1887 SAFA premiership season | |
---|---|
Teams | 7 |
Premiers | Norwood 7th premiership |
Leading goalkicker | Alf Bushby Port Adelaide (25 goals) |
Matches played | 55 |
Highest | 11,000 (Round 8, Norwood vs. Port Adelaide) |
The 1887 South Australian Football Association season was the 11th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.
On 15 March 1887 the West Torrens Football Club held a meeting at the Foundry Hotel, Hindley Street in Adelaide where it decided to change the name of the club to West Adelaide and apply for inclusion in the upcoming 1887 SAFA season. The Club has previously applied to join in 1879.
1887 saw Gawler Albions, Hotham and West Adelaide join the SAFA with the last of those bearing no relation to the modern day West Adelaide Bloods.
Round 1 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Saturday, 7 May (3:10 pm) | Adelaide 7.19 (7) | def. | Hotham 3.7 (3) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 1,500) | [1] [2] |
Saturday, 7 May (3:25 pm) | Norwood 9.23 (9) | def. | West Adelaide 0.0 (0) | Kensington Oval | [3] |
Saturday, 7 May (Time pm) | Port Adelaide 12.28 (12) | def. | Gawler 0.1 (0) | Alberton Oval (crowd: 800) | [4] [5] |
Bye South Adelaide | |||||
Round 2 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Saturday, 14 May (Time pm) | Adelaide 3.12 (3) | drew with | South Adelaide 3.4 (3) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 2,300) | [6] |
Saturday, 14 May (Time pm) | Port Adelaide 3.22 (3) | def. | West Adelaide 0.2 (0) | Alberton Oval (crowd: 600) | [7] |
Saturday, 14 May (3:15 pm) | Norwood 6.14 (6) | def. | Hotham 0.2 (0) | Kensington Oval | [8] |
Bye Gawler | |||||
Round 3 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Saturday, 21 May (3:15 pm) | Port Adelaide 3.4 (3) | drew with | Norwood 3.7 (3) | Alberton Oval (crowd: 3,000) | [9] |
Saturday, 21 May (3:10 pm) | South Adelaide 9.21 (9) | def. | Hotham 6.5 (6) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 1,000) | [10] |
Saturday, 21 May (3:10 pm) | Adelaide 9.21 (9) | def. | West Adelaide 0.1 (0) | Kensington Oval (crowd: 100) | [11] |
Bye Gawler | |||||
Fixtures Tuesday May 24.- Adelaide v. Norwood, at Adelaide Oval; Port v. South Adelaide, at Alberton; Gawler v. Hotham, at Gawler. [12] |
Round 4 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Saturday, 28 May (3:04 pm) | South Adelaide 7.11 (7) | drew with | Norwood 7.11 (7) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 3,000) | [13] [14] |
Saturday, 28 May (3:25 pm) | West Adelaide 3.12 (3) | drew with | Gawler 3.4 (3) | Kensington Oval | [15] [16] |
Saturday, 28 May | Port Adelaide 7.15 (7) | def. | Hotham 1.6 (1) | Alberton Oval (crowd: 300) | [17] [18] |
Bye Adelaide | |||||
Adelaide were on an interstate trip to Victoria to play their first ever game on the Melbourne Cricket Ground. |
Round 5 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Saturday, 4 June (3:25 pm) | South Adelaide 5.20 (5) | def. | West Adelaide 1.8 (1) | Kensington Oval | [19] |
Saturday, 4 June (3:15 pm) | Norwood 7.15 | def. | Hotham 1.5 | Adelaide Oval | [20] |
Saturday, 4 June (3:30 pm) | Gawler 0.0 (0) | def. by | Port Adelaide 3.14 (3) | Gawler Oval (crowd: 150) | [21] |
Bye Adelaide | |||||
Round 6 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Saturday, 11 June (3:00 pm) | Adelaide 2.11 (2) | def. by | Port Adelaide 4.6 (4) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 4,000) | [22] |
Saturday, 11 June (3:25 pm) | Hotham 2.5 (2) | drew with | West Adelaide 2.4 (2) | Kensington Oval | [23] |
Saturday, 11 June | Gawler 1.2 (1) | def. by | South Adelaide 9.23 (9) | Gawler Oval (crowd: 75) | [24] [25] |
Bye Norwood | |||||
Round 7 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Saturday, 18 June (3:16 pm) | Norwood 8.21 (8) | def. | West Adelaide 1.1 (1) | Adelaide Oval | [26] |
Saturday, 18 June (3:35 pm) | South Adelaide 5.18 (5) | def. | Hotham 4.2 (4) | Kensington Oval (crowd: 200) | [27] |
Saturday, 18 June (3:30 pm) | Gawler 0.4 (0) | def. by | Adelaide 8.15 (8) | Gawler Oval | [28] |
Bye Port Adelaide | |||||
Round 8 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Monday, 20 June (3:00 pm) | Norwood 6.16 (6) | def. | Port Adelaide 4.3 (4) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 11,000) | [29] |
|
Round 9 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Saturday, 25 June (3:00 pm) | Adelaide 1.3 (1) | def. by | Norwood 5.15 (5) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 4,500) | [31] |
Saturday, 25 June (Time pm) | Port Adelaide 6.17 (6) | def. | Hotham 2.5 (2) | Alberton Oval (crowd: 300) | [32] |
Saturday, 25 June (Time pm) | South Adelaide 8.20 (8) | def. | West Adelaide 2.5 (2) | Kensington Oval (crowd: 250) | [33] |
Bye Gawler | |||||
Round 10 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Saturday, 2 July (3:00 pm) | South Adelaide 2.4 (2) | def. by | Norwood 6.6 (6) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 3,500) | [34] [35] |
Saturday, 2 July (3:10 pm) | Port Adelaide 3.10 (3) | def. by | Adelaide 4.1 (4) | Alberton Oval (crowd: 1,000) | [36] |
Saturday, 2 July (3.22 pm) | West Adelaide 0.3 (0) | def. by | Gawler 1.8 (1) | Kensington Oval (crowd: Attendance) | [37] |
Bye Hotham | |||||
Round 11 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Saturday, 23 July (3:15 pm) | Adelaide 3.12 (3) | drew with | South Adelaide 3.9 (3) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 2,000) | [38] |
Saturday, 23 July (Time pm) | Hotham 5.11 (5) | def. | West Adelaide 0.4 (0) | Kensington Oval | [39] |
Saturday, 23 July (3:11 pm) | Port Adelaide 4.1 (4) | drew with | Norwood 4.8 (4) | Alberton Oval (crowd: 3,500) | [40] |
Bye Gawler | |||||
Round 12 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Saturday, 30 July (3:15 pm) | Adelaide 5.16 (5) | def. | Hotham 0.3 (0) | Kensington Oval (crowd: 150) | [41] [42] |
Saturday, 30 July (3:30 pm) | Gawler 1.4 (1) | def. by | Norwood 7.15 (7) | Gawler Oval (crowd: 350) | [43] |
Saturday, 30 July (3:21 pm) | South Adelaide 6.8 (6) | def. by | Port Adelaide 8.3 (8) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 2,500) | [44] |
Bye West Adelaide | |||||
Round 13 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Saturday, 6 August (3:06 pm) | Adelaide 4.8 (4) | def. | Norwood 2.13 (2) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 4,000) | [45] |
Saturday, 6 August (3:20 pm) | Port Adelaide 11.29 (11) | def. | West Adelaide 1.3 (1) | Alberton Oval (crowd: 200) | [46] [47] |
Saturday, 6 August (3:30 pm) | South Adelaide 3.13 (3) | drew with | Hotham 3.4 (3) | Kensington Oval (crowd: 200) | [48] [49] |
Bye Gawler | |||||
Round 14 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Saturday, 13 August (3:15 pm) | Port Adelaide 6.14 (6) | def. | Adelaide 2.9 (2) | Alberton Oval (crowd: 3,000) | [50] |
Saturday, 13 August (3:00 pm) | South Adelaide 16.27 (16) | def. | Gawler 2.3 (2) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 400) | [51] [52] |
Saturday, 13 August (3:30 pm) | Norwood 14.26 (14) | def. | West Adelaide 0.0 (0) | Kensington Oval (crowd: 200) | [53] |
Bye Hotham | |||||
Round 15 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Saturday, 20 August (3:08 pm) | Norwood 5.11 (5) | def. | Port Adelaide 2.9 (2) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 8,000) | [54] |
Saturday, 20 August | South Adelaide 4.20 (4) | drew with | Hotham 4.7 (4) | Kensington Oval (crowd: 100) | [55] |
Bye Gawler, West Adelaide, Adelaide | |||||
Round 16 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Saturday, 27 August (3:00 pm) | South Adelaide 7.5 (7) | def. | Norwood 5.6 (5) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 3,000) | [56] [57] |
Saturday, 27 August (3:25 pm) | Adelaide 4.17 (4) | def. | Hotham 1.9 (1) | Kensington Oval | [58] [59] |
Saturday, 27 August (3:15 pm) | Port Adelaide 17.27 (17) | def. | West Adelaide 2.0 (2) | Alberton Oval (crowd: 200) | [60] [61] |
Bye Gawler | |||||
Port Adelaide's score of 17.27 (17) was the highest total ever at the time in South Australian league football. |
Round 17 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Thursday, 1 September (3:08 pm) | Adelaide 1.2 (1) | def. by | South Adelaide 6.2 (6) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 2,500) | [62] |
Round 18 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Saturday, 3 September | Port Adelaide 11.11 (11) | def. | South Adelaide 4.8 (4) | Alberton Oval (crowd: 2,000) | [63] |
Saturday, 3 September (3:15 pm) | Adelaide 7.20 (7) | v | Gawler 1.4 (1) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 100) | [64] |
Saturday, 3 September | Norwood 14.20 (14) | def. | West Adelaide 0.1 (0) | Kensington Oval (crowd: 100) | [65] |
Bye Hotham | |||||
Round 19 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Saturday, 10 September | Norwood 8.23 (8) | def. | Hotham 0.4 (0) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 1,000) | [66] |
Saturday, 10 September (3:20 pm) | Adelaide 4.21 (4) | def. | West Adelaide 3.3 (3) | Kensington Oval | [67] [68] |
Bye Port Adelaide, South Adelaide, Gawler | |||||
Round 20 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Saturday, 17 September | Adelaide 4.7 (4) | def. by | Port Adelaide 5.12 (5) | Adelaide Oval | [69] |
Bye South Adelaide, Norwood, Gawler, Hotham, West Adelaide | |||||
| ||||||||||||||
TEAM | P | W | L | D | GF | BF | GA | BA | Pts | Adj Pts | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Norwood | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 119 | 257 | 40 | 73 | 28 | 28.00 | |||
2 | Port Adelaide | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 110 | 220 | 46 | 103 | 26 | 27.53 | |||
3 | Adelaide | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 67 | 195 | 43 | 109 | 21 | 23.63 | |||
4 | South Adelaide | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 102 | 221 | 72 | 101 | 20 | 21.18 | |||
5 | Hotham | 15 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 37 | 98 | 77 | 227 | 8 | 9.60 | |||
6 | Gawler | 11 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 48 | 72 | 197 | 3 | 4.91 | |||
7 | West Adelaide | 16 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 18 | 52 | 114 | 288 | 4 | 4.50 | |||
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 | [70] |
Notes: Programme was arranged by the individual clubs hence the uneven number of games played. At the end of the season Port Adelaide requested to play an additional game against Hotham but it was rejected by the Association. They also requested to play Norwood in a premiership playoff. Norwood and Port Adelaide had played each other 4 times with the result being 2 wins and 2 draws in favour of Norwood. The premiership hence was awarded to Norwood.
The South Australian National Football League, or SANFL, is an Australian rules football league based in the Australian state of South Australia. It is also the state's governing body for the sport.
The Adelaide Oval is a sports ground in Adelaide in the state of South Australia. It is located in the parklands between the city centre and North Adelaide. The venue is predominantly used for cricket and Australian rules football, but has also played host to rugby league, rugby union, soccer, and tennis, as well as regularly being used to hold concerts.
Sampson Hosking was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the South Australian Football League (SAFL). He was twice a recipient of the Magarey Medal, an individual award given in recognition of being the best and fairest player in the SAFL. After his playing career Hosking was also an accomplished football coach successfully leading Port Adelaide and the West Torrens Football Club to a combined six premierships. In 1929 he was described in the Register as "one of the most prominent figures in the game during the past 20 years. Combining exceptional pace with a football brain of rare fertility".
The Adelaide Football Club, often referred to as the Old Adelaide Football Club, was an Australian rules football club based in Adelaide. Founded on 26 April 1860, it was the first football club formed in South Australia.
William Harold Oliver was an Australian rules footballer. Harold Oliver was a key player to some of South Australian football's most successful teams. He starred in South Australia's victorious 1911 Australian football championship along with Port Adelaide's 1914 "Invincibles" team. After being close to retiring from the game after World War I, he returned to captain both Port Adelaide to the 1921 SAFL premiership and South Australia in a game against Western Australia. His reputation as an early exponent of the spectacular mark—along with his general skill at playing the game—saw him regarded as one of the best players South Australia has produced.
The Jubilee Oval was a sporting ground created in 1895 between the Jubilee Exhibition Building and the River Torrens. It was located next to the railway station at the end of the Jubilee Exhibition Railway line, which operated from 1887 to 1927. It incorporated a (banked) cycle racing track, and a new grandstand and seating on the mound were built in 1896.
The 1914 South Australian Football League season was the 38th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.
The 1879 South Australian Football Association season was the 3rd season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.
The 1880 South Australian Football Association season was the 4th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.
The 1881 South Australian Football Association season was the 5th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia. The premiership season began on Saturday 7 May.
The 1882 South Australian Football Association season was the 6th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia. The season began on Saturday 6 May.
The 1884 South Australian Football Association season was the 8th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.
The 1885 South Australian Football Association season was the 9th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.
The 1886 South Australian Football Association season was the 10th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.
The 1888 South Australian Football Association season was the 12th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia. The Norwood Football Club won their 8th premiership by winning 1 premiership point, or a half a win, more than Port Adelaide.
The 1889 South Australian Football Association season was the 13th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.
The 1890 South Australian Football Association season was the 14th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.
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.
The North Adelaide Football Club (1888) originally known as the Hotham Football Club prior to 1888 was an Australian rules football club based in North Adelaide, South Australia. It participated in the South Australian Football Association in 1887 SAFA season and 1888 SAFA season playing most of its matches at Kensington and Adelaide Ovals.
The West Adelaide Football Club (1878–1887), previously known as the West Torrens Football Club, was an Australian rules football club that participated in the South Australian Football Association during the 1887 SAFA season.