# Australian rules football records at the Adelaide Oval

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The records included in this article cover senior Australian rules football at Adelaide Oval, located in Adelaide, South Australia, for both men and women. The records include the South Australian league football (first known as the South Australian Football Association, then South Australian Football League, and later South Australian National Football League) from 1877, when the first premiership matches were held at the ground, until the end of the 1990 SANFL season, the last year that the competition was the highest level of Australian rules football in South Australia.

## History

The first senior league Australian rules football match was played on Adelaide Oval in 1877 between the original Adelaide club and the Bankers club.
In 1991 the newly created Adelaide Crows entered the Australian Football League, subsequently playing the highest level of football in the state. Port Adelaide joined the Australian Football League in 1997.
* Ken Farmer (North Adelaide) Most goals outright (347) and equal most goals alongside Neil Hawke (Port Adelaide) in a single match (15).
* Port Adelaide The Port Adelaide Football Club won 20 Grand Finals and four Championship of Australia titles at Adelaide Oval.
* South Adelaide The South Adelaide Football Club used Adelaide Oval as its home ground for over 100 years between 1882 and 1903 and 1905–1994.
* Alfred Waldron (Norwood) Alfred Waldron was captain of Norwood for the 1889 SAFA Grand Final, the first Grand Final in a major Australian rules football competition.

### Individual (Men)
#### Most goals in a game by a player

Australian Football League (1991–present) :
| Goals | Player | Club | Year |
| 10 | Taylor Walker | Adelaide | 2023 |
| 9 | Joel Amartey | Sydney | 2024 |
| 8 | Jay Schulz | Port Adelaide | 2014 |
| 7 | Jay Schulz | Port Adelaide | 2014 |
| 7 | Taylor Walker | Adelaide | 2015 |
| 7 | Josh Kennedy | West Coast | 2016 |
| 7 | Josh Jenkins | Adelaide | 2016 |
| 7 | Taylor Walker | Adelaide | 2023 |
| Last update from 2024, round 14. ||||
South Australian league football (1877–1990) :
| Goals | Player | Club | Year |
| 15 | Ken Farmer | North Adelaide | 1936 |
| 15 | Neil Hawke | Port Adelaide | 1957 |
| 14 | Bruce Schultz | Norwood | 1940 |
| 14 | Bruce Schultz | Norwood | 1941 |
| 13 | Ken Farmer | North Adelaide | 1934 |
| Final SANFL standings as of 1990, round 20. ||||

#### Most career goals by a player

Australian Football League (1991–present) :
| Goals | Player | Club | Games |
| 252 | Taylor Walker | Adelaide | 109 |
| 174 | Eddie Betts | Adelaide Carlton | 73 |
| 153 | Charlie Dixon | Port Adelaide Gold Coast | 84 |
| 139 | Josh Jenkins | Adelaide Geelong | 65 |
| 133 | Robbie Gray | Port Adelaide | 94 |
| Last updated round 6, 2024. ||||
South Australian league football (1877–1990) :
| Goals | Player | Club | Games |
| 347 | Ken Farmer | North Adelaide | 54 |
| ~292 | Bos Daly | Norwood | ~107 |
| Final SANFL standings as of 1990, round 20. ||||

#### Most career games by a player

Australian Football League (1991–present) :
| Games | Player | Club | Years |
| 120 | Travis Boak | Port Adelaide | 2011– |
| 115 | Rory Laird | Adelaide | 2014– |
| 115 | Ollie Wines | Port Adelaide | 2014– |
| 109 | Taylor Walker | Adelaide | 2014– |
| 107 | Brodie Smith | Adelaide | 2011– |
| Last updated round 6, 2024. ||||
South Australian league football (1877–1990) :
| Games | Player | Club | Years |
| ~144 | Stuart Palmer | South Adelaide | 1969–85 |
| Final SANFL standings as of 1990, round 20. ||||

### Team (men)
#### Most consecutive wins by a club at the ground

Australian Football League (1991–present) :
| Streak | Club | Span |
| 8 | Port Adelaide | 2011–14 |
| 8 | Adelaide | 2015–16 |
| 7 | Adelaide | 2016 |
| 6 | Port Adelaide | 2020 |
| 6 | Port Adelaide | 2023 |
| Last update from 2023, round 17. |||
South Australian league football (1877–1990) :
| Streak | Club | Span |
| 18 | Port Adelaide | 1956–59 |
| 14 | Port Adelaide | 1913–15 |
| 11 | North Adelaide | 1905–06 |
| 11 | Sturt | 1968–70 |
| 11 | Glenelg | 1973–75 |
| Final SANFL standings as of 1990, round 20. |||

#### Highest team score

Australian Football League (1991–present) :
| Score | Club | Year |
| 27.15 (177) vs Brisbane Lions | Adelaide | 2016 |
| 27.12 (174) vs West Coast | Adelaide | 2023 |
| 24.15 (159) vs Brisbane Lions | Port Adelaide | 2014 |
| 24.9 (153) vs Essendon | Adelaide | 2017 |
| 23.14 (152) vs Port Adelaide | Brisbane Lions | 2024 |
| Last update from 2024, round 15. |||
South Australian league football (1877–1990) :
| Score | Club | Year |
| 34.22 (226) vs South Adelaide | North Adelaide | 1972 |
| 34.18 (222) vs South Adelaide | Port Adelaide | 1990 |
| 33.23 (221) vs South Adelaide | West Adelaide | 1959 |
| 34.15 (219) vs South Adelaide | West Torrens | 1950 |
| 34.12 (216) vs South Adelaide | Central District | 1973 |
| Final SANFL standings as of 1990, round 20. |||

#### Largest single-quarter score

Australian Football League (1991–present) :
| Score | Club | Year |
| Q4 – 9.3 (57) vs. Carlton | Port Adelaide | 2021 |
| Q1 – 9.3 (57) vs. Hawthorn | Port Adelaide | 2023 |
| Q1 – 9.2 (56) vs. Essendon | Adelaide | 2017 |
| Q3 – 9.2 (56) vs. Gold Coast | Port Adelaide | 2023 |
| Q3 – 8.5 (53) vs. GWS Giants | Adelaide | 2017 |
| Last update from 2023, round 17. |||
South Australian league football (1877–1990) :
| Score | Club | Year |
| Q4 – 14.10 (94) vs. North Adelaide | West Adelaide | 1940 |
| Q4 – 14.3 (87) vs. Sturt | Port Adelaide | 1990 |
| Q2 – 13.6 (84) vs. South Adelaide | Port Adelaide | 1974 |
| Q3 – 13.5 (83) vs. West Torrens | Central District | 1981 |
| Q2 – 13.3 (81) vs. Central District | South Adelaide | 1969 |
| Final SANFL standings as of 1990, round 20. |||

#### Largest winning margin

Australian Football League (1991–present) :
| Margin | Club | Opponent | Year |
| 138 | Adelaide | Brisbane Lions | 2016 |
| 122 | Adelaide | West Coast | 2023 |
| 115 | Port Adelaide | Gold Coast | 2017 |
| 113 | Port Adelaide | Brisbane Lions | 2014 |
| 103 | Port Adelaide | Carlton | 2014 |
| Last updated 2024 ||||
South Australian league football (1877–1990) :
| Margin | Club | Opponent | Year |
| 180* | Norwood | Adelaide | 1893 |
| 178 | North Adelaide | South Adelaide | 1972 |
| 175 | West Adelaide | South Adelaide | 1959 |
| 162* | South Adelaide | Adelaide | 1892 |
| 153 | Port Adelaide | South Adelaide | 1957 |
| Final SANFL standings as of 1990, round 20. ||||
* Before 1897 behinds were not included in the final score. During these matches the margins were 30 and 27 goals.

#### Lowest team score

Australian Football League (1991–present) :
| Score | Club | Opponent | Year |
| 3.2 (20) | Gold Coast | Port Adelaide | 2017 |
| 2.14 (26) | Western Bulldogs | Adelaide | 2018 |
| 3.11 (29) | GWS Giants | Port Adelaide | 2022 |
| 4.5 (29) | Essendon | Port Adelaide | 2020 |
| 4.9 (33) | Adelaide | Richmond | 2020 |
| 4.9 (33) | West Coast | Port Adelaide | 2022 |
| Last update from 2022, round 18. ||||
South Australian league football (1877–1990) :
| Score | Club | Opponent | Year |
| 0.0 (0) | West Adelaide | North Adelaide | 1897 |
| 0.1 (1) | West Adelaide | South Adelaide | 1898 |
| 0.5 (5) | West Adelaide | Sturt | 1901 |
| 0.8 (8) | West Torrens | South Adelaide | 1913 |
| 0.8 (8) | West Torrens | West Adelaide | 1901 |

### Individual (women)
#### Most goals in a game

Australian Football League Women (2019–present) :
| Goals | Player | Club | Year |
| 3 | Chelsea Randall | Adelaide | S7 (2022) |
| 3 | Danielle Ponter | Adelaide | 2019 |
| 3 | Danielle Ponter | Adelaide | 2019 |
| 2 | Ashleigh Woodland | Adelaide | 2022 |
| 2 | Danielle Ponter | Adelaide | 2022 |
| 2 | Erin Phillips | Adelaide | 2019 |
| 2 | Erin Phillips | Adelaide | 2019 |
| 2 | Ebony Marinoff | Adelaide | 2019 |
| 2 | Chloe Scheer | Adelaide | 2019 |
| 2 | Courtney Hodder | Brisbane Lions | 2021 |
| 2 | Jess Wuetschner | Brisbane Lions | 2021 |
| Last update from 2022 (S7) ||||

#### Most goals in a career

Australian Football League Women (2019–present) :
| Goals | Player | Club | Year |
| 8 | Danielle Ponter | Adelaide | 2019–2022 |
| 5 | Erin Phillips | Adelaide | 2019–2022 |
| 3 | Chloe Scheer | Adelaide | 2019–2022 |
| 2 | Ebony Marinoff | Adelaide | 2019–2022 |
| 2 | Courtney Hodder | Brisbane Lions | 2021–2021 |
| 2 | Jess Wuetschner | Brisbane Lions | 2021–2021 |
| 2 | Stevie-Lee Thompson | Adelaide | 2019–2022 |
| Last update 2022 AFLW Preliminary Final. ||||

### Team (women)
#### Highest team score

Australian Football League Women (2019–present) :
| Score | Club | Year |
| 11.7 (73) vs Geelong | Adelaide | 2019 |
| 10.3 (63) vs Carlton | Adelaide | 2019 |
| 8.15 (63) vs Port Adelaide | Adelaide | S7 (2022) |
| 6.4 (40) vs Fremantle | Adelaide | 2022 |
| 6.2 (38) vs Adelaide | Brisbane Lions | 2021 |