1894 SAFA season

South Australian Football Association season October 2012 July 2022 safa 1894 Norwood Football Club 1894.jpg 250 , premiers 4 11 1st Round 2nd Round 38 9,000 (Grand Final Replay, Norwood v. South Adelaide) Anthony Daly (47 goals) 1893 1895 The 1894 South Australian Football Association season was the 18th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia. Adelaide Football Club resigns from SAFA The Adelaide Football Club, Premiers in 1886, and who joined the SAFA in 1885 after a merger of North Adelaide Juniors and North Park from the Adelaide and Suburban Association, resigned from the SAFA before the commencement of the 1894 season and folded. At a meeting of the committee of the SAFA on Monday, 9 March 1894, it was reported Mr. B. Shepley (Secretary of the Adelaide Football Club) wrote giving notice that his club wished to retire from the Association. The club regretted the circumstance and wished the Association every success.https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/161802269 Football. S.a. Football Association Adelaide Observer 14 April 1894 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/161802839 Football Adelaide Observer 28 April 1894 For the 1893 season, Adelaide had merged with the Eastbourne Football Club, 1891 and 1892 Premiers of the City and Suburban Association. The Eastbourne Football Club on 18 April 1894 applied for readmission to the City and Suburban Association and were accepted. The Adelaide Club has no relationship to the modern day Adelaide Crows formed in 1990. Season Programme The programme as drawn up by the sub committee and adopted by the committee was as follows:— 1st Round May 5, Norwood v. Port (Adelaide), South v. North Adelaide (Kensington): May 12, South v. Port (Adelaide), Norwood v. North Adelaide (Kensington); May 19, Norwood v. South (Adelaide), Port v. North Adelaide (Alberton); May 24 (holiday), South v. Port (Adelaide); May 26, Norwood v. North Adelaide (Adelaide); June 2, Norwood v. South (Adelaide), Port v. North Adelaide (Alberton); June 9, Norwood v. Port (Adelaide), South v. North Adelaide (Kensington); June 16, South v. Port (Adelaide); June 20 (holiday), Norwood v. Port (Adelaide); June 23, South v. North Adelaide (Adelaide); June 30, Norwood v. South (Adelaide),https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/202816425 Football Evening Journal 1894 Port v. North Adelaide (Kensington); https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/166450216 Football Flights Quiz and the Lantern 1894 2nd Roundhttps://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/53647781 Football South Australian Register 1894 July 7, South v. Port (Adelaide), Norwood v. North Adelaide (Kensington);https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/53654844 Norwood V. North Adelaide South Australian Register 1894 July 14, Norwood v. Port (Adelaide), South v. North Adelaide (Kensington); July 21, Yorke'a Peninsula v. a combined team picked by the Association (Adelaide); July 28, Port v. North Adelaide (Adelaide); August 4, Norwood v. South (Adelaide), Port v. North Adelaide (Kensington); August 11, Norwood v. North Adelaide (Adelaide); August 18, North v. South (Adelaide); August 25, South v. Port (Adelaide), Norwood v. North Adelaide (Kensington); September 1 (holiday), Norwood v. South (Adelaide); September 8, Norwood v. Port (Adelaide), South v. North Adelaide (Kensington); September 15, South v. Port (Adelaide), Norwood v. North Adelaide (Kensington); September 22, Norwood v. South (Adelaide), Port v. North Adelaide (Alberton); September 29, Norwood v. Port (Adelaide), South v. North Adelaide (Kensington). Note: The season was divided into two rounds, with the winner of each round playing in a premiership play-off match. Ladders (Minor Round) 1894 SAFA Ladder - First Round (Final Table after Playoff) TEAM P W L D GF BF GA BAPts 1 South Adelaide (W) 10 8 2 0791084566162Norwood1073084874573143Port Adelaide93604471497164North Adelaide9180214189972 Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, GF = Goals For, BF = Behinds For, GA = Goals Against, BA = Behinds Against, (W) = Winner As South Adelaide and Norwood finished in a tie for first place in the first round, a play-off match was required: the clubs arranged for the play-off to take place on August 11. The match originally fixed for that day, Norwood vs North Adelaide, was moved to the following Saturday at Kensington; North Adelaide were granted £10 as compensation for losing an Adelaide Oval fixture.https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/202818421 The Football Premiership 1894 SAFA 1st Round Premiership Playoff Football Match 1st Round Premiership Playoff Saturday 11 August (afternoon) 1.8 (1) 2.10 (2) 3.13 (3) 5.15 (5) H 0.0 (0) 0.3 (0) 0.5 (0) 3.7 (3) Adelaide Oval http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article208986513 Football. The Telegraph (Adelaide) Adelaide 13 August 1894 21 September 2025 3 National Library of Australia 1894 SAFA Ladder - Second Round TEAM P W L D GF BF GA BAPts 1 Norwood (W) 9 7 2 052673542142Port Adelaide963049664142123South Adelaide954049713867104North Adelaide9090163352860 Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, GF = Goals For, BF = Behinds For, GA = Goals Against, BA = Behinds Against, (W) = Winner Notes: North Adelaide forfeited two games, one each against Norwood and Port Adelaide.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article93854550 [FOOTBALL RETROSPECT] The Chronicle (South Australia) 20 October 1894 21 January 2025 14 National Library of Australia Grand final 1894 SAFA Premiership Football Match Grand Final Saturday 6 October (3:00 pm) 0.0 (0) 1.3 (1) 2.4 (2) 4.8 (4) D 1.5 (1) 1.5 (1) 3.8 (3) 4.8 (4) Adelaide Oval http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article93852313 Football. South Australian Chronicle Adelaide 13 October 1894 23 December 2014 15 National Library of Australia *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) 1.1 (1) 2.4 (2) 2.5 (2) 4.7 (4) H 2.4 (2) 2.4 (2) 3.5 (3) 3.5 (3) Adelaide Oval 9,000 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article93852307 THE FINAL STRUGGLE. South Australian Chronicle Adelaide 13 October 1894 23 December 2014 15 National Library of Australia References SANFL Category:South Australian National Football League seasons