North Adelaide District Football Association

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The North Adelaide District Football Association (NADFA) was an Australian rules football competition based in the northern and north-eastern suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia until it merged with the East Torrens Football Association to form the Norwood-North Football Association at the end of the 1968 season. [1] It was formed in 1921 under the patronage of the North Adelaide Football Club with complete control over its own affairs. [2]

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The association came into controversy in 1927 when a player, J. Warming, was not permitted to play for league club West Adelaide due to a 12-month suspension received for striking an umpire whilst playing within the North Adelaide District Association. [3]

Member Clubs

ClubYears ParticipatingNotes
Albert Druids 1968
ANZ Bank1958-59 [1]
British Tube Mills1941
Broadview 1928-63 [1] [4]
College Park1949
Enfield1952-53
Excelsior1937
Ferryden Park 1965-67 [5]
Gaza 1921-61 [6] [7]
Gepps Cross1952-68
Greenacres 1965-68Super Elliotts (1948-54? [8] ), Colts only 1965-66 [9]
Hope Valley 1922-29, [1] 1949-68Hope Valley United (1949)
Islington United1921-24 [6]
Kangaroos1922
Kilburn 1921-57 [10] Chicago (1925–32)
Mitcham 1921 [1] [6]
Modbury 1947-50, [1] 1954-58, 1963-68
North Adelaide Central1935-48
North Adelaide Colts1938
North Adelaide Ramblers1921-41 [6]
Parafield Air Force1940
Pooraka 1921, [6] 1938, 1964-68Abattoirs (1938, 1964–67)
Prospect1923-64 [1] [11]
R.A.A.F.1941
SA Central1936-50
St Dominic's 1954-62 [1] [12] North Adelaide YCW (1954–61) [13]
St Raphael's 1968
Tea Tree Gully 1955-56
Thompson Memorial1947-52
Walkerville 1921-35, [6] [14] 1948, 1952
West Croydon 1965-68
Wingfield1954-68

Premierships

YearA1A2
1921Mitcham [15]
1922Walkerville
1923Prospect [16] [17]
1924Prospect [17] [18]
1925Prospect [17]
1926Gaza [19]
1927Prospect [20]
1928Chicago [21] [22]
1929Walkerville
1930Broadview
1931Walkerville [23]
1932Walkerville [24]
1933Kilburn [22] [25]
1934Kilburn [22] [26]
1935Kilburn [22] [27]
1936Prospect [28]
1937Kilburn [22] [29]
1938Kilburn [22]
1939Kilburn [22] [30]
1940Kilburn [22] [31]
1941North Adelaide Central [32]
1942-45In Recess
1946Kilburn [22]
1947Kilburn [22]
1948Broadview [1] [33]
1949Brunswick [34] College Park [35]
1950Thompson Memorial [36] North Adelaide Central [37]
1951Thompson Memorial [38] Gaza [38]
1952Thompson Memorial [39] Super Elliott [39]
1953Enfield [40] North Adelaide Central undefeated [40] [41]
1954Broadview [42] Hope Valley [42]
1955Thompson Memorial
1956Kilburn
1957KilburnWingfield
1958Thompson MemorialWingfield
1959 North Adelaide Y.C.W.
1960 North Adelaide Y.C.W.
1961Prospect
1962
1963BroadviewModbury
1964Thompson Memorial
1965Gepps Cross [43] Ferryden Park
1966Thompson Memorial
1967Modbury [1]
1968Modbury [1]

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