North Adelaide Football Club (1881–1888)

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Hotham Football Club
Names
Full nameHotham Football Club
Club details
Founded1879
Dissolved22 March 1889 (Merged)
Colours  Red and   White
(Blue Hoop added in 1888)
CompetitionAdelaide and Suburban Association 1885-86
South Australian Football Association 1887-88
PremiershipsAdelaide and Suburban Association 1885, 1886


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. [1]

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Early History (1879 - 1885)

First recorded games of a club called Hotham were in 1879 against teams called Locomotives and St Peter's Cathedral. [2] [3] [4]

An Annual General meeting was held at Wednesday 16 March 1881 at Princess Royal Hotel, North Adelaide during which it was agreed that they retain their Dark Blue Colours from the previous season. [5]

At an Annual General meeting held on 7 April 1884 of the Hotham and Triton Football Clubs it was agreed that the Clubs would merge under the Hothams. [6]

At annual general meeting held at Huntsman Hotel, North Adelaide, on 4 March 1885, it was reported out of 12 games – there were 5 wins and 7 losses. [7]

Adelaide and Suburban Association Premiers 1885-1886

The club was premiers of the Adelaide and Suburban Association in 1885 (winning all 12 games played) [8] [9] and 1886 after defeating Creswick in a Premiership Playoff.

1886 Adelaide and Suburban Association Premiership Playoff - Saturday 11th September 1886 - Hotham 3-5 defeated Creswick 1-8 at Adelaide Oval. (Crowd 700) [10]

SAFA 1887-1888

At a meeting held on 13 March 1888, after adopting a recommendation to merge with the Ariel Club, it was also unanimously agreed by members to also renamed the club from Hotham to North Adelaide for 1888 season. [11] The club would also add a blue hoop to their red and white guernseys and wear blue and white hose (so as not to clash with the new club Medindie whose colours were also Red and White). They were also strengthen by the inclusion of several members of the old 1887 West Adelaide whose colours had also been Red, White and Blue. [12]

Merger with Adelaide and Resignation from SAFA (1889 - 1894)

At North Adelaide’s Annual General Meeting on 13 March 1889 it was resolved for officials to have merger discussions with the Medindie Club which had joined the SAFA the previous season.

On 22nd March 1889 at a special meeting held at the Builders' Exchange, Greeham Street, in adjoining rooms the Adelaide Football Club and Hotham North Adelaide Club both met. It was unanimously decided at each meeting that the two clubs should unite as one body. The merged club retained the name Adelaide and red and black as its colours. [13] [14]

The Adelaide Club, which was originally formed as a new Senior Club in the SAFA from a merger of the North Adelaide Juniors and North Park Football Clubs in 1885, would later resign from the SAFA before the commencement of the 1894 Season. [15] [16]

SAFA Honour Roll

1887 Leading Goalkicker - Hosken (13 goals)

1887 - 1888 Captain - Jack Reedman

Notable Player Jack 'Dinny' Reedman

Jack 'Dinny' Reedman was captain of Hotham North Adelaide for 1887 and 1888 Seasons Jack Reedman.png
Jack 'Dinny' Reedman was captain of Hotham North Adelaide for 1887 and 1888 Seasons

Notable player for the club was the Captain for the 1887 and 1888 Seasons - Jack 'Dinny' Reedman. He moved to South Adelaide when Notham/North Adelaide merged with Adelaide for 1889. He also played and Captained North Adelaide Football Club (including Premierships in 1900,1902 and 1905) and was a successful Coach at West Adelaide Football Club. Reedman held the SANFL games record of 319 until 1970. In 1996, he was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 1996 and in 2002, he was inducted into the South Australian Football Hall of Fame. Reedman also played and Captain South Australia in Cricket and played one Test for Australia against England in the 1894-95 Season.

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References

  1. ↑ "Australian Football - north adelaide (hotham) Football Club - Stats". australianfootball.com. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  2. ↑ "Football". South Australian Register. July 1879.
  3. ↑ "Football". South Australian Advertiser. 19 August 1879.
  4. ↑ "Football". Evening Journal. 11 August 1879.
  5. ↑ "Hotham Football Club". Adelaide Observer. 19 March 1881.
  6. ↑ "Football". South Australian Register. 10 April 1884.
  7. ↑ "Football". Evening Journal. 7 March 1885.
  8. ↑ "Football". South Australian Advertiser. 20 October 1885.
  9. ↑ "FOOTBALL. - RETROSPECT OF THE SEASON. - Adelaide Observer (SA : 1843 - 1904) - 17 Sep 1887". Adelaide Observer. 17 September 1887.
  10. ↑ "Football". South Australian Advertiser. 13 September 1886.
  11. ↑ "Football". South Australian Register. 15 March 1888.
  12. ↑ "Football". Evening Journal. 23 April 1888.
  13. ↑ "Football". South Australian Advertiser. 25 March 1889.
  14. ↑ "FOOTBALL. - RETROSPECT OF THE SEASON. [BY FOLLOWER.] - the Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1931) - 7 Oct 1889". Advertiser. 7 October 1889.
  15. ↑ "Football. S.a. Football Association". Adelaide Observer. 14 April 1894.
  16. ↑ "Football". Adelaide Observer. 28 April 1894.
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