1874 South Australian football season

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The 1874 South Australian football season was the twelfth year of interclub football in South Australia.

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1874 South Australian football premiership season
Premiers Kensington
2nd premiership
  1873
1875  

Major Clubs

Metropolitan

Outer Metropolitan (Country Clubs)

Metropolitan and Country football matches

June 13

June 13
Saturday, June 13Young Clubs 0def. by Victorian 1 [1]

June 22

 
Monday, June 22 Gawler 1drew with Kensington 1Gawler [2]

July 4

 
Saturday, July 4 Port Adelaide 0drew with Kensington 0 Glanville Hall Estate [3]

July 18

 
Saturday, July 18 Kensington 1def. Port Adelaide 0Kensington [4]

August 1

 
Saturday, August 1 Port Adelaide (2nds) 3def. Victorian 0 Glanville [5]

August 7

 
Friday, August 7 Kensington 0def. by Willunga 2Noarlunga [6]
  • Kensington wanted to promote the game in the country and decided to play a match against the newly formed Willunga in Noarlunga. [7]

August 15

Kensington were scheduled to play Victorian at Kensington but the latter failed to appear; the umpire awarded the match to Kensington on forfeit.

August 22

 
Saturday, August 22 Victorian 0def. by Port Adelaide 2nds 1Montefiore Hill [8]

August 29

 
Saturday, August 29 Victorian 1def.East Terrace 0Montefiore Hill [9]
Saturday, August 29 (3:00pm) Kensington 2def. Willunga 1Adelaide [10]

September 5

Premiership play-off match
Saturday, September 5 Port Adelaide 0def. by Kensington 2 Glanville [11]
  • This match was arranged to determine the premiership, and is referred to as South Australia's first Grand Final.

Ladder

In the table below, Senior Results is based only upon games played against senior clubs; the record listed under W-L-D is the record over all matches, including those against country and junior teams. The Senior Results include the premiership play-off match.

PosTeamPldWLDSenior ResultsGFGA
1 Kensington 74123-0-164
2 Port Adelaide 62312-2-155
3 Victorian 52300-3-014
Source: [ citation needed ]

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