1896 SAFA season
1896 SAFA premiership season | |
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Premiers | South Adelaide (5th premiership) |
Matches played | 40 |
Leading goalkicker | Jack Kay South Adelaide (25 goals) |
The 1896 South Australian Football Association season was the 20th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.
During the 1896 season a rule was introduced for North Adelaide and the Natives (renamed West Torrens for the 1897 season) allowing them to field an extra three players to be more competitive with the three more established clubs.[1] The Native team played the majority of their games at Kensington despite many of their players living in the Port area.|[2]
Ladder[]
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TEAM | P | W | L | D | GF | BF | GA | BA | Pts | ||||
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1 | South Adelaide | 18 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 128 | 134 | 60 | 86 | 34 | |||
2 | Norwood | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 104 | 144 | 71 | 112 | 22 | |||
3 | North Adelaide | 16 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 52 | 105 | 80 | 118 | 11 | |||
4 | Natives | 16 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 44 | 81 | 77 | 118 | 10 | |||
5 | Port Adelaide | 18 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 66 | 118 | 101 | 143 | 9 | |||
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, GF = Goals For, BF = Behinds For, GA = Goals Against, BA = Behinds Against, (P) = Premiers | [3] |
Note - North Adelaide and Natives forfeited to South Adelaide once each.
References[]
- ^ "FOOTBALL". Evening Journal. Vol. XXVIII, no. 7977. South Australia. 1 June 1896. p. 3 (ONE O'CLOCK EDITION). Retrieved 19 July 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "FOOTBALL. RETROSPECT OF THE SEASON". Adelaide Observer. National Library of Australia. 19 September 1896. p. 45. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
- ^ "FOOTBALL. RETROSPECT OF THE SEASON". Adelaide Observer. National Library of Australia. 19 September 1896. p. 45. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
Categories:
- 1896 in Australian rules football
- South Australian National Football League seasons
- Australian rules football competition stubs