No. of new premiership players by year since 1898

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There have now been 1254 premiership players since 1898:

1898 20 South
1899 8 South
1900 16 North
1901 17 Norwood
1902 9 North
1903 18 Port
1904 11 Norwood
1905 7 North
1906 10 Port
1907 6 Norwood
1908 18 West
1909 5 West
1910 17 Port
1911 9 West
1912 3 West
1913 10 Port
1914 2 Port
1915 18 Sturt
1919 9 Sturt
1920 17 North
1921 15 Port
1922 18 Norwood
1923 8 Norwood
1924 18 Torrens
1925 4 Norwood
1926 15 Sturt
1927 18 West
1928 13 Port
1929 12 Norwood
1930 19 North
1931 6 North
1932 16 Sturt
1933 18 Torrens
1934 18 Glenelg
1935 19 South
1936 18 Port
1937 5 Port
1938 9 South
1939 9 Port
1940 19 Sturt
1941 18 Norwood
1942 11 Port/Torrens
1943 15 Norwood/North
1944 4 Norwood/North
1945 17 Torrens
1946 13 Norwood
1947 20 West
1948 8 Norwood
1949 17 North
1950 5 Norwood
1951 19 Port
1952 9 North
1953 15 Torrens
1954 11 Port
1955 3 Port
1956 3 Port
1957 2 Port
1958 3 Port
1959 9 Port
1960 19 North
1961 20 West
1962 8 Port
1963 3 Port
1964 19 South
1965 5 Port
1966 20 Sturt
1967 3 Sturt
1968 2 Sturt
1969 4 Sturt
1970 3 Sturt
1971 19 North
1972 8 North
1973 19 Glenelg
1974 12 Sturt
1975 20 Norwood
1976 4 Sturt
1977 19 Port
1978 6 Norwood
1979 10 Port
1980 2 Port
1981 4 Port
1982 13 Norwood
1983 20 West
1984 8 Norwood
1985 19 Glenelg
1986 3 Glenelg
1987 20 North
1988 17 Port
1989 3 Port
1990 4 Port
1991 10 North
1992 3 Port
1993 20 Eagles
1994 9 Port
1995 9 Port
1996 6 Port
1997 20 Norwood
1998 9 Port
1999 6 Port
2000 21 Central
2001 4 Central
2002 20 Sturt
2003 7 Central
2004 6 Central
2005 2 Central
2006 20 Eagles
2007 10 Central
2008 6 Central
2009 1 Central
2010 5 Central
2011 15 Eagles

These teams had all of its' players in that season become first time premiership players:
Port in 1903
West in 1908
Sturt in 1915
Norwood in 1922
Torrens in 1924
West in 1927
North in 1930
South in 1935
Sturt in 1940
West in 1947
West in 1961
Sturt in 1966
Norwood in 1975
West in 1983
North in 1987
Eagles in 1993
Central in 2000

[robranisgod]

Two that I find amazing are Port in 1959, their sixth premiership in a row, to have 9 new premiership players and North in 1972 in their second in a row to have 8 new players. Take 8 or 9 players out of a premiership side and still win the flag is remarkable.

[Mr66]

Make sure you send this list off to Phil Herden for the 2012 SANFL Media Guide.
He's only got them from 1945 onwards.

[baggy8]

Hi Spelly,

Dion Hayman's book suggests there were only 8 new Port premiership players in 1959 - Tull, Dittmar, Potter, Luke, Cahill, T.Obst, Kelly and Mahney. Phil and Peter's Media Guide has it at 7, but I think they made an error in leaving out Potter.

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Hmm, the problem lies with Marrett, then. I haven't actually got a copy of the last two Media Guides that were done. The list I have is a continuation of this:

viewtopic.php?f=30&t=4783&p=87864&hilit=premiership#p87864

And I've found the problem - Bob Marrett played in the premiership side in '58 and I've got Peter Marrett in that one - his last game for Port was the '55 side.

And I will have to give the list to Phil, Mr 66.

I'd like to know who the full names of these players are for a more complete look to that list:


A Arthurs South 1898
A. Ginger Biddell Norwood 1929
G.R Chaplin South 1898
F.S Cowan Norwood 1901
H.S Cowan Norwood 1901
P.J Crump Norwood 1901
W Davis Port 1903
A Dawes South 1898 1899
J Dawes South 1898 1899
S Dickson Port 1906 1910
J Flynn South 1898 1899
P Gartrell South 1899
A Gilchrist Norwood 1901
H. Dick Grantley Norwood 1922 1923
R Grierson South 1898 1899
N.C Gryst Norwood 1904
F Hill Norwood 1901
F James South 1899
H.P Kirkwood Norwood 1901
H Kruss South 1898 1899
A Lloyd South 1899
H.E MacFarlane Norwood 1901
A Marlow South 1898 1899
F May South 1898
E McKenzie South 1898
H Mumme North 1900
M.J Murphy Norwood 1901
F O'Brien South 1898 1899
J O'Dea South 1898 1899
C.B Parsons Sturt 1932
M.R Plunkett Norwood 1901
S Reedman South 1898 1899
A.G Skuce South 1899
A.E Tomlin South 1899
W Trembath Norwood 1901
J Way South 1899
G Webb Norwood 1901 1904
Williams South 1898