The 1878 South Australian Football Association season was the 2nd season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.
1878 SAFA premiership season | |
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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 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 edit
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 edit
Premiership matches are those that took place after 11 May.[3]
Round 1 edit
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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
Round 15 | |||||
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Saturday, 24 August (Time pm) | Norwood 1 | def. | Adelaide 0 | East Park Lands (crowd: 700) | [23] |
Round 16 edit
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 edit
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 edit
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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 edit
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