New South Wales Football Association

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New South Wales Football Association
Founded31 August 1880[1]
Abolished1893
RegionSydney, New South Wales
Number of teams5

The New South Wales Football Association was an Australian rules competition based in Sydney between 1880 and 1893.

Background[]

In late June 1880 a large ground of rugby players, dissatisfied with the British games rules, gathered to form a new competition that would adopt the Victorian rules.[2]

Clubs[]

  • East Sydney Football Club (1880).[3]
  • Sydney Football Club (1880).[4]
  • Balmain Football Club
  • Woollahara Football Club

References[]

  1. ^ "FOOTBALL". The Sydney Morning Herald (13, 234). New South Wales, Australia. 31 August 1880. p. 7. Retrieved 30 May 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "SPORTING SUMMARY". The Sydney Daily Telegraph (319). New South Wales, Australia. 6 July 1880. p. 3. Retrieved 31 May 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Football Notes". The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser. XXX (1049). New South Wales, Australia. 14 August 1880. p. 316. Retrieved 31 May 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "Football Notes". The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser. XXX (1049). New South Wales, Australia. 14 August 1880. p. 316. Retrieved 31 May 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
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