1940 SANFL season

The 1940 South Australian National Football League season was the 61st season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.

1940 SANFL season
Teams	8
Premiers	Sturt 5th premiership
Minor premiers	Port Adelaide 20th minor premiership
Magarey Medallist	Mel Brock Glenelg
Ken Farmer Medallist	Ken Farmer North Adelaide (125 Goals)
Matches played	72
Highest	28,500 (Grand Final, Sturt vs. South Adelaide)
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Ladder

1940 SANFL Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts
1	Port Adelaide	17	14	3	0	1768	1502	54.07	28
2	Sturt (P)	17	13	4	0	2013	1628	55.29	26
3	South Adelaide	17	12	5	0	2104	1704	55.25	24
4	Norwood	17	8	9	0	1844	1691	52.16	16
5	West Adelaide	17	6	10	1	1756	1899	48.04	13
6	North Adelaide	17	6	11	0	1720	1859	48.06	12
7	West Torrens	17	5	11	1	1531	1806	45.88	11
8	Glenelg	17	3	14	0	1488	2135	41.07	6

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

Finals series

Grand Final

Main article: 1940 SANFL Grand Final

	1940 SANFL Grand Final
Saturday, 28 September	Sturt	def.	South Adelaide	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 28,500)
	4.5 (29) 5.6 (36) 11.10 (76) 14.16 (100)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	0.0 (0) 4.6 (30) 6.9 (45) 11.13 (79)