1877 SAFA season
1877 SAFA premiership season | |
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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) |
The 1877 South Australian Football Association season was the inaugural season of the top level league of Australian rules football in South Australia. The clubs participating were South Adelaide, Victorian, Adelaide, Port Adelaide, Woodville, South Park, Kensington and Bankers.[1]
South Adelaide and Victorian would share the premiership honours, while the Bankers Football Club, who finished last without a win, folded at 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 180-200 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 | Adelaide Oval | [4] |
Saturday, 12 May (3:30 pm) | Kensington 0 | def. by | Port Adelaide 3 | Kensington Oval | [4] |
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Round 2
Round 2 | |||||
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Saturday, 19 May (3:15 pm) | Adelaide 3 | def. | Port Adelaide 2 | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 250) | [6] |
Saturday, 19 May | South Park 1 | def. | Bankers 0 | South Park Lands | [6] |
Round 3
Round 3 | |||||
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Saturday, 26 May (3:15 pm) | Adelaide 1 | def. | Woodville 0 | Adelaide Oval | [7] |
Saturday, 26 May (3:00 pm) | Kensington 1 | def. | South Park 0 | Kensington Oval | [7] |
Saturday, 26 May | Victorian 1 | def. | Port Adelaide 0 | Montefiore Hill | [7] |
Round 4
Round 4 | |||||
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Saturday, 2 June | Kensington 0 | def. by | South Adelaide 2 | Kensington Oval | [8] |
Saturday, 2 June (3:00 pm) | Woodville 0 | def. by | Victorian 3 | Woodville | [8] |
Saturday, 2 June | Adelaide 2 | def. | South Park 0 | Adelaide Oval | [8] |
Saturday, 2 June | Port Adelaide 3 | def. | Bankers 0 | Glanville | [8] |
Round 5
Round 5 | |||||
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Saturday, 9 June (3:15 pm) | Kensington 0 | drew with | Adelaide 0 | Kensington Oval | [9] |
Saturday, 9 June (3:45 pm) | Woodville 0 | def. by | South Adelaide 0 | Woodville | [10] |
Saturday, 9 June | Victorian 2 | def. | South Park 0 | Montefiore Hill | [9] |
Round 6
Round 6 | |||||
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Saturday, 16 June | Adelaide 1 | drew with | Victorian 1 | Adelaide Oval | [11] |
Saturday, 16 June | South Park 0 | def. by | Woodville 2 | South Park Lands | [11] |
Saturday, 16 June (3:15 pm) | Port Adelaide 4 | def. | Kensington 0 | Glanville | [11] |
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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) | [12] |
Saturday, 23 June (3:15 pm) | Port Adelaide 1 | drew with | Woodville 1 | Glanville | [13] |
Saturday, 23 June | Victorian 7 | def. | Bankers 0 | Montefiore Hill | [13] |
Saturday, 23 June (3:00 pm) | South Park 2 | def. | Kensington 0 | South Park Lands | [12] |
Round 8
Round 8 | |||||
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Saturday, 30 June | South Adelaide 0 | drew with | Victorian 0 | South Park Lands (crowd: 650) | [14] |
Saturday, 30 June (3:00 pm) | Port Adelaide 1 | def. | South Park 0 | Glanville | [14] |
Round 9
Round 9 | |||||
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Saturday, 7 July (3:15 pm) | Adelaide 9 | def. | Bankers 0 | Adelaide Oval | [15] |
Saturday, 7 July (3:15 pm) | South Adelaide 0 | drew with | Woodville 0 | South Park Lands | [15] |
Saturday, 7 July (3:15 pm) | Victorian 3 | def. | Kensington 0 | Montefiore Hill | [15] |
Round 10
Round 10 | |||||
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Saturday, 14 July (3:00 pm) | Woodville 1 | def. by | South Park 2 | Woodville | [16] |
Saturday, 14 July (3:15 pm) | Port Adelaide 1 | drew with | Adelaide 1 | Glanville | [17] |
Saturday, 14 July (Time pm) | Bankers 1 | def. by | Kensington 4 | Adelaide Oval | [17] |
Round 11
Round 11 | |||||
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Saturday, 21 July (3:15 pm) | South Adelaide 3 | def. | Port Adelaide 0 | South Park Lands | [18] |
Saturday, 21 July | Kensington 3 | def. by | Woodville 8 | Kensington Oval | [18] |
Saturday, 21 July (3:15 pm) | Adelaide 2 | def. | South Park 1 | Adelaide Oval | [18] |
Saturday, 21 July (3:00 pm) | Victorian 5 | def. | Bankers 1 | Montefiore Hill | [18] |
Round 12
Round 12 | |||||
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Saturday, 28 July (3:30 pm) | Adelaide 2 | def. | Woodville 0 | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 500) | [19] |
Saturday, 28 July (3:10 pm) | Port Adelaide 2 | def. | Victorian 1 | Glanville | [20] |
Saturday, 28 July (3:30 pm) | South Adelaide 7 | def. | Kensington 0 | South Park Lands | [20] |
Saturday, 28 July (3:00 pm) | South Park 3 | def. | Bankers 0 | South Park Lands | [21] |
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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 | [22] |
Saturday, 4 August (3:20 pm) | Port Adelaide 0 | def. by | South Adelaide 1 | Glanville (crowd: 500) | [22] |
Saturday, 4 August | South Park 1 | drew with | Kensington 1 | South Park Lands | [23] |
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 | Adelaide Oval | [24] |
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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 | [25] |
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) | [26] |
Saturday, 1 September | Port Adelaide 2 | def. | South Park 1 | Glanville | [27] |
Saturday, 1 September | Woodville 3 | def. | Kensington 0 | Woodville | [27] |
Round 17
Round 17 | |||||
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Saturday, 8 September | South Adelaide 1 | def. | South Park 0 | South Park Lands (crowd: 500) | [28] |
Saturday, 8 September (3:45 pm) | Kensington 1 | v | Victorian 2 | Kensington Oval | [28] |
Round 18
Round 18 | |||||
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Saturday, 15 September | South Park 0 | drew with | Victorian 0 | South Park Lands | [29] |
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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 | [30] |
Saturday, 29 September (3:15 pm) | Victorian 1 | def. | South Adelaide 0 | Montefiore Hill | [30] |
Ladder
While Victorian finished the season with seven more goals but a slightly inferior record than South Adelaide, it was declared Victorian and South Adelaide would be joint premiers.
One should consider the fact Victorian played the Bankers twice, while South Adelaide did not (their only scheduled match was a forfeit when the Bankers showed up with only 13 players).[31]
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TEAM | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | PTS | ||||
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1 | South Adelaide (P) | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 22 | |||
1 | Victorian (P) | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 5 | 23 | |||
3 | Adelaide | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 13 | 25 | |||
4 | Port Adelaide | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 20 | |||
5 | Woodville | 16 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 14 | 18 | 12 | |||
6 | South Park | 17 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 16 | 23 | 12 | |||
7 | Kensington | 15 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 43 | 8 | |||
8 | Bankers | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 36 | 0 | |||
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, (P) = Premiers | [30] |
Membership
Club | Membership |
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Port Adelaide | 85 |
South Adelaide | 85 |
Victorian | 76 |
Kensington | 65 |
South Park | 56 |
Adelaide | 50 |
Woodville | |
Bankers |
See also
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