Australian rules football season
1878 SAFA premiership season |
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![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Norwood_premiership_team_1878.png/220px-Norwood_premiership_team_1878.png) Norwood premiership team |
Teams | 7 |
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Premiers | Norwood 1st premiership |
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Leading goalkicker | William Dedman Norwood (12 Goals) |
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Matches played | 42 |
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Highest | 3,000 (Round 13, Norwood vs Port Adelaide) |
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The 1878 South Australian Football Association season was the 2nd season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.
The SAFA competition was contested by seven teams with the admission of newly formed club Norwood, after Bankers and Woodville folded at the end of 1877.
Each team played each other twice this season, the first time a standardised fixture was in place.
In its first season, Norwood won their first premiership, going through the year undefeated.[1]
Pre season
The SAFA clubs played inter club matches on 4 May.
An additional pre season game was played between some South Australian and Victorian residents who live in Adelaide.
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| South Australian vs. Victorian residents | | |
Saturday, 11 May (Time pm) | South Australians 1 | def. | Victorians 0 | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 350) | [2] |
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Premiership season
Premiership matches are those that took place after 11 May.[3]
Round 1
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| Round 1 | | |
Saturday, 18 May (3:15 pm) | Norwood 1 | def. | South Adelaide 0 | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 800) | [4] |
Saturday, 18 May (3:15 pm) | South Park 0 | def. by | Port Adelaide 2 | South Park Lands | [5] |
Saturday, 18 May (3:00 pm) | Kensington 0 | def. by | Adelaide 5 | Kensington Oval | [4] |
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Round 2
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| Round 2 | | |
Saturday, 25 May (3:45 pm) | Norwood 1 | def. | Victorians 0 | East Park Lands (crowd: 500) | [6] |
Saturday, 25 May (3:40 pm) | South Adelaide 0 | def. by | Adelaide 1 | Adelaide Oval | [6] |
Saturday, 25 May (3:00 pm) | Kensington 0 | def. by | Port Adelaide 4 | Kensington Oval | [6] |
Non Competition Match - Monday 27th May was Queen's Birthday Holiday. Norwood (with a strong team) visited Gawler - Winning 7 goals to 1.[7] |
Round 3
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| Round 3 | | |
Saturday, 1 June (3:25 pm) | South Adelaide 0 | def. by | Port Adelaide 1 | South Park Lands (crowd: 300) | [8] |
Saturday, 1 June (3:30 pm) | Kensington 0 | def. by | South Parks 1 | Kensington Oval | [8] |
Saturday, 1 June (3:00 pm) | Adelaide 2 | drew with | Victorians 2 | Adelaide Oval | [9] |
- The South Adelaide vs. Port Adelaide game was ended early due to the interference of rowdy larrikins.
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Round 4
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| Round 4 | | |
Saturday, 8 June (Time pm) | Adelaide 0 | def. by | Norwood 1 | Adelaide Oval | [10] |
Saturday, 8 June (3:00 pm) | South Adelaide 1 | v | South Parks 0 | South Park Lands | [10] |
The Port Adelaide vs. Victorian game was called off due to bad weather and rescheduled for 6 July despite Port kicking a goal.[11] |
Round 5
Round 6
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| Round 6 | | |
Saturday, 22 June (3:00 pm) | Norwood 0 | drew with | South Parks 0 | Park Lands, South Tce (crowd: 600) | [14] |
Saturday, 22 June (3:00 pm) | Port Adelaide 2 | def. | Adelaide 0 | Glanville Estate (crowd: 300) | [14] |
Saturday, 22 June (3:45 pm) | Kensington 0 | drew with | Victorians 0 | Kensington Oval | [14] |
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Round 7
Round 8
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| Round 8 | | |
Saturday, 6 July (3:15 pm) | Port Adelaide 1 | drew with | Victorians 1 | Glanville Estate | [11] |
Saturday, 6 July (Time pm) | Norwood 6 | def. | Kensington 0 | East Park Lands (crowd: 300) | [11] |
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Round 9
Round 10
Round 11
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| Round 11 | | |
Saturday, 27 July (3:30 pm) | South Adelaide 0 | drew with | Norwood 0 | South Park Lands (crowd: 700) | [19] |
Saturday, 27 July (3:00 pm) | Victorian 0 | drew with | Port Adelaide 0 | Montefiore Hill (crowd: 500) | [19] |
Saturday, 27 July (3:35 pm) | South Park 0 | drew with | Kensington 0 | South Park Lands | [20] |
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Round 12
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| Round 12 | | |
Saturday, 3 August (Time pm) | Norwood 4 | def. | South Park 1 | East Park Lands (crowd: 800) | [21] |
Saturday, 3 August (Time pm) | Victorian 2 | def. | Adelaide 0 | Montefiore Hill | [21] |
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Round 13
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| Round 13 | | |
Saturday, 10 August (3:00 pm) | Norwood 0 | drew with | Port Adelaide 0 | East Park Lands (crowd: 3,000) | [22] |
Saturday, 10 August (Time pm) | Adelaide 4 | v | Kensington 1 | Adelaide Oval | [22] |
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Round 14
Round 15
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| Round 15 | | |
Saturday, 24 August (Time pm) | Norwood 1 | def. | Adelaide 0 | East Park Lands (crowd: 700) | [24] |
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Round 16
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| Round 16 | | |
Saturday, 31 August (3:00 pm) | South Adelaide 0 | v | Victorian 0 | South Park Land (crowd: 1,200) | [25] |
- Victorian had kicked a goal, but it was deleted after a head count revealed they had 21 men on the ground.
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Round 17
Ladder
1878 SAFA Ladder Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts |
1 | Norwood | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 94.12 | 20 |
2 | Port Adelaide | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 76.47 | 16 |
3 | Victorian | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 53.85 | 14 |
4 | South Adelaide | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 66.67 | 13 |
5 | Adelaide | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 58.33 | 12 |
6 | South Park | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 12.50 | 6 |
7 | Kensington | 12 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 3.85 | 3 |
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
References
- ^ Full Points Footy's SA Football Companion By John P. Devaney, p. 370
- ^ "13 May 1878 - FOOTBALL". nla.gov.au.
- ^ "21 Sep 1878 - football THE PAST SEASON". nla.gov.au. 21 September 1878.
- ^ a b "21 May 1878 - FOOTBALL. NORWOODS V. SOUTH ADELAIDES". nla.gov.au. 21 May 1878.
- ^ "29 May 1878 - FOOTBALL. PORT V. SOUTH PARK". nla.gov.au. 29 May 1878.
- ^ a b c "27 May 1878 - FOOTBALL, NORWOODS v. VICTORIANS". nla.gov.au. 27 May 1878.
- ^ https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/106559856
- ^ a b "04 Jun 1878 - FOOTBALL. SOUTH A TDELAIDES V. PORTS". nla.gov.au. 4 June 1878.
- ^ "06 Jun 1878 - FOOTBALL. ADELAIDE V. VICTORIAN". nla.gov.au. 6 June 1878.
- ^ a b "10 Jun 1878 - FOOTBALL. ADELAIDE v. NORWOOD". nla.gov.au.
- ^ a b c "08 Jul 1878 - FOOTBALL. PORTS V. VICTORIANS". nla.gov.au.
- ^ a b "17 Jun 1878 - FOOTBALL. SOUTH ADELAIDE v. KENSINGTON". nla.gov.au.
- ^ "18 Jun 1878 - FOOTBALL. NORWOODS v. PORTS". nla.gov.au.
- ^ a b c "24 Jun 1878 - FOOTBALL. NORWOODS V. SOUTH PARKS". nla.gov.au.
- ^ "06 Jul 1878 - football. VICTORIANS v. SOUTH ADELAIDES". nla.gov.au.
- ^ "16 Jul 1878 - NORTH PARK V. WOODVILLE". nla.gov.au.
- ^ "16 Jul 1878 - FOOTBALL. ADELAIDES V. PORTS". nla.gov.au.
- ^ a b c "22 Jul 1878 - FOOTBALL. SOUTH ADELAIDE V. APP[?]". nla.gov.au.
- ^ a b "29 Jul 1878 - VICTORIAN V. PORT ADELAIDE". nla.gov.au.
- ^ "03 Aug 1878 - Football. MATCHES. NORWOOD v. SOUTH ADELAIDE". nla.gov.au.
- ^ a b "05 Aug 1878 - FOOTBALL. NORWOOD V. SOUTH PARK". nla.gov.au.
- ^ a b "12 Aug 1878 - FOOTBALL. NORWOODS v. PORT ADELAIDES". nla.gov.au.
- ^ a b "19 Aug 1878 - FOOTBALL. SOUTH PARKS v. ADELAIDE". nla.gov.au.
- ^ "26 Aug 1878 - FOOTBALL. ADELAIDE v. NORWOOD". nla.gov.au.
- ^ "02 Sep 1878 - FOOTBALL. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION ..." nla.gov.au.
- ^ "11 Sep 1878 - FOOTBALL. NORWOODS V. VICTORIANS". nla.gov.au.
SANFL seasons
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Norwood finished the minor round with a record of 8 wins and 4 draws and was awarded with the premiership. |
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Coach: Joseph Osborn |