1878 SAFA season

The 1878 South Australian Football Association season was the 2nd season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.

1878 SAFA premiership season
2nd SAFA season
Pictured above is the 1878 Norwood premiership team.
Teams7
PremiersNorwood
(1st premiership)
Matches played42
Highest attendance3,000 (Round 13, Norwood vs Port Adelaide)
Leading goalkickerWilliam Dedman
Norwood (12 Goals)

The SAFA competition was contested by seven teams with the admission of Norwood, after Bankers and Woodville folded at the end of 1877.

Each team played each other twice this season, the first time a standardised fixture was in place.

In its first season, Norwood won their first premiership, going through the year undefeated.[1]

Pre season

The SAFA clubs played inter club matches on 4 May.

An additional pre season game was played between some South Australian and Victorian residents who live in Adelaide.

South Australian vs. Victorian residents
Saturday, 11 May (Time pm) South Australians 1 def. Victorians 0 Adelaide Oval (crowd: 350) [2]

Premiership season

Premiership matches are those that took place after 11 May.[3]

Round 1
Round 1
Saturday, 18 May (3:15 pm) Norwood 1 def. South Adelaide 0 Adelaide Oval (crowd: 800) [4]
Saturday, 18 May (3:15 pm) South Park 0 def. by Port Adelaide 2 South Park Lands [5]
Saturday, 18 May (3:00 pm) Kensington 0 def. by Adelaide 5 Kensington Oval [4]

Round 2
Round 2
Saturday, 25 May (3:45 pm) Norwood 1 def. Victorians 0 East Park Lands (crowd: 500) [6]
Saturday, 25 May (3:40 pm) South Adelaide 0 def. by Adelaide 1 Adelaide Oval [6]
Saturday, 25 May (3:00 pm) Kensington 0 def. by Port Adelaide 4 Kensington Oval [6]

Round 3
Round 3
Saturday, 1 June (3:25 pm) South Adelaide 0 def. by Port Adelaide 1 South Park Lands (crowd: 300) [7]
Saturday, 1 June (3:30 pm) Kensington 0 def. by South Parks 1 Kensington Oval [7]
Saturday, 1 June (3:00 pm) Adelaide 2 drew with Victorians 2 Adelaide Oval [8]
  • The South Adelaide vs. Port Adelaide game was ended early due to the interference of rowdy larrikins.

Round 4
Round 4
Saturday, 8 June (Time pm) Adelaide 0 def. by Norwood 1 Adelaide Oval [9]
Saturday, 8 June (3:00 pm) South Adelaide 1 vs. South Parks 0 South Park Lands [9]

The Port Adelaide vs. Victorian game was called off due to bad weather and rescheduled for 6 July despite Port kicking a goal.[10]

Round 5
Round 5
Saturday, 15 June (3:15 pm) South Adelaide 2 def. Kensington 0 South Park Lands [11]
Saturday, 15 June (Time pm) Victorians 3 def. South Parks 0 Montefiore Hill [11]
Saturday, 15 June (Time pm) Port Adelaide 0 def. by Norwood 1 Glanville Estate (crowd: 600) [12]

Round 6
Round 6
Saturday, 22 June (3:00 pm) Norwood 0 drew with South Parks 0 Park Lands (crowd: 600) [13]
Saturday, 22 June (3:00 pm) Port Adelaide 2 def. Adelaide 0 Glanville Estate (crowd: 300) [13]
Saturday, 22 June (3:45 pm) Kensington 0 drew with Victorians 0 Kensington Oval [13]

Round 7
Round 7
Saturday, 29 June (3:00 pm) Victorians 1 def. South Adelaide 0 Montefiore Hill (crowd: 1,100) [14]

Round 8
Round 8
Saturday, 6 July (3:15 pm) Port Adelaide 1 drew with Victorians 1 Glanville Estate [10]
Saturday, 6 July (Time pm) Norwood 6 def. Kensington 0 East Park Lands (crowd: 300) [10]

Round 9
Round 9
Saturday, 13 July (Time pm) Kensington 0 drew with Norwood 0 Kensington Oval [15]
Saturday, 13 July (3:15 pm) Adelaide 0 drew with Port Adelaide 0 Adelaide Oval [16]

Round 10
Round 10
Saturday, 20 July (3:00 pm) South Adelaide 0 drew with Adelaide 0 South Park Lands (crowd: 600) [17]
Saturday, 20 July (3:15 pm) Port Adelaide 2 def. South Park 0 Glanville Estate [17]
Saturday, 20 July (3:30 pm) Victorian 1 def. Kensington 0 Montefiore Hill [17]

Round 11
Round 11
Saturday, 27 July (3:30 pm) South Adelaide 0 drew with Norwood 0 South Park Lands (crowd: 700) [18]
Saturday, 27 July (3:00 pm) Victorian 0 drew with Port Adelaide 0 Montefiore Hill (crowd: 500) [18]
Saturday, 27 July (3:35 pm) South Park 0 drew with Kensington 0 South Park Lands [19]

Round 12
Round 12
Saturday, 3 August (Time pm) Norwood 4 def. South Park 1 East Park Lands (crowd: 800) [20]
Saturday, 3 August (Time pm) Victorian 2 def. Adelaide 0 Montefiore Hill [20]

Round 13
Round 13
Saturday, 10 August (3:00 pm) Norwood 0 drew with Port Adelaide 0 East Park Lands (crowd: 3,000) [21]
Saturday, 10 August (Time pm) Adelaide 4 vs. Kensington 1 Adelaide Oval [21]

Round 14
Round 14
Saturday, 17 August (Time pm) Adelaide 1 vs. South Parks 0 Adelaide Oval [22]
Saturday, 17 August (Time pm) Port Adelaide 0 def. by South Adelaide 1 Glanville Estate (crowd: 300) [22]

Round 15
Round 15
Saturday, 24 August (Time pm) Norwood 1 def. Adelaide 0 East Park Lands (crowd: 700) [23]

Round 16
Round 16
Saturday, 31 August (3:00 pm) South Adelaide 0 vs. Victorian 0 South Park Land (crowd: 1,200) [24]
  • Victorian had kicked a goal, but it was deleted after a head count revealed they had 21 men on the ground.

Round 17
Round 17
Saturday, 7 September (3:30 pm) Victorian 0 def. by Norwood 1 Montefiore Hill (crowd: 2,750) [25]

Ladder
1878 SAFA Ladder
TEAMPWLDPFPA%PTS
1 Norwood 12 8 0 4 16 1 94.12% 20
2 Port Adelaide 12 6 2 4 13 4 76.47% 16
3 Victorian 12 4 2 6 7 6 53.85% 14
4 South Adelaide 12 5 4 3 8 4 66.67% 13
5 Adelaide 12 4 4 4 14 10 58.33% 12
6 South Park 12 1 7 4 2 14 12.5% 6
7 Kensington 12 0 9 3 1 25 3.85% 3
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, (P) = Premiers Click here for source

References
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