The 1885 South Australian Football Association season was the 9th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.
1885 SAFA premiership season | |
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Teams | 4 |
Premiers | South Adelaide 2nd premiership |
Leading goalkicker | H R Hill South Adelaide (19 goals) |
Attendance | |
Matches played | 30 |
Total attendance | 54,000 (1,800 per match) |
Highest | 8,000 (Round 6, Adelaide vs. South Adelaide) |
A new senior Adelaide Football Club formed from a merger of North Adelaide Junior and North Parks clubs from the Adelaide and Suburban Football Association joined.
The 1885 SAFA season was the first time since 1878 that all clubs played a fixed number of games.
Twenty three of the thirty games played had crowd figures quoted for an approximate average of 1,800 spectators per game.
Premiership season edit
Round 1 edit
Round 1 | |||||
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Saturday, 2 May (3:15 pm) | Norwood 6.15 (6) | def. | Adelaide 1.5 (1) | Kensington Oval | [1] |
Saturday, 2 May (3:15 pm) | South Adelaide 4.11 (4) | def. | Port Adelaide 3.3 (3) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 1,500) | [2] |
Round 2 edit
Round 2 | |||||
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Monday, 25 May | South Adelaide 5.13 (5) | def. | Norwood 0.8 (0) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 4,500) | [3] |
Bye Port Adelaide, Adelaide |
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Round 3 edit
Round 3 | |||||
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Saturday, 31 May | South Adelaide 4.9 | def. | Adelaide 2.11 | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 950) | [4][5] |
Bye Port Adelaide, Norwood |
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Round 4 edit
Round 4 | |||||
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Saturday, 6 June (3:10 pm) | South Adelaide 3.11 (3) | def. by | Norwood 5.8 (5) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 2,000) | [6][7] |
Saturday, 6 June (3:10 pm) | Port Adelaide 10.14 (10) | def. | Adelaide 2.11 (2) | Alberton Oval (crowd: 800) | [8][9] |
Round 5 edit
Round 5 | |||||
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Saturday, 27 June (3:00 pm) | Port Adelaide 2.5 (2) | def. by | South Adelaide 3.16 (3) | Alberton Oval (crowd: 1,500) | [10] |
Saturday, 27 June (3:15 pm) | Adelaide 4.5 (4) | def. | Norwood 0.13 (0) | Adelaide Oval | [11][12] |
Round 6 edit
Round 6 | |||||
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Wednesday, 1 July (8:00 pm) | Adelaide 1.8 (1) | def. | South Adelaide 0.8 (0) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 8,000) | [13] |
Saturday, 4 July | Port Adelaide 2.12 (2) | def. by | Norwood 3.8 (3) | Alberton Oval (crowd: 2,000) | [14] |
Bye Adelaide, South Adelaide |
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Round 7 edit
Round 7 | |||||
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Saturday, 11 July (3:25 pm) | Norwood 0.5 (0) | drew with | South Adelaide 0.12 (0) | Kensington Oval | [15] |
Saturday, 11 July (3:18 pm) | Adelaide 0.10 (0) | def. by | Port Adelaide 2.10 (2) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 600) | [16] |
Round 8 edit
Round 8 | |||||
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Saturday, 18 July | Norwood 1.20 (1) | def. by | Adelaide 4.10 (4) | Kensington Oval (crowd: 400) | [17] |
Saturday, 18 July (3:13 pm) | South Adelaide 2.8 (2) | drew with | Port Adelaide 2.15 (2) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 3,000) | [18] |
Round 9 edit
Round 9 | |||||
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Saturday, 25 July (3:25 pm) | Norwood 3.11 (3) | def. | Port Adelaide 2.16 (2) | Kensington Oval (crowd: 1,000) | [19] |
Saturday, 25 July | Adelaide 0.5 (0) | def. by | South Adelaide 6.14 (6) | Adelaide Oval | [20] |
Round 10 edit
Round 10 | |||||
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Saturday, 1 August (3:16 pm) | South Adelaide 8.11 (8) | def. | Norwood 4.5 (4) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 2,000) | [21][22] |
Saturday, 1 August (3:20 pm) | Port Adelaide 8.17 (8) | def. | Adelaide 1.8 (1) | Alberton Oval (crowd: 500) | [23] |
Round 11 edit
Round 11 | |||||
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Saturday, 8 August (3:10 pm) | South Adelaide 5.10 (5) | def. | Adelaide 3.11 (3) | Kensington Oval (crowd: 500) | [24][25] |
Bye Port Adelaide, Norwood |
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Round 12 edit
Round 12 | |||||
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Saturday, 15 August (3:29 pm) | Port Adelaide 2.11 (2) | def. | South Adelaide 1.5 (1) | Alberton Oval (crowd: 2,000) | [26] |
Saturday, 15 August (3:28 pm) | Adelaide 3.5 (3) | def. by | Norwood 4.6 (4) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 1,000) | [27][28] |
Round 13 edit
Round 13 | |||||
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Saturday, 22 August (3:25 pm) | Port Adelaide 1.13 (1) | def. by | Norwood 6.16 (6) | Alberton Oval (crowd: 2,000) | [29][30] |
Saturday, 22 August (3:20 pm) | Adelaide 2.4 (2) | def. by | South Adelaide 11.13 (11) | Kensington Oval (crowd: 300) | [31] |
Round 14 edit
Round 14 | |||||
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Saturday, 29 August (3:20 pm) | Adelaide 6.9 (6) | def. | Norwood 1.13 (1) | Kensington Oval | [32][33] |
Saturday, 29 August (3:15 pm) | South Adelaide 6.14 (6) | drew with | Port Adelaide 6.2 (6) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 5,000) | [34][35] |
Round 15 edit
Round 15 | |||||
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Saturday, 5 September | Norwood 2.11 (2) | def. by | South Adelaide 8.10 (8) | Kensington Oval (crowd: 550) | [36] |
Saturday, 5 September | Adelaide 2.6 (2) | def. by | Port Adelaide 3.13 (3) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 500) | [37][38] |
Round 16 edit
Round 16 | |||||
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Saturday, 12 September (3:18 pm) | Adelaide 5.5 (5) | def. by | South Adelaide 8.7 (8) | Adelaide Oval | [39] |
Saturday, 12 September (3:30 pm) | Norwood 4.14 (4) | def. | Port Adelaide 2.8 (2) | Kensington Oval (crowd: 800) | [40] |
Round 17 edit
Round 17 | |||||
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Saturday, 18 September (3:30 pm) | Adelaide 3.5 (3) | def. | Port Adelaide 1.14 (1) | Adelaide Oval | [41] |
Ladder edit
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TEAM | P | W | L | D | GF | BF | GA | BA | ||||
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1 | South Adelaide | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 72 | 159 | 36 | 96 | |||
2 | Norwood | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 42 | 162 | 54 | 161 | |||
3 | Port Adelaide | 15 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 49 | 159 | 41 | 146 | |||
4 | Adelaide | 15 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 38 | 111 | 70 | 188 | |||
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, GF = Goals For, BF = Behinds For, GA = Goals Against, BA = Behinds Against, (P) = Premiers | [42] |
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