South Park Football Club (SAFA)

The South Park Football Club was a foundation club of the South Australian Football Association (later renamed the SANFL) which competed in the inaugural 1877 SAFA season.[2]

South Park Football Club
Names
Full nameSouth Park Football Club
Club details
Founded10 April 1877 [1]
Dissolved1884
Colours  Light Blue   White.
CompetitionSouth Australian Football Association

The Football Club was formed following a meeting called by the Secretary of South Park Cricket Club at the Prince Albert Hotel, Wright Street, Adelaide on Tuesday 10 April 1877.[1]

South Park's Captain for the 1877 Season was Mr. J. H. Sinclair.[3]

Team Members for 1879 Season - John Creswell (Secretary), Alwin Murr Pettinger (Captain), Morton Beach Ive (Vice-Captain), E. Cotching,A. Clarke,F. Dobbs,E.B. Colton,A.H. Dick,C. Hall,James Thornhill Darwent, G.E. Durant, John James Palmer, R. Binney, Jack Hall, J.V. Smith, D. Harrold, William James Dishley, C. Godfrey, Harry Ewer, Fred Stacey, A. Wilson, Joseph Robert George Adams, William Rousenvell, F. Taylor. Part of their uniform includes a striped hat and tall lace up boots.[4]

1880 Season - Patron Mr James Hamilton Parr,[5] President Superintendent Peterswald, Messrs. W. B. Rounsevell, M.P.,[6] W.K.Simms, M.P. and W. Sketheway, vice-presidents.[7]

At the end of the 1884 season which had seen it finish fourth (out of five) and with just one win and one draw from 12 games (same as North Adelaide) it only avoided the wooden spoon by the number of goals scored.

The Club subsequently disbanded, with many of its better players transferring to South Adelaide. This influx of fresh talent was sufficient to propel South Adelaide, who had finished third in 1884, to the 1885 premiership.[2]

References
  1. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/33747219
  2. "Australian Football - South Park Football Club - Stats". australianfootball.com. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  3. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/40474424
  4. https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+10436
  5. https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+23363
  6. https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+16763/3
  7. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/30801017
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