 June 1908 5.9 (39) H 5.6 (36) Adelaide Oval Saturday, 6 June 1908 3.8 (26) A 5.9 (39) Unley Oval Monday, 8 June 1908 4.15 (39) H 3.9 (27) Adelaide Oval 25,000 Round 7 Round 7 Saturday, 13 June 1908 10.11 (71) H 4.9 (33) Adelaide Oval Saturday, 13 June 1908 13.20 (98) H 5.4 (34) Jubilee Oval Saturday, 13 June 1908 7.12 (54) H 6.11 (47) Hindmarsh Oval Round 8 Round 8 Saturday, 27 June 1908 15.13 (103) H 6.11 (47) Jubilee Oval Saturday, 27 June 1908 8.9 (57) H 6.10 (46) Norwood Oval Saturday, 27 June 1908 6.11 (47) A 16.14 (110) Hindmarsh Oval Round 9 Round 9 Saturday, 4 July 1908 5.9 (39) H 5.3 (33) Adelaide Oval Saturday, 4 July 1908 9.16 (70) D 10.10 (70) Norwood Oval Saturday, 4 July 1908 12.15 (87) H 6.5 (41) Jubilee Oval The Jubilee Oval match would prove South Adelaide's last victory until 11 June 1910, bookending a sequence of nineteen consecutive defeats.https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080828052911/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/87904/20080821-0952/www.fullpointsfooty.net/sanfl_match_results.html 28 August 2008 http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/sanfl_match_results.html SAFL MATCH PROGRAMME AND RESULTS 1910 Round 10 Round 10 Saturday, 11 July 1908 4.9 (33) A 8.7 (55) Adelaide Oval Saturday, 11 July 1908 9.14 (68) H 4.5 (29) Alberton Oval Saturday, 11 July 1908 5.16 (46) H 2.14 (26) Norwood Oval Round 11 Round 11 Saturday, 18 July 1908 11.12 (78) A 12.11 (83) Jubilee Oval Saturday, 18 July 1908 10.16 (76) H 4.8 (32) Norwood Oval Saturday, 18 July 1908 8.3 (51) A 7.18 (60) Unley Oval Round 12 Round 12 Saturday, 25 July 1908 7.11 (53) H 4.7 (31) Adelaide Oval Saturday, 25 July 1908 9.16 (70) H 9.11 (65) Alberton Oval Saturday, 25 July 1908 8.9 (57) A 13.11 (89) Unley Oval Round 13 Round 13 Saturday, 1 August 1908 14.13 (97) H 6.5 (41) Adelaide Oval Saturday, 1 August 1908 9.15 (69) A 12.13 (85) Hindmarsh Oval Saturday, 1 August 1908 10.11 (71) H 7.8 (50) Norwood Oval Round 14 Round 14 Saturday, 15 August 1908 4.12 (36) A 10.6 (66) Adelaide Oval Saturday, 15 August 1908 6.12 (48) H 6.9 (45) Alberton Oval Saturday, 15 August 1908 4.8 (32) A 14.8 (92) Unley Oval Ladder main WDL Q 1908 SAFL Ladder true points y 2 NOR Norwood WAD West Adelaide PTA Port Adelaide NAD North Adelaide WTO West Torrens SAD South Adelaide STU Sturt 10 1 1 792 498 10 2 0 676 529 P 8 4 0 716 522 6 5 1 697 632 4 8 0 605 739 3 9 0 665 768 0 12 0 449 912 Premiers #CCFFCC A A A A 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for. complete Australian Football SAFL Season 1908 https://australianfootball.com/seasons/season/sanfl/107/men%2527s%2Bpremiership%2Bseason/3/3/1908 2015-01-02 Major Round First Semi-Final 1908 SAFL First Semi-Final Saturday, 5 September 1908 5.5 (35) 6.6 (42) 8.12 (60) 8.13 (61) Moy 2, Dowling 2, Head, T. Leahy, Bruce, J.J. McCarthy Dowling, B. Leahy, Tierney, J. F. McCarthy, Head, Moore H 0.1 (1) 3.4 (22) 4.6 (30) 6.10 (46) Jessop 3, C. Drew, Neville, Johns Gehrs, Johns, Jenkins, Pash, Neville Adelaide Oval 10,000 The Advertiser 7 September 1908 9-10 League Football Premiership – The First Semi-Final: Comfortable Win for West Adelaide H. Reynolds Second Semi-Final 1908 SAFL Second Semi-Final Saturday, 12 September 1908 4.3 (27) 7.7 (49) 9.10 (64) 11.12 (78) L. Chamberlain 4, Townsend 2, Gibbons 2, McGavisk, Bahr, Miller H. Miller, Barnes, Bahr, Lionel Hill, Gwynne, McGavisk, Gibbons H 1.0 (6) 4.2 (26) 6.3 (39) 6.4 (40) Mathieson 2, Strawns 2, Turner, Dickson Pope, Cock, Davis, Turner, Strawns Adelaide Oval 20,000 The Advertiser 14 September 1908 10 Football – Second Semi-Final: Norwood Defeats Port Adelaide P. Kneebone Final 1908 SAFL Final Saturday, 19 September 1908 2.0 (12) 2.1 (13) 2.4 (16) 3.6 (24) L. Hill 2, Gibbons H. M. Miller. W.R. Miller, Rooms, Townsend, J. Chamberlain, L. Hill A 1.3 (9) 3.7 (25) 3.10 (28) 6.15 (51) W. Price 2, P. Bruce, Dowling, Tierney, Moy Tierney, T. Leahy, B. Leahy, P. Bruce. W. Price, Horgan Adelaide Oval 22,000 The Advertiser 21 September 1908 7–8 The Football Premiership – Minor Premiers Defeated: A Triumph for West Adelaide P. Kneebone This was only West's second-ever win over Norwood. The league's new power adapted much better to the wet and slippery conditions. Challenge Final 1908 SAFL Challenge Final Saturday, 25 September 1908 3.7 (25) 4.7 (31) 5.9 (39) 6.13 (49) J. Chamberlain 3, L. Chamberlain, Gibbons, Plunkett Robin, H. Miller, Gwynne, Hill, Bahr, J. Chamberlain, W. Miller A 0.0 (0) 3.4 (22) 4.4 (28) 7.10 (52) Moy 4, P. Bruce 2, Price P. Bruce, T. Leahy, Tierney, Horgan, Stephens, J. Bruce, B. Leahy Adelaide Oval 22,000 P. Kneebone Championship of Australia 1908 Championship of Australia Saturday, 3 October 1908 2.2 (14) 7.4 (46) 9.5 (59) 12.9 (81) J.F. McCarthy 5, W. Dowling 2, W. Price 2, J. Daly, T. Leahy, T. Moore W. Dowling (best on ground), Bruce, T. Leahy, Tierney, J.F McCarthy, Horgan, B. Leahy, Head, Price H 2.1 (13) 3.2 (20) 7.7 (49) 7.10 (52) Gardiner 2, Elliott 2, Flynn, McGregor, Kelly Marchbanks, Elliott, Gotz, Flynn, Lang, Hammond, Jinks Adelaide Oval 13,000 Champions of Australia — West Adelaide Victorious: A Wonderful Team 5 October 1908 7 The Advertiser References SAFL Category:South Australian National Football League seasons