1902 SAFA season

none October 2012 August 2021 safa 1902 1902_North_Adelaide_premiership_team.jpg 250px 26th SAFA seasonNorth Adelaide, premiers 7 2 2 45 (Grand Final, vs. ) Jack Kay (28 Goals) Tom MacKenzie 1901 1903 The 1902 South Australian Football Association season was the 26th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia. The 1902 premiership was won by the Football Club for the second time. Minor premier was disqualified from the Finals and relegated to third overall after refusing to play the second semi-final against due to a dispute over the umpire chosen.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4876799 THE FOOTBALL PREMIERSHIP. The Advertiser Adelaide 8 September 1902 29 December 2014 6 National Library of Australia , in its second season, received its second consecutive wooden spoon. Minor Round Round 1 Round 1 Saturday, 3 May 4.13 (37) H 4.8 (32) Adelaide Oval http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article56555550 FOOTBALL. The Register Adelaide 5 May 1902 6 March 2015 9 National Library of Australia Saturday, 3 May 13.9 (87) H 3.3 (21) Norwood Oval Saturday, 3 May 8.11 (59) H 4.7 (31) Alberton Oval wore its famous black and white prison bar guernsey for the first time. Ladder main WDL Q 1902 SAFA Ladder true points y 2 PTA Port Adelaide NAD North Adelaide SAD South Adelaide WTO West Torrens NOR Norwood WAD West Adelaide STU Sturt 10 2 0 672 340 9 3 0 639 380 P 8 3 1 548 384 6 6 0 512 432 6 6 0 501 497 1 10 1 372 808 1 11 0 231 643 Premiers #CCFFCC A A A A 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for. completeClick here for source Finals Series After three seasons of using major round systems involving all clubs, the SAFA adopted the Argus finals system involving only the top four teams for the first time. First Semi-final Saturday, 30 August North Adelaide 6.9 (45) H West Torrens 1.3 (9) Adelaide Oval https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/4874679 Football Advertiser (Adelaide, Sa : 1889 - 1931) September 1902 7 Second Semi-final Monday, 1 September Port Adelaide (Forfeit) A South Adelaide Adelaide Oval The second semi-final was forfeited by Port Adelaide owing to its objection to the appointment of umpire Phil Kneebone to the match.The Register Adelaide, SA A football dispute 3 2 September 1902 South Adelaide played a hastily arranged exhibition match against North Adelaide to entertain the spectators who had turned up.The Advertiser Adelaide, SA A football farce 2 September 1902 Onlooker 4 Kneebone had been an SAFA umpire up to the 1901 season, but had not returned in 1902. Late in the season, in response to a shortage of umpires, the SAFA umpire committee had made a resolution to extend an invitation to Kneebone, which Kneebone had declined. Still facing a shortage of available first-rate umpires for the second semi-final, the committee appointed Kneebone, which he this time accepted. Port Adelaide objected to this on two grounds: procedural in that the committee had not passed a new resolution to invite or appoint Kneebone – the committee held that the previous resolution to invite had not lapsed, even though the invite itself had been rejected – and that the club was dissatisfied with Kneebone's performances in previous seasons. Port Adelaide advised the SAFA on the Saturday before the match of its intention to forfeit if Kneebone's appointment stood. The SAFA did not acquiesce, and on the day of the match, Port Adelaide formally forfeited in writing. At the time of its forfeiture, Port Adelaide as minor premier was entitled to a challenge match for the premiership, irrespective of other major round results. However, in a special SAFA meeting on Wednesday 3 September, the association voted to disqualify Port Adelaide from the remainder of the season, stripping it of this right. At the same meeting, the association affirmed Port Adelaide's procedural objection that Kneebone's appointment was not per procedure, finding that only the full association, not the umpire's committee, had the power to appoint a non-association umpire to the association.The Advertiser Adelaide, SA A football dispute 4 September 1902 4 Kneebone went on to umpire the following week's grand final.The Advertiser Adelaide, SA The football premiership 8 September 1902 6 At a separate meeting on 8 September, the formal matter of second place was discussed, with a conflict arising between the convention that the losing grand finalist (South Adelaide) be considered runners-up, but rule 29 stating that minor placings be decided on overall premiership points (Port Adelaide). The Association ruled South Adelaide be considered runners-up, relegating Port Adelaide to third.The Register Adelaide, SA The Football Dispute 9 September 1902 4 Grand final 6 September 1902 North Adelaide 9.14 (68) H South Adelaide 4.7 (31) Adelaide Oval https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/200796258 Football Evening Journal (Adelaide, Sa : 1869 - 1912) 8 September 1902 3 References SAFA Category:South Australian National Football League seasons