1881 SAFA season
1881 SAFA premiership season | |
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Teams | 6 |
Premiers | Norwood 4th premiership |
Leading goalkicker | Joe Pollock Norwood (7 Goals) W J Duffy Norwood (7 Goals) |
Matches played | 34 |
Highest | 1,500 (Round 2, Norwood vs. Port Adelaide) |
The 1881 South Australian Football Association season was the 5th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia. The premiership season began on Saturday 7 May.
Norwood went on to record its 4th consecutive premiership.
The years premiership trophy was called the Fowler Challenge Cup.[1]
Kensington and Adelaide merged to create a full squad but resigned from the competition after 4 games.[1]
Premiership season
Round 1
Round 1 | |||||
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Saturday, 7 May (3:12 pm) | Victorian 0.7 (0) | drew with | South Adelaide 0.5 (0) | Adelaide Oval | [2] |
Saturday, 7 May (3:30 pm) | South Park 0.3 (0) | def. by | Norwood 2.7 (2) | South Park Lands (crowd: 550) | [2][3] |
Saturday, 7 May (3:25 pm) | Port Adelaide 3.15 (3) | def. | Adelaide-Kensington 1.2 (1) | Alberton Oval (crowd: 200) | [2] |
Round 2
Round 2 | |||||
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Saturday, 14 May (3:20 pm) | Victorian 3.21 (3) | def. | Adelaide-Kensington 0.0 (0) | Montefiore Hill | [4][5] |
Saturday, 14 May (2:45 pm) | Norwood 4.6 (4) | def. | Port Adelaide 1.3 (1) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 1,500) | [4][5] |
Saturday, 14 May (3:00 pm) | South Park 0.6 (6) | def. by | South Adelaide 1.7 (1) | South Park Lands | [4][5] |
Round 3
Round 3 | |||||
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Saturday, 21 May (3:15 pm) | Norwood 2.5 (2) | drew with | Victorian 2.3 (2) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 1,500) | [6][7] |
Saturday, 21 May (3:15 pm) | Port Adelaide 3.18 (3) | def. | South Park 1.2 (1) | Alberton Oval | [6] |
Saturday, 21 May | Adelaide-Kensington 0.4 (0) | def. by | South Adelaide 4.8 (4) | Kensington Oval | [8] |
Round 4
Round 4 | |||||
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Saturday, 28 May (3:30 pm) | Victorian 0.1 (0) | drew with | Port Adelaide 0.2 (0) | Adelaide Oval | [9] |
Saturday, 28 May (3:30 pm) | South Adelaide 3.5 (3) | drew with | Norwood 3.11 (3) | South Park Lands | [9][10] |
Saturday, 28 May | Adelaide-Kensington 0.1 (0) | def. by | South Park 7.14 (7) | Adelaide Bridge Ground | [11] |
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Round 5
Round 5 | |||||
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Saturday, 4 June (3:15 pm) | Victorian 0.4 (0) | def. by | South Park 2.6 (2) | Adelaide Oval | [13] |
Saturday, 4 June (3:30 pm) | Port Adelaide 0.6 (0) | drew with | South Adelaide 0.8 (0) | Alberton Oval | [13] |
Norwood were scheduled to play Adelaide-Kensington, but Adelaide-Kensington resigned from the competition on 1 June; Norwood were awarded the match on forfeit, and played against a 25 team from Royal Park instead. |
Round 6
Round 6 | |||||
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Saturday, 25 June | South Park 1.5 (1) | def. by | Norwood 4.6 (4) | Adelaide Oval | [14] |
Saturday, 25 June | Victorian 1.9 (1) | def. | South Adelaide 0.0 (0) | Montefiore Hill | [14] |
Round 7
Round 7 | |||||
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Saturday, 2 July | South Adelaide 2.4 (2) | def. by | South Park 4.6 (4) | Adelaide Oval | [15] |
Saturday, 2 July | Port Adelaide 1.11 (1) | drew with | Norwood 1.16 (1) | Alberton Oval | [15] |
Round 8
Round 8 | |||||
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Saturday, 9 July (3:15 pm) | Victorian 0.2 (0) | def. by | Norwood 4.8 (4) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 1,000) | [16][17] |
Saturday, 9 July (3:00 pm) | South Park 3.9 (3) | def. | Port Adelaide 1.5 (1) | South Park Lands | [17] |
Round 9
Round 9 | |||||
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Saturday, 16 July | Norwood 6.17 (6) | def. | South Adelaide 0.1 (0) | Adelaide Oval | [18] |
Saturday, 16 July (3:25 pm) | Port Adelaide 0.11 (0) | def. by | Victorian 1.4 (1) | Alberton Oval | [18] |
Round 10
Round 10 | |||||
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Saturday, 23 July (3:20 pm) | South Adelaide 5.19 (5) | def. | Port Adelaide 0.7 (0) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 500) | [19][20] |
Saturday, 23 July | South Park 3.10 (3) | def. | Victorian 0.6 (0) | South Park Lands | [19] |
Round 11
Round 11 | |||||
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Saturday, 30 July (3:20 pm) | Norwood 3.6 (3) | def. | South Park 0.10 (0) | Adelaide Oval | [21] |
Saturday, 30 July (3:30 pm) | South Adelaide 2.8 (2) | def. | Victorian 0.6 (0) | South Park Lands | [21] |
Round 12
Round 12 | |||||
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Saturday, 6 August | South Park 1.4 | drew with | South Adelaide 1.4 | South Park Lands | [22][23] |
Round 13
Round 13 | |||||
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Saturday, 3 September | Port Adelaide 0 | drew with | South Park 0 | Alberton Oval | [24] |
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Round 14
Round 14 | |||||
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Saturday, 10 September | South Adelaide 0.6 (0) | def. by | Norwood 3.10 (3) | South Park Lands | [25] |
Saturday, 10 September | Victorian 0 | v | Port Adelaide 0 | Montefiore Hill | [25] |
The Victorian v Port Adelaide match was abandoned due to a crowd invasion and declared a draw. A disputed goal (due to the goal umpire not at his post) 20 minutes before time caused both teams to withdraw from the ground. |
Round 15
Round 15 | |||||
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Saturday, 17 September (3:30 pm) | Victorian 0.5 (0) | drew with | South Park 0.10 (0) | Montefiore Hill | [26] |
Saturday, 17 September | Port Adelaide 1 | drew with | South Adelaide 1.4 (1) | Alberton Oval | [26] |
Round 16
Round 16 | |||||
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Saturday, 24 September (3:00 pm) | Norwood 6.14 (6) | v | Port Adelaide 0.0 (0) | East Park Lands | [27] |
Round 17
Round 17 | |||||
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Saturday, 1 October | Victorian 1.2 (1) | def. by | Norwood 2.9 (2) | Montefiore Hill (crowd: 500) | [28][29] |
Ladder
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TEAM | P | W | L | D | GF | GA | ||||
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1 | Norwood | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 9 | |||
2 | South Adelaide | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 18 | |||
3 | South Park | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 17 | |||
4 | Victorian | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 15 | |||
5 | Port Adelaide | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 23 | |||
6 | Adelaide / Kensington | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | |||
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, (P) = Premiers | [30] |
Note:
- South Adelaide played South Park three times for a 1-1-1 record; South Adelaide were ranked above South Park on a superior head-to-head record against Norwood (0-2-1 to 0-3).
- Adelaide/Kensington withdrew from the competition after Round 4; all published ladders record their Round 5 match against Norwood as a win for Norwood on forfeit.
Intercolonial matches
1881 Intercolonial Matches | |||||
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Saturday, 20 August | Victoria 8.24 | def. | South Australia 1.8 | East Melbourne Cricket Ground | [31] |
Wednesday, 24 August | Victoria 4.14 | def. | South Australia 1.5 | East Melbourne Cricket Ground (crowd: 1,000) | [32] |
Additional matches
South Park vs. South Adelaide rematch | |||||
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Saturday, 24 September | South Park 0.10 (0) | drew with | South Adelaide 0.8 (0) | South Park Lands | [33] |
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