1948 SANFL season

The 1948 South Australian National Football League season was the 69th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.

1948 SANFL season
Teams	8
Premiers	Norwood 21st premiership
Minor premiers	Norwood 13th minor premiership
Magarey Medallist	Ron Phillips North Adelaide
Ken Farmer Medallist	Colin Churchett Glenelg (88 Goals)
Attendance
Matches played	72
Total attendance	598,902 (8,318 per match)
Highest	48,755 (Grand Final, Norwood vs. West Torrens)
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Ladder

1948 SANFL Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts
1	Norwood (P)	17	14	3	0	1762	1343	56.75	28
2	West Torrens	17	13	4	0	1814	1463	55.36	26
3	West Adelaide	17	11	6	0	1867	1644	53.18	22
4	Sturt	17	10	7	0	1516	1363	52.66	20
5	North Adelaide	17	8	9	0	1588	1395	53.23	16
6	Glenelg	17	8	9	0	1622	1734	48.33	16
7	Port Adelaide	17	4	13	0	1364	1581	46.32	8
8	South Adelaide	17	0	17	0	1201	2211	35.20	0

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

Finals series

Grand Final

Main article: 1948 SANFL Grand Final

	1948 SANFL Grand Final
Saturday, 2 October	Norwood	def.	West Torrens	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 48,755)
	5.4 (34) 5.6 (36) 9.14 (68) 15.16 (106)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	1.4 (10) 3.9 (27) 4.9 (33) 6.13 (49)