5th season of Australian rules football competition
1881 SAFA premiership season |
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Teams | 6 |
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Premiers | Norwood 4th premiership |
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Leading goalkicker | Joe Pollock Norwood (7 Goals) W J Duffy Norwood (7 Goals) |
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Matches played | 34 |
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Highest | 1,500 (Round 2, Norwood vs. Port Adelaide) |
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The 1881 South Australian Football Association season was the 5th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia. The premiership season began on Saturday 7 May.
Norwood went on to record its 4th consecutive premiership.
The years premiership trophy was called the Fowler Challenge Cup.[1]
Kensington and Adelaide merged to create a full squad but resigned from the competition after 4 games.[1]
Premiership season
Round 1
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| Round 1 | | |
Saturday, 7 May (3:12 pm) | Victorian 0.7 (0) | drew with | South Adelaide 0.5 (0) | Adelaide Oval | [2] |
Saturday, 7 May (3:30 pm) | South Park 0.3 (0) | def. by | Norwood 2.7 (2) | South Park Lands (crowd: 550) | [2][3] |
Saturday, 7 May (3:25 pm) | Port Adelaide 3.15 (3) | def. | Adelaide-Kensington 1.2 (1) | Alberton Oval (crowd: 200) | [2] |
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Round 2
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| Round 2 | | |
Saturday, 14 May (3:20 pm) | Victorian 3.21 (3) | def. | Adelaide-Kensington 0.0 (0) | Montefiore Hill | [4][5] |
Saturday, 14 May (2:45 pm) | Norwood 4.6 (4) | def. | Port Adelaide 1.3 (1) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 1,500) | [4][5] |
Saturday, 14 May (3:00 pm) | South Park 0.6 (6) | def. by | South Adelaide 1.7 (1) | South Park Lands | [4][5] |
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Round 3
Round 4
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| Round 4 | | |
Saturday, 28 May (3:30 pm) | Victorian 0.1 (0) | drew with | Port Adelaide 0.2 (0) | Adelaide Oval | [9] |
Saturday, 28 May (3:30 pm) | South Adelaide 3.5 (3) | drew with | Norwood 3.11 (3) | South Park Lands | [9][10] |
Saturday, 28 May | Adelaide-Kensington 0.1 (0) | def. by | South Park 7.14 (7) | Adelaide Bridge Ground | [11] |
- Adelaide-Kensington's game against South Park would be its last for the season resigning from the competition on the Wednesday 1 June.[12]
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Round 5
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| Round 5 | | |
Saturday, 4 June (3:15 pm) | Victorian 0.4 (0) | def. by | South Park 2.6 (2) | Adelaide Oval | [13] |
Saturday, 4 June (3:30 pm) | Port Adelaide 0.6 (0) | drew with | South Adelaide 0.8 (0) | Alberton Oval | [13] |
Norwood were scheduled to play Adelaide-Kensington, but Adelaide-Kensington resigned from the competition on 1 June; Norwood were awarded the match on forfeit, and played against a 25 team from Royal Park instead. |
Round 6
Round 7
Round 8
Round 9
Round 10
Round 11
Round 12
Round 13
Round 14
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| Round 14 | | |
Saturday, 10 September | South Adelaide 0.6 (0) | def. by | Norwood 3.10 (3) | South Park Lands | [25] |
Saturday, 10 September | Victorian 0 | v | Port Adelaide 0 | Montefiore Hill | [25] |
The Victorian v Port Adelaide match was abandoned due to a crowd invasion and declared a draw. A disputed goal (due to the goal umpire not at his post) 20 minutes before time caused both teams to withdraw from the ground. |
Round 15
Round 16
Round 17
Ladder
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| TEAM | P | W | L | D | GF | GA |
1 | Norwood | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 9 |
2 | South Adelaide | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 18 |
3 | South Park | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 17 |
4 | Victorian | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 15 |
5 | Port Adelaide | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 23 |
6 | Adelaide / Kensington | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 |
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, (P) = Premiers | [30] |
Note:
- South Adelaide played South Park three times for a 1-1-1 record; South Adelaide were ranked above South Park on a superior head-to-head record against Norwood (0-2-1 to 0-3).
- Adelaide/Kensington withdrew from the competition after Round 4; all published ladders record their Round 5 match against Norwood as a win for Norwood on forfeit.
Intercolonial matches
Additional matches
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| South Park vs. South Adelaide rematch | | |
Saturday, 24 September | South Park 0.10 (0) | drew with | South Adelaide 0.8 (0) | South Park Lands | [33] |
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References
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- ^ "FOOTBALL". The South Australian Advertiser. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 9 May 1881. p. 7. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ a b c "FOOTBALL". The South Australian Advertiser. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 16 May 1881. p. 6. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
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- ^ "FOOTBALL". South Australian Register. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 1 June 1881. p. 6. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ "SOUTH AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION". Adelaide Observer. National Library of Australia. 4 June 1881. p. 15. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ a b "FOOTBALL". South Australian Register. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 6 June 1881. p. 6. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
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- ^ a b "FOOTBALL". The South Australian Advertiser. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 4 July 1881. p. 6. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ "FOOTBALL". The South Australian Advertiser. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 11 July 1881. p. 7. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- ^ a b "FOOTBALL". South Australian Register. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 12 July 1881. p. 2 Supplement: SUPPLEMENT TO THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN REGISTER. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
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- ^ "Intercolonial Football Match". South Australian Register. Adelaide, SA. 25 August 1881. p. 6.
- ^ "Intercolonial Football Match". South Australian Register (Supplement). Adelaide, SA. 29 August 1881. p. 1.
- ^ "FOOTBALL". South Australian Register. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 26 September 1881. p. 1 Supplement: SUPPLEMENT TO THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN REGISTER. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
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