1879 SAFA season

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1879 SAFA premiership season
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Norwood premiership team
Teams7
Premiers Norwood
(2nd premiership)
Matches played34
Highest attendance3,000 (Round 11, Norwood vs. Port Adelaide)
Leading goalkickerWilliam Dedman
Norwood (7 Goals)
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The 1879 South Australian Football Association season was the 3rd season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.

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The Norwood Football Club went on to record its 2nd consecutive premiership, going through the season undefeated. The Kensington Football Club received its second consecutive wooden spoon, failing to win a game, and extending its winless streak to 27. Several disputes between South Adelaide and the other clubs arose during the season. [1]

Pre season

South Australians vs. Allcomers
Day, 10 May (3:30 pm)South Australians 0drew withAllcomers 0 Adelaide Oval (crowd: 1,200) [2]

Premiership season

Round 1

Round 1
Saturday, 17 May (3:00 pm) Norwood 1def. South Adelaide 0East Park Lands (crowd: 2,000) [3]
Saturday, 17 May (3:00 pm)Kensington 3def. by Adelaide 5 Kensington Oval [3]
Saturday, 17 May (3:00 pm) Port Adelaide 2def.South Park 0 Adelaide Oval [4]
  • During the Norwood vs. South Adelaide game when A. Terrell kicked Norwood's second goal much disagreement and disorder ensued.

Round 2

Round 2
Saturday, 24 May (3:00 pm) Norwood 1def. Victorian 0 Adelaide Oval (crowd: 1,500) [5]

Round 3

Round 3
Saturday, 31 May (3:30 pm) South Adelaide 1drew with Port Adelaide 1South Park Lands (crowd: 1,500) [6]
Saturday, 31 May (3:15 pm) Adelaide 0drew with Victorian 0 Adelaide Oval (crowd: 550) [6]
Saturday, 31 May (3:00 pm)Kensington 0def. bySouth Park 1 Kensington Oval [6]

Round 4

Round 4
Saturday, 14 June (3:15 pm) Port Adelaide 1def. by Norwood 3Glanville Estate (crowd: 1,000) [7]
Saturday, 14 June (3:00 pm) Victorian 0drew withSouth Park 0 Montefiore Hill (crowd: 500) [7]

Round 5

Round 5
Saturday, 21 June (3:30 pm) Adelaide 1drew with Port Adelaide 1 Adelaide Oval [8]
Saturday, 21 June (3:00 pm) Victorian 3def.Kensington 0 Montefiore Hill [9]

Round 6

Round 6
Saturday, 12 July (3:15 pm)South Park 1drew with Adelaide 1South Park Lands (crowd: 300) [10]

Round 7

Round 7
Saturday, 26 July (3:30 pm)Kensington 0def. by Norwood 7 Kensington Oval [11]
Saturday, 26 JulySouth Park 1drew with South Adelaide 0South Park Lands [12]
Saturday, 26 July Port Adelaide 2def. Adelaide 0Glanville Estate [13]

Round 8

Round 8
Saturday, 2 August (3:00 pm) Port Adelaide 2def.South Park 0Glanville Estate [14]
Saturday, 2 August (Time pm)Kensington 0def. by Victorian 6 Kensington Oval [14]

Round 9

Round 9
Saturday, 9 August (3:15 pm) Norwood 4.15 (4)def. Adelaide 0.1 (0)East Park Lands (crowd: 400) [15]
Saturday, 9 August Victorian 0.2 (2)def. by Port Adelaide 1.2 (1) Montefiore Hill (crowd: 750) [15]

Round 10

Round 10
Saturday, 16 August (3:20 pm) Norwood 2.18 (2)drew withSouth Park 2.2 (2)East Park Lands [16]
Saturday, 16 August (3:30 pm) Victorian 1def. Adelaide 0 Montefiore Hill (crowd: 300) [16]
Saturday, 16 August (3:40 pm)Kensington 0.6 (6)def. by South Adelaide 1.7 (1)Kensington Oval [17]

Round 11

Round 11
Saturday, 23 August (3:15 pm) Norwood 1.7 (1)def. Port Adelaide 0East Park Lands (crowd: 3,000) [18]
Saturday, 23 August (3:00 pm) South Adelaide 2def. Victorian 0South Park Lands [18]

Round 12

Round 12
Saturday, 30 August (3:20 pm) Victorian 0.3 (3)def. by Norwood 3.4 (3) Montefiore Hill [19] [20]
Saturday, 30 August (3:20 pm) Adelaide 0.4 (4)def. bySouth Park 4.8 (4) Adelaide Oval [21]
  • A game scheduled at Glanville Estate on Saturday, 30 August between Port Adelaide and South Adelaide was abandoned due to disagreement regarding the umpires selected. [21]

Round 13

Round 13
Saturday, 6 September (3:15 pm)South Park 0.2 (2)def. by Victorian 1.4 (1)South Park Lands (crowd: 550) [22]
  • A game scheduled at Glanville Estate on Saturday, 6 September between Port Adelaide and Kensington was postponed due to illness amongst the Kensington players and the fact it was mail day. [23]

Round 14

Round 14
Saturday, 13 September (3:00 pm)South Park 0.0 (0)def. by Norwood 3.13 (3)East Park Lands (crowd: 2,000) [24] [25]
  • The rescheduled match between Port Adelaide and Kensington for Saturday, 13 September was forfeited in the priors favour due to the latter club unable to field a team. [24]

Round 15

Round 15
Saturday, 20 SeptemberSouth Park 0.17 (0)def.Kensington 0.1 (0)South Park Lands [26]

Ladder

1879 SAFA Ladder
TEAMPWLDGFGAPtsAdj Pts
1 Norwood 109013031922.80
2 Port Adelaide 95221161216.00
3 South Adelaide 742164915.42
4 Victorian 114521181010.91
5South Park123548111010.00
6 Adelaide 1025392078.40
7Kensington908142711.33
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points, Adj Pts = Points adjusted for match ratio, (P) = Premiers [27]

Notes:

Intercolonial matches

During 1879, a team representing the South Australian Football Association) toured Victoria, and played two intercolonial matches against an Association representative team; the first on a public holiday Tuesday, and the other on the following Saturday. The games were the first ever intercolonial matches between colony representative teams.

1879 Intercolonial Matches
Tuesday, 1 July Victoria 7def. South Australia 0 East Melbourne Cricket Ground (crowd: 10,000) [28]
Saturday, 5 July Victoria 4def. South Australia 1 East Melbourne Cricket Ground (crowd: 6,000) [29]

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