1921

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1921 was the first season in which Glenelg competed with a League side. Some notable events during the year are highlighted below, however the year was without success on field, the side finishing winless for the year.

Premiership Tables

1921 FINAL LADDER
POS	TEAMS
1	PORT ADELAIDE
2	NORWOOD
3	SOUTH ADELAIDE
4	STURT
5	NORTH ADELAIDE
6	WEST TORRENS
7	WEST ADELAIDE
8	GLENELG

1921 END OF MINOR ROUND
POS	TEAMS	P	W	L	D	Pts F	Pts A	%	PTS
1	PORT ADELAIDE	14	12	2	0	1257	691	64.53	24
2	STURT	14	9	5	0	926	816	53.16	18
3	NORWOOD	14	9	5	0	976	898	52.08	18
4	SOUTH ADELAIDE	14	8	6	0	1040	879	54.19	16
5	NORTH ADELAIDE	14	7	6	1	849	867	49.48	15
6	WEST TORRENS	14	7	7	0	977	920	51.50	14
7	WEST ADELAIDE	14	3	10	1	781	936	45.49	7
8	GLENELG	14	0	14	0	582	1173	33.16	0

Round 2 14 May 1921 vs Port Adelaide

From The Advertiser Monday 16 May 1921:

Football Spectator Drops Dead
During the match between Port Adelaide and Glenelg on the Alberton Oval on Saturday afternoon Mr. Evan Thomas Morgan, of Dockville, Port Adelaide, fell dead. He was watching the game from one of the mounds in company with his son. The police removed the body to the morgue, and the by standers took charge of the boy. Mr Morgan was employed as a driver by Messrs. D. & J. Fowler.

Round 3 - First Home Match - 7 May 1921

Sir Archibald Weigall, Governor of South Australia, started the first league football match played at Glenelg Oval by bouncing the ball, 21 May 1921. He opened the new stand on the same day. The league was then known as the South Australian Football League (SAFL), changing its name to the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) in 1927.

Glenelg hosted North Adelaide, then playing in their hooped guernsey.

From the Observer 24 May 1921:

OPENING OF THE GLENELG PAVILION
There was a crowd of about 3,500 people at the Glenelg Oval on Saturday afternoon, attracted thereto, not only by the match between the local team and North Adelaide, but also owing to the performance by His Excellency the Governor of the official opening of the new pavilion. His Excellency said he was only too delighted to have the opportunity to declare the magnificent pavilion open. He had been long enough in South Australia to say with perfect truthfulness that any healthy and clean sport of any description would always have his enthusiastic support, and, so far as his old age - (laughter) - would allow, his active participation. Football was too quick for him nowadays, but every time he saw the game, he more fully realized that nothing but unity and the absolute sinking of self would ever win a match. No team had a chance without such qualities. In declaring the pavilion open he desired to express the hope that for many years the ground would be the centre of really clean sport in Glenelg. (Applause).

Round Scores

Hint: if the date appears in blue then it links to a Match Report for that Round.

1921
07.05.1921	ROUND 1				Q1				Q2				Q3		Final
	WEST ADELAIDE		3.	2.	20		8.	6.	54		11.	9.	75		18.	10.	118
	GLENELG		2.	2.	14		4.	2.	26		4.	4.	28		6.	5.	41
	ADELAIDE OVAL
14.05.1921	ROUND 2				Q1				Q2				Q3		Final
	PORT ADELAIDE		6.	5.	41		10.	10.	70		14.	16.	100		19.	21.	135
	GLENELG		1.	1.	7		2.	4.	16		3.	5.	23		3.	10.	28
	ALBERTON OVAL
21.05.1921	ROUND 3				Q1				Q2				Q3		Final
	GLENELG		1.	4.	10		4.	6.	30		6.	8.	44		8.	12.	60
	NORTH ADELAIDE		5.	4.	34		8.	7.	55		12.	11.	83		13.	14.	92
	GLENELG OVAL
28.05.1921	ROUND 4				Q1				Q2				Q3		Final
	GLENELG		0.	0.	0		5.	1.	31		6.	3.	39		10.	5.	65
	NORWOOD		5.	5.	35		8.	7.	55		12.	9.	81		15.	12.	102
	GLENELG OVAL
06.06.1921	ROUND 5				Q1				Q2				Q3		Final
	GLENELG		1.	4.	10		3.	4.	22		4.	5.	29		5.	6.	36
	WEST TORRENS		1.	3.	9		2.	5.	17		2.	11.	23		6.	14.	50
	GLENELG OVAL
11.06.1921	ROUND 6				Q1				Q2				Q3		Final
	GLENELG		1.	0.	6		1.	3.	9		4.	4.	28		5.	5.	35
	SOUTH ADELAIDE		3.	8.	26		5.	11.	41		7.	15.	57		9.	17.	71
	GLENELG OVAL
18.06.1921	ROUND 7				Q1				Q2				Q3		Final
	STURT		5.	4.	34		6.	5.	41		12.	8.	80		16.	12.	108
	GLENELG		3.	1.	19		4.	5.	29		4.	7.	31		6.	10.	46
	UNLEY OVAL
27.06.1921	ROUND 8				Q1				Q2				Q3		Final
	GLENELG		4.	0.	24		6.	0.	36		6.	0.	36		6.	1.	37
	PORT ADELAIDE		2.	4.	16		9.	8.	62		15.	16.	106		23.	20.	158
	GLENELG OVAL
02.07.1921	ROUND 9				Q1				Q2				Q3		Final
	SOUTH ADELAIDE		5.	6.	36		7.	8.	50		12.	13.	85		15.	16.	106
	GLENELG		1.	1.	7		2.	5.	17		3.	6.	24		4.	7.	31
	ADELAIDE OVAL
09.07.1921	ROUND 10				Q1				Q2				Q3		Final
	GLENELG		2.	0.	12		5.	0.	30		7.	1.	43		8.	3.	51
	STURT		5.	4.	34		5.	8.	38		8.	10.	58		12.	10.	82
	GLENELG OVAL
16.07.1921	ROUND 11				Q1				Q2				Q3		Final
	WEST TORRENS		6.	3.	39		13.	10.	88		16.	13.	109		20.	15.	135
	GLENELG		3.	2.	20		5.	3.	33		7.	4.	46		9.	7.	61
	HINDMARSH OVAL
	ROUND 12	BYE
30.07.1921	ROUND 13				Q1				Q2				Q3		Final
	GLENELG		0.	2.	2		1.	6.	12		2.	8.	20		3.	9.	27
	WEST ADELAIDE		3.	4.	22		3.	4.	22		3.	8.	26		5.	8.	38
	GLENELG OVAL
20.08.1921	ROUND 14				Q1				Q2				Q3		Final
	NORWOOD		4.	5.	29		11.	9.	75		15.	13.	103		20.	17.	137
	GLENELG		2.	3.	15		2.	5.	17		3.	5.	23		5.	7.	37
	NORWOOD OVAL
27.08.1921	ROUND 15				Q1				Q2				Q3		Final
	NORTH ADELAIDE		1.	3.	9		3.	3.	21		5.	8.	38		10.	15.	75
	GLENELG		2.	1.	13		7.	5.	47		7.	6.	48		7.	6.	48
	ADELAIDE OVAL
	ROUND 16	BYE