1880 SAFA season

1880 SAFA premiership season
Teams7
PremiersNorwood
3rd premiership
Leading goalkickerJoe Traynor
Norwood (7 Goals)
Matches played38
Highest3,000 (Round 2, South Adelaide vs. Norwood)

The 1880 South Australian Football Association season was the 4th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.

The season commenced on the 8th of May and drew to a close on the 18th of September.

Norwood went on to record its 3rd consecutive premiership.

Pre-season and opening club colour Matches

The football season of 1880 was opened on Saturday, April 24, 1880 with the senior clubs playing either internal colour matches which drew a fair amount of spectators or practice matches against Junior Clubs. For the third season in succession there was no change in the number of senior clubs. [1]

SAFA Senior Clubs 1880 Season

Club Colours Home Ground Captain Comments
Adelaide   Black,   Red Old Adelaide Ground, North Adelaide
Kensington   Scarlet   White Kensington Oval, Kensington
Norwood   Dark blue   Red East Park Lands, Adelaide J.R. Osborn
Port Adelaide   Magneta Alberton Oval, Alberton J.A.Atkins / J.Carter
South Adelaide   Navy Blue   White South Terrace, Adelaide J.H. Sinclair / A.C Mehrtens
South Park   Light Blue   White South Park Lands, Adelaide
Victorian   Orange   Black Montefiore Hill, North Adelaide

Premiership season

Round 1

Round 1
Saturday, 8 May Norwood 5.17 (5) def. Port Adelaide 0.3 (0) East Park Lands [2]
Saturday, 8 May Victorian 3 def. Adelaide 0 Montefiore Hill [2]
Saturday, 8 May South Park 0 def. by South Adelaide 1 South Park Lands [2]
Bye
Kensington

Round 2

Round 2
Saturday, 15 May (3:20 pm) South Adelaide 0 def. by Norwood 2.18 (2) South Park Lands (crowd: 3,000) [3]
Saturday, 15 May South Park 0 def. by Victorian 1 South Park Lands [3][4]
Saturday, 15 May Port Adelaide 1.7 (1) def. Kensington 0 Alberton Oval [5]
Bye
Adelaide

Round 3

Round 3
Saturday, 22 May (3:15 pm) Norwood 3.22 (3) def. Kensington 0.1 (0) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 600) [6][7]
Saturday, 22 May (3:00 pm) Adelaide 1 drew with South Adelaide 1 Adelaide Bridge (crowd: 350) [6]
Bye
Port Adelaide, Victorian, South Park

Round 4

Round 4
Saturday, 29 May Adelaide 0.1 def. by Norwood 7.29 (7) Adelaide Bridge (crowd: 300) [8][9]
Saturday, 29 May Kensington 0.1 (0) def. by South Park 2.20 (2) Kensington Oval [9]
Bye
Port Adelaide
  • Controversy regarding a goal kicked during the Victorian and South Adelaide game meant the result was not confirmed until it was referred to the SAFA committee.[9] The result of the game was eventually decided to not count towards the premiership.[10]

Round 5

Round 5
Saturday, 5 June Norwood 3.25 (3) def. South Park 0 Adelaide Oval [11]
Saturday, 5 June Victorian 0.8 (0) drew with Port Adelaide 0.2 (0) Montefiore Hill [11]
Saturday, 5 June Kensington 5.12 (5) def. Adelaide 1.3 (1) Kensington Oval [11]
Bye
South Adelaide

Kensington's win over Adelaide was its first since 1877, ending a winless streak of 30 matches.

Round 6

Round 6
Saturday, 12 June Norwood 2.11 (2) def. Victorian 1.2 (1) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 2,000) [12]
Saturday, 12 June Port Adelaide 3.17 (3) def. Adelaide 0.3 (0) Alberton Oval [12]
Saturday, 12 June South Adelaide 1.6 (1) def. Kensington 0.9 (0) South Park Lands [12]
Bye
South Park

Round 7

Round 7
Saturday, 19 June (3:30 pm) South Adelaide 3.10 (3) def. Port Adelaide 1.1 (1) South Park Lands [13]
Saturday, 19 June Kensington 1.8 (1) def. Victorian 0.3 (0) Kensington Oval [13]
Saturday, 19 June Adelaide 2 def. South Park 0 Adelaide Oval [14]
Bye
Norwood
  • Norwood began a trip to Victoria on 19 June to play a series of five matches against VFA clubs and would not participate in the SAFA for the next four rounds.[15]

Round 8

Round 8
Saturday, 26 June Victorian 3.4 (3) def. South Park 1.5 (1) Adelaide Oval [16]
Saturday, 26 June (3:30 pm) South Adelaide 6.20 (6) def. Adelaide 1 South Park Lands [16]
Saturday, 26 June (3:30 pm) Kensington 2.4 (2) drew with Port Adelaide 2.12 (2) Kensington Oval [16]
Bye
Norwood

Round 9

Round 9
Saturday, 3 July Port Adelaide 3.8 (3) drew with South Adelaide 3.4 (3) Alberton Oval (crowd: 300) [17][18]
Saturday, 3 July (3:30 pm) Adelaide 0.3 (0) def. by Victorian 1.15 (1) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 350) [18]
Saturday, 3 July South Park 1 def. by Kensington 2 South Park Grounds [19]
Bye
Norwood

Round 10

Round 10
Saturday, 10 July (3:30 pm) South Adelaide 2.7 (2) def. South Park 0.4 (0) South Park Lands [20]
Saturday, 10 July Port Adelaide 0.5 (0) drew with Victorian 0.3 (0) Alberton Oval (crowd: 600) [20]
Saturday, 10 July (3:30 pm) Adelaide 1.4 (1) drew with Kensington 1.4 (1) Adelaide Oval [20]
Bye
Norwood

Round 11

Round 11 [21]
Saturday, 17 July Port Adelaide 0.4 (0) drew with Norwood 0.18 (0) Alberton Oval (crowd: 750) [22]
Saturday, 17 July (3:00 pm) Kensington 3.2 (3) def. South Adelaide 1.15 (1) Kensington Oval [22]
Saturday, 17 July South Park 4.16 (4) def. Adelaide 0.1 (0) South Park Lands [22]
Bye
Victorian

Round 12

Round 12 [23]
Saturday, 24 July (3:30 pm) Norwood 2.16 (2) def. South Adelaide 1.1 (1) East Park Lands (crowd: 2,000) [24][25]
Saturday, 24 July South Park 1.11 (1) def. Port Adelaide 0.9 (0) Adelaide Oval [24]
Saturday, 24 July (3:30 pm) Victorian 1.16 (1) drew with Kensington 1.0 (1) Montefiore Hill [25]
Bye
Adelaide

Intercolonial Matches

Three Intercolonial Matches were played between 14th August to 21st August inclusive.

South Adelaide expelled and their matches cancelled

A South Australian Football Association meeting of the delegates of the different clubs of this Association was held at the Prince Alfred Hotel on Thursday, August 23, 1880 to consider the action of the South Adelaide Football Club in not allowing their members to play in the late intercolonial football matches.
Mr. T. A. Caterer occupied the chair. Mr. Diamond, after a few preliminary remarks, made the following proposition" That in the opinion of this meeting the South Adelaide Club has deliberately broken Rule 2, and has shown by a hostile attitude in the Association during the late visit of the Victorian team its unfitness to hold the position of an associated club, and is therefore expelled from the Association." The proposition was seconded by Mr. Creswell. An amendment was proposed by Mr. Smith to the following effect—" That a vote of censure he passed on the South Adelaide Club, as it was their first offence".
After the pros and con's of the matter had been fairly discussed, the motion was put to the meeting and carried by a large majority. The South Adelaide is therefore no longer an associated club, and all matches yet on the programme in which they are engaged will be cancelled.[26]

Round 13

Round 13 [27]
Saturday, 28 August (3:15 pm) Adelaide 0 def. by Port Adelaide 4 Adelaide Oval [28][29]

Programme Matches
SOUTH AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION. August 28,1880.
First Twenties—KENSINGTON v. NORWOOD, ADELAIDE - v. PORT.
Second Twenties—NORWOOD v. KENSINGTON, PORT v. ADELAIDE.-
Each-match to be played on the ground of the first-named Club and to commence at 3 o'clock sharp.
JAS. H. SINCLAIR, Hon. Sec. [30]

  • The match scheduled for Saturday, 28 August between Kensington and Norwood was cancelled with mutual consent.[31]

Round 13 (Non SAFA sanction game)

Round 13
Saturday, 28 August (3:30 pm) South Adelaide 0.5 (0) drew with Victorian 0.4 (0) South Adelaide Ground (crowd: 300) [28][29]

Footnote - Notwithstanding the fact that the South Australian Football Association, at a general meeting held on Thursday evening last, resolved to expel the South Adelaide Club the match went ahead with the Victorian Club but the result was not included in the end of season premiership table. This match was also not advertised by the Association.

Round 14

Round 14 [32]

Saturday, 11 September the scheduled game of the round was Norwood vs South Park.
Matches for the 1st and 2nd twenties of Norwood and South Park was advertised by the Association.
Football Notices.
SOOTH AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION.
FIRST TWENTIES :
NORWOOD V. SOUTH PARK.
SECOND TWENTIES :
SOUTH PARK V. NORWOOD.
Each match to he played on the ground of the first-named club this Day, and play to commence at 3 sharp.
JOHN CRESWELL. Hon. Sec.[33]
On Monday 13 September it was reported, the only match arranged by the Association for Saturday was South Park v. Norwood, but owing to the wet weather the latter club declined to play, although the South Parks had a team on the ground. The latter club claims the match, but the Norwoods dispute their being awarded it, on the grounds that the Parks had not a full team at 3 o'clock, that the umpire was not on the ground at the appointed time, and that the ground was unfit to play on. The Parks say, in reply, that they were prepared to go on with the game. The matter is likely to engage the attention of the Association. The end of season table shows that South Park were awarded a win.[34]

Round 15

Round 15 [35]
Saturday, 18 September (3:00 pm) Victorian 2.7 (2) def. Norwood 1.10 (1) North Park Lands [36]
Saturday, 18 September Port Adelaide 2.3 (2) def. by South Park 4.4 (4) Alberton Oval [36]
Bye
South Adelaide, Adelaide, Kensington
  • This was Norwood's first loss after 30 matches in the competition.

Ladder

In the original published end of season table from 25 Nov 1880 South Park were ranked above Kensington and Port Adelaide on the number of wins. This has been maintained in the below table. There was also a publication error for Port Adelaide would should have read 4 losses not 3. This has been corrected. The number of goals scored and against by each team has been tabulated from the match reports.

1880 SAFA Ladder
TEAM P W L D GF GA Pts Adj Pts
1 Norwood (P) 10 7 2 1 25 4 15 18.00
2 Victorian 10 5 2 3 12 6 13 15.60
3 South Adelaide 10 5 3 2 19 14 12 14.40
4 South Park 12 5 7 0 13 14 10 10.00
5 Kensington 11 4 4 3 15 14 11 12.00
6 Port Adelaide 12 3 4 5 16 18 11 11.00
7 Adelaide 11 1 8 2 6 36 4 4.36
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points, Adj Pts = Points adjusted for match ratio, (P) = Premiers [10]

Notes:
(1) The result of the disputed game Victorian v. South Adelaide (Rd 4) has been excluded.
(1) The game South Adelaide v. Victorian (Rd 13) has not been included due to South Adelaide's expulsion on 23rd August.
(3) The match between Kensington and Norwood (Rd 13) was cancelled by mutual consent.
(4) South Park were awarded a walkover win against Norwood (Rd 14).
(5) The additional special match between the Port Adelaide and Victorian on 4th September also is not included in the table.

1880 SAFA Home and Away Season

Home \ Away NOR VIC SAD SPK KEN PAD ADL
Norwood 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–0 5–0
Victorian 2–1 3–1 1–1 0–0 3–0
South Adelaide 0–2 2–0 1–0 3–1 6–1
South Park 0–1 0–1 1–2 1–0 4–0
Kensington 1–0 3–1 0–2 2–2 5–1
Port Adelaide 0–0 0–0 3–3 2–4 1–0 3–0
Adelaide 0–7 0–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–4
Source: [1]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Norwood's Intercolonial club matches

Norwood 1-5 draw Carlton 1-6 - East Melbourne Cricket Ground, 26 June 1880
Norwood 2-0 def Melbourne 0-0 - East Melbourne Cricket Ground, 1 July 1880
Norwood 0-0 def by Geelong 1-0 - Corio Oval, 3 July 1880
Norwood 0-5 def by Hotham 1-14 - East Melbourne Cricket Ground, 6 July 1880
Norwood 1-6 draw South Melbourne 1-12 - East Melbourne Cricket Ground, 8 July 1880

SAFA Intercolonial matches

A Victorian Association representative team toured South Australia in August, playing three intercolonial matches – two at even strength against the South Australian Football Association representative team, and one against a team of twenty-three South Australian-born players – and winning all three. J. Gibson (South Melbourne) served as captain of the Victorian Association team.[37]

1880 Intercolonial Matches
Saturday, 14 August South Australia 2.7 (2) def. by Victoria 5.13 (5) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 4,000) [38]
Wednesday, 18 August South Australian-born (23) 1.1 (1) def. by Victoria 5.17 (5) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 1,500) [37]
Saturday, 21 August South Australia 0.6 (0) def. by Victoria 3.21 (3) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 2,500) [39]

Additional matches

Controversy regarding a goal kicked during the Victorian and South Adelaide game meant the result was not confirmed until it was referred to the SAFA committee.[9] The result of the game was eventually decided to not count towards the premiership.[10]

Victorian vs. South Adelaide
Saturday, 29 May Victorian 1.5 (1) def. South Adelaide 0.2 (0) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 600) [8][9]

The Port Adelaide and Victorian football clubs decided to play another game against each other as their two previous matches during the season resulted in draws.

Port Adelaide vs. Victorian
Saturday, 4 September Port Adelaide 0.5 (0) def. by Victorian 2.11 (2) Alberton Oval (crowd: 500) [40]

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