1883 SAFA season

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1883 SAFA premiership season
Teams5
Premiers Norwood
6th premiership
Leading goalkickerJames Litchfield
Port Adelaide (13 Goals)
Matches played38
Highest1,000 (Round 2, Port Adelaide vs. Norwood)
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The 1883 South Australian Football Association season was the 7th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.

Contents

The Victorian Football Club renamed itself North Adelaide at the beginning of the season but has no connection to the modern day North Adelaide Roosters.

Premiership season

Round 1

Round 1
Saturday, 5 May (3:20 pm) Norwood 3.18 (3)def. North Adelaide 0.2 (0) Adelaide Oval [1]
Saturday, 5 May (3:15 pm) South Adelaide 3.9 (3)def. Port Adelaide 2.7 (2) Kensington Oval [2]
Bye
South Park

Round 2

Round 2
Saturday, 12 May Port Adelaide 1.7 (1)def. by Norwood 4.9 (4) Alberton Oval (crowd: 1,000) [3]
Saturday, 12 May (3:25 pm) South Park 0.8 (0)def. by South Adelaide 3.5 (3) Kensington Oval [4]
Bye
North Adelaide

Round 3

Round 3
Saturday, 19 May South Adelaide 0.7 (0)drew with North Adelaide 0.4 (0) Adelaide Oval [5]
Saturday, 19 May (3:15 pm) South Park 1.12 (1)def. by Port Adelaide 3.6 (3) Kensington Oval [6]
Bye
Norwood

Round 4

Round 4
Saturday, 26 May (3:15 pm) South Park 2.8 (2)def. Norwood 1.7 (1) Adelaide Oval [7]
Saturday, 26 May (3:30 pm) North Adelaide 0.3 (0)def. by Port Adelaide 3.4 (3) Kensington Oval [8]
Bye
South Adelaide

Round 5

Round 5
Saturday, 2 June (3:20 pm) South Park 0.3 (0)def. by North Adelaide 1.8 (1) Adelaide Oval [9]
Saturday, 2 June (3:30 pm) Norwood 3.11 (3)def. South Adelaide 0.2 (0) Kensington Oval [10]
Bye
Port Adelaide

Round 6

Round 6
Saturday, 9 June (3:10 pm) Norwood 4.11 (4)def. North Adelaide 1.4 (1) Adelaide Oval [11]
Saturday, 9 June (3:30 pm) Port Adelaide 2.6 (2)def. South Adelaide 0.9 (0) Alberton Oval [12]
Bye
South Park

Round 7

Round 7
Saturday, 30 June (3:30 pm) South Park 0.5 (0)def. by South Adelaide 3.6 (3) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 400) [13]
Saturday, 30 June (Time pm) Norwood 4.8 (4)def. North Adelaide 2.5 (2) Kensington Oval [14]
Bye
Port Adelaide
  • Port Adelaide would miss the next three rounds due to a football tour of Victoria.

Round 8

Round 8
Saturday, 7 July (3:00 pm) Norwood 3.4 (3)def. South Adelaide 1.10 (1) Adelaide Oval [15]
Saturday, 7 July South Park 5.11 (5)def. North Adelaide 0.4 (0) Kensington Oval [16]
Bye
Port Adelaide

Round 9

Round 9
Saturday, 14 July (3:30 pm) Norwood 2.16 (2)def. by South Park 3.6 (3) Kensington Oval [17]
Saturday, 14 July North Adelaide 1.1 (1)def. by South Adelaide 2.17 (2) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 700) [18]
Bye
Port Adelaide

Round 10

Round 10
Saturday, 21 July (3:15 pm) Norwood 1.10 (1)def. by Port Adelaide 5.7 (5) Adelaide Oval [19]
Saturday, 21 July South Park 3.5 (3)def. South Adelaide 1.8 (1) Kensington Oval [20]
Bye
North Adelaide

Round 11

Round 11
Saturday, 28 July South Park 1.6 (1)def. by Port Adelaide 3.8 (3) Adelaide Oval [21]
Saturday, 28 July (3:30 pm) South Adelaide 5.12 (5)def. North Adelaide 3.4 (3)Old Adelaide Ground [22]
Bye
Norwood

Round 12

Round 12
Saturday, 4 August Norwood 5.17 (5)def. South Park 0.2 (0) Adelaide Oval [23]
Saturday, 4 August (3:45 pm) Port Adelaide 3.12 (3)def. North Adelaide 0.3 (0) Alberton Oval [24]
Bye
South Adelaide

Round 13

Round 13
Saturday, 11 August South Adelaide 2.9 (2)drew with Norwood 2.5 (2) Adelaide Oval [25]
Bye
Port Adelaide, South Park, North Adelaide

Round 14

Round 14
Saturday, 18 August (3:30 pm) Norwood 3.27 (3)def. North Adelaide 1.2 (1) Kensington Oval [26]
Saturday, 18 August (3:30 pm) South Adelaide 1.7 (1)drew with Port Adelaide 1.6 (1) Adelaide Oval [27]
Bye
South Park

Round 15

Round 15
Saturday, 25 August (3:30 pm) Port Adelaide 3.12 (3)def. by Norwood 6.17 (6) Alberton Oval [28]
Saturday, 25 August South Adelaide 3.7 (3)def. by South Park 4.9 (4) Adelaide Oval [29]
Bye
North Adelaide

Round 16

Round 16
Saturday, 1 September (3:15 pm) Port Adelaide 3.12 (3)def. South Park 2.13 (2) Alberton Oval [30]
Saturday, 1 September (3:35 pm) North Adelaide 5.8 (5)def. South Adelaide 3.7 (3) Kensington Oval [31]
Bye
Norwood

Round 17

Round 17
Saturday, 8 September Port Adelaide 3.13 (3)drew with North Adelaide 3.12 (3) Alberton Oval (crowd: 500) [32]
Saturday, 8 September (3:25 pm) Norwood 4.13 (4)def. South Park 2.10 (2) Kensington Oval [33]
Bye
South Adelaide

Round 18

Round 18
Saturday, 15 September (3:30 pm) South Park 5.11 (5)def. North Adelaide 1.5 (1)South Park Lands [34]
Saturday, 15 September Norwood 9.6 (9)def. South Adelaide 1.6 (1) Kensington Oval [35]
Bye
Port Adelaide

Round 19

Round 19
Saturday, 22 September Norwood 5.22 (5)def. Port Adelaide 1.7 (1) Kensington Oval [36]
Saturday, 22 September South Park 3.9 (3)def. North Adelaide 0.3 (0)Old Adelaide Ground (crowd: 200) [37]
Bye
South Adelaide

Round 20

Round 20
Saturday, 29 September (3:30 pm) Port Adelaide 0.11 (0)def. by South Adelaide 2.10 (2) Alberton Oval [38]
Bye
North Adelaide, Norwood, South Park

Ladder

1883 SAFA Ladder
TEAMPWLDGFBFGABAPtsAdj Pts
1 Norwood 1612315919225892525.00
2 Port Adelaide 1475233122291401618.29
3 South Park 1578031126331181414.93
4 South Adelaide 1667330113381021515.00
5 North Adelaide 15211218634617566.40
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 [39]

Note: South Park were ranked above South Adelaide on head-to-head record (2-1). The Victorian Football Club renamed itself North Adelaide at the beginning of the season but has no connection to the modern day North Adelaide Roosters.

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