1875 South Australian football season
The 1875 South Australian football season was the sixth year of interclub football in South Australia.
| 1875 South Australian football premiership season | |
|---|---|
| Premiers | Kensington 3rd premiership |
| Highest | 800 (10 July, Kensington v Adelaide) |
Clubs
The following clubs participated in interclub matches during 1875:[1]
Metropolitan
- Adelaide
- Kensington
- Port Adelaide
- South Adelaide (1875) [2]
- Victorian
- Woodville [3]
Country
Colleges
Opening Colour Matches
Woodville - The opening colour match of the Club was played on Saturday, 3rd April, 1875 on the grounds of T. Terrell, Esq., Woodville. [4]
Metropolitan football matches
May 15
| May 15 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 15 May | Port Adelaide 1 | def. | Woodville 0 | Glanville Estate | [5] |
May 29
| May 20 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 29 May (3:30pm) | Kensington 2 | drew with | Port Adelaide 2 | Kensington Oval | [6] |
| Saturday, 29 May | Victorian 0 | def. by | St Peter's College 1 | Montefiore Hill | [6] |
June 5
| Saturday, 5 June | Woodville 0 | def. by | Port Adelaide 2 | [7] | |
June 12
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A match was advertised Port Adelaide vs Victorians for Saturday 12 June. [8] | |||||
June 19
| Port Adelaide Seconds and Victorian Match | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 19 June (3:00 pm) | Port Adelaide Seconds 0 | drew with | Victorian 0 | Glanville Hall Oval | [10] |
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It was reported the recent football match between the Victoria and Port Clubs the latter had their second team in the field. [11] | |||||
June 21
| Monday, 21 June (2:30pm) | Willunga 3 | def. | Kensington 1 | Willunga | [13] |
June 26
| Saturday, 26 June (3:00pm) | Woodville 0 | def. by | Kensington 2 | Woodville | [14] |
| Saturday, 26 June | Victorian 4 | def. | Kensington Seconds 0 | Montefiore Hill | [15] |
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Teams - Kensington Firsts — Acraman, Babbage, Barret, Burton, Crooks, Gale, Green, Hall (3), Jay, Mackman, Milne, Perry, Sholl, Sunter, Tardif, Tassie, Williams, Wood. | |||||
July 3
| Saturday, 3 July (3:15pm) | Port Adelaide 0 | drew with | Kensington 0 | Glanville Hall Estate | [17] |
| Saturday, 3 July (3:15pm) | Victorian 2 | def. | Woodville 0 | Montefiore Hill | [17] |
July 10
| Opening of Kensington Oval | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 10 July | Kensington 1 | def. | Adelaide 0 | Kensington Oval (crowd: 800) | [18] |
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July 10
| Victorian and Port Adelaide Seconds Return Match | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 10 July (3.30pm) | Victorian 2 | def. | Port Adelaide Seconds 0 | Montefiore Hill | [20] |
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Second goal scored by Victorians was disputed by some of the Port players. This ended the game. | |||||
July 24
| Saturday, 24 July (3:00pm) | Adelaide 2 | drew with | Woodville 2 | Adelaide | [21] |
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notes | |||||
July 31
July 24
| Kensington Seconds vs Victorians Return Match | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 24 July | Kensington Seconds 1 | def. by | Victorian 2 | Kensington | [22] |
July 31
| Saturday, 31 July (3:00pm) | Adelaide 3 | def. | Port Adelaide 1 | Adelaide Grounds | [23][24]
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| Saturday, 31 July (3:00pm) | Kensington 4 | def. | Woodville 0 | Kensington Oval | [23] |
Teams July 31
Woodville— Annells, Baker, Beck, Dale, Darby, Holthouse, Ive, Letchford, lines, Newman,
Osborne, Stevens, Taylor, Townsend, Trimmer, Terrell (3). Young (2).
Kensington— Acraman, Burton, Crooks, Farr, Gale, Green, Hall (2), Hallett, Jay, Milne, Moulden, Perry (2), Sholl, Sunter, Tardif, Tassie, Williams, and Wood.[25]
August 6
| Friday, 6 August | Kensington 0 | def. by | Willunga 1 | Kensington Oval | [26] |
| Friday, 6 August 1.30pm | Gawler 2 | def. | Woodville 0 | Gawler Parklands | [27] |
August 14
| Saturday, 14 August | Woodville 2 | def. | Adelaide 1 | Woodville | [28] |
| Saturday, 14 August | Victorian 5 | def. | Prince Alfred College 0 | Montefiore Hill | [29] |
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Victorian 5 goals all scored by H.Barry | |||||
August 21
| Saturday, 21 August | Adelaide 0 | def. by | Port Adelaide 1 | North Park Lands | [30] |
| Saturday, 21 August (3:00pm) | South Adelaide (1875) 1 | def. by | Kensington 4 | South Park Lands | [30] |
| Saturday, 21 August (shortly before 3:00pm) | St Peter's College 2 | def. by | Victorian 7 | St Peter's College | [30] |
August 28
| Saturday, 28 August (3:00pm) | Victorian 1 | drew with | Kensington 1 | Montefiore Hill | [31] |
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This match was the fist time the Victorians played an established Senior First twenty | |||||
Ladder
In the table below the record listed under Metro Senior W-L-D is the record in matches, excluding those against country, seconds and college teams.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | Metro Senior Results (W-L-D) | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kensington | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3-0-3 | 15 | 8 |
| 2 | Port Adelaide | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3-1-2 | 7 | 5 |
| 3 | Willunga | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 4 | 1 |
| 4 | Victorian | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1-0-1 | 3 | 1 |
| 5 | Gawler | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | Adelaide | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1-3-1 | 6 | 7 |
| 7 | Woodville | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1-5-1 | 4 | 16 |
| 8 | South Adelaide (1875) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-1-0 | 1 | 4 |
Ladder - Victorian Firsts, Kensington and Port Adelaide Seconds
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | Senior Results | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Victorian | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0-0-0 | 8 | 1 |
| 2 | Port Adelaide Seconds | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Kensington Seconds | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0-0-0 | 1 | 6 |
Annual Dinners and Closing Games
Victorian Club at the 1875 annual dinner held at the Crown and Sceptre Hotel on Wednesday evening, 15 September the secretary, George Downs reported that the club had only lost the opening match out of nine matches played, and that they had obtained 23 goals in these matches to four goals scored against them.[32]
Woodville Club played their closing game at Woodville on Saturday 18 September [33] between two teams Blues (Captain Mr. T. Terrell) and Black and Whites (Captain Mr. J. Beck) starting at 3pm played in 2 halves of approximately 1 hour each. The Blues team kicked two goals - one in each half which brought the half time adjournment and the end of play.[34]
The closing game for the season of the Port Adelaide, Football Club Club was played at Glanville on Saturday, October 2. After playing for an hour, the Blues secured a goal, which was the only one obtained during the afternoon. There was a good number of spectators, and Mrs. Wells distributed the prizes at the close. The Club's fifth annual ball took place in the Town Hall on Friday, October 8. Although the weather was rough, there were about 200 persons present. The Hall was tastefully decorated with flags and evergreens, and on the platform was a small goal with a ball suspended in the centre. [35]
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