1870 South Australian football season
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1st premiership
| 1870 South Australian football premiership season | |
|---|---|
| Teams | 4 |
| Premiers | Young Australian (unofficial) 1st premiership |
The 1870 South Australian football season was the first year of interclub football in the colony of South Australia. Prior to the establishment of the South Australian Football Association (SAFA) in April 1877, the football season was largely a series of independent club matches and challenge games rather than an organized league season.
Colleges
Adelaide Football Club
Adelaide Football Club now commonly called the Old Adelaide Football Club, and which has no connection with the current Adelaide Football Club competing in the Australian Football League, was the inaugural football club established in Adelaide in 1860 following an advertisement in the South Australian Register notifying the Adelaide public about an upcoming meeting the following evening at 7pm to form a football club. The advertisement, sponsored by John Acraman, W.J. Fullarton and R. Cussen noted that group had already gathered 30 members. [3]
On Thursday 26 April 1860 the Adelaide Football Club was formed at the Globe Inn Hotel, Rundle Street with John Brodie Spence chairing the meeting.[4] It was thereby the first football club established in South Australia.[5]
Port Adelaide Football Club Formation
Port Adelaide Football Club was formed on 12 May 1870 as a joint football and cricket club. [6] The first training session of the newly formed club took place two days later. The Port Adelaide Football Club played its first match against a newly established club from North Adelaide called the Young Australian.[7] The Club played home games at Buck's Flat on Captain Hart's Glanville Estate until the end of the 1879 season. The inaugural Club Captain was John Wald and the team colours wore blue and white until 1877. [8]
Port Suburban renamed Woodville
The Port Suburban Football Club changed its name to "The Woodvilles" at a meeting held at the Ford's Hotel on Wednesday 11 May 1870. J. Hart was elected Captained. Several new members were proposed, and the following officers elected :— Captain, J. Hart; Treasurer, Y. A. Brock; Secretary, C. L. Gardiner; Committee — W. R.Cave, A. Crooks, A. Hall, and J. Smith. [9]
The Football Club played home games at the reserve (now located in St Clair) adjacent to the Woodville Railway Station. The reserve was also used by the Port Adelaide Athletics Sports Club. [10]
Young Australian Football Club Formation
The Young Australian Football Club was established on the 11 May 1870, in North Adelaide at the Royal Oak Hotel. It was reported that a dozen persons were present and Mr. W. L. Wyly was appointed Secretary and Treasurer, and Messrs. Mellor, Harrison, Holthouse, Simms, and Randall the committee. Blue and white were decided upon as the colors. It was decided to challenge the Port Suburban Club for the opening game.[11]