The 1876 South Australian football season was the fourteenth season of interclub football , and the last year in the state without an organised league body with an official set of rules.
1876 South Australian football premiership season Premiers Victorian (1st premiership)Highest attendance 1,750 (August 26, Collegians vs. Non-Collegians)
Rules Sets [ ]
During the 1876 football season in South Australia two dominant rule sets were in use.[1]
Kensington Rules
Victorian Rules
Major Clubs [ ]
Metropolitan [ ]
Adelaide
Port Adelaide
Victorian
South Adelaide
Woodville
Kensington
Glenelg
Austral
Outer Metropolitan (Country Clubs) [ ]
Regional Clubs [ ]
Mount Gambier
Young Australian
Penola
Naracoorte
Caltowie
Yangga
Laura
Port Pirie
Educational Institutions [ ]
St Peter's College
Prince Alfred College
Adelaide Educational Institution
North Adelaide Grammar
Glenelg Grammar
[ ]
May 20 [ ]
Round 1
Saturday, 20 May
Woodville 0
drew with
Kensington 0
Woodville
[2]
Saturday, 20 May (3:00 pm)
Victorian 1
def.
South Adelaide 0
Montefiore Hill
[3]
May 25 [ ]
Round 2
Thursday, 25 May (1:00 pm)
Kapunda 3
def.
Woodville 1
Kapunda
[4]
June 3 [ ]
Round 3
Saturday, 3 June (3:00 pm)
Port Adelaide 0
def. by
Victorian 1
Glanville Hall Estate
[5]
June 10 [ ]
Round 4
Saturday, 10 June (3:00 pm)
South Adelaide 0
drew with
Woodville 0
[6]
June 17 [ ]
Round 5
Saturday, 17 June (3:20 pm)
Woodville 2
def.
Victorian 1
Woodville
[7]
Saturday, 17 June
Port Adelaide 0
def. by
Kensington 1
Glanville Hall Estate
[8]
20 June [ ]
Round 6
Tuesday, 20 June (1:30 pm)
Woodville 4
def.
Gawler 0
Woodville
[9]
Tuesday, 20 June (2 to 5pm)
Willunga 3
def.
Kensington 1
Noarlunga
[10] [11]
1 July [ ]
Round 7
Saturday, 1 July (3:00 pm)
Kensington 3
def.
Woodville 1
Kensington Oval
[12]
Saturday, 1 July (3:00 pm)
Port Adelaide 0
def. by
South Adelaide 1
Glanville Hall Estate
[13] [14]
July 8 [ ]
Round 8
Saturday, 8 July (3:10 pm)
Adelaide 0
drew with
South Adelaide 0
Old Adelaide Ground (crowd: 400)
[15]
Saturday, 8 July (3:00 pm)
Glenelg 0
def. by
Victorian 4
Glenelg
[16]
Saturday, 8 July
Woodville 0
def. by
Port Adelaide 1
Woodville
[17]
July 15 [ ]
Round 9
Saturday, 15 July (3:25 pm)
Victorian 2
def.
Woodville 0
Montefiore Hill
[18]
Saturday, 15 July (4:00 pm)
Kensington 5
def.
Port Adelaide 2
Kensington Oval
[19] [20]
Saturday, 15 July
Glenelg 0
def. by
Australs 1
Glenelg
[21] [22]
July 22 [ ]
Round 10
Saturday, 22 July (3:00 pm)
Adelaide 1
def. by
Woodville 6
North Park Lands (crowd: 300)
[23]
Saturday, 22 July (3:00 pm)
Victorian 4
def.
Port Adelaide 0
Montefiore Hill
[24]
Saturday, 22 July
Kensington 0
def. by
South Adelaide 1
Kensington Oval
[25]
July 29 [ ]
Round 11
Saturday, 29 July (3:30 pm)
Woodville 0
def. by
South Adelaide 2
Woodville (crowd: 600)
[26]
Saturday, 29 July
Australs 8
def.
Glenelg 0
[27]
August 5 [ ]
Round 12
Saturday, 5 August (3:15 pm)
Adelaide 0
drew with
South Adelaide 0
Old Adelaide Ground (crowd: 450)
[28] [29]
Saturday, 5 August (3:00 pm)
Port Adelaide 0
def. by
Woodville 1
Glanville Hall Estate
[30] [31]
Saturday, 5 August
Willunga 4
def.
Victorian 1
Willunga (crowd: 450)
[32]
August 7 [ ]
Round 13
Monday, 7 August (1:30 pm)
Kapunda 0
drew with
South Adelaide 0
Kapunda (crowd: 250)
[33]
August 12 [ ]
Round 14
Saturday, 12 August (3:15 pm)
Adelaide 0
def. by
Woodville 3
Old Adelaide Ground (crowd: 1,000)
[34]
August 19 [ ]
Round 15
Saturday, 9 August
Adelaide 0
def. by
Victorian 1
Adelaide Ground (crowd: 600)
[35] [36]
Saturday, 9 August (3:15 pm)
South Adelaide 4
def.
Woodville 0
South Park Lands
[37] [38]
Saturday, 9 August
Port Adelaide 2
def.
Australs 0
Glanville Hall Estate
[39]
Saturday, 9 August (3:15 pm)
St Peter's College 4
def.
Kensington 2
Adelaide Oval
[40] [41]
September 2 [ ]
Round 16
Saturday, 2 September
Victorian 2
drew with
Willunga 2
Montefiore Hill (crowd: 350)
[42]
Ladder [ ]
In the table below, Senior Results is based only upon games played against senior clubs; the record listed under W-L-D is the record over all matches, including those against country and junior teams.
1876 South Australian Football Ladder
TEAM
P
W
L
D
Senior Results
GF
GA
1
Victorian
9
6
2
1
6-1-0
17
8
2
South Adelaide
9
4
1
4
4-1-3
8
1
3
Australs
4
2
1
1
2-1-1
11
4
4
Kensington
7
3
2
2
3-1-1
14
13
5
Woodville
14
6
6
2
4-5-2
13
12
6
Port Adelaide
8
2
6
0
2-6-0
5
13
7
Adelaide
5
0
3
2
0-3-2
1
10
8
Glenelg
3
0
3
0
0-3-0
0
13
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, GF = Points For, GA = Points Against, (P) = Premiers
Exhibition Matches [ ]
August 26 [ ]
August 26
Day, 26 August (3:00 pm)
Collegians 2
def. by
Non-Collegians 4
North Park Lands (crowd: 1,750)
[43]
The Collegians vs. Non-Collegians was an all star match made up of the best players of the Adelaide, Woodville, Kensington,
and College clubs.
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