1890 SAFA season

The 1890 South Australian Football Association season was the 14th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.

1890 SAFA premiership season
13th SAFA season
Pictured above is the 1890 Port Adelaide Championship of Australia team.
PremiersPort Adelaide
(2nd premiership)
Matches played50
Highest attendance11,500 (30 August, Norwood vs. Port Adelaide)
Leading goalkickerJohn McKenzie
Port Adelaide (32 goals)

The Gawler Football Club disbanded at the end of the season and formed its own local competition, the predecessor of the current Barossa Light and Gawler Football Association.

Premiership Matches

Round 1
Round 1
Saturday, 12 May South Adelaide 6.2 (6) def. Adelaide 3.7 (3) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 2,500) [1]
Saturday, 12 May (3:30 pm) Norwood 5.4 (5) def. Medindie 4.5 (4) Kensington Oval (crowd: 3,000) [2]
Saturday, 12 May Port Adelaide def. Gawler (Forfeit) Alberton Oval

Round 2
Round 2
Saturday, 17 May (3:30 pm) Port Adelaide 1.4 (1) def. by Norwood 2.9 (2) Alberton Oval (crowd: 3,000) [3]
Saturday, 17 May South Adelaide 5.9 (5) vs. Medindie 2.5 (2) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 1,000) [4]
Saturday, 17 May (3:30 pm) Adelaide 8.15 (8) def. Gawler 0.2 (0) Kensington Oval [5]

Round 3
Round 3
Saturday, 24 May (3:16 pm) Adelaide 2.3 (2) def. by Norwood 7.10 (7) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 4,000) [6]
Saturday, 24 May (3:30 pm) South Adelaide 4.10 (4) def. Gawler 3.1 (3) Kensington Oval [7]
Saturday, 24 May (3:30 pm) Port Adelaide 6.13 (6) def. Medindie 1.1 (1) Alberton Oval (crowd: 500) [8]

Round 4
 
Saturday, 31 May (3:20pm) Norwood 9.11 (9) def. Medindie 0.2 (0) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 500) [9]
Saturday, 31 May South Adelaide def. Gawler (forfeit) Kensington Oval (crowd: Cancelled)
  • A game was scheduled between South Adelaide and Gawler but the latter couldn't be bothered after making the trip the previous two weeks.[10]

Round 5
 
Saturday, 7 June (3:10pm) Norwood 5.6 (5) def. South Adelaide 1.2 (1) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 3,000) [11]
Saturday, 7 June Adelaide 4.5 (4) def. Medindie 3.6 (3) Kensington Oval [12]
Saturday, 7 June (3:30pm) Gawler 1.5 (1) def. by Port Adelaide 4.7 (4) Gawler Oval (crowd: 500)

Round 6
 
Monday, 16 June (3:25pm) Adelaide 0.3 (0) def. by Port Adelaide 4.13 (4) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 1,500) [13]

Round 7
 
Saturday, 21 June (3:20pm) Adelaide 2.2 (2) drew with South Adelaide 2.10 (2) Kensington Oval (crowd: 600) [14]
Saturday, 21 June (3:30pm) Port Adelaide 6.12 (6) def. Medindie 2.1 (2) Alberton Oval (crowd: 400) [15]
Saturday, 21 June (3:25pm) Norwood 7.13 (7) def. Gawler 4.2 (4) Adelaide Oval [16]

Round 8
 
Saturday, 28 June (3:20pm) Norwood 10.13 (10) def. Adelaide 1.3 (1) Kensington Oval [17]
Saturday, 28 June (3:20pm) South Adelaide 2.4 (2) def. by Port Adelaide 6.14 (6) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 3,000) [18]

Intercolonial Matches

On the weekends of July 5 and July 12 intercolonial matches were held and SAFA premiership matches suspended.[19]

Round 9
 
Saturday, 19 July (3:20pm) Adelaide 0.5 (0) def. by Port Adelaide 11.12 (11) Adelaide Oval [20]
Saturday, 19 July (3:30pm) South Adelaide 4.11 (4) def. Medindie 1.5 (1) Kensington Oval (crowd: 200) [21]
Saturday, 19 July (3:30pm) Gawler 1.2 (1) def. by Norwood 9.10 (9) Gawler (crowd: 350) [22]

Round 10
 
Saturday, 26 July Norwood 6.7 (6) def. Port Adelaide 3.7 (3) Kensington Oval (crowd: 8,500) [23]
Saturday, 26 July (3:15pm) South Adelaide 5.7 (5) def. Adelaide 2.7 (2) Adelaide Oval [24]

Round 11
 
Saturday, 2 August Norwood 5.7 (5) def. by South Adelaide 8.8 (8) Kensington Oval (crowd: 3,000) [25]
Saturday, 2 August (3:25pm) Medindie 1.1 (1) def. by Port Adelaide 20.15 (20) Adelaide Oval [26]
  • Port Adelaide's score of 20.15 (20) was the competitions record at the time.

Round 12
 
Saturday, 9 August South Adelaide 4.9 (4) def. by Port Adelaide 9.13 (9) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 3,000) [27]
Saturday, 9 August (3:30pm) Norwood 16.13 (16) def. Adelaide 1.4 (1) Kensington Oval

Round 13
 
Saturday, 16 August (3:30pm) Adelaide 3.3 (3) def. by Port Adelaide 13.8 (13) Adelaide Oval [28]
Saturday, 16 August Norwood 8.14 (8) def. Medindie 1.4 (1) Kensington Oval [29]
Saturday, 16 August Gawler 1.11 (1) def. by South Adelaide 6.13 (6) Gawler [30]

Round 14
 
Saturday, 23 August Norwood 11.15 (11) def. South Adelaide 5.8 (5) Kensington Oval (crowd: 2,000) [31]
Saturday, 23 August (3:30pm) Adelaide 7.10 (7) vs. Medindie 5.10 (5) Adelaide Oval [32]

Round 15
 
Saturday, 30 August Port Adelaide 3.2 (3) def. Norwood 2.7 (2) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 11,500) [33]
Saturday, 30 August (3:25pm) South Adelaide 8.9 (8) def. Medindie 1.7 (1) Kensington Oval (crowd: 25) [34]
  • The Port Adelaide v. Norwood attendance of 11,500 was the record crowd for a football match in South Australia at the time.[35]
  • A game was scheduled between Adelaide and Gawler at Alberton Oval but the former forfeited. (Due to the Adelaide Players going to watch the Match at the Oval)

Round 16
 
Monday, 1 September (10:30am) Medindie 11.17 (11) def. Gawler 0.8 (0) Adelaide Oval [36]
Monday, 1 September (3:15pm) Adelaide 5.7 (5) def. South Adelaide 4.7 (4) Adelaide Oval [37]

Round 17
 
Saturday, 6 September Adelaide 3.8 (3) def. by Norwood 4.8 (4) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 1,000) [38]
Saturday, 6 September Port Adelaide 8.13 (8) def. South Adelaide 2.9 (2) Alberton Oval (crowd: 650) [39]
Saturday, 6 September Gawler 0.3 (0) drew with Medindie 0.1 (0) Gawler [40]
  • The game between Gawler and Medindie was abandoned at half-time due to torrential rain.
  • The game at Gawler Oval was the last South Australian league level match at the venue.

Round 18
 
Saturday, 13 September Norwood 11.8 (11) def. South Adelaide 2.6 (2) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 2,000) [41]

Round 19
 
Saturday, 20 September Adelaide 0.1 (0) def. by Port Adelaide 20.20 (20) Adelaide Oval [42]
  • Prior to the match C.Woods lead the competition goal kicking tally by 3, however John McKenzie kicked 13 goals during the course of the match to win the years goal kicking award.[43]

Ladder
1890 SAFA Ladder
TEAMPWLDGFBFGABA Pts Adj Pts
1 Port Adelaide 18 16 2 0 124 172 32 70 32 32
2 Norwood 18 15 3 0 120 158 45 81 30 30
3 South Adelaide 18 9 8 1 71 126 80 137 19 19
4 Adelaide 17 5 10 2 48 105 113 142 12 12.71
5 Medindie 15 2 12 1 39 76 89 141 5 6
6 Gawler 14 0 12 2 13 40 56 106 2 2.57
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, GF = Goals For, BF = Behinds For, Georgia = Goals Against, BA = Behinds Against, Pts = Points, Adj Pts = Points adjusted for match ratio, (P) = Premiers [44]

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