1924 SAFL season

The 1924 South Australian Football League season was the 45th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.

1924 SAFL premiership season
Teams	8
Premiers	West Torrens 1st premiership
Minor premiers	West Torrens 1st minor premiership
Magarey Medallist	Wat Scott Norwood
Leading goalkicker	Roy Bent Norwood (53 goals)
Matches played	60
Highest	44,345 (Grand Final, West Torrens vs Sturt)
← 1923 1925 →

The 1924 SAFL grand final crowd of 44,345 was the largest football crowd in South Australia for 15 years and was larger than any Victorian Football League (VFL) crowd during 1924. However, the one off Dame Nellie Melba's Limbless Soldiers' Appeal match between VFL and Victorian Football Association premiers Essendon and Western Bulldogs was slightly larger at 46,100.

Ladder

1924 SAFL Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts
1	West Torrens (P)	14	11	2	1	1189	883	57.38	23
2	Sturt	14	10	4	0	1249	975	56.16	20
3	Norwood	14	9	4	1	1199	872	57.89	19
4	Port Adelaide	14	9	5	0	1163	965	54.65	18
5	South Adelaide	14	9	5	0	1092	1041	51.20	18
6	North Adelaide	14	4	10	0	848	1101	43.51	8
7	West Adelaide	14	3	11	0	849	1189	41.66	6
8	Glenelg	14	0	14	0	799	1362	36.97	0

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

Finals series

First Semi-Final

	First Semi-Final
Saturday 6 September	Norwood 15.13 (103)	def.	West Torrens 12.16 (88)	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 33,000)

Second Semi-Final

	Second Semi-Final
Saturday, 13 September	Sturt 14.9 (93)	def.	Port Adelaide 9.5 (59)	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 27,000)

Preliminary Final

	Preliminary Final
Saturday, 20 September	Sturt 10.3 (63)	def.	Norwood 6.13 (49)	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 42,360)

Grand Final

Main article: 1924 SAFL Grand Final

	1924 SANFL Grand Final
Sunday 27 September[2]	West Torrens	def.	Sturt	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 44,345)	[3][4]
	3.3 (21) 5.7 (37) 7.11 (53) 9.12 (66)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	1.1 (7) 5.3 (30) 7.5 (47) 8.10 (58)
Hollis 3 Karney, Adams 2 Minear, Mills 1		Goals	3 Rily 1 Barron, Scrutton, Donnelly, Lyne and Weller