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1891 SAFA season

The 1891 South Australian Football Association season was the 15th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.

1891 SAFA premiership season
PremiersNorwood
10th premiership
Leading goalkickerCharles Woods
Norwood (55 goals)
Matches played40
Highest13,000 (Round 9, Norwood v. Port Adelaide)
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The 1891 SAFA season marked the height of interest in South Australian football attendance wise during the 19th century with average attendances not being surpassed until the following century.

The competition was reduced to five clubs when before the season commenced the Gawler Football Association notified that it had no intention of joining for the season i.e. it was withdrawing the Senior Club from the SAFA. It continued its own local junior competition with three local teams, the predecessor of the current Barossa Light and Gawler Football Association.

Premiership Matches

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Round 1

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

Round 8

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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 60 108 145 8
5 Adelaide 16 0 16 0 27 39 159 213 0
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, GF = Goals For, BF = Behinds For, Georgia = Goals Against, BA = Behinds Against, (P) = Premiers [22]

References

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  3. ^ "FOOTBALL". South Australian Register. Adelaide. 11 May 1891. p. 7. Retrieved 19 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
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  12. ^ "FOOTBALL". South Australian Register. Adelaide. 8 June 1891. p. 3. Retrieved 19 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
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  14. ^ "INTERCOLONIAL FOOTBALL". The Express and Telegraph. Adelaide. 15 June 1891. p. 3. Retrieved 19 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  15. ^ "Amusements". Evening Journal. Adelaide. 15 June 1891. p. 2 Edition: SECOND EDITION. Retrieved 19 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  16. ^ "FOOTBALL". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 23 June 1891. p. 3. Retrieved 19 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  17. ^ "FOOTBALL". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 23 June 1891. p. 3. Retrieved 19 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  18. ^ "FOOTBALL". The Express and Telegraph. Adelaide. 29 June 1891. p. 4. Retrieved 19 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  19. ^ "FOOTBALL". The Express and Telegraph. Adelaide. 29 June 1891. p. 4. Retrieved 19 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  20. ^ "Football". Evening Journal. Adelaide. 6 July 1891. p. 3 Edition: SECOND EDITION. Retrieved 19 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  21. ^ "Football". Evening Journal. Adelaide. 6 July 1891. p. 3 Edition: SECOND EDITION. Retrieved 19 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  22. ^ "FOOTBALL". South Australian Chronicle. Adelaide. 26 September 1891. p. 15. Retrieved 22 December 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
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