1876 South Australian football season

The 1876 South Australian football season was the fourteenth season of interclub football. It was also the final season of decentralised administration of football in South Australia; the South Australian Football Association was formed the following year to provide a committee-based approach to the administration of the sport.

1876 South Australian football premiership season
PremiersVictorian
1st premiership
Highest1,750 (26 August, Collegians vs. Non-Collegians)

Rules Sets

During the 1876 football season in South Australia two dominant rule sets were in use.[1]

  • Kensington Rules
  • Victorian Rules

Major Clubs

Metropolitan

Outer Metropolitan (Country Clubs)

Regional Clubs
  • Mount Gambier
  • Young Australian
  • Penola
  • Naracoorte
  • Caltowie
  • Yangga
  • Laura
  • Port Pirie

Educational Institutions

Metropolitan Football Matches

20 May
Round 1
Saturday, 20 May Woodville 0 drew with Kensington 0 Woodville [2]
Saturday, 20 May (3:00 pm) Victorian 1 def. South Adelaide 0 Montefiore Hill [3]

25 May
Round 2
Thursday, 25 May (1:00 pm) Kapunda 3 def. Woodville 1 Kapunda [4]

3 June
Round 3
Saturday, 3 June (3:00 pm) Port Adelaide 0 def. by Victorian 1 Glanville Hall Estate [5]

10 June
Round 4
Saturday, 10 June (3:00 pm) South Adelaide 0 drew with Woodville 0 [6]

17 June
Round 5
Saturday, 17 June (3:20 pm) Woodville 2 def. Victorian 1 Woodville [7]
Saturday, 17 June Port Adelaide 0 def. by Kensington 1 Glanville Hall Estate [8]

20 June
Round 6
Tuesday, 20 June (1:30 pm) Woodville 4 def. Gawler 0 Woodville [9]
Tuesday, 20 June (2 to 5pm) Willunga 3 def. Kensington 1 Noarlunga [10][11]

1 July
Round 7
Saturday, 1 July (3:00 pm) Kensington 3 def. Woodville 1 Kensington Oval [12]
Saturday, 1 July (3:00 pm) Port Adelaide 0 def. by South Adelaide 1 Glanville Hall Estate [13][14]

8 July
Round 8
Saturday, 8 July (3:10 pm) Adelaide 0 drew with South Adelaide 0 Old Adelaide Ground (crowd: 400) [15]
Saturday, 8 July (3:00 pm) Glenelg 0 def. by Victorian 4 Glenelg [16]
Saturday, 8 July Woodville 0 def. by Port Adelaide 1 Woodville [17]

15 July
Round 9
Saturday, 15 July (3:25 pm) Victorian 2 def. Woodville 0 Montefiore Hill [18]
Saturday, 15 July (4:00 pm) Kensington 5 def. Port Adelaide 2 Kensington Oval [19][20]
Saturday, 15 July Glenelg 0 def. by Australs 1 Glenelg [21][22]

22 July
Round 10
Saturday, 22 July (3:00 pm) Adelaide 1 def. by Woodville 6 North Park Lands (crowd: 300) [23]
Saturday, 22 July (3:00 pm) Victorian 4 def. Port Adelaide 0 Montefiore Hill [24]
Saturday, 22 July Kensington 0 def. by South Adelaide 1 Kensington Oval [25]

29 July
Round 11
Saturday, 29 July (3:30 pm) Woodville 0 def. by South Adelaide 2 Woodville (crowd: 600) [26]
Saturday, 29 July Australs 8 def. Glenelg 0 [27]

5 August
Round 12
Saturday, 5 August (3:15 pm) Adelaide 0 drew with South Adelaide 0 Old Adelaide Ground (crowd: 450) [28][29]
Saturday, 5 August (3:00 pm) Port Adelaide 0 def. by Woodville 1 Glanville Hall Estate [30][31]
Saturday, 5 August Willunga 4 def. Victorian 1 Willunga (crowd: 450) [32]

7 August
Round 13
Monday, 7 August (1:30 pm) Kapunda 0 drew with South Adelaide 0 Kapunda (crowd: 250) [33]

12 August
Round 14
Saturday, 12 August (3:15 pm) Adelaide 0 def. by Woodville 3 Old Adelaide Ground (crowd: 1,000) [34]

19 August
Round 15
Saturday, 19 August Adelaide 0 def. by Victorian 1 Adelaide Ground (crowd: 600) [35][36]
Saturday, 19 August (3:15 pm) South Adelaide 4 def. Woodville 0 South Park Lands [37][38]
Saturday, 19 August Port Adelaide 2 def. Australs 0 Glanville Hall Estate [39]
Saturday, 19 August (3:15 pm) St Peter's College 4 def. Kensington 2 Adelaide Oval [40][41]

2 September
Round 16
Saturday, 2 September Victorian 2 drew with Willunga 2 Montefiore Hill (crowd: 350) [42]

Ladder

In the table below, Senior Results is based only upon games played against senior clubs; the record listed under W-L-D is the record over all matches, including those against country and junior teams.

1876 South Australian Football Ladder
TEAMPWLDSenior ResultsGFGA
1 Victorian 9 6 2 1 6-1-0 17 8
2 South Adelaide 9 4 1 4 4-1-3 8 1
3 Australs 4 2 1 1 2-1-1 11 4
4 Kensington 7 3 2 2 3-1-1 14 13
5 Woodville 14 6 6 2 4-5-2 13 12
6 Port Adelaide 8 2 6 0 2-6-0 5 13
7 Adelaide 5 0 3 2 0-3-2 1 10
8 Glenelg 3 0 3 0 0-3-0 0 13
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, GF = Points For, GA = Points Against, (P) = Premiers

Exhibition Matches

26 August
August 26
Day, 26 August (3:00 pm) Collegians 2 def. by Non-Collegians 4 North Park Lands (crowd: 1,750) [43]

The Collegians vs. Non-Collegians was an all star match made up of the best players of the Adelaide, Woodville, Kensington, and College clubs.

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