1893 SAFA season

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1893 SAFA premiership season
South Adelaide Football Club 1893.jpg
South Adelaide, premiers
Teams5
Premiers South Adelaide
4th premiership
Leading goalkicker Anthony Daly
Norwood (88 goals)
Matches played43
Highest10,000 (30 August, South Adelaide vs. Norwood) [1]
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The 1893 South Australian Football Association season was the 17th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.

Contents

Medindie Football Club (nickname Dingoes), which joined the SAFA in 1888, were renamed North Adelaide Football Club on 14 March 1893, at a meeting held at Temperance Hall, North Adelaide. [2]

Adelaide and Eastbourne Junior Club Merger

The annual meeting of the Eastbourne Football Club was held on March 17, and the secretary in his report stated that they had attained the premiership of the City and Suburban Football Association for 1892, having; played 15 matches, won 12, and drawn 3. During the business a discussion took place as to joining the senior Association, and resulted in a sub-committee being elected to work the matter up by the next meeting. [3]

The Adelaide Football Club, which were Premiers in 1886, and had joined in 1885 after a merger of North Adelaide Juniors and North Park from the Adelaide and Suburban Association, merged with the Eastbourne Football Club, 1891 and 1892 Premiers of the City and Suburban Association, for the 1893 Season. [4] This would be the Adelaide Club's last season as they resigned from the senior Association before the commencement of the 1894 season and folded.

From this point forward, no clubs have left since joining: while Woodville and West Torrens merged in 1991, the SANFL considers Woodville-West Torrens to be a continuation of both Woodville and West Torrens; thus, the Adelaide Football Club which joined in 1885 is the last SANFL team to fold as of 2025.

Premiership season

Round 1

Round 1
Saturday, 6 May Norwood 12.27 (12)def. Adelaide 1.3 (1) Kensington Oval [5]
Saturday, 6 May Port Adelaide 13.18 (13)def. North Adelaide 2.1 (2) Adelaide Oval [5]
Bye
South Adelaide

Round 2

Round 2
Saturday, 13 May Norwood 21.14 (21)def. North Adelaide 1.2 (1) Kensington Oval (crowd: 100) [6]
Saturday, 13 May South Adelaide 21.21 (21)def. Adelaide 0.0 (0) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 700) [6]
Bye
Port Adelaide

Round 3

Round 3
Saturday, 20 May Norwood 3.11 (3)def. by South Adelaide 7.10 (7) Adelaide Oval [7]
Saturday, 20 May Port Adelaide 9.11 (9)def. Adelaide 0.4 (0) Alberton Oval [7]
Bye
North Adelaide

Round 4

Round 4
Wednesday, 24 May (10am) North Adelaide 4.8 (4)def. Adelaide 3.2 (3) Adelaide Oval [8]
Wednesday, 24 May (3pm) Port Adelaide 8.5 (8)def. South Adelaide 4.6 (4) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 8,000) [9]
Bye
Norwood

Round 5

Round 5
Saturday, 27 May Norwood 30.11 (30)def. Adelaide 0.1 (0) Adelaide Oval [10]
Saturday, 27 May Port Adelaide 9.10 (9)def. North Adelaide 2.3 (2) Alberton Oval [11]
Bye
South Adelaide
  • The Advertiser reported Port Adelaide's score as 9 goals 8 behinds. [12]

Round 6

Round 6
Saturday, 3 June Norwood 6.8 (6)def. Port Adelaide 5.4 (5) Adelaide Oval [13]
Saturday, 3 June South Adelaide 9.16 (9)def. North Adelaide 2.2 (2) Kensington Oval [14]
Bye
Adelaide
  • The Advertiser reported South Adelaide's score as 9 goals 15 behinds. [15]

Round 7

Round 7
Saturday, 17 June Norwood 6.3 (6)drew with South Adelaide 6.3 (6) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 5,000) [16]
Saturday, 17 June Port Adelaide 12.15 (12)def. Adelaide 1.0 (1) Alberton Oval [17]
Bye
North Adelaide

Round 8

Round 8
Tuesday, 20 June (10am) Adelaide 2.2 (2)def. North Adelaide 0.7 (0) Adelaide Oval [18]
Tuesday, 20 June (3pm) Port Adelaide 4.5 (4)def. by Norwood 5.9 (5) Adelaide Oval [19]
Bye
South Adelaide

Round 9

Round 9
Saturday, 24 June Norwood 11.9 (11)def. North Adelaide 1.4 (1) Adelaide Oval [20]
Saturday, 24 June South Adelaide 14.10 (14)def. Adelaide 3.6 (3) Kensington Oval [21]
Bye
Port Adelaide

Round 10

Round 10
Saturday, 1 July Port Adelaide 5.3 (5)def. Norwood 1.5 (1) Adelaide Oval (crowd:  6,000) [22]
Bye
Adelaide, North Adelaide, South Adelaide
  • The Advertiser reported Norwood's score as 1 goal 6 behinds. [23]

Round 11

Round 11
Saturday, 8 July North Adelaide 5.6 (5)def. Adelaide 1.5 (1) Kensington Oval [24]
Saturday, 8 July South Adelaide 8.8 (8)def. Port Adelaide 4.6 (4) Kensington Oval (crowd: 5,000) [25]
Bye
Norwood
  • The Advertiser reported North Adelaide's score as 5 goal 4 behinds. [26]

Round 12

Round 12
Saturday, 15 July North Adelaide 3.3 (3)def. by South Adelaide 11.11 (11) Adelaide Oval [27]
Saturday, 15 July Port Adelaide 14.22 (14)def. Adelaide 2.4 (2) Kensington Oval [28]
Bye
Norwood
  • The Advertiser reported the score of the Port Adelaide v. Adelaide match as 13.16 to 2.3. [29]

Round 13

Round 13
Saturday, 22 July Norwood 5.5 (5)drew with South Adelaide 5.15 (5) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 5,000) [30]
Saturday, 22 July Port Adelaide 23.25 (23)def. Adelaide 2.0 (2) Alberton Oval [31]
Bye
North Adelaide

Round 14

Round 14
Saturday, 29 July Norwood 10.8 (10)def. North Adelaide 5.8 (5) Kensington Oval (crowd: 100) [32]
Saturday, 29 July South Adelaide 7.4 (7)def. Port Adelaide 5.4 (5) Adelaide Oval [33]
Bye
Adelaide

Round 15

Round 15
Saturday, 5 August Norwood 8.5 (8)def. Port Adelaide 6.4 (6) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 5,000) [34]
Saturday, 5 August South Adelaide 9.5 (9)def. North Adelaide 2.3 (2) Kensington Oval [35]
Bye
Adelaide

Round 16

Round 16
Saturday, 12 August Norwood 20.14 (20)def. Adelaide 2.6 (2) Kensington Oval [36]
Saturday, 12 August Port Adelaide 6.5 (6)def. North Adelaide 5.5 (5) Adelaide Oval [37]
Bye
South Adelaide

Round 17

Round 17
Saturday, 19 August South Adelaide 9.18 (9)def. Adelaide 3.0 (3) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 50) [38]
Bye
North Adelaide, Norwood, Port Adelaide

Round 18

Round 18
Saturday, 26 August North Adelaide 5.10 (5)def. Adelaide 1.4 (1) Kensington Oval [39]
Saturday, 26 August South Adelaide 6.5 (6)def. Port Adelaide 5.5 (5) Adelaide Oval [40]
Bye
Norwood
  • The Advertiser reported North Adelaide's score as 4 goals 10 behinds. [41]

Round 19

Round 19
Friday, 1 September South Adelaide 10.14 (10)def. Norwood 9.4 (9) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 10,000) [42]
Bye
Adelaide, North Adelaide, Port Adelaide

Round 20

Round 20
Saturday, 2 September Norwood 14.8 (14)def. North Adelaide 6.6 (6) Adelaide Oval [43]
Saturday, 2 September South Adelaide def. Adelaide
Bye
Port Adelaide
  • Adelaide forfeited their scheduled game against South Adelaide

Round 21

Round 21
Saturday, 9 September Norwood 29.12 (29)def. Adelaide 2.4 (2) Kensington Oval [44]
Saturday, 9 September Port Adelaide 11.10 (11)def. North Adelaide 0.2 (0) Adelaide Oval [45]
Bye
South Adelaide

Round 22

Round 22
Saturday, 16 September South Adelaide 6.10 (6)drew with Port Adelaide 6.6 (6) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 2,000) [46]
Bye
Adelaide, North Adelaide, Norwood
  • The draw in this game secured the premiership for South Adelaide

Round 23

Round 23
Saturday, 23 September Norwood 7.10 (7)drew with Port Adelaide 7.3 (7) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 1,500) [47]
Saturday, 23 September South Adelaide 16.21 (16)def. North Adelaide 0.2 (0) Kensington Oval [48]
Bye
Adelaide

Round 24

Round 24
Saturday, 30 September South Adelaide 5.6 (5)def. by Norwood 6.7 (6) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 1,000) [49]
Bye
Adelaide, North Adelaide, Port Adelaide

Ladder

1893 SAFA Ladder
TEAMPWLDGFBFGABAPts
1 South Adelaide (P)181323154182687429
2 Norwood 1812332031707810127
3 Port Adelaide 181062150163738822
4 North Adelaide 16313043721471486
5 Adelaide 16115023412072172
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, GF = Goals For, BF = Behinds For, GA = Goals Against, BA = Behinds Against, (P) = Premiers [50]

References

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  2. ↑ "Football". Evening Journal (Adelaide, Sa : 1869 – 1912). 15 March 1893. p. 2.
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