1877 SAFA season
1877 SAFA premiership season | |
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![]() South Adelaide premiership team | |
Teams | 8 |
Premiers | South Adelaide Victorian 1st premiership |
Leading goalkicker | William Dedman South Adelaide (10 goals) |
Matches played | 52 (61 scheduled) |
Highest | 650 (Round 7, Adelaide vs. South Adelaide) |
← 1876 (unaffiliated) 1878 → |
The 1877 South Australian Football Association season was the inaugural season of the South Australian Football Association, the top-level league of Australian rules football in South Australia.
The clubs participating were Adelaide, Bankers, Kensington, Port Adelaide, South Adelaide, South Park, Victorian, Woodville.[1]
South Adelaide and Victorian would share the premiership honours as there was no grand final playoff, while the Bankers Football Club, who finished last without a win and forfeited a number of games, folded before the end of the season.[2]
South Australian Football Association
The newly formed South Australian Football Association decided that the playing fields for the season must be between 180 and 200 yards (165-183m) long and 120-150 yards (110-137m) wide, with pushing from behind being prohibited. For clubs to gain membership of the association, they would need to pay two guineas for the year.[3]
Premiership Season
Round 1
Round 1 | |||||
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Saturday, 12 May (2:45 pm) | Adelaide 4 | def. | Bankers 1 | Old Adelaide Ground [4] | [5] |
Saturday, 12 May (3:30 pm) | Kensington 0 | def. by | Port Adelaide 3 | Kensington Oval | [5] |
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Round 2
Round 2 | |||||
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Saturday, 19 May (3:15 pm) | Adelaide 3 | def. | Port Adelaide 2 | Old Adelaide Ground (crowd: 250) | [7] |
Saturday, 19 May | South Park 1 | def. | Bankers 0 | South Park Lands | [7] |
Round 3
Round 3 | |||||
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Saturday, 26 May (3:15 pm) | Adelaide 1 | def. | Woodville 0 | Old Adelaide Ground | [8] |
Saturday, 26 May (3:00 pm) | Kensington 1 | def. | South Park 0 | Kensington Oval | [8] |
Saturday, 26 May | Victorian 1 | def. | Port Adelaide 0 | Montefiore Hill | [8] |
Adelaide played a game at Kapunda on Thursday 24th May and returned via Train to Adelaide on Friday morning. On the Saturday 8 players had withdrawn from the team leaving them to only field 18 (including their Captain who was injured), whilst Woodville had a full team of 20. It was reported that the Ground was underwater but Woodville were still keen to play. |
Round 4
Round 4 | |||||
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Saturday, 2 June | Kensington 0 | def. by | South Adelaide 2 | Kensington Oval | [11] |
Saturday, 2 June (3:00 pm) | Woodville 0 | def. by | Victorian 3 | Woodville | [11] |
Saturday, 2 June | Adelaide 2 | def. | South Park 0 | Old Adelaide Ground | [11] |
Saturday, 2 June | Port Adelaide 3 | def. | Bankers 0 | Glanville | [11] |
Round 5
Round 5 | |||||
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Saturday, 9 June (3:15 pm) | Kensington 0 | drew with | Adelaide 0 | Kensington Oval | [12] |
Saturday, 9 June (3:45 pm) | Woodville 0 | def. by | South Adelaide 1 * | Woodville | [13] |
Saturday, 9 June | Victorian 2 | def. | South Park 0 | Montefiore Hill | [12] |
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Round 6
Round 6 | |||||
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Saturday, 16 June | Adelaide 1 | drew with | Victorian 1 | Old Adelaide Ground | [14] |
Saturday, 16 June | South Park 0 | def. by | Woodville 2 | South Park Lands | [14] |
Saturday, 16 June (3:15 pm) | Port Adelaide 4 | def. | Kensington 0 | Glanville | [14] |
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Round 7
Round 7 | |||||
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Saturday, 23 June (3:00 pm) | Adelaide 0 | def. by | South Adelaide 1 | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 650) | [15] |
Saturday, 23 June (3:15 pm) | Port Adelaide 1 | drew with | Woodville 1 | Glanville | [16] |
Saturday, 23 June | Victorian 7 | def. | Bankers 0 | Montefiore Hill | [16] |
Saturday, 23 June (3:00 pm) | South Park 2 | def. | Kensington 0 | South Park Lands | [15] |
Round 8
Round 8 | |||||
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Saturday, 30 June | South Adelaide 0 | drew with | Victorian 0 | South Park Lands (crowd: 650) | [17] |
Saturday, 30 June (3:00 pm) | Port Adelaide 1 | def. | South Park 0 | Glanville | [17] |
Round 9
Round 9 | |||||
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Saturday, 7 July (3:15 pm) | Adelaide 9 | def. | Bankers 0 | Old Adelaide Ground | [18] |
Saturday, 7 July (3:15 pm) | South Adelaide 0 | drew with | Woodville 0 | South Park Lands | [18] |
Saturday, 7 July (3:15 pm) | Victorian 3 | def. | Kensington 0 | Montefiore Hill | [18] |
Round 10
Round 10 | |||||
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Saturday, 14 July (3:00 pm) | Woodville 1 | def. by | South Park 2 | Woodville | [19] |
Saturday, 14 July (3:15 pm) | Port Adelaide 1 | drew with | Adelaide 1 | Glanville | [20] |
Saturday, 14 July (Time pm) | Bankers 1 | def. by | Kensington 4 | Old Adelaide Ground | [20] |
Colours - Bankers (Blue) Kensington (Red) |
Round 11
Round 11 | |||||
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Saturday, 21 July (3:15 pm) | South Adelaide 3 | def. | Port Adelaide 0 | South Park Lands | [21] |
Saturday, 21 July | Kensington 3 | def. by | Woodville 8 | Kensington Oval | [21] |
Saturday, 21 July (3:15 pm) | Adelaide 2 | def. | South Park 1 | Old Adelaide Ground | [21] |
Saturday, 21 July (3:00 pm) | Victorian 5 | def. | Bankers 1 | Montefiore Hill | [21] |
Colours - Victorian orange and black, Bankers blue and white |
Round 12
Round 12 | |||||
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Saturday, 28 July (3:30 pm) | Adelaide 2 | def. | Woodville 0 | Old Adelaide Ground (crowd: 500) | [22] |
Saturday, 28 July (3:10 pm) | Port Adelaide 2 | def. | Victorian 1 | Glanville | [23] |
Saturday, 28 July (3:30 pm) | South Adelaide 7 | def. | Kensington 0 | South Park Lands | [23] |
Saturday, 28 July (3:00 pm) | South Park 3 | def. | Bankers 0 | South Park Lands | [24] |
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Round 13
Round 13 | |||||
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Saturday, 4 August (3:00 pm) | Victorian 2 | def. | Adelaide 0 | Montefiore Hill | [25] |
Saturday, 4 August (3:20 pm) | Port Adelaide 0 | def. by | South Adelaide 1 | Glanville (crowd: 500) | [25] |
Saturday, 4 August | South Park 1 | drew with | Kensington 1 | South Park Lands | [26] |
Round 14
Round 14 | |||||
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Saturday, 11 August (3:00 pm) | Woodville 0 | def. by | South Park 5 | Woodville | |
Saturday, 11 August (3:00 pm) | Adelaide 6 | def. | Kensington 2 | Old Adelaide Ground | [27] |
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Round 15
Round 15 | |||||
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Saturday, 25 August (3:15 pm) | Victorian 2 | v | Woodville 0 | Montefiore Hill | |
Saturday, 25 August | South Park 0 | def. by | South Adelaide 4 | South Park Lands | [29] |
The Victorians were short of two of their players — Messrs. Barry and Kingsford — while the Woodvilles, besides being; greatly weakened by the retirement of their late captain and several first-class men, were playing with seven of their second twenty.[30] |
Round 16
Round 16 | |||||
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Saturday, 1 September (3:15 pm) | South Adelaide 2 | def. | Adelaide 0 | South Park Lands (crowd: 400) | [31] |
Saturday, 1 September | Port Adelaide 2 | def. | South Park 1 | Glanville | [32] |
Saturday, 1 September | Woodville 3 | def. | Kensington 0 | Woodville | [32] |
Round 17
Round 17 | |||||
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Saturday, 8 September | South Adelaide 1 | def. | South Park 0 | South Park Lands (crowd: 500) | [33] |
Saturday, 8 September (3:45 pm) | Kensington 1 | v | Victorian 2 | Kensington Oval | [33] |
Woodvilles v. Ports. A match between these Clubs was arranged to take place at Woodville on Saturday, September 8 ; but the Woodvilles were unable to raise a team, so the match was postponed until Saturday, September 15, when the Ports were again disappointed by the Woodvilles not turning out.[34] |
Round 18
Round 18 | |||||
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Saturday, 15 September | South Park 0 | drew with | Victorian 0 | South Park Lands | [35] |
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Round 19 (Postponed)
FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION MATCHES for SATURDAY, September 22. [39]
At Montefiore — Victorian v. South Adelaide.
At South Park— Port v. South Park
Football. — Two Association matches are announced for today one between the Port Adelaide and South Park Clubs on the ground of the latter, and the other between the Victorian and South Adelaide Clubs at Montefiore Hill. The latter match will decide the question of the championship of the season, and will, it is to be hoped, be largely attended, as a hat is to be passed round at half-time for the benefit of the sufferers by the Indian famine. [40]
In consequence of the inclement weather on Saturday, September 22, the football matches which were to have been played between the South Adelaide and Victorian Clubs and the Port Adelaide and South Park Clubs were postponed.[41]
Round 19
Round 19 | |||||
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Saturday, 29 September (3:30 pm) | South Park 1 | def. by | Port Adelaide 3 | South Park Lands | [42]
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Saturday, 29 September (3:15 pm) | Victorian 1 | def. | South Adelaide 0 | Montefiore Hill | [43] |
The duties of field-umpire were most efficiently and impartially performed by Mr. J.R. Osborne (ex Woodville Captain). At one time a quarrel nearly arose, but it was promptly put down by the captains. Messrs. Giffen and Smart were goal-umpires. |
Summary of other matches
Thursday 24th May - Adelaide, 4 goals, beat Kapunda, 2. [45]
Thursday 24th May - Woodville, 1 goal, beat Gawler, 0. [46]
Adelaide, 1 goal tied Gawler, 1.
Adelaide, 3 goals, beat Kapunda, 2.
Melbourne, 1 goal, beat Victorian, 0.
Melbourne, 5 goals, beat Combined Team, 0.
South Australians, 3 goals, beat Victorians, 1.
St. Kilda, 5 goals, beat Adelaide, 2.
St. Kilda. 7 goals, beat South Australians, 2.
Ladder
Victorian finished the season with eight more goals but a slightly inferior record than South Adelaide, but one should consider that Victorian played the Bankers twice whereas South Adelaide did not (their only scheduled match, in Round 6, was a forfeit when the Bankers could only muster 13 players). Further, while Adelaide finished with one more win than the other two clubs, they played 17 games to 13 and 14 respectively.
It was declared South Adelaide and Victorian would be deemed joint Champion Club (premiers).[42] which was also acknowledged by South Adelaide at their Annual Dinner on evening of Tuesday 2nd October. [47]
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TEAM | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | PTS | Adj Pts | ||||
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1 | South Adelaide (P) | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 22 | 28.77 | |||
1 | Victorian (P) | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 5 | 23 | 27.93 | |||
3 | Adelaide | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 13 | 25 | 25.00 | |||
4 | Port Adelaide | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 20 | 22.67 | |||
5 | Woodville | 16 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 14 | 18 | 12 | 12.75 | |||
6 | South Park | 17 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 16 | 23 | 12 | 12.00 | |||
7 | Kensington | 15 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 43 | 8 | 9.07 | |||
8 | Bankers | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 36 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Adj Pts = Points adjusted for match ratio, (P) = Premiers | [42] |
Note: Woodville were ranked above South Park on head-to-head record (2-1).
It was reported at the end of the season that Bankers had forfeited 6 out of their 15 games. (Adelaide, Port Adelaide, South Adelaide, Kensington 1 each, and Woodville 2)
Membership
Club | Membership |
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Port Adelaide | 85 |
South Adelaide | 85 |
Victorian | 76 |
Kensington | 65 |
South Park | 56 |
Adelaide | 50 |
Woodville | |
Bankers | 50 |
See also
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