1887 SAFA premiership season | |
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Teams | 7 |
Premiers | Norwood (7th premiership) |
Matches played | 55 |
Highest attendance | 11,000 (Round 8, Norwood vs. Port Adelaide) |
Leading goalkicker | Alf Bushby Port Adelaide (25 goals) |
The 1887 South Australian Football Association season was the 11th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.
1887 saw Gawler, Hotham and West Adelaide join the SAFA with the last of those bearing no relation to the modern day West Adelaide Bloods.
Round 1 | |||||
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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 | |||||
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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 | |||||
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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 | |||||
Round 4 | |||||
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Saturday, 28 May (3:04 pm) | South Adelaide 7.11 (7) | drew with | Norwood 7.11 (7) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 3,000) | [12] [13] |
Saturday, 28 May (3:25 pm) | West Adelaide 3.12 (3) | drew with | Gawler 3.4 (3) | Kensington Oval | [14] [15] |
Saturday, 28 May | Port Adelaide 7.15 (7) | def. | Hotham 1.6 (1) | Alberton Oval (crowd: 300) | [16] [17] |
Bye: Adelaide | |||||
Adelaide were on an interstate trip to Victoria to play their first ever game on the Melbourne Cricket Ground. |
Round 5 | |||||
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Saturday, 4 June (3:25 pm) | South Adelaide 5.20 (5) | def. | West Adelaide 1.8 (1) | Kensington Oval | [18] |
Saturday, 4 June (3:15 pm) | Norwood 7.15 | def. | Hotham 1.5 | Adelaide Oval | [19] |
Saturday, 4 June (3:30 pm) | Gawler 0.0 (0) | def. by | Port Adelaide 3.14 (3) | Gawler Oval (crowd: 150) | [20] |
Bye: Adelaide | |||||
Round 6 | |||||
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Saturday, 11 June (3:00 pm) | Adelaide 2.11 (2) | def. by | Port Adelaide 4.6 (4) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 4,000) | [21] |
Saturday, 11 June (3:25 pm) | Hotham 2.5 (2) | drew with | West Adelaide 2.4 (2) | Kensington Oval | [22] |
Saturday, 11 June | Gawler 1.2 (1) | def. by | South Adelaide 9.23 (9) | Gawler Oval (crowd: 75) | [23] [24] |
Bye: Norwood | |||||
Round 7 | |||||
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Saturday, 18 June (3:16 pm) | Norwood 8.21 (8) | def. | West Adelaide 1.1 (1) | Adelaide Oval | [25] |
Saturday, 18 June (3:35 pm) | South Adelaide 5.18 (5) | def. | Hotham 4.2 (4) | Kensington Oval (crowd: 200) | [26] |
Saturday, 18 June (3:30 pm) | Gawler 0.4 (0) | def. by | Adelaide 8.15 (8) | Gawler Oval | [27] |
Bye: Port Adelaide | |||||
Round 8 | |||||
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Monday, 20 June (3:00 pm) | Norwood 6.16 (6) | def. | Port Adelaide 4.3 (4) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 11,000) | [28] |
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Round 9 | |||||
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Saturday, 25 June (3:00 pm) | Adelaide 1.3 (1) | def. by | Norwood 5.15 (5) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 4,500) | [30] |
Saturday, 25 June (Time pm) | Port Adelaide 6.17 (6) | def. | Hotham 2.5 (2) | Alberton Oval (crowd: 300) | [31] |
Saturday, 25 June (Time pm) | South Adelaide 8.20 (8) | def. | West Adelaide 2.5 (2) | Kensington Oval (crowd: 250) | [32] |
Bye: Gawler | |||||
Round 10 | |||||
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Saturday, 2 July (3:00 pm) | South Adelaide 2.4 (2) | def. by | Norwood 6.6 (6) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 3,500) | [33] [34] |
Saturday, 2 July (3:10 pm) | Port Adelaide 3.10 (3) | def. by | Adelaide 4.1 (4) | Alberton Oval (crowd: 1,000) | [35] |
Saturday, 2 July (3.22 pm) | West Adelaide 0.3 (0) | def. by | Gawler 1.8 (1) | Kensington Oval (crowd: Attendance) | [36] |
Bye: Hotham | |||||
Round 11 | |||||
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Saturday, 23 July (3:15 pm) | Adelaide 3.12 (3) | drew with | South Adelaide 3.9 (3) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 2,000) | [37] |
Saturday, 23 July (Time pm) | Hotham 5.11 (5) | def. | West Adelaide 0.4 (0) | Kensington Oval | [38] |
Saturday, 23 July (3:11 pm) | Port Adelaide 4.1 (4) | drew with | Norwood 4.8 (4) | Alberton Oval (crowd: 3,500) | [39] |
Bye: Gawler | |||||
Round 12 | |||||
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Saturday, 30 July (3:15 pm) | Adelaide 5.16 (5) | def. | Hotham 0.3 (0) | Kensington Oval (crowd: 150) | [40] [41] |
Saturday, 30 July (3:30 pm) | Gawler 1.4 (1) | def. by | Norwood 7.15 (7) | Gawler Oval (crowd: 350) | [42] |
Saturday, 30 July (3:21 pm) | South Adelaide 6.8 (6) | def. by | Port Adelaide 8.3 (8) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 2,500) | [43] |
Bye: West Adelaide | |||||
Round 13 | |||||
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Saturday, 6 August (3:06 pm) | Adelaide 4.8 (4) | def. | Norwood 2.13 (2) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 4,000) | [44] |
Saturday, 6 August (3:20 pm) | Port Adelaide 11.29 (11) | def. | West Adelaide 1.3 (1) | Alberton Oval (crowd: 200) | [45] [46] |
Saturday, 6 August (3:30 pm) | South Adelaide 3.13 (3) | drew with | Hotham 3.4 (3) | Kensington Oval (crowd: 200) | [47] [48] |
Bye: Gawler | |||||
Round 14 | |||||
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Saturday, 13 August (3:15 pm) | Port Adelaide 6.14 (6) | def. | Adelaide 2.9 (2) | Alberton Oval (crowd: 3,000) | [49] |
Saturday, 13 August (3:00 pm) | South Adelaide 16.27 (16) | def. | Gawler 2.3 (2) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 400) | [50] [51] |
Saturday, 13 August (3:30 pm) | Norwood 14.26 (14) | def. | West Adelaide 0.0 (0) | Kensington Oval (crowd: 200) | [52] |
Bye: Hotham | |||||
Round 15 | |||||
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Saturday, 20 August (3:08 pm) | Norwood 5.11 (5) | def. | Port Adelaide 2.9 (2) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 8,000) | [53] |
Saturday, 20 August | South Adelaide 4.20 (4) | drew with | Hotham 4.7 (4) | Kensington Oval (crowd: 100) | [54] |
Bye: Gawler, West Adelaide, Adelaide | |||||
Round 16 | |||||
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Saturday, 27 August (3:00 pm) | South Adelaide 7.5 (7) | def. | Norwood 5.6 (5) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 3,000) | [55] [56] |
Saturday, 27 August (3:25 pm) | Adelaide 4.17 (4) | def. | Hotham 1.9 (1) | Kensington Oval | [57] [58] |
Saturday, 27 August (3:15 pm) | Port Adelaide 17.27 (17) | def. | West Adelaide 2.0 (2) | Alberton Oval (crowd: 200) | [59] [60] |
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 | |||||
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Thursday, 1 September (3:08 pm) | Adelaide 1.2 (1) | def. by | South Adelaide 6.2 (6) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 2,500) | [61] |
Round 18 | |||||
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Saturday, 3 September | Port Adelaide 11.11 (11) | def. | South Adelaide 4.8 (4) | Alberton Oval (crowd: 2,000) | [62] |
Saturday, 3 September (3:15 pm) | Adelaide 7.20 (7) | vs. | Gawler 1.4 (1) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 100) | [63] |
Saturday, 3 September | Norwood 14.20 (14) | def. | West Adelaide 0.1 (0) | Kensington Oval (crowd: 100) | [64] |
Bye: Hotham | |||||
Round 19 | |||||
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Saturday, 10 September | Norwood 8.23 (8) | def. | Hotham 0.4 (0) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 1,000) | [65] |
Saturday, 10 September (3:20 pm) | Adelaide 4.21 (4) | def. | West Adelaide 3.3 (3) | Kensington Oval | [66] [67] |
Bye: Port Adelaide, South Adelaide, Gawler | |||||
Round 20 | |||||
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Saturday, 17 September | Adelaide 4.7 (4) | def. by | Port Adelaide 5.12 (5) | Adelaide Oval | [68] |
Bye: South Adelaide, Norwood, Gawler, Hotham, West Adelaide | |||||
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TEAM | P | W | L | D | GF | BF | GA | BA | Pts | Adj Pts | ||||
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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 | [69] |
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