The 1882 South Australian Football Association season was the 6th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia. The season began on Saturday 6 May.
The 1882 SAFA season was the first time that the league used behinds in determining game results.
The Royal Park Football Club entered the competition, but they folded after five matches, their remaining five scheduled matches were declared forfeits.
Norwood went on to record its 5th consecutive premiership.
The game scheduled for Saturday 19 August at Kensington Oval between Norwood and Port Adelaide was awarded to Norwood on forfeit as Port Adelaide objected to the match not being played at Alberton Oval and refused to travel.[38]
Note: Royal Park only played four matches, forfeiting one due to a lack of players, while the other five were forfeits after the club dropped out of the SAFA and folded.
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^"FOOTBALL". The South Australian Advertiser. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 14 August 1882. p. 7. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
^"FOOTBALL". South Australian Register. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 4 September 1882. p. 2 Supplement: SUPPLEMENT TO THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN REGISTER. Retrieved 18 February 2015.