1878 SAFA season

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1878 SAFA premiership season
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2nd SAFA season
Pictured above is the 1878 Norwood premiership team.
Teams 7
Premiers Norwood Jumper Design.png Norwood
(1st premiership)
Matches played 38
Highest attendance 3,000 (Round 13, Norwood vs Port Adelaide)
Leading goalkicker Norwood Jumper Design.png William Dedman
Norwood (12 Goals)
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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 1878 SAFA competition included Adelaide, Kensington, Norwood, Port Adelaide, South Adelaide, South Park and Victorian.

Norwood went on to record its 1st premiership in its 1st season going through the year undefeated.[1]

Pre Season

The SAFA clubs played inter club matches on 4 May.[2]

An additional pre season game was played between some South Australian and Victorian residents who live in Adelaide.

South Australian vs. Victorian residents
Saturday, 11 May (Time pm) South Australians 1 def. Victorians 0 Adelaide Oval (crowd: 350) [3]


Premiership Season

Premiership matches are those that took place after 11 May.[4]

Round 1

Round 1
Saturday, 18 May (3:15 pm) Norwood 1 def. South Adelaide 0 Adelaide Oval (crowd: 800) [5]
Saturday, 18 May (3:15 pm) South Park 0 def. by Port Adelaide 2 South Park Lands [6]
Saturday, 18 May (3:00 pm) Kensington 0 def. by Adelaide 5 Kensington Oval [5]


Round 2

Round 2
Saturday, 25 May (3:45 pm) Norwood 1 def. Victorians 0 East Park Lands (crowd: 500) [7]
Saturday, 25 May (3:40 pm) South Adelaide 0 def. by Adelaide 1 Adelaide Oval [7]
Saturday, 25 May (3:00 pm) Kensington 0 def. by Port Adelaide 4 Kensington Oval [7]


Round 3

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.


Round 4

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 vs. 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 5
Saturday, 15 June (3:15 pm) South Adelaide 2 def. Kensington 0 South Park Lands [12]
Saturday, 15 June (Time pm) Victorians 3 def. South Parks 0 Montefiore Hill [12]
Saturday, 15 June (Time pm) Port Adelaide 0 def. by Norwood 1 Glanville Estate (crowd: 600) [13]


Round 6

Round 6
Saturday, 22 June (3:00 pm) Norwood 0 drew with South Parks 0 Park Lands (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]


Round 7

Round 7
Saturday, 29 June (3:00 pm) Victorians 1 def. South Adelaide 0 Montefiore Hill (crowd: 1,100) [15]


Round 8

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]


Round 9

Round 9
Saturday, 13 July (Time pm) Kensington 0 drew with Norwood 0 Kensington Oval [16]
Saturday, 13 July (3:15 pm) Adelaide 0 drew with Port Adelaide 0 Adelaide Oval [17]


Round 10

Round 10
Saturday, 20 July (3:00 pm) South Adelaide 0 drew with Adelaide 0 South Park Lands (crowd: 600) [18]
Saturday, 20 July (3:15 pm) Port Adelaide 2 def. South Park 0 Glanville Estate [18]
Saturday, 20 July (3:30 pm) Victorian 1 def. Kensington 0 Montefiore Hill [18]


Round 11

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]


Round 12

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]


Round 13

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 vs. Kensington 1 Adelaide Oval [22]


Round 14

Round 14
Saturday, 17 August (Time pm) Adelaide 1 vs. South Parks 0 Adelaide Oval [23]
Saturday, 17 August (Time pm) Port Adelaide 0 def. by South Adelaide 1 Glanville Estate (crowd: 300) [23]


Round 15

Round 15
Saturday, 24 August (Time pm) Norwood 1 def. Adelaide 0 East Park Lands (crowd: 700) [24]


Round 16

Round 16
Saturday, 31 August (3:00 pm) South Adelaide 0 vs. Victorian 0 South Park Land (crowd: 1,200) [25]
  • Victorian had kicked a goal but it was disallowed after an extra player was on the ground.


Round 17

Round 17
Saturday, 7 September (3:30 pm) Victorian 0 def. by Norwood 1 Montefiore Hill (crowd: 2,750) [26]


Ladder

1878 SAFA Ladder
TEAM P W L D PF PA  % PTS
1 Norwood 12 8 0 4 16 1 94.12% 20
2 Port Adelaide 11 5 2 4 12 3 80.00% 14
3 Victorian 11 4 2 5 10 4 71.43% 15
4 Adelaide 12 4 4 4 13 9 59.09% 12
5 South Adelaide 10 3 4 3 4 4 50.00% 9
6 South Park 11 1 8 2 2 13 13.33% 4
7 Kensington 10 0 7 3 1 23 4.17% 3
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, (P) = Premiers Click here for source

References

  1. ↑ Full Points Footy's SA Football Companion By John P. Devaney, pg 370
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