1891 SAFA season

1891 SAFA premiership season
Premiers Norwood
(10th premiership)
Matches played 40
Highest attendance 13,000 (Round 9, Norwood v. Port Adelaide)
Leading goalkicker Charles Woods
Norwood (55 goals)
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The 1891 South Australian Football Association season was the 15th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.

Premiership Matches

Round 1

 
Saturday, 2 May (3:15pm) Norwood 5.13 (5) def. South Adelaide 2.7 (2) Kensington Oval [1]
Saturday, 2 May (3:10pm) Port Adelaide 7.12 (7) def. Medindie 1.4 (1) Adelaide Oval [2]
Bye: Adelaide

Round 2

 
Saturday, 9 May Port Adelaide 2.7 (2) def. by South Adelaide 3.7 (3) Alberton Oval (crowd: 2,000) [3]
Saturday, 9 May Norwood 14.14 (14) def. Adelaide 0.0 (0) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 600) [4]
Bye: Medindie

Round 3

 
Saturday, 16 May Norwood 4.5 (4) def. by Port Adelaide 6.4 (6) Kensington (crowd: 5,000) [5]
Saturday, 16 May (3:10pm) Medindie 3.6 (3) def. Adelaide 2.8 (2) Adelaide Oval [6]
Bye: South Adelaide

Round 4

 
Saturday, 23 May South Adelaide 6.11 (6) def. Medindie 1.3 (1) Adelaide Oval [7]
Saturday, 23 May Port Adelaide 5.12 (5) def. Adelaide 2.2 (2) Alberton Oval [8]
Bye: Norwood

Round 5

 
Monday, 25 May (3:15pm) South Adelaide 9.12 (9) def. Adelaide 2.0 (2) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 1,500) [9]
Bye: Norwood, Port Adelaide, Medindie

Round 6

 
Saturday, 30 May (3:15pm) South Adelaide 3.15 (3) def. Port Adelaide 1.5 (1) Adelaide Oval [10]
Saturday, 30 May Medindie 3.5 (3) def. Adelaide 1.6 (1) Kensington Oval [11]
Bye: Norwood

Round 7

 
Saturday, 6 June (3:15pm) Adelaide 1.0 (1) def. by Port Adelaide 12.19 (12) Adelaide Oval [12]
Saturday, 6 June Norwood 7.9 (7) def. Medindie 3.5 (3) Kensington Oval [13]
Bye: South Adelaide

South Australia vs. Victoria

 
Saturday, 13 June South Australia 5.9 (5) def. by Victoria 7.8 (7) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 7,500) [14][15]

Round 8

 
Saturday, 20 June South Adelaide 10.10 (10) def. Medindie 2.0 (2) Adelaide Oval
Saturday, 20 June Norwood 13.16 (13) def. Adelaide 5.2 (5) Kensington Oval (crowd: 200)
Bye: Port Adelaide

Round 9

 
Monday, 21 June Norwood 6.11 (6) def. Port Adelaide 5.6 (5) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 13,000) [16]
Monday, 21 June South Adelaide 14.22 (14) def. Adelaide 1.3 (1) Adelaide Oval [17]
Bye: Medindie

Round 10

 
Saturday, 27 June (3:11pm) Norwood 10.6 (10) def. South Adelaide 6.3 (6) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 8,500) [18]
Saturday, 27 June Port Adelaide 7.11 (7) def. Medindie 4.5 (4) Alberton Oval [19]
Bye: Adelaide

Round 11

 
Saturday, 4 July (3:10pm) South Adelaide 2.4 (2) def. by Port Adelaide 6.9 (6) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 3,500) [20]
Saturday, 4 July Norwood 8.20 (8) def. Medindie 1.5 (1) Kensington Oval [21]
Bye: Adelaide

Ladder

1891 SAFA Ladder
TEAM P W L D GF BF GA BA Pts
1 Norwood 16 13 3 0 125 173 49 74 26
2 Port Adelaide 16 12 4 0 122 154 39 74 24
3 South Adelaide 16 11 5 0 96 159 52 79 22
4 Medindie 16 4 12 0 37 60 108 158 8
5 Adelaide 16 0 16 0 27 39 169 213 0
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, GF = Goals For, BF = Behinds For, GA = Goals Against, BA = Behinds Against, (P) = Premiers [22]

References

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  14. ↑ "INTERCOLONIAL FOOTBALL.". The Express and Telegraph (Adelaide, SA : 1867 - 1922). Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 15 June 1891. p. 3. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  15. ↑ "Amusements.". Evening Journal (Adelaide, SA : 1869 - 1912). Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 15 June 1891. p. 2 Edition: SECOND EDITION. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  16. ↑ "FOOTBALL.". The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1931). Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 23 June 1891. p. 3. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  17. ↑ "FOOTBALL.". The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1931). Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 23 June 1891. p. 3. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  18. ↑ "FOOTBALL.". The Express and Telegraph (Adelaide, SA : 1867 - 1922). Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 29 June 1891. p. 4. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  19. ↑ "FOOTBALL.". The Express and Telegraph (Adelaide, SA : 1867 - 1922). Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 29 June 1891. p. 4. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  20. ↑ "Football.". Evening Journal (Adelaide, SA : 1869 - 1912). Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 6 July 1891. p. 3 Edition: SECOND EDITION. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
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  22. ↑ "FOOTBALL.". South Australian Chronicle (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1895). Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 26 September 1891. p. 15. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
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