Woodville Football Club (1868–1877)

The Woodville Football Club (SAFA) also known as Port Suburban was an Australian rules football club that participated in the foundation year of the South Australian Football Association. It is not related to the Woodville Football Club that joined the SANFL in 1964. The club played its first game as an internal match as Woodville against Port Suburban on the 23 May 1868.[1] In 1869 the club referred to itself as 'Port Suburban' and played its games at Woodville with teams chosen by which side of Port Road they lived.[2] Woodville participated in the inaugural 1877 SAFA season winning 5 of its 16 matches to finish 5th of 8 teams. The club dissolved at the end of 1877 with the majority of its players joining the newly established Norwood Football Club.[3]

Woodville Football Club (1868–1877)
Names
Full nameWoodville Football Club
Former name(s)Port Suburban Football Club
Club details
Founded23 May 1868[1]
Dissolved1877
Ground(s)Woodville

Notable players of the Woodville Football Club were George Giffen and the brothers Fred and Tom Letchford.

References
  1. "GENERAL NEWS". The Express and Telegraph. V (1, 356). South Australia. 2 June 1868. p. 2 (LATE EDITION). Retrieved 8 October 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. "GENERAL NEWS". The Express and Telegraph. VI (1, 634). South Australia. 4 May 1869. p. 1 (LATE EDITION.). Retrieved 8 October 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. "FOOTBALL". The Express and Telegraph. XV (4, 297). South Australia. 18 May 1878. p. 3. Retrieved 8 October 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
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