1886 SAFA season

The 1886 South Australian Football Association season was the 10th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.

1886 SAFA premiership season
10th SAFA season
Pictured above is the 1886 Adelaide premiership team.
Teams4
PremiersAdelaide
(1st premiership)
Matches played30
Attendance61,650 (2,055 per match)
Highest attendance6,000 (Round 6, Norwood vs. Port Adelaide)
Leading goalkickerRichard Stephens
Adelaide (17 goals)

This was the first season in South Australia that quarters were played, allowing ends to be changed four times per match.[1]

The thirty games played had crowd figures quoted for an approximate average of 2,055 spectators per game.

Premiership Season

Round 1
Round 1
Monday, 26 April (3:00 pm) South Adelaide 1.7 (1) def. by Norwood 4.10 (4) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 5,000) [2]

Round 2
Round 2
Saturday, 1 May (3:25 pm) Norwood 5.9 (5) def. Adelaide 1.4 (1) Botanic Gardens (crowd: 2,500) [3]
Saturday, 1 May (3:45 pm) Port Adelaide 1.4 (1) def. by South Adelaide 2.7 (2) Alberton Oval (crowd: 1,500) [4][5]

Round 3
Round 3
Saturday, 8 May Port Adelaide 1.5 (1) def. by Norwood 4.7 (4) Alberton Oval (crowd: 1,500) [6]
Saturday, 8 May (3:25 pm) Adelaide 5.4 (5) def. South Adelaide 4.8 (4) Kensington Oval (crowd: 1,350) [7]

Round 4
Round 4
Saturday, 15 May (3:25 pm) Norwood 3.11 (3) drew with South Adelaide 3.8 (3) Kensington Oval (crowd: 1,750) [8][9]
Saturday, 15 May (3:25 pm) Port Adelaide 1.5 (1) def. by Adelaide 2.9 (2) Alberton Oval (crowd: 1,000) [10][11]

Round 5
Round 5
Saturday, 22 May (3:17 pm) Norwood 4.9 (4) def. Port Adelaide 3.6 (3) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 1,500) [12]
Saturday, 22 May Adelaide 4.11 (4) def. South Adelaide 2.12 (2) Kensington Oval [13]

Round 6
Round 6
Monday, 25 May (3:00 pm) Adelaide 7.8 (7) def. Norwood 5.5 (5) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 5,500) [14][15]

Round 7
Round 7
Saturday, 29 May (3:17 pm) South Adelaide 3.7 (3) def. Norwood 2.3 (2) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 1,500) [16]

Round 8
Round 8
Saturday, 5 June (3:10 pm) South Adelaide 1.12 (1) drew with Adelaide 1.7 (1) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 2,000) [17]
Saturday, 5 June (3:20 pm) Norwood 5.13 (5) def. Port Adelaide 2.3 (2) Kensington Oval (crowd: 500) [18]

Round 9
Round 9
Saturday, 12 June (3:20 pm) South Adelaide 2.6 (2) def. by Port Adelaide 3.8 (3) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 1,500) [19]

Round 10
Round 10
Saturday, 19 June (3:00 pm) South Adelaide 3.8 (3) def. Norwood 2.12 (2) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 2,000) [20]
Saturday, 19 June Port Adelaide 1.5 (1) def. by Adelaide 3.8 (3) Alberton Oval (crowd: 1,000) [21][22]

Round 11
Round 11
Monday, 21 June Norwood 8.13 (8) def. Port Adelaide 2.11 (2) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 6,000) [23]

Round 12
Round 11
Saturday, 26 June (3:00 pm) Adelaide 2.8 (2) def. by Norwood 4.9 (4) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 3,000) [24]

Round 13
Round 12
Saturday, 3 July (3:30 pm) Adelaide 6.9 (6) def. Port Adelaide 4.6 (4) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 1,500) [25][26]

Round 14
Round 13
Saturday, 24 July (3:12 pm) Adelaide 5.7 (5) def. South Adelaide 3.7 (3) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 1,500) [27][28]
Saturday, 24 July Port Adelaide 3.13 (3) drew with Norwood 3.7 (3) Alberton Oval (crowd: 1,000) [29]

Round 15
Round 14
Saturday, 31 July (3:10 pm) Adelaide 2.8 (2) def. by Norwood 4.13 (4) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 2,500) [30]
Saturday, 31 July (3:25 pm) South Adelaide 9.9 (9) def. Port Adelaide 5.3 (5) Kensington Oval (crowd: 200) [31]

Round 16
Round 15
Saturday, 7 August (3:10 pm) South Adelaide 4.12 (4) def. Norwood 3.9 (3) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 2,000) [32]
Saturday, 7 August (3:00 pm) Port Adelaide 8.9 (8) def. Adelaide 5.7 (5) Alberton Oval (crowd: 650) [33][34]

Round 17
Round 16
Saturday, 14 August (3:20 pm) Adelaide 3.19 (3) def. Port Adelaide 1.5 (1) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 1,700) [35][36]

Round 18
Round 17
Saturday, 21 August Adelaide 6.7 (6) def. Norwood 0.9 (0) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 3,500) [37]
Saturday, 21 August Port Adelaide 3.8 (3) def. South Adelaide 2.10 (2) Alberton Oval (crowd: 1,500) [38]

Round 19
Round 18
Saturday, 28 August Adelaide 2.15 (2) def. by South Adelaide 4.4 (4) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 2,000) [39]

Round 20
Round 19
Wednesday, 1 September (3:17 pm) South Adelaide 1.5 (1) def. by Norwood 7.13 (7) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 3,000) [40]
  • Norwood won the game on September 1 but were later stripped of the win after a player who was deemed to have been "rough" had not paid his fine.[41]

Round 21
Round 19
Saturday, 4 September (3:30 pm) South Adelaide 6.6 (6) def. Port Adelaide 3.5 (3) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 1,500) [42]

Ladder
1886 SAFA Ladder
TEAMPWLDGFBFGABA
1 Adelaide 15 9 5 1 54 131 47 118
2 South Adelaide 15 8 5 2 48 115 50 123
3 Norwood 15 7 6 2 59 146 41 104
4 Port Adelaide 15 3 11 1 41 95 64 137
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, GF = Goals For, BF = Behinds For, GA = Goals Against, BA = Behinds Against, (P) = Premiers [43]

Attendances

The figures for club and ground attendances are only based on those given above.

By Club
1886 SAFA club attendances
Club Avg. Per Game
Norwood 2,672
Adelaide 2,155
South Adelaide 1,882
Port Adelaide 1,503

By ground
1886 SAFA ground attendances
Ground Games Avg. Per Game
Adelaide Oval 18 2,619
Botanic Gardens 1 2,500
Alberton Oval 7 1,164
Kensington Oval 4 950

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