1955 SANFL season

The 1955 South Australian National Football League season was the 76th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.

1955 SANFL season
Teams	10
Premiers	Port Adelaide 16th premiership
Minor premiers	Port Adelaide 25th minor premiership
Magarey Medallist	Lindsay Head West Torrens
Ken Farmer Medallist	Paul Caust Sturt (57 Goals)
Attendance
Matches played	72
Total attendance	813,560 (11,299 per match)
Highest	44,826 (Grand Final, Port Adelaide vs. Norwood)
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Ladder

1955 SANFL Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts
1	Port Adelaide (P)	17	13	4	0	1545	1172	56.86	26
2	Norwood	17	11	5	1	1457	1184	55.17	23
3	West Torrens	17	9	7	1	1412	1226	53.53	19
4	Sturt	17	9	8	0	1315	1253	51.21	18
5	North Adelaide	17	9	8	0	1309	1312	49.94	18
6	Glenelg	17	7	10	0	1355	1503	47.41	14
7	West Adelaide	17	7	10	0	1413	1612	46.71	14
8	South Adelaide	17	2	15	0	966	1510	39.01	4

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

Finals

Grand Final

Main article: 1955 SANFL Grand Final

	1955 SANFL Grand Final
Saturday 1 October (2:10 pm)	Port Adelaide	def.	Norwood	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 44,826)	Report
	4.2 (26) 5.5 (35) 7.6 (48) 15.11 (101)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	0.1 (1) 3.5 (23) 4.7 (31) 5.8 (38)