Record
In South Australia Farmer was known as "The Bradman of Goalkickers", a reference to the contemporary prolific cricket runscorer, Donald Bradman. Farmer's goalkicking was certainly prolific.
Farmer's SANFL goalkicking record:
- 1929 62 goals
- 1930 105
- 1931 126
- 1932 102
- 1933 112
- 1934 106
- 1935 128
- 1936 134
- 1937 108
- 1938 112
- 1939 113
- 1940 123
- 1941 86
In 13 seasons and 224 games for North Adelaide, Farmer kicked 1419 goals, making him the highest goal scorer in the history of the SANFL, a record that stands to this day. His total and average of 6.33 goals per game exceeds that of even VFL legends such as Peter McKenna, Gordon Coventry and Tony Lockett (VFL/AFL record 1360 goals), and also that of Bernie Naylor. On 35 occasions he kicked 10 goals or more. In 224 games he was held goalless only once, when he was carried off injured after 10 minutes of play. His Highest in a year was 134, but rather than kicking more in a season, he kicked 100 goals 11 times.
Ken Farmer 17 representative games for South Australia yielded a further 81 goals, giving him a career total of 1500 goals; he places second behind only Peter Hudson as the highest goal-scorer in top-level senior Australian rules football history.
He holds the equal record for most goals kicked in a SANFL match with 23 goals against West Torrens. His 23.6 were a contribution to his side's winning score of 26.11.
Highest tally against other SANFL Clubs
- West Torrens 23
- South Adelaide 16
- Glenelg 15
- Norwood 13
- West Adelaide 13
- Sturt 13
- Port Adelaide 12
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