Gawler Football Club

The Gawler Football Club was founded on 21 August 1868.[4] In 1877 it was a foundation club of the South Australian Football Association (later renamed SANFL). It had a period of hiatus from the end of 1880 to 1886 when the club split into Athenian and Havelock. The clubs joined together again for the 1887 SAFA season along with Albion. However, in the 1890 SAFA season the club finished bottom and decided to leave the Association and form its own league in 1891.[5]

Gawler Football Club
Names
Full nameGawler Football Club
Nickname(s)Albions, Tigers[1]
Club details
Founded21 August 1868[2]
Dissolved1880-1886, 1890
ColoursOrange, Black[3]
Ground(s)Gawler Oval

Participation in the SAFA 1887-1890

The Gawler Club played its first SAFA match against the Port Adelaide Club Football at Alberton Oval in Round 1 of the 1887 Season losing 0.1 to Port Adelaide 12.28 and finished the season with one win, one draw (both against West Adelaide - no relation to the current SANFL club) from the 11 games it contested.

A summary of the 1889 Season - 11 games played - Won 4 Lost 7. Scoring 21 Goals. Goalkickers:— Thompson 6, Holbrook 5, Penny 3, C. Bischoff 1, H.Bischoff 1, Cheek 1, Miller 1, Allen 1, Darling 1, Harker 1.[6]

Gawler played its last SAFA game on the 6 September 1890 at Gawler Oval in Round 17 of the 1890 SAFA Season against Medindie (later renamed North Adelaide in 1893) which was abandoned at half-time due to torrential rain in the 2nd quarter and officially ended in a "draw" 0.3 to 0.1 (as only goals counted) when the Medindies refused to take to the ground after half-time due to the condition of the oval.

A number of Gawler's most talented players joined Norwood in 1891.

James Thomson [7]
Charles Bischof [8]

Gawler Football Association

The Gawler Football Association consisted of 3 teams - Gawler South, Centrals and Willaston.

Despite Gawler not competing in the SAFA season after 1890 matches continued against SAFA Teams. A match was played on Sat 11th July 1891 between the Gawler Association and South Adelaide at Gawler Oval. Final score Gawler 1-1 to 13-15. [9]

Games were also organised against other Associations. In 1900 a match was played at Gawler against the Adelaide and Suburban Association and it was hoped that this would become an annual event. [10]

Honour board
Gawler Football Club Honour Board - SAFA
Year Position Record
(W-L-D)		 Chairman Secretary Captain Leading
Goalkicker
1887 6th 1-9-1
1888 6th 2-10-0 H.Bischof [11]
1889 4th 4-7-0 Thompson (6 goals)
1890 6th (Wooden Spoon) 0-12-2

References
  1. "FOOTBALL NOTES". Port Adelaide News And Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser. XII (836). South Australia. 9 August 1889. p. 2. Retrieved 18 July 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. "ESSENCE OF PARLIAMENT". The Bunyip (181). South Australia. 29 August 1868. p. 2. Retrieved 31 May 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. "PORT v. GAWLER". South Australian Chronicle. XXXII (1, 616). South Australia. 10 August 1889. p. 15. Retrieved 18 July 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. "ESSENCE OF PARLIAMENT". The Bunyip (181). South Australia. 29 August 1868. p. 2. Retrieved 31 May 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. "Australian Football - Gawler Football Club - Stats". australianfootball.com. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  6. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/24485811
  7. http://www.redlegsmuseum.com.au/ON_FIELD/PLAYERS/THOMSONJames.aspx
  8. http://www.redlegsmuseum.com.au/ON_FIELD/PLAYERS/BISCHOFCharles.aspx
  9. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/24797144#
  10. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/54530820
  11. https://antiqueprintmaproom.com/product/h-bischof-esq-gawler-sa-unknown/
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