1878 SAFA season
1878 SAFA premiership season | |
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![]() 2nd SAFA season Pictured above is the 1878 Norwood premiership team. | |
Teams | 7 |
Premiers | Norwood 1st premiership |
Leading goalkicker | William Dedman Norwood (12 Goals) |
Matches played | 42 |
Highest | 3,000 (Round 13, Norwood vs Port Adelaide) |
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 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.
South Australian vs. Victorian residents | |||||
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Saturday, 11 May (Time pm) | South Australians 1 | def. | Victorians 0 | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 350) | [2] |
Premiership season
Premiership matches are those that took place after 11 May.[3]
Round 1
Round 1 | |||||
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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] |
Round 2
Round 2 | |||||
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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] |
Round 3
Round 3 | |||||
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Saturday, 1 June (3:25 pm) | South Adelaide 0 | def. by | Port Adelaide 1 | South Park Lands (crowd: 300) | [7] |
Saturday, 1 June (3:30 pm) | Kensington 0 | def. by | South Parks 1 | Kensington Oval | [7] |
Saturday, 1 June (3:00 pm) | Adelaide 2 | drew with | Victorians 2 | Adelaide Oval | [8] |
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Round 4
Round 4 | |||||
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Saturday, 8 June (Time pm) | Adelaide 0 | def. by | Norwood 1 | Adelaide Oval | [9] |
Saturday, 8 June (3:00 pm) | South Adelaide 1 | v | South Parks 0 | South Park Lands | [9] |
The Port Adelaide vs. Victorian game was called off due to bad weather and rescheduled for 6 July despite Port kicking a goal.[10] |
Round 5
Round 5 | |||||
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Saturday, 15 June (3:15 pm) | South Adelaide 2 | def. | Kensington 0 | South Park Lands | [11] |
Saturday, 15 June (Time pm) | Victorians 3 | def. | South Parks 0 | Montefiore Hill | [11] |
Saturday, 15 June (Time pm) | Port Adelaide 0 | def. by | Norwood 1 | Glanville Estate (crowd: 600) | [12] |
Round 6
Round 6 | |||||
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Saturday, 22 June (3:00 pm) | Norwood 0 | drew with | South Parks 0 | Park Lands (crowd: 600) | [13] |
Saturday, 22 June (3:00 pm) | Port Adelaide 2 | def. | Adelaide 0 | Glanville Estate (crowd: 300) | [13] |
Saturday, 22 June (3:45 pm) | Kensington 0 | drew with | Victorians 0 | Kensington Oval | [13] |
Round 7
Round 7 | |||||
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Saturday, 29 June (3:00 pm) | Victorians 1 | def. | South Adelaide 0 | Montefiore Hill (crowd: 1,100) | [14] |
Round 8
Round 8 | |||||
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Saturday, 6 July (3:15 pm) | Port Adelaide 1 | drew with | Victorians 1 | Glanville Estate | [10] |
Saturday, 6 July (Time pm) | Norwood 6 | def. | Kensington 0 | East Park Lands (crowd: 300) | [10] |
Round 9
Round 9 | |||||
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Saturday, 13 July (Time pm) | Kensington 0 | drew with | Norwood 0 | Kensington Oval | [15] |
Saturday, 13 July (3:15 pm) | Adelaide 0 | drew with | Port Adelaide 0 | Adelaide Oval | [16] |
Round 10
Round 10 | |||||
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Saturday, 20 July (3:00 pm) | South Adelaide 0 | drew with | Adelaide 0 | South Park Lands (crowd: 600) | [17] |
Saturday, 20 July (3:15 pm) | Port Adelaide 2 | def. | South Park 0 | Glanville Estate | [17] |
Saturday, 20 July (3:30 pm) | Victorian 1 | def. | Kensington 0 | Montefiore Hill | [17] |
Round 11
Round 11 | |||||
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Saturday, 27 July (3:30 pm) | South Adelaide 0 | drew with | Norwood 0 | South Park Lands (crowd: 700) | [18] |
Saturday, 27 July (3:00 pm) | Victorian 0 | drew with | Port Adelaide 0 | Montefiore Hill (crowd: 500) | [18] |
Saturday, 27 July (3:35 pm) | South Park 0 | drew with | Kensington 0 | South Park Lands | [19] |
Round 12
Round 12 | |||||
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Saturday, 3 August (Time pm) | Norwood 4 | def. | South Park 1 | East Park Lands (crowd: 800) | [20] |
Saturday, 3 August (Time pm) | Victorian 2 | def. | Adelaide 0 | Montefiore Hill | [20] |
Round 13
Round 13 | |||||
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Saturday, 10 August (3:00 pm) | Norwood 0 | drew with | Port Adelaide 0 | East Park Lands (crowd: 3,000) | [21] |
Saturday, 10 August (Time pm) | Adelaide 4 | v | Kensington 1 | Adelaide Oval | [21] |
Round 14
Round 14 | |||||
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Saturday, 17 August (Time pm) | Adelaide 1 | v | South Parks 0 | Adelaide Oval | [22] |
Saturday, 17 August (Time pm) | Port Adelaide 0 | def. by | South Adelaide 1 | Glanville Estate (crowd: 300) | [22] |
Round 15
Round 15 | |||||
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Saturday, 24 August (Time pm) | Norwood 1 | def. | Adelaide 0 | East Park Lands (crowd: 700) | [23] |
Round 16
Round 16 | |||||
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Saturday, 31 August (3:00 pm) | South Adelaide 0 | v | Victorian 0 | South Park Land (crowd: 1,200) | [24] |
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Round 17
Round 17 | |||||
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Saturday, 7 September (3:30 pm) | Victorian 0 | def. by | Norwood 1 | Montefiore Hill (crowd: 2,750) | [25] |
Ladder
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TEAM | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | PTS | ||||
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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 | 12.5% | 6 | |||
7 | Kensington | 12 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 3.85% | 3 | |||
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, (P) = Premiers | Click here for source |
References
- ^ Full Points Footy's SA Football Companion By John P. Devaney, p. 370
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