1957 SANFL season

1957 SANFL season
Teams	8
Premiers	Port Adelaide 18th premiership
Minor premiers	Port Adelaide 27th minor premiership
Magarey Medallist	Ron Benton West Adelaide Jim Deane South Adelaide
Ken Farmer Medallist	Peter Phipps West Adelaide (90 Goals)
Attendance
Matches played	76
Total attendance	849,369 (11,176 per match)
Highest	58,924 (Grand Final, Port Adelaide vs. Norwood)

The 1957 South Australian National Football League season was the 78th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.

Ladder

1957 SANFL Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts
1	Port Adelaide (P)	18	15	2	1	2152	1267	62.94	31
2	West Adelaide	18	12	6	0	1790	1506	54.31	24
3	West Torrens	18	11	6	1	1517	1474	50.72	23
4	Norwood	18	11	7	0	1681	1628	50.80	22
5	Sturt	18	8	10	0	1576	1652	48.82	16
6	North Adelaide	18	6	12	0	1355	1523	47.08	12
7	Glenelg	18	6	12	0	1421	1744	44.90	12
8	South Adelaide	18	2	16	0	1335	2033	39.64	4

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

Finals Series

Grand Final

	1957 SANFL Grand Final
Saturday 28 September (2:10 pm)	Port Adelaide	def.	Norwood	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 58,924)	Report
	2.5 (17) 7.8 (50) 10.12 (72) 15.15 (105)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	4.5 (29) 9.9 (63) 11.12 (78) 13.16 (94)

References

1. "Australian Football – SANFL Season 1957". Archived from the original on 13 January 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2015.