June Premiers

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We all know the term. Well, this is the list of teams to have been atop of the ladder at the end of June.

A few notes:
-I haven't got the ladders between 1897-98; 1901 and 1906
-Due to the bye (1907-1920; 1991 onwards) some teams played more matches than others in that time
-On a couple of occasions the round spanned two months i.e. Saturday 30th June/Sunday 1st July. I've included these rounds.

Year Team Rounds
1899 Port 9
1900 North 11
1907 Port 8
1908 Norwood 8
1909 West 8
1910 Torrens 6
1911 West 7
1912 Port 9
1913 Port 9
1914 Port 9
1915 Port 8
1919 Sturt 9
1920 North 8
1921 Port 8
1922 Norwood 7
1923 Norwood 7
1924 Sturt 9
1925 Norwood 8
1926 North 8
1927 Port 9
1928 Port 9
1929 Port 9
1930 North 10
1931 Port 8
1932 Sturt 8
1933 Sturt 9
1934 Torrens 9
1935 Port 9
1936 Port 9
1937 Norwood 10
1938 South 10
1939 Norwood 9
1940 Port 11
1941 West 10
1945 Port 10
1946 Norwood 9
1947 Torrens 10
1948 Torrens 8
1949 Norwood 10
1950 Norwood 9
1951 Port 10
1952 Port 9
1953 Port 10
1954 Port 9
1955 Sturt 9
1956 Port 9
1957 Port 10
1958 North 10
1959 Port 9
1960 Port 10
1961 West 10
1962 Port 11
1963 North 11
1964 South 10
1965 Port 11
1966 Sturt 10
1967 Sturt 11
1968 Sturt 11
1969 Glenelg 11
1970 Sturt 11
1971 Port 13
1972 Central 12
1973 Glenelg 12
1974 Sturt 13
1975 Glenelg 11
1976 Port 12
1977 Port 13
1978 Sturt 13
1979 South 13
1980 Port 13
1981 Glenelg 13
1982 Sturt 13
1983 West 13
1984 Port 14
1985 North 12
1986 North 13
1987 North 12
1988 Central 12
1989 North 11
1990 Glenelg 11
1991 South 15
1992 Port 15
1993 Port 13
1994 Eagles 15
1995 Central 15
1996 Central 13
1997 Norwood 13
1998 Norwood 14
1999 Port 13
2000 Eagles 16
2001 Eagles 13
2002 Central 13
2003 West 13
2004 Central 13
2005 Eagles 13
2006 North 12
2007 Central 13
2008 Glenelg 13

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The June Premiers ladder does not differ much from the eventual premiers tally:

Eventual premiers in brackets:
Central 7 (7)
Eagles 4 (2)
Glenelg 6 (4)
North 11 (11)
Norwood 11 (14)
Port 33 (31)
South 4 (4)
Sturt 12 (13)
Torrens 4 (4)
West 6 (8)

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This is the list of June Premiers who did not win the flag:
1899 Port
1907 Port
1908 Norwood
1910 Torrens
1912 Port
1915 Port
1924 Sturt
1926 North
1927 Port
1929 Port
1931 Port
1933 Sturt
1934 Torrens
1935 Port
1937 Norwood
1939 Norwood
1940 Port
1941 West
1945 Port
1947 Torrens
1948 Torrens
1949 Norwood
1952 Port
1953 Port
1955 Sturt
1958 North
1960 Port
1963 North
1969 Glenelg
1971 Port
1972 Central
1975 Glenelg
1976 Port
1978 Sturt
1979 South
1981 Glenelg
1982 Sturt
1984 Port
1985 North
1986 North
1988 Central
1989 North
1990 Glenelg
1991 South
1993 Port
1994 Eagles
1995 Central
1996 Central
1998 Norwood
2000 Eagles
2001 Eagles
2002 Central
2003 West
2005 Eagles
2006 North
2008 Glenelg

46 in all, meaning 42 did the "double".

An observation that stood out for me is the 14 June Premierships won by Glenelg, West Torrens and the current Eagles. Just once has any of these three sides gone on to claim the flag - Glenelg in 1973.