1955 SAAFL season

1955 premiership season
1955 premiership season
Premiers	A1: University ; A2: Payneham ; A3: Semaphore Park ; A4: Pulteney O.S. ; Colts: Woodville
Minor premiers	A1: University ; A2: Payneham ; A3: Semaphore Park ; A4: Pulteney O.S. ; Colts: Woodville
Wooden spooners	A1: Flinders Park ; A2: Railway's Institute ; A3: Old Scotch ; A4: Prince Alfred O.C. B ; Colts: Walkerville
Best and fairest	A1 (Hone Medal): Leon Gregory (St. Peter's O.C.) ; A2 (Chambers Medal): Don Looker (Payneham) ; A3 (McKay Medal): Jim Farr (Semaphore Park) ; A4 (Treloar Medal): Desmond Whitford (Long Range Weapons) ; Colts (Nazer Medal): Bob Farnham (Payneham) and Barry Gebler (Goodwood) ; War Memorial Medal: Geoff Krieger (University)
Leading goalkicker	A1: Charlie Akkermans (University) 80 goals

The 1955 SAAFL season was the 37th season of the South Australian Amateur Football League (SAAFL).

Grange was admitted under its own name after having been involved in the 1920s and 30s under the Henley and Grange banner. University entered a fourth team, and B teams from Semaphore Park and Walkerville were also admitted. The A3 and A4 grades were increased to 12 teams each. Alberton Church United changed its name to Alberton United.^[1]^[2]

A1

Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts
1	University	18	17	1	34
2	Semaphore Central	18	14	4	28
3	Walkerville	18	12	6	24
4	Exeter	18	11	7	22
5	Woodville	18	9	9	18
6	Rosewater	18	8	10	16
7	St. Peter's O.C.	18	7	11	14
8	Henley	18	5	13	10
9	Kenilworth	18	5	13	10
10	Flinders Park	18	2	16	4

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Finals

Semi Finals


	Semi-finals
Saturday,	University 17.14	def.	Walkerville 8.9
Saturday,	Semaphore Central 9.7	def. by	Exeter 12.14

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Final



Saturday,	University	def. by	Exeter	Alberton Oval
	12.9	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	15.8

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Challenge Final



Saturday,	University	def.	Exeter
	18.5	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	7.7

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A2

Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts
1	Payneham	18	15	3	30
2	Riverside	18	15	3	30
3	Colonel Light Gardens	18	14	4	28
4	Goodwood	18	12	6	24
5	Teachers' College	18	9	9	18
6	Prince Alfred O.C.	18	8	10	16
7	University B	18	6	12	12
8	Alberton United	18	6	12	12
9	King's O.C.	18	3	15	6
10	Railways' Institute	18	1	17	2

source:^[1]^[2]

Finals

Semi Finals


	Semi-finals
Saturday,	Payneham 16.9	def.	Colonel Light Gardens 10.12
Saturday,	Riverside 13.3	def. by	Goodwood 13.12

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Final



Saturday,	Payneham	def.	Goodwood	King's College Oval
	13.16	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	6.11

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A3

Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	Pts
1	Semaphore Park	20	17	3	0	34
2	University C	20	17	3	0	34
3	Grange	20	16	4	0	32
4	Commonwealth Bank	20	16	4	0	32
5	Birkenhead Sports	20	11	9	0	22
6	Myer	20	11	9	0	22
7	Exeter B	20	10	10	0	20
8	Payneham B	20	8	12	0	16
9	Woodville B	20	6	14	0	12
10	St. Peter's O.C. B	20	4	16	0	8
11	Henley B	20	2	17	1	5
12	Old Scotch	20	1	18	1	3

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Finals

Semi Finals


	Semi-finals
Saturday,	Semaphore Park 17.15	def.	Grange 15.12
Saturday,	University C 9.9	def. by	Commonwealth Bank 9.15

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Final



Saturday,	Semaphore Park	def.	Commonwealth Bank	Payneham Oval
	12.10	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	11.14

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A4

Ladder

Pos	Team	Pts
1	Pulteney O.S.	36
2	Semaphore Central B	36
3	Long Range Weapons	32
4	Kenilworth B	28
5	Rosewater B	24
6	Walkerville B	22
7	Teachers' College B	20
8	University D	14
9	Semaphore Park B	10
10	Goodwood B	8
11	Colonel Light Gardens B	6
12	Prince Alfred O.C. B	4

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Finals

Semi Finals


	Semi-finals
Saturday,	Pulteney O.S. 13.7	def. by	Long Range Weapons 13.12
Saturday,	Semaphore Central B 19.19	def.	Kenilworth B 9.11

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Final



Saturday,	Semaphore Central B	def. by	Long Range Weapons	{{{venue}}}
	7.13	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	8.12

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Challenge Final



Saturday,	Pulteney O.S.	def.	Long Range Weapons	Walkerville Oval
	8.11	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	7.6

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Colts

Ladder


Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	Pts
1	Woodville	15	15	0	0	30
2	Payneham	15				21
3	Flinders Park	15				16
4	Henley	15				10
5	Goodwood	15				9
6	Walkerville	15				4

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Finals

Semi Finals


	Semi-finals
Saturday,	Woodville 9.14	def.	Flinders Park 2.7
Saturday,	Payneham 2.6	def.	Henley 1.5

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Final



Saturday,	Woodville	def.	Payneham	Walkerville Oval
	8.12	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	3.5

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Challenge Final



Saturday,	v	{{{venue}}}
	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final

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Representative

vs VAFA


	Queen's Birthday
Monday, 13 June	S.A.A.F.L.	def.	V.A.F.A.	Alberton Oval
	2.0 5.3 9.7 13.7 (85)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	5.3 7.4 8.6 12.10 (82)	Umpires: Fred Russell


Krieger 4, Ardill 3, Gross 2, Irvine 2, Fletcher, Johnson		Goals
Clarke, Krieger, Ardill, Natt, Simmons, Powell		Best

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References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Bloch, Fred; et al. (South Australian Amateur Football League) (1995). A History of the South Australian Amateur Football League 1911-1994. pp. 127–130.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 "SAAFL History 1955". Adelaide Football. 14 March 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[:0-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Bloch, Fred; et al. (South Australian Amateur Football League) (1995). A History of the South Australian Amateur Football League 1911-1994. pp. 127–130.

[:1-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 "SAAFL History 1955". Adelaide Football. 14 March 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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