1894 SAFA season

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1894 SAFA premiership season
Norwood Football Club 1894.jpg
Norwood, premiers
PremiersNorwood
(11th premiership)
Minor premiersNorwood
(2nd minor premiership)
Matches played38
Highest attendance9,000 (Grand Final Replay, Norwood v. South Adelaide)
Leading goalkickerAnthony Daly
Norwood (47 goals)
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The 1894 South Australian Football Association season was the 18th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.

Ladder[]

As Norwood and South Adelaide were level on premiership points, a playoff match for the premiership was required.

1894 SAFA Ladder
TEAM P W L D GF BF GA BA Pts
1 Norwood (P) 18 13 5 0 131 147 82 113 26
2 South Adelaide 18 13 5 0 125 174 79 128 26
3 Port Adelaide 18 9 9 0 95 140 85 112 18
4 North Adelaide 18 1 17 0 37 76 145 184 2
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, GF = Goals For, BF = Behinds For, GA = Goals Against, BA = Behinds Against, (P) = Premiers [1]

Grand final[]

1894 SAFA Premiership Football Match[]

Grand Final
Saturday 6 October (3:00 pm) Norwood drew with South Adelaide Adelaide Oval [2]
0.0 (0)
1.3 (1)
2.4 (2)
 4.8 (4)
Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final
1.5 (1)
1.5 (1)
3.8 (3)
 4.8 (4)
  • Despite a provision for 20 minute periods of extra time, the match was abandoned after full time due to darkness; the result stood, and a replay was ordered.

1894 SAFA Premiership Football Match Replay[]

Grand Final Replay
Wednesday 10 October (2:00 pm) Norwood def. South Adelaide Adelaide Oval (crowd: 9,000) [3]
1.1 (1)
2.4 (2)
2.5 (2)
 4.7 (4)
Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final
2.4 (2)
2.4 (2)
3.5 (3)
 3.5 (3)

References[]

  1. ^ "[No heading]". Adelaide Observer. National Library of Australia. 13 October 1894. p. 20. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  2. ^ "Football". South Australian Chronicle. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 13 October 1894. p. 15. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  3. ^ "THE FINAL STRUGGLE". South Australian Chronicle. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 13 October 1894. p. 15. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
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