1874 South Australian football season
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The 1874 South Australian football season was the fifth year of interclub football in South Australia.
| 1874 South Australian football premiership season | |
|---|---|
| Premiers | Kensington 2nd premiership |
Major Clubs
Metropolitan
- Adelaide
- Kensington
- Port Adelaide
- Victorian (Based at foot of Montefiore Hill, North Adelaide)
Country Clubs
Colleges
Notes - The J.L. Young School building (Adelaide Educational Institution) was situated about a quarter of a mile south of the angle formed by the junction of the Glen Osmond Road and that forming the principal frontage to Parkside.
Annual Meetings and Opening Games
April 23
The Kensington Club held its Annual Meeting on April 23.[1]
April 28
The Kensington Football Club held their first meeting for the season on Tuesday, April 28, at Mr. Caterer's schoolroom, Norwood. There were 22 members present. It was resolved, that the club's uniform be scarlet cap and jacket and white trousers.[2]
May 6
A meeting of members of the Adelaide Football Club was held at the Prince Alfred Hotel on Wednesday evening, May 6, to receive the reports for the last year, and make arrangements for the forthcoming season. There were about a dozen gentlemen present, and Mr. S.G. Kingston presided. Upwards of 40 members were enrolled.[3]
May 9
The football season commenced in the afternoon when the Adelaide Football club played their opening game with a 15 a side game intraclub match.[4][5]
May 21
At an adjourned meeting of the Adelaide Football Club it was reported that His Excellency Governor Musgrave had accepted the office of President, and that Mr. J. Acraman had again intimated his willingness to accept the position of vice-president.[6]
May 23
Port Adelaide Football Club advertised they will have their opening game of the season this (Saturday) afternoon at Glanville. The Concordia Band has been engaged, and the members are to appear in uniform.
The Kensington Club also began the season playing for colours.
The following are to be the teams of 25 each:â
Red â Ashwin, Bakewell, Beresford, Bonney, Burton, Calder, Duffield, Foale, R. Gwynne, H. and J. Hall, C. Hargrave, M. Jay, Kaye, Meredith, Muirhead, Noltenius, F. Perry, Roberts, Scott, Sowter, Tardiff, Trimmer, Wigg, ana Wright.
White â Aldridge, Colton, Farr, Gliddon, Gwynne, Haigh, Hargrave, Harvey, Hewer, Hughes, Kaines, Lucas, Marshall, Millner, Moulden,
H. and H. R. Perry, Pope, Reid, H. and R.Shell, Schomburgk, Sunter, Tassie, Waterhouse, Whittell, and Williams.[7]
June 6
Metropolitan and Country football matches
May 2
| Intercollege Match | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 2 May | Adelaide Educational Institution 0 | drew with | Prince Alfred College 0 | Parkside | [8] |
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Each team - 16 players. Adelaide Educational Institution founded in 1852 moved to Young Street, Parkside in 1872. It was founded by John Lorenzo Young. | |||||
May 9
| Intercollege Match | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 9 May | St Peter's College 1 | def. | Prince Alfred College 0 | St Peter's College | [9] |
May 9
| Adelaide Football club Intra Club Match | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 9 May 3pm | Adelaide (Blue) 2 | def. | Adelaide (Red) 1 | Adelaide | [10] |
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Adelaide Intraclub match - 15 each side. Captains : H.Holthouse (Blue) and G.S.Kington (Red) | |||||
June 6
Kensington advertised a game against St Peter's Collegians for 2.30pm on the Kensington Grounds.
[11]
Adelaide Football Club advertised a practice game.[12]
June 13
| June 13 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, June 13 | Young's 0 | def. by | Victorian 1 | Parkside | [13][14][15] |
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Game was advertised for 3pm start at Parkside.[16] Goal Scorer - H. Barry | |||||
June 22
| Anniversary of the Queen's Accession Public Holiday Match [18] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday, June 22 | Gawler 1 | drew with | Kensington 1 | Gawler Park (crowd: 600 -1000) | [19][20][21] |
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Game commenced at 1pm and concluded at 5pm (4 hours of play). Colours - Gawler Magneta and White, Kensington Scarlet. Each team consisted of 17 players. Gawler Team - The following are the names of the Gawler competitors : â G. Beade, F. Harris (Captain), H. Harris, E. T. Annells, A. Schwann, J. Wilkinson, T. Wilkinson, J. Robertson, E. Saint, C.Niquet, J. Gordon, E. Filsell, J. Crump, J. Martin, W. Dawkins, J. Ferguson.[22] | |||||
July 4
| Saturday, July 4 | Port Adelaide 0 | drew with | Kensington 0 | Glanville Hall Estate | [23] |
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The first match of the season between these Clubs. The new rules were observed, and were considered a decided improvement on the old ones, taking away the risk of broken collarbones and sprained ankles. | |||||
July 18
| Saturday, July 18 | Kensington 1 | def. | Port Adelaide 0 | Kensington | [24] |
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Return match [25] | |||||
August 1
| Saturday, August 1 | Port Adelaide (2nds) 3 | def. | Victorian 0 | Glanville | [26][27] |
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Kensington played at colour match [28] | |||||
August 7
| Public Holiday Games | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friday, August 7 | Gawler 1 | def. | Port Adelaide 0 | Gawler Park Lands | [29] |
| Friday, August 7 | Willunga 2 | def. | Kensington 0 | Noarlunga | [30] |
one of the rules. However, the game was subsequently continued with great spirit for about two hours.[31]
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August 8
| Saturday, August 8 2.30pm | Prince Alfred College 0 | drew with | Victorian 0 | Prince Alfred College Grounds | [33] |
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J. Melrose and A. Barry captains respectively | |||||
August 22
| Saturday, August 22 | Victorian 0 | def. by | Port Adelaide 2nds 1 | Montefiore Hill | [35] |
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Return match - Captains : Victorian G.Downs and Port Seconds G.H.Warren. Goal Scorer H.Ford (Port Adelaide) | |||||
August 29
| Saturday, August 29 2.30pm [36] | Victorian 1 | def. | East Terrace 0 | Montefiore Hill | [37] |
| Saturday, August 29 (3:00pm) | Kensington 2 | def. | Willunga 1 | Adelaide Football Grounds | [38] |
September 5
| Saturday, September 5 | Port Adelaide 0 | def. by | Kensington 2 | Glanville | [39] |
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Senior Ladder
In the table below, Senior Results is based only upon games played against other senior clubs; the record listed under W-L-D is the record over all matches. Victorian Club is excluded as they did not contest any match against any senior club.
There was no formal process by which the clubs were ranked, so the below order should be considered indicative only, particularly since the fixturing of matches was not standardised.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | Senior Results | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kensington | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3-1-2 | 6 | 4 |
| 2 | Gawler | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1-0-1 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | Willunga | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1-1-0 | 3 | 2 |
| 4 | Port Adelaide | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0-3-1 | 0 | 4 |
Ladder - Port Adelaide 2nds and Victorian
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | Senior Results | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Port Adelaide 2nd Twenty-two | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2 | Victorian | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 4 |
Ladder - Colleges
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | Senior Results | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St Peter's College | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Prince Alfred College | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0-0-0 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | Adelaide Educational Institution | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2 |