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1887 SAFA season

1887 SAFA premiership season
10th SAFA season
Pictured above is the 1887 premiership team.
Teams7
PremiersNorwood
7th premiership
Leading goalkickerAlf Bushby
Port Adelaide (25 goals)
Matches played55
Highest11,000 (Round 8, Norwood vs. Port Adelaide)
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The 1887 South Australian Football Association season was the 11th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia. The Norwood Football Club won their 7th premiership, by winning 2 premiership points (2 draws) more than Port Adelaide due to the clubs not playing an equal amount of games.

Admission of New Clubs

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On 15 March 1887 the West Torrens Football Club held a meeting at the Foundry Hotel, Hindley Street in Adelaide where it decided to change the name of the club to West Adelaide and apply for inclusion in the upcoming 1887 SAFA season. The Club has previously applied to join in 1879.

1887 saw the competition expand from 4 to 7 clubs when Gawler Albions, Hotham and West Adelaide were admitted to the SAFA with the last of those bearing no relation to the modern day West Adelaide Bloods.

Programme

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The Committee of the Association met on the 15th April, and adopted the programme which had been agreed upon by the Secretaries beforehand. This programme is, I think, rather unfair to the new clubs. The old clubs have so arranged matters that the Hothams will only have the benefit of playing on the Adelaide Oval four times during the season, while the West Adelaides and Gawlers only play there once each during the season.

A sub committee was formed to endeavour to arrange with the Traffic Manager to run a special train to Gawler after 1 o'clock on each of the Bix Saturdays when city teams have to play the Gawlers. It is to be hoped that some satisfactory arrangement will be made. If a special is not run it will be useless to expect the men to get away from business to catch the 12.15 train.

The Ports will not be in the city very often during the coming season. At their own request two-thirds of their seventeen matches will be played on the Alberton Oval. They are making several improvements there, one which will be much appreciated being a scoring-board.[1]

As the Programme was arranged by the individual clubs hence the uneven number of games played. At the end of the season Port Adelaide requested to play an additional game against Hotham (as they had only played them twice compared to Norwood) but it was rejected by the Association. They also requested to play Norwood in a premiership playoff. Norwood and Port Adelaide had played each other 4 times during the season with the result being 2 wins and 2 draws in favour of Norwood. The premiership hence was awarded to Norwood.[2][3]

Premiership season

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Round 1

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Round 1
Saturday, 7 May (3:10 pm) Adelaide 7.19 (7) def. Hotham 3.7 (3) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 1,500) [4][5]
Saturday, 7 May (3:25 pm) Norwood 9.23 (9) def. West Adelaide 0.0 (0) Kensington Oval [6]
Saturday, 7 May (Time pm) Port Adelaide 12.28 (12) def. Gawler 0.1 (0) Alberton Oval (crowd: 800) [7][8]
Bye
South Adelaide

Round 2

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Round 2
Saturday, 14 May (Time pm) Adelaide 3.12 (3) drew with South Adelaide 3.4 (3) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 2,300) [9]
Saturday, 14 May (Time pm) Port Adelaide 3.22 (3) def. West Adelaide 0.2 (0) Alberton Oval (crowd: 600) [10]
Saturday, 14 May (3:15 pm) Norwood 6.14 (6) def. Hotham 0.2 (0) Kensington Oval [11]
Bye
Gawler

Round 3

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Round 3
Saturday, 21 May (3:15 pm) Port Adelaide 3.4 (3) drew with Norwood 3.7 (3) Alberton Oval (crowd: 3,000) [12]
Saturday, 21 May (3:10 pm) South Adelaide 9.21 (9) def. Hotham 6.5 (6) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 1,000) [13]
Saturday, 21 May (3:10 pm) Adelaide 9.21 (9) def. West Adelaide 0.1 (0) Kensington Oval (crowd: 100) [14]
Bye
Gawler

Round 4 (Queen's Birthday Holiday)

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Round 4

Fixtures Tuesday May 24
Adelaide 3.8 (3) drew Norwood 3.7 (3), at Adelaide Oval (Crowd 7,000 - 10,000)[15][16]
Port 6.4 (6) defeated South Adelaide 4.7 (4), at Alberton (Crowd 2000);
Gawler 3.5 (3) defeated by Hotham 6.15 (6), at Gawler.

Round 5

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Round 5
Saturday, 28 May (3:04 pm) South Adelaide 7.11 (7) drew with Norwood 7.11 (7) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 3,000) [17][18]
Saturday, 28 May (3:25 pm) West Adelaide 3.12 (3) drew with Gawler 3.4 (3) Kensington Oval [19][20]
Saturday, 28 May Port Adelaide 7.15 (7) def. Hotham 1.6 (1) Alberton Oval (crowd: 300) [21][22]
Bye
Adelaide

Adelaide were on an interstate trip to Victoria to play a series of six matches.

Round 6

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Round 6
Saturday, 4 June (3:25 pm) South Adelaide 5.20 (5) def. West Adelaide 1.8 (1) Kensington Oval [23]
Saturday, 4 June (3:15 pm) Norwood 7.15 def. Hotham 1.5 Adelaide Oval [24]
Saturday, 4 June (3:30 pm) Gawler 0.0 (0) def. by Port Adelaide 3.14 (3) Gawler Oval (crowd: 150) [25]
Bye
Adelaide

Round 7

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Round 7
Saturday, 11 June (3:00 pm) Adelaide 2.11 (2) def. by Port Adelaide 4.6 (4) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 4,000) [26]
Saturday, 11 June (3:25 pm) Hotham 2.5 (2) drew with West Adelaide 2.4 (2) Kensington Oval [27]
Saturday, 11 June Gawler 1.2 (1) def. by South Adelaide 9.23 (9) Gawler Oval (crowd: 75) [28][29]
Bye
Norwood

Round 8

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Round 8
Saturday, 18 June (3:16 pm) Norwood 8.21 (8) def. West Adelaide 1.1 (1) Adelaide Oval [30]
Saturday, 18 June (3:35 pm) South Adelaide 5.18 (5) def. Hotham 4.2 (4) Kensington Oval (crowd: 200) [31]
Saturday, 18 June (3:30 pm) Gawler 0.4 (0) def. by Adelaide 8.15 (8) Gawler Oval [32]
Bye
Port Adelaide

Round 9

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Round 9
Monday, 20 June (?:?? pm) Gawler 1.10 (1) def. by West Adelaide 2.8 (2) Gawler Oval [33][34]
Monday, 20 June (3:00 pm) Norwood 6.16 (6) def. Port Adelaide 4.3 (4) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 11,000) [35]
Tuesday, 22 Jun (Time pm) Adelaide 5.4 (5) def. South Adelaide 2.10 (2) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 8,000) [36]
  • The Norwood vs Port Adelaide match was under the patronage of the Chinese Commissioners to the Jubilee Exhibition General Wong Yang Ho and Console-General Yu Chiung.[37]
  • The match attendance of approximately 11,000 was the largest in South Australian football history at the time.

Footnote : Adelaide vs South Adelaide - The Football Association had refused to recognise the game in the counting for the premiership, but notwithstanding this there were fully 8,000 people present, the pavilion being thronged.

Round 10

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Round 10
Saturday, 25 June (3:00 pm) Adelaide 1.3 (1) def. by Norwood 5.15 (5) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 4,500) [38]
Saturday, 25 June (Time pm) Port Adelaide 6.17 (6) def. Hotham 2.5 (2) Alberton Oval (crowd: 300) [39]
Saturday, 25 June (Time pm) South Adelaide 8.20 (8) def. West Adelaide 2.5 (2) South Park Lands, Adelaide (crowd: 250) [40]
Bye
Gawler

South Adelaide v. West Adelaide - This match was to have been played on the Kensington Oval but owing to the unfit state of the ground it was mutually decided to play on the South Park Lands.

Round 11

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Round 11
Saturday, 2 July (3:00 pm) South Adelaide 2.4 (2) def. by Norwood 6.6 (6) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 3,500) [41][42]
Saturday, 2 July (3:10 pm) Port Adelaide 3.10 (3) def. by Adelaide 4.1 (4) Alberton Oval (crowd: 1,000) [43]
Saturday, 2 July (3.25 pm) West Adelaide 0.3 (0) def. by Gawler 1.8 (1) Kensington Oval (crowd: Approx. 12) [44][45][46]
Bye
Hotham
Crowd and condition of Kensington Oval – Saturday like many of its predecessors this season was wet and sloppy, and the ground was decidedly adverse to a good display of football. On the previous Saturday it was found impossible to play on the Kensington Oval, and it was thought by a great many that the teams whose turn it was to occupy Saturday would do likewise. The ground at 3 o'clock wore a singularly desolate appearance, there being only one spectator on the scene. A quarter of an hour later about a dozen persons had gathered to witness the contest, while the competing parties had about 15 men apiece. By the aid of subs, however, the teams were brought as nearly as possible to the orthodox number. At nearly 25 minutes past 3 the teams were led into the field by their respective captains, and the game was started on the sticky turf.
When the half-time bell rang the scores stood — Gawlers, 1 goal 4 behinds ; West Adelaides, 1 behind. The ringing of the bell was the signal for a large troupe of juveniles who had been anxiously awaiting at the gate to enter the ground and take possession of the pavilion. These were effectual in creating at least a little noise, and when the teams again took the field there were a considerable number present.[47]

Round 12

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Round 12
Saturday, 23 July (3:15 pm) Adelaide 3.12 (3) drew with South Adelaide 3.9 (3) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 2,000) [48]
Saturday, 23 July (Time pm) Hotham 5.11 (5) def. West Adelaide 0.4 (0) Kensington Oval [49]
Saturday, 23 July (3:11 pm) Port Adelaide 4.1 (4) drew with Norwood 4.8 (4) Alberton Oval (crowd: 3,500) [50]
Bye
Gawler

Round 13

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Round 13
Saturday, 30 July (3:15 pm) Adelaide 5.16 (5) def. Hotham 0.3 (0) Kensington Oval (crowd: 150) [51][52]
Saturday, 30 July (3:30 pm) Gawler 1.4 (1) def. by Norwood 7.15 (7) Gawler Oval (crowd: 350) [53]
Saturday, 30 July (3:21 pm) South Adelaide 6.8 (6) def. by Port Adelaide 8.3 (8) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 2,500) [54]
Bye
West Adelaide

Round 14

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Round 14
Saturday, 6 August (3:06 pm) Adelaide 4.8 (4) def. Norwood 2.13 (2) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 4,000) [55]
Saturday, 6 August (3:20 pm) Port Adelaide 11.29 (11) def. West Adelaide 1.3 (1) Alberton Oval (crowd: 200) [56][57]
Saturday, 6 August (3:30 pm) South Adelaide 3.13 (3) drew with Hotham 3.4 (3) Kensington Oval (crowd: 200) [58][59]
Bye
Gawler

Round 15

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Round 15
Saturday, 13 August (3:15 pm) Port Adelaide 6.14 (6) def. Adelaide 2.9 (2) Alberton Oval (crowd: 3,000) [60]
Saturday, 13 August (3:00 pm) South Adelaide 16.27 (16) def. Gawler 2.3 (2) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 400) [61][62]
Saturday, 13 August (3:30 pm) Norwood 14.26 (14) def. West Adelaide 0.0 (0) Kensington Oval (crowd: 200) [63]
Bye
Hotham

Round 16

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Round 16
Saturday, 20 August (3:08 pm) Norwood 5.11 (5) def. Port Adelaide 2.9 (2) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 8,000) [64]
Saturday, 20 August South Adelaide 4.20 (4) drew with Hotham 4.7 (4) Kensington Oval (crowd: 100) [65]
Bye
West Adelaide,Adelaide,Gawler.

Note - Gawler played Salisbury at Gawler.[66]

Round 17

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Round 17
Saturday, 27 August (3:00 pm) South Adelaide 7.5 (7) def. Norwood 5.6 (5) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 3,000) [67][68]
Saturday, 27 August (3:25 pm) Adelaide 4.17 (4) def. Hotham 1.9 (1) Kensington Oval [69][70]
Saturday, 27 August (3:15 pm) Port Adelaide 17.27 (17) def. West Adelaide 2.0 (2) Alberton Oval (crowd: 200) [71][72]
Bye
Gawler

Port Adelaide's score of 17.27 (17) was the highest total ever at the time in South Australian league football.

Round 18

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Round 18
Thursday, 1 September (3:08 pm) Adelaide 1.2 (1) def. by South Adelaide 6.2 (6) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 2,500) [73]

Round 19

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Round 19
Saturday, 3 September Port Adelaide 11.11 (11) def. South Adelaide 4.8 (4) Alberton Oval (crowd: 2,000) [74]
Saturday, 3 September (3:15 pm) Adelaide 7.20 (7) v Gawler 1.4 (1) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 100) [75]
Saturday, 3 September Norwood 14.20 (14) def. West Adelaide 0.1 (0) Kensington Oval (crowd: 100) [76]
Bye
Hotham

Round 20

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Round 20
Saturday, 10 September Norwood 8.23 (8) def. Hotham 0.4 (0) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 1,000) [77]
Saturday, 10 September (3:20 pm) Adelaide 4.21 (4) def. West Adelaide 3.3 (3) Kensington Oval [78][79]
Bye
Port Adelaide, South Adelaide, Gawler

Round 21

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Round 21
Saturday, 17 September Adelaide 4.7 (4) def. by Port Adelaide 5.12 (5) Adelaide Oval [80]
Bye
South Adelaide, Norwood, Gawler, Hotham, West Adelaide

Ladder

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1887 SAFA Ladder
TEAM P W L D GF BF GA BA Pts Adj Pts
1 Norwood 18 12 2 4 119 257 40 73 28 28.00
2 Port Adelaide 17 12 3 2 110 220 46 103 26 27.53
3 Adelaide 16 9 4 3 67 195 43 109 21 23.63
4 South Adelaide 17 8 5 4 102 221 72 101 20 21.18
5 Hotham 15 3 10 2 37 98 77 227 8 9.60
6 Gawler 11 1 9 1 13 48 72 197 3 4.91
7 West Adelaide 16 1 13 2 18 52 114 288 4 4.50
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, GF = Goals For, BF = Behinds For, GA = Goals Against, BA = Behinds Against, Pts = Points, Adj Pts = Points adjusted for match ratio, (P) = Premiers [81]

Intercolonial Matches

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During May, Adelaide the SAFA 1886 premiers visited Melbourne and played a series of six matches.
Results:
Adelaide defeated St Kilda and South Ballarat, but lost to Carlton, Fitzroy, Geelong and Tasmania.

During July, Carlton the Victorian 1887 premiers visited Adelaide and played a series of five matches against SAFA Clubs.
Results:
Carlton defeated Hotham, Norwood and Port Adelaide, Drew with South Adelaide but lost to Adelaide.

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