Advertiser Shield

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.[1] The Shield was named after and sponsored by The Advertiser.[2]

Advertiser Shield results

Year	Champions	Runner-Up	Grand Final
1932	South Adelaide District FA [1]	East Torrens FA [3]
1933	Adelaide and Suburban FA [1]	United Church FA	ASFA 4.12 (36) d UCFA 5.4 (34) [4]
1934	South Australian Junior National FA [1]	Adelaide and Suburban FA	SAJNFA 9.14 (68) d ASFA 8.11 (59) at Adelaide Oval [5]
1935	Adelaide and Suburban FA [6]	North Adelaide District FA	ASFA 12.6 (78) d NADFA 7.5 (47) at Adelaide Oval [7]
1936	East Torrens FA [8]	Adelaide and Suburban FA	ETFA 11.13 d ASFA 5.19 [9]
1937	Adelaide and Suburban FA [10]	United Church FA	ASFA 9.4 (58) d UCFA 6.4 (40) at Adelaide Oval
1938	North Adelaide District FA [11]	United Church FA	NADFA 9.10 (64) d UCFA 5.5 (35) at Adelaide Oval [12]
1939	Adelaide and Suburban FA [13]	East Torrens FA [14]	ASFA 11.10 (76) d ETFA 9.15 (69) at Adelaide Oval [15]
1940	Adelaide and Suburban FA [16]	North Adelaide District FA [17]	ASFA 8.10 (58) d NADFA 7.8 (50) at Adelaide Oval [18]
1941-45	not held [19]
1946	North Adelaide District FA [20]	Adelaide and Suburban Districts FA	NADFA 10.4 (64) d ASDFA 9.5 (59) at Adelaide Oval [21]
1947	West Torrens District FA [22]	United Church FA	WTDFA 4.18 (42) d UCFA 5.9 (39) at Adelaide Oval [23]
1948	West Torrens District FA [24]	North Adelaide District FA	WTDFA 5.10 (40) d NADFA 3.11 (29) at Adelaide Oval [25]
1949	West Torrens District FA [26]	Port Adelaide and District FA	WTDFA 10.10 (70) d PADFA 5.8 (38) at Adelaide Oval
1950	West Torrens District FA [27]	United Church FA	WTDFA 5.19 (49) d UCFA 7.6 (48) at Adelaide Oval [28]
1951	Sturt District FA [29]	West Torrens District FA [30]	SDFA 7.10 (52) d WTDFA 5.9 (39) [31]
1952	East Torrens FA [32]	West Torrens District FA	ETFA 9.15 (69) d WTDFA 4.7 (31)
1953	East Torrens FA [33]	North Adelaide District FA [34]	ETFA 13.8 (86) d NADFA 5.7 (37) at Adelaide Oval [35]
1954	East Torrens FA [36]	North Adelaide District FA	ETFA 9.16 (70) d NADFA 8.7 (55) at Adelaide Oval [37]
1955			UCFA v ETFA
1956	North Adelaide District FA [38]
1957	North Adelaide District FA [38]
1958	North Adelaide District FA [39]	East Torrens FA	NADFA 7.20 (62) d ETFA 7.14 (56)
1959	North Adelaide District FA [38]
1960	North Adelaide District FA [38]
1961	North Adelaide District FA [38]	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)	[40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49]
Catholic Young Men's Society (CYMS) FA	1947-54		[49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56]
East Torrens FA	1932, 1934–40, 1946–55, 1958		[40][42][43][44][57][45][46][47][48][49][58][51][59][60][54][55][61]
North Adelaide District FA	1932-40, 1946-61		[40][41][42][44][62][45][46][47][48][49][58][51][63][64][65][55][56][38]
Port Adelaide and District FA	1932, 1935–40, 1947, 1949, 1951		[40][43][44][66][45][46][47][49][51][60]
Rechabite FA	1933		[41]
Seaside United Church FA	1940		[67]
South Australian Junior National FA	1933-34		[42]
Sturt District FA	1946-47, 1949–52, 1954		[48][49][51][59][64][54][56]
United Church FA	1932-40, 1946–47, 1950–52, 1954–55, 1961		[40][4][42][43][44][62][45][46][47][48][52][68][54][56][38]
West Torrens District FA	1947-54		[22][49][50][51][63][68][65][55][61]
Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) FA	1932		[40]

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