The Advertiser Shield, also known as the Junior Union Football Championship, was an annual Australian rules football competition in South Australia held between representative teams from the metropolitan leagues that were members of the SA Junior National Football Union from 1932. The Shield was named after and sponsored by The Advertiser.
Advertiser Shield results Year Champions Runner-up Grand Final 1932 South Adelaide District FA East Torrens FA SADFA 11.15 (81) d ETDFA 10.9 (69) at Adelaide Oval 1933 Adelaide and Suburban FA United Church FA ASFA 4.12 (36) d UCFA 5.4 (34) 1934 South Australian Junior National FA Adelaide and Suburban FA SAJNFA 9.14 (68) d ASFA 8.11 (59) at Adelaide Oval 1935 Adelaide and Suburban FA North Adelaide District FA ASFA 12.6 (78) d NADFA 7.5 (47) at Adelaide Oval 1936 East Torrens FA Adelaide and Suburban FA ETFA 11.13 d ASFA 5.19 1937 Adelaide and Suburban FA United Church FA ASFA 9.4 (58) d UCFA 6.4 (40) at Adelaide Oval 1938 North Adelaide District FA United Church FA NADFA 9.10 (64) d UCFA 5.5 (35) at Adelaide Oval 1939 Adelaide and Suburban FA East Torrens FA ASFA 11.10 (76) d ETFA 9.15 (69) at Adelaide Oval 1940 Adelaide and Suburban FA North Adelaide District FA ASFA 8.10 (58) d NADFA 7.8 (50) at Adelaide Oval 1941–45 not held 1946 North Adelaide District FA Adelaide and Suburban Districts FA NADFA 10.4 (64) d ASDFA 9.5 (59) at Adelaide Oval 1947 West Torrens District FA United Church FA WTDFA 4.18 (42) d UCFA 5.9 (39) at Adelaide Oval 1948 West Torrens District FA North Adelaide District FA WTDFA 5.10 (40) d NADFA 3.11 (29) at Adelaide Oval 1949 West Torrens District FA Port Adelaide and District FA WTDFA 10.10 (70) d PADFA 5.8 (38) at Adelaide Oval 1950 West Torrens District FA United Church FA WTDFA 5.19 (49) d UCFA 7.6 (48) at Adelaide Oval 1951 Sturt District FA West Torrens District FA SDFA 7.10 (52) d WTDFA 5.9 (39) 1952 East Torrens FA West Torrens District FA ETFA 9.15 (69) d WTDFA 4.7 (31) 1953 East Torrens FA North Adelaide District FA ETFA 13.8 (86) d NADFA 5.7 (37) at Adelaide Oval 1954 East Torrens FA North Adelaide District FA ETFA 9.16 (70) d NADFA 8.7 (55) at Adelaide Oval 1955 UCFA v ETFA 1956 North Adelaide District FA 1957 North Adelaide District FA 1958 North Adelaide District FA East Torrens FA NADFA 7.20 (62) d ETFA 7.14 (56) 1959 North Adelaide District FA 1960 North Adelaide District FA 1961 North Adelaide District FA United Church FA NADFA 11.15 (81) d UCFA 5.10 (40)
Competing leagues and associations The following is a list of known competitors in the Advertiser Shield:
Name Known Years Other Names References Adelaide and Suburban FA 1932–40, 1946-47 South Adelaide District FA (1932) Catholic Young Men's Society (CYMS) FA 1947-54 East Torrens FA 1932, 1934–40, 1946–55, 1958 North Adelaide District FA 1932–40, 1946-61 Port Adelaide and District FA 1932, 1935–40, 1947, 1949, 1951 Rechabite FA 1933 Seaside United Church FA 1940 South Australian Junior National FA 1933-34 Sturt District FA 1946–47, 1949–52, 1954 United Church FA 1932–40, 1946–47, 1950–52, 1954–55, 1961 West Torrens District FA 1947-54 Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) FA 1932
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