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1877 SAFA season

The 1877 South Australian Football Association season was the inaugural season of the South Australian Football Association, the top-level league of Australian rules football in South Australia.

South Australian Football Association
The newly formed South Australian Football Association decided that the playing fields for the season must be between 180 and 200 yards (165-183m) long and 120-150 yards (110-137m) wide, with pushing from behind being prohibited. For clubs to gain membership of the association, they would need to pay two guineas for the year. At a meeting on 14 May 1877 held at the Prince Alfred Hotel, the list of fixtures for the season was arranged by the match committee, and it was resolved that the Honorary Secretary advertise every Friday the matches for the following Saturday, and also that a tabulated card of the fixtures be printed for circulation. == Inaugural Senior Clubs ==
Premiership Season
Round 1 FOOTBALL. — ADELAIDES V. BANKERS will be played on the Old Adelaide Ground, near the Adelaide Bridge, Tomorrow (Saturday), May 5. Play will commence at 2.30 sharp. Adelaides in colored, Bankers in white jerseys. Teams for the first games played on 12 May were advertised on the day as follows: Football matches will be played this afternoon between the Kensington and Port Adelaide clubs on the Kensington Oval, and Adelaide v. Bankers on the Adelaide ground, North Park Lands. A color match will also be played on the grounds of the South Park Club. The names of the Adelaide Club players are Messrs. M. Acraman, F. A. Bleechmore, G. Butterworth, W. Cate, Canaway, W. E. Dalton, A.Fesenmeyer, H. and C. Hughes, Morgan, Poole, A. and D. C.Scott, R. N.Twopeny, Wyatt, and Jas, Jno., and E. B. Young. The players in the match between the Port Adelaide and Kensington Clubs are:— Port Adelaide — Messrs. E. Ede, W. Fletcher, J, S. Hawkes, W. Kelly, A. LeMessurier, J. A. Rann, H. Fletcher, J. Sidoli, A. Pickhaver, T. Wildrew, H. Dewar, T. Prideaux, F.Dewar, A. Dewar, F. A. Colman, T. Smith, D.Kettie, Et. LeMessurier, A. Wald, and Ed. LeMessurier, with W. Bennett, T. C. Neill, and W. Pyne, as emergency men. Kensington — Messrs. E.Woods, J. Woods, H. Goode, W. Day, F. Day, A. Frew, T. Burton, F. G. Stanton, P. Wood, C.A. Patterson, W. Gwynne, H. Muirhead, T.Pope, H. Stanton, A. Harrison, B. Hall, A. M. Hargrave, and Moulden, with C. T. Hargrave,H. W. Hargrave, J. Thomas, and T. James, as emergency men. 12 May - South Park played an internal colour match (Blue vs White) on South Park Lands. Round 2 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Round 7 Round 8 Round 9 Round 10 . Round 11 Round 12 Round 13 Round 14 Round 15 Round 16 Round 17 Round 18 Round 19 (Postponed) FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION MATCHES for SATURDAY, 22 September. At Montefiore — Victorian v. South Adelaide. At South Park— Port v. South Park Football. — Two Association matches are announced for today one between the Port Adelaide and South Park Clubs on the ground of the latter, and the other between the Victorian and South Adelaide Clubs at Montefiore Hill. The latter match will decide the question of the championship of the season, and will, it is to be hoped, be largely attended, as a hat is to be passed round at half-time for the benefit of the sufferers by the Indian famine. In consequence of the inclement weather on Saturday, 22 September, the football matches which were to have been played between the South Adelaide and Victorian Clubs and the Port Adelaide and South Park Clubs were postponed. Round 19 Earlier in the season the teams played a scoreless drew at South's home ground. Victorians had only lost one game which was against Port Adelaide. South Adelaide was clearly the best club in the competition during the course of the season being undefeated, but an inexplicable and very costly lapse in form in the final game of the season, together with one devastating error by the goalkeeper in this vital final match, saw it lose to Victorian which gave the two clubs an equal record of only losing one game. Summary of matches Metro vs Country Thursday 24 May (Public Holiday) Adelaide, 4 goals, beat Kapunda, 2 at Kapunda (An oval ball was used). Wednesday 21 June (Public Holiday) - Adelaide, 1 goal tied Gawler, 1. Crowd 450 at Gawler Monday 6 August Adelaide (colours Red and Black), 3 goals, beat Kapunda (Colour Blue), 2 at South Adelaide's Ground Summary of other Matches Monday 6 August South Australians, 3 goals, beat Victorians, 1. Played at Exhibition Ground. (Crowd 500 + 200 non paying) Intercolonial Association Matches The proposed inaugural inter-colonial match between Associations was cancelled because the venue owners Melbourne University refused to allow admission fees to be charged. The match was then proposed to be moved to the Civil Service Cricket Ground, located at Flinders Park (near the current site of Rod Laver Arena). However, a suitable date could not be agreed upon as the SAFA wanted July 14 and the VFA July 21 therefore the match was cancelled. Saturday 11 August Melbourne Football Club, 1 goal defeated Victorian, 0. Crowd: 2000 at Exhibition Grounds, Adelaide Monday 13 August Melbourne Football Club, 5 goals defeated South Australian Combined Team, 0. Crowd: 1000 at Exhibition Grounds, Adelaide The combined team comprised players selected from the following local Clubs: Victorians, G. Downs (Captain of the South Australian combatants), C. Warren, H.Barry, Knill, Kingsford, W. Lanjmey, H. Allen, and J. Sharp; Ports, T. Smith, A. LeMessurier, Fletcher, W. Frideaux, and Tysack; Woodvilles, T. Beeves, Letchford, G. Giffen, Aitken, and J. R. Osborne; South Parks, J. M. Sinclair and Cresswell. Saturday 18 August - St Kilda Football Club, 5 goals, defeated Adelaide, 2. Crowd 3500 at Adelaide Oval Monday 20 August - St Kilda Football Club. 7 goals, defeated South Australians, 2 at Adelaide Oval. == Ladder ==
Ladder
finished the season with eight more goals but a slightly inferior record than , but one should consider that played the Bankers twice whereas did not (their only scheduled match, in Round 6, was a forfeit when the Bankers could only muster 13 players). Further, while Adelaide finished with one more win than the other two clubs, they played 17 games to 13 and 14 respectively. It was declared and would be deemed joint Champion Club (premiers). Note: Woodville were ranked above South Park on head-to-head record (2-1). It was reported at the end of the season that Bankers had forfeited 6 out of their 15 games. (Adelaide, Port Adelaide, South Adelaide, Kensington 1 each, and Woodville 2) Top 4 Head to Head Results == Closing Matches ==
Closing Matches
Victorian Football Club closed their season on Saturday 13th October with a Ladies Bag Match played below Montefiore Hill. == See also ==
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