1876 South Australian football season

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The 1876 South Australian football season was the fourteenth season of interclub football. It was also the final season of decentralised administration of football in South Australia; the South Australian Football Association was formed the following year to provide a committee-based approach to the administration of the sport.

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1876 South Australian football premiership season
Premiers Victorian
1st premiership
Highest1,750 (26 August, Collegians vs. Non-Collegians)
←  1875
1877 (SAFA)  →

Rules Sets

During the 1876 football season in South Australia two dominant rule sets were in use. [1]

Major Clubs

Metropolitan

Outer Metropolitan (Country Clubs)

Regional Clubs

Educational Institutions

Metropolitan Football Matches

20 May

Round 1
Saturday, 20 May Woodville (Blue) 0drew with Kensington (Red) 0Woodville [6]
Saturday, 20 May (3:00 pm) Victorian 1def. South Adelaide 0Montefiore Hill [7]

25 May

Round 2
Thursday, 25 May (1:00 pm) Kapunda 3def. Woodville 1Kapunda [8]

3 June

Round 3
Saturday, 3 June (3:00 pm) Port Adelaide 0def. by Victorian 1Glanville Hall Estate [9]

10 June

Round 4
Saturday, 10 June (3:00 pm) Woodville 0drew with South Adelaide 0Woodville [10] [11]

Mr. J. R. Osborn acted as Captain for the Woodvilles, and Mr. Kennedy, who has recently arrived from Melbourne, for the South Adelaideas, Mr. C. Kingston being umpire.

17 June

Round 5
Saturday, 17 June (3:20 pm) Woodville 2def. Victorian 1Woodville [12]
Saturday, 17 June Port Adelaide 0def. byKensington 1Glanville Hall Estate [13]

Woodville (Blue) vs Victorian (Yellow and Black) was played under the Kensington Rules

20 June

Round 6
Tuesday, 20 June (1:30 pm) Woodville 4def. Gawler 0Woodville [14]
Tuesday, 20 June (2 to 5pm)Willunga 3def.Kensington 1Noarlunga [15] [16]

1 July

Round 7
Saturday, 1 July (3:00 pm)Kensington 3def.Woodville 1Kensington Oval [17]
Saturday, 1 July (3:00 pm) Port Adelaide 0def. by South Adelaide 1Glanville Hall Estate [18] [19]

8 July

Round 8
Saturday, 8 July (3:10 pm) Adelaide 0drew with South Adelaide 0Old Adelaide Ground (crowd: 400) [20]
Saturday, 8 July (3:00 pm)Glenelg 0def. by Victorian 4Glenelg [21]
Saturday, 8 JulyWoodville 0def. by Port Adelaide 1Woodville [22]

Adelaide vs South Adelaide was played under the Old Adelaide Rules
A match was advertised — AUSTRAL V KENSINGTON (second 16), at Kensington, at 2.30 p.m. 8th July by A. S. YOUNG, Hon. Sec., A. F. C. and F. P. PERRY, pro Secretary (Kensington) [23]
Match Report - A match between the Austral and the second sixteen of the Kensington Club was played on the ground of the latter at Kensington on Saturday. At 3 o'clock the ball was kicked off, and after about 10 minutes' play a goal was obtained by A. Young for the blues. Goals were then changed, when some good play took place, and after an exciting tussle, in which the Kensingtons had decidedly the best of the game. Dunstan with a rush took the ball up to the Kensington goal, where F. Stanton succeeded in scoring one for Kensington. On play being resumed, C. Wright obtained a goal for the Australs, and half-an-hour afterwards Wicksteed secured a goal for Kensington. At five o'clock the match was declared drawn as each team had scored two goals. Good play was shown on behalf of the Kensington team by Dunstan, Wyatt, Day, Hargraves, and Smith; for the 'Australs' team by Cossins, Mudie, Pettinger, Acraman, Shander, and Stephens. Messrs. A. S. Young and A. Frew captained the respective teams, and Mr. G. Berry acted as umpire.

15 July

Round 9
Saturday, 15 July (3:25 pm) Victorian 2def.Woodville 0Montefiore Hill [24]
Saturday, 15 July (4:00 pm)Kensington 5def. Port Adelaide 2Kensington Oval [25] [26]
Saturday, 15 JulyGlenelg 0def. byAustrals 1Glenelg [27] [28]

22 July

Round 10
Saturday, 22 July (3:00 pm) Adelaide 1def. byWoodville 6North Park Lands (crowd: 300) [29]
Saturday, 22 July (3:00 pm) Victorian 4def. Port Adelaide 0Montefiore Hill [30]
Saturday, 22 JulyKensington 0def. by South Adelaide 1 Kensington Oval [31]

29 July

Round 11
Saturday, 29 July (3:30 pm)Woodville 0def. by South Adelaide 2Woodville (crowd: 600) [32]
Saturday, 29 JulyAustrals 8def.Glenelg 0(crowd: Australs Home Ground) [33]

After the Australs had scored six goals the rules were changed and they played according to the old Adelaide Rules.

5 August

Round 12
Saturday, 5 August (3:15 pm) Adelaide 0drew with South Adelaide 0Old Adelaide Ground (crowd: 450) [34] [35]
Saturday, 5 August (3:00 pm) Port Adelaide 0def. byWoodville 1Glanville Hall Estate [36] [37]
Saturday, 5 August Willunga 4def. Victorian 1Willunga (crowd: 450) [38]

Willunga vs Victorians - played using the Kensington Rules

7 August

Round 13
Monday, 7 August (1:30 pm) Kapunda 0drew with South Adelaide 0Kapunda (crowd: 250) [39]

12 August

Round 14
Saturday, 12 August (3:15 pm) Adelaide 0def. byWoodville 3Old Adelaide Ground (crowd: 1,000) [40]

19 August

Round 15
Saturday, 19 August Adelaide 0def. by Victorian 1Adelaide Ground (crowd: 600) [41] [42]
Saturday, 19 August (3:15 pm) South Adelaide 4def.Woodville 0South Park Lands [43] [44]
Saturday, 19 August Port Adelaide 2def.Australs 0Glanville Hall Estate [45]
Saturday, 19 August (3:15 pm) St Peter's College 4def.Kensington 2 Adelaide Oval [46] [47]

Port Adelaide vs Australs played using the Kensington Rules

2 September

Round 16
Saturday, 2 September Victorian 2drew with Willunga 2Montefiore Hill (crowd: 350) [48]

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.

1876 South Australian Football Ladder
PosTeamPldWLDSenior ResultsGFGA
1 Victorian (P)96216-1-0178
2 South Adelaide 94144-1-381
3Australs42112-1-1114
4 Kensington 73223-1-11413
5 Woodville 146624-5-21312
6 Port Adelaide 82602-6-0513
7 Adelaide 50320-3-2110
8Glenelg30300-3-0013
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [ citation needed ]
(P) Premiers

Exhibition Matches

26 August

August 26
Day, 26 August (3:00 pm)Collegians 2def. byNon-Collegians 4North Park Lands (crowd: 1,750) [49]

The Collegians vs. Non-Collegians was an all star match made up of the best players of the Adelaide, Woodville, Kensington, and College clubs.

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