The 1918 SAPFL season was the 3rd and final season of the South Australian Patriotic Football League, a competition formed in the absence of the South Australian Football League during World War I. The SAFL was opposed to the formation of the Patriotic League and refused to recognise it during and after World War I.
Programme of Matches At a meeting of the delegates of the South Australian Patriotic Football Association and outside club delegates who sought affiliation with the association was held on Thursday 28 March 1918. After a lengthy discussion it was unanimously decided that the association should again arrange matches for the upcoming season. It was argued that the fact that the Victorian League and Association were forming again, after having been in retirement for the period of the war (1916 to 1917), proved that football was no more out of place in war time than were horse racing, lawn tennis, golf, or bowls.
The First Round of Matches was published on 10 May 1918. It involved 10 rounds for the 9 teams.
Ladder
Note - Police and Prospect teams both withdrew before the end of the season.
Final Series First Semi final (2nd vs 4th)
Second Semi final (1st - Minor Premiers vs 3rd)
Final (Winner of 1st Semi final vs Winner of 2nd Semi final)
Grand Final (Challenge)
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