1896 SAFA season

1896 SAFA premiership season
Premiers	South Adelaide 5th premiership
Leading goalkicker	Jack Kay South Adelaide (25 goals)
Matches played	40
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The 1896 South Australian Football Association season was the 20th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.

During the 1896 season a rule was introduced for North Adelaide and the Natives (renamed West Torrens for the 1897 season) allowing them to field an extra three players to be more competitive with the three more established clubs. ^[1] The Native team played the majority of their games at Kensington despite many of their players living in the Port area.| ^[2]

Ladder

1896 SAFA Ladder
	TEAM	P	W	L	D	GF	BF	GA	BA	Pts
1	South Adelaide	18	16	0	2	128	134	60	86	34
2	Norwood	18	10	6	2	104	144	71	112	22
3	North Adelaide	16	5	10	1	52	105	80	118	11
4	Natives	16	4	10	2	44	81	77	118	10
5	Port Adelaide	18	4	13	1	66	118	101	143	9
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, GF = Goals For, BF = Behinds For, GA = Goals Against, BA = Behinds Against, (P) = Premiers										[3]

Notes – South Adelaide, Norwood and Port Adelaide played each other 5 times but only 4 times against North Adelaide and Natives.
North Adelaide and Natives forfeited to South Adelaide once each.

References

1. "FOOTBALL". Evening Journal . Vol. XXVIII, no. 7977. South Australia. 1 June 1896. p. 3 (ONE O'CLOCK EDITION). Retrieved 19 July 2019– via National Library of Australia.
2. "FOOTBALL. RETROSPECT OF THE SEASON". Adelaide Observer . 19 September 1896. p. 45. Retrieved 23 December 2014– via National Library of Australia.
3. "FOOTBALL. RETROSPECT OF THE SEASON". Adelaide Observer . 19 September 1896. p. 45. Retrieved 23 December 2014– via National Library of Australia.