SOUTH AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE - PREMIERSHIP PLACINGS 1877 TO 1920

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1877 to 1886    1887 to 1896    1897 to 1906    1907 to 1920

1877 to 1886

Year Premiers Runners Up 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th
1877 South Adelaide Victorian Adelaide Port Adelaide Woodville South Park Kensington Bankers
1878 Norwood South Adelaide Port Adelaide Victorian Adelaide South Park Kensington -
1879 Norwood Port Adelaide South Adelaide Victorian Adelaide South Park Kensington -
1880 Norwood Victorian South Adelaide South Park Kensington Port Adelaide Adelaide -
1881 Norwood South Adelaide South Park Victorian Port Adelaide Adelaide-Kensington - -
1882 Norwood South Adelaide Port Adelaide Victorian South Park Royal Park - -
1883 Norwood Port Adelaide South Park South Adelaide North Adelaide - - -
1884 Port Adelaide Norwood South Adelaide South Park North Adelaide - - -
1885 South Adelaide Norwood Port Adelaide Adelaide - - - -
1886 Adelaide South Adelaide Norwood Port Adelaide - - - -

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1887 to 1896

Grand Final Result (where appropriate)
Year Premiers G B Pts Runners Up G B Pts 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th
1887 Norwood No grand final Port Adelaide No grand final Adelaide South Adelaide Hotham Gawler West Adelaide
1888 Norwood No grand final Port Adelaide No grand final Adelaide South Adelaide North Adelaide Gawler Medindie
1889 Norwood 7 4 N/A Port Adelaide 5 9 N/A Adelaide South Adelaide Gawler Medindie -
1890 Port Adelaide No grand final Norwood No grand final South Adelaide Medindie Adelaide Gawler -
1891 Norwood No grand final Port Adelaide No grand final South Adelaide Medindie Adelaide - -
1892 South Adelaide No grand final Port Adelaide No grand final Norwood Medindie Adelaide - -
1893 South Adelaide No grand final Norwood No grand final Port Adelaide North Adelaide Adelaide - -
1894 Norwood 4 8 N/A South Adelaide 4 8 N/A Port Adelaide North Adelaide - - -
Replay Norwood 4 7 N/A South Adelaide 3 5 N/A
1895 South Adelaide No grand final Norwood No grand final Port Adelaide North Adelaide Port Natives - -
1896 South Adelaide No grand final Norwood No grand final North Adelaide Port Natives Port Adelaide - -

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1897 to 1906

Grand Final Result (where appropriate)
Year Premiers G B Pts Runners Up G B Pts 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th
1897 Port Adelaide No grand final South Adelaide No grand final Norwood North Adelaide West Torrens West Adelaide -
1898 South Adelaide 8 8 56 Port Adelaide 4 8 32 Norwood North Adelaide West Torrens West Adelaide -
1899 South Adelaide 5 12 42 Norwood 2 2 14 Port Adelaide West Torrens West Adelaide North Adelaide -
1900 North Adelaide 4 3 27 South Adelaide 1 8 14 West Torrens Norwood West Adelaide Port Adelaide -
1901 Norwood 4 9 33 Port Adelaide 4 6 30 North Adelaide South Adelaide West Adelaide West Torrens Sturt
1902 North Adelaide 9 14 68 South Adelaide 4 7 31 Port Adelaide West Torrens Norwood West Adelaide Sturt
1903 Port Adelaide 6 6 42 South Adelaide 5 5 35 North Adelaide Norwood West Torrens West Adelaide Sturt
1904 Norwood 9 8 62 Port Adelaide 8 10 58 South Adelaide North Adelaide Sturt West Torrens West Adelaide
1905 North Adelaide 6 8 44 Port Adelaide 1 6 12 Norwood South Adelaide Sturt West Torrens West Adelaide
1906 Port Adelaide 8 12 60 North Adelaide 5 9 39 Norwood Sturt South Adelaide West Torrens West Adelaide

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1907 to 1920

Grand Final Result
Year Premiers G B Pts Runners Up G B Pts 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th
1907 Norwood 8 7 55 Port Adelaide 3 9 27 West Torrens North Adelaide South Adelaide West Adelaide Sturt
1908 West Adelaide 7 10 52 Norwood 6 13 49 Port Adelaide North Adelaide South Adelaide West Torrens Sturt
1909 West Adelaide 7 17 59 Port Adelaide 6 5 41 Norwood West Torrens Sturt North Adelaide South Adelaide
1910 Port Adelaide 8 12 60 Sturt 5 11 41 Norwood West Torrens West Adelaide North Adelaide South Adelaide
1911 West Adelaide 7 9 51 Port Adelaide 6 10 46 North Adelaide Sturt Norwood West Torrens South Adelaide
1912 West Adelaide 6 10 46 Port Adelaide 5 2 32 West Torrens Sturt South Adelaide Norwood North Adelaide
1913 Port Adelaide 7 12 54 North Adelaide 5 10 40 West Adelaide Sturt South Adelaide West Torrens Norwood
1914 Port Adelaide 13 15 93 North Adelaide 1 8 14 Sturt West Torrens West Adelaide South Adelaide Norwood
1915 Sturt 6 10 46 Port Adelaide 4 10 34 South Adelaide West Adelaide West Torrens North Adelaide Norwood
The competition was suspended, owing to World War One, between 1916 and 1918
1919 Sturt 5 9 39 North Adelaide 5 9 39 West Torrens Port Adelaide West Adelaide South Adelaide Norwood
Replay Sturt 3 5 23 North Adelaide 2 6 18
1920 North Adelaide 9 15 69 Norwood 3 3 21 Port Adelaide West Torrens Sturt South Adelaide West Adelaide

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