1884 SAFA season

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1884 SAFA premiership season
Port Adelaide 1884 Premiership Team.jpg
The Port Adelaide premiership team
Teams5
Premiers Port Adelaide
1st premiership
Leading goalkickerRobert Roy
Port Adelaide (22 Goals)
Matches played33
Highest6,000 (Round 8, Norwood vs. Port Adelaide)
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The 1884 South Australian Football Association season was the 8th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.

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Port Adelaide went on to record its 1st premiership and in doing so ended Norwood's run of 6 straight premierships.

The season would be the last of the South Park Football Club and the North Adelaide Football Club, previously known as the Victorian Football Club. It shares no relation to the modern day North Adelaide Roosters.

Premiership season

Round 1

Round 1
Saturday, 3 May (3:25 pm) Norwood 9.16 (9)def. South Park 2.6 (2) Adelaide Oval [1]
Saturday, 3 May (3:30 pm) North Adelaide 2.3 (2)def. by South Adelaide 3.12 (3) Kensington Oval [2]

Round 2

Round 2
Saturday, 10 May (3:20 pm) South Adelaide 4.9 (4)def. Norwood 3.5 (3) Adelaide Oval [3]
Saturday, 10 May (3:30 pm) North Adelaide 0.3 (0)def. by Port Adelaide 3.12 (3) Kensington Oval [4]

Round 3

Round 3
Saturday, 17 May (3:00 pm) Port Adelaide 2.10 (2)def. by Norwood 3.15 (3) Alberton Oval [5]
Saturday, 17 May (3:30 pm) South Adelaide 8.9 (8)def. South Park 0.3 (0) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 350) [6]

Round 4

Round 4
Saturday, 24 May (3:30 pm) Port Adelaide 4.5 (4)drew with South Adelaide 4.2 (4) Alberton Oval (crowd: 900) [7]
Saturday, 24 May (4:00 pm) North Adelaide 1.5 (1)drew with South Park 1.6 (1) Kensington Oval [8]

Round 5

Round 5
Saturday, 31 May (3:30 pm) South Park 2.3 (2)def. by Port Adelaide 3.14 (3) Adelaide Oval [9]
Saturday, 31 May (3:30 pm) North Adelaide 1.1 (1)def. by South Adelaide 6.18 (6) Kensington Oval [10]

Round 6

Round 6
Saturday, 7 June (3:30 pm) Norwood 3.20 (3)def. North Adelaide 0.5 (0) Adelaide Oval [11]
Saturday, 7 June (3:25 pm) South Adelaide 5.11 (5)def. South Park 2.6 (2) Kensington Oval [12]

Round 7

Round 7
Saturday, 14 June (3:15 pm) Norwood 6.15 (6)def. South Adelaide 3.11 (3) Adelaide Oval [13]
Saturday, 14 June Port Adelaide 10.15 (10)def. North Adelaide 1.? (1) Alberton Oval [14]

Round 8

Round 8
Friday, 20 June (2:58 pm) Norwood 3.3 (3)drew with Port Adelaide 3.17 (3) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 6,000) [15]

Round 9

Round 9
Saturday, 5 July (3:20 pm) Norwood 6.16 (6)def. North Adelaide 0.6 (0) Adelaide Oval [16]
Saturday, 5 July Port Adelaide 11.18 (11)def. South Park 1.4 (1) Alberton Oval [17]

Round 10

Round 10
Saturday, 26 July South Adelaide 7.6 (7)def. by Port Adelaide 9.6 (9) Adelaide Oval [18]
Saturday, 26 July (3:20 pm) Norwood 8.19 (8)def. South Park 0.5 (0) Kensington Oval (crowd: 100) [19]

Round 11

Round 11
Saturday, 2 August (3:20 pm) Port Adelaide 8.11 (8)def. Norwood 3.10 (3) Alberton Oval [20]
Saturday, 2 August South Adelaide 8.17 (8)def. North Adelaide 1.8 (1) Adelaide Oval [21]

Round 12

Round 12
Saturday, 9 August (3:15 pm) South Adelaide 2.12 (2)def. by Norwood 3.9 (3) Kensington Oval (crowd: 850) [22]
Saturday, 9 August (3:50 pm) Port Adelaide 4.13 (4)def. North Adelaide 0.2 (2) Alberton Oval [23]

Round 13

Round 13
Saturday, 30 August Norwood 0.11 (0)def. by Port Adelaide 3.15 (3) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 5,000) [24]
Saturday, 30 August South Adelaide 5.18 (5)def. South Park 3.2 (3) Kensington Oval (crowd: 40) [25]
  • This was the first time Port Adelaide beat Norwood twice in once season and in consecutive encounters.
  • A game was played between Norwood and South Adelaide on Monday 1 September which was a public holiday. The game did not count to the Association premiership. Norwood 2.6 defeated South Adelaide 1.6 Crowd 2000 [26]

Round 14

Round 14
Saturday, 6 September (3:00 pm) South Park 3.10 (3)def. North Adelaide 0.6 (0) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 300) [27]
Saturday, 6 September (Time pm) Port Adelaide 2.12 (2)def. South Adelaide 1.8 (1) Alberton Oval (crowd: 1,000) [28]

Round 15

Round 15
Saturday, 13 September Norwood 2.10 (2)def. by North Adelaide 4.4 (4) Kensington Oval [29]
Saturday, 13 September South Park 0.4 (4)def. by Port Adelaide 12.23 (12) Adelaide Oval [30]

Round 16

Round 16
Saturday, 20 September (Time pm) South Adelaide 4.9 (4)def. Port Adelaide 1.4 (1) Kensington Oval [31]
  • South Park forfeited its scheduled game for the Saturday 20 September against Norwood at Adelaide Oval. [32]

Round 17

Round 17
Saturday, 27 September (3:35 pm) Norwood 7.7 (7)def. North Adelaide 1.7 (1) Kensington Oval [33]
  • South Park forfeited its game scheduled for the Saturday 27 September against Port Adelaide at Alberton Oval. [34]

Win/Loss table

+WinQualified for finals
-LossXBye
DrawEliminated

X – Bye
Opponent for round listed above margin

Team1234567891011121314151617Ladder
Port AdelaideXNthA
3		Nor
1		SthA
0		SP
1		XNthA
9		Nor
0		SP
10		SthA
2		Nor
5		NthA
4		Nor
3		SthA
1		SP
12		SthA
3		SP
DNP		1
NorwoodSP
7		SthA
1		Port
1		XXNthA
3		SthA
3		Port
0		NthA
6		SP
8		Port
5		SthA
1		Port
3		XNthA
2		SP
DNP		NthA
6		2
South AdelaideNthA
1		Nor
1		SP
8		Port
0		NthA
5		SP
3		Nor
3		XXPort
2		NthA
8		Nor
1		SP
2		Port
1		XPort
3		X3
South ParkNor
7		XSthA
8		NthA
0		Port
1		SthA
3		XXPort
10		Nor
8		XXSthA
2		NthA
3		Port
12		Nor
DNP		Port
DNP		4
North AdelaideSthA
1		Port
3		XSP
0		SthA
5		Nor
3		Port
9		XNor
6		XSthA
8		Port
4		XSP
3		Nor
2		XNor
6		5
TeamLadder

Ladder

1884 SAFA Ladder
TEAMPWLDGFBFGABAPtsAdj Pts
1 Port Adelaide (P)1511227317329742424.00
2 Norwood 1494156156321161920.36
3 South Adelaide 138416013837731719.62
4 South Park 12110114476213933.75
5 North Adelaide 12110111455415733.75
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, GF = Goals For, BF = Behinds For, GA = Goals Against, BA = Behinds Against, Pts = Points, Adj Pts = Points adjusted for match ratio, (P) = Premiers [35]

Note: Norwood were ranked ahead of South Adelaide on head-to-head record (2-1), and South Park were ranked ahead of North Adelaide on head-to-head record (1-0-1).

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