1875 South Australian football season
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The 1875 South Australian football season was the sixth year of interclub football [1] in South Australia.
3rd premiership
| 1875 South Australian football premiership season | |
|---|---|
| Premiers | Kensington (Metropolitan Clubs) 3rd premiership |
| Highest | 800 (10 July, Kensington v Adelaide) |
Clubs
The following clubs participated in interclub matches during 1875:[2]
Metropolitan
- Adelaide
- Kensington
- Port Adelaide
- South Adelaide (1875)[3]
- Victorian
- Woodville [4]
Country
Notes: Kapunda renamed itself Light at a meeting held at Sir John Franklin Hotel, Kapunda on 27 April 1875 and Mr. T. H. Smith was unanimously elected Captain. The club also ordered a rugby ball from Melbourne as not one was available in the Colony of South Australia.[5]
Colleges
Opening Colour Matches
Woodville Football Club - The opening colour match of the Club was played on Saturday, 3rd April, 1875 on the grounds of T.Terrell, Esq., Woodville.[6]
Victorian Football Club opening game was played on their new grounds at the west of Montefiore Hill, on Saturday, May 22, 1875. It was reported a good game was played, which resulted in a goal being obtained by J. Fleming and another by G. Downs, the Captains of the sides.[7]
Interclub football matches
May 15
| May 15 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 15 May | Port Adelaide 1 | def. | Woodville 0 | Glanville Estate | [8] |
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First match of the season. There were 16 players on each side, the Captains being J. Beck for the Woodville team, and R. C. Sandland for the Port players. | |||||
May 15
| Annual College Match | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 15 May | St Peter's College 7 | def. | Prince Alfred College 2 | St Peter's College | [9] |
Queen's Birthday Holiday
| Gawler vs Kapunda (Light) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday 24 May 1.30pm | Gawler 3 | def. | Kapunda (Light) 0 | Gawler | [10][11] |
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The Kapunda players arrived by the midday train and prior to the commencement of the contest were entertained with a luncheon at the Old Spot Inn by their hosts. Captains : Gawler F.Harris and Kapunda's Captain T.H.Smith BA [12] was replaced at the last minute due to a knee injury by Mr Anthony. | |||||
May 29
| May 29 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 29 May (3:30pm) | Kensington 2 | drew with | Port Adelaide 2 | Kensington Oval | [13] |
| Saturday, 29 May | Victorian 0 | def. by | St Peter's College 1 | Montefiore Hill | [13] |
June 5
| Return Match - Woodville v Port Adelaide | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 5 June | Woodville 0 | def. by | Port Adelaide 2 | [14] | |
June 12
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A match was advertised Port Adelaide vs Victorians for Saturday 12 June.[15] | |||||
June 19
| Port Adelaide Seconds and Victorian Match | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 19 June (3:00 pm) | Port Adelaide Seconds 0 | drew with | Victorian 0 | Glanville Hall Oval | [17] |
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It was reported the recent football match between the Victoria and Port Clubs the latter had their second team in the field.[18] | |||||
June 24
June 26
| Saturday, 26 June (3:00pm) | Woodville 0 | def. by | Kensington 2 | Woodville | [22] |
| Saturday, 26 June | Victorian 4 | def. | Kensington Seconds 0 | Montefiore Hill | [23] |
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Teams - Kensington Firsts â Acraman, Babbage, Barret, Burton, Crooks, Gale, Green, Hall (3), Jay, Mackman, Milne, Perry, Sholl, Sunter, Tardif, Tassie, Williams, Wood. | |||||
July 3
| Saturday, 3 July (3:15pm) | Port Adelaide 0 | drew with | Kensington 0 | Glanville Hall Estate | [25] |
| Saturday, 3 July (3:15pm) | Victorian 2 | def. | Woodville 0 | Montefiore Hill | [25] |
July 10
| Opening of Kensington Oval | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 10 July | Kensington 1 | def. | Adelaide 0 | Kensington Oval (crowd: 800) | [26] |
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July 10
July 24
| Saturday, 24 July (3:00pm) | Adelaide 2 | drew with | Woodville 2 | Adelaide | [29] |
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Colours : Adelaide (Blue) Woodville (Black) | |||||
July 24
| College Return Match | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 24 July | Prince Alfred College 6 | def. | St Peter's College 2 | Prince Alfred College | [30] |
July 24
| Kensington Seconds vs Victorians Return Match | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 24 July | Kensington Seconds 1 | def. by | Victorian 2 | Kensington | [31] |
July 31
| Saturday, 31 July (3:00pm) | Adelaide 3 | def. | Port Adelaide 1 | Adelaide Grounds | [32][33] |
| Saturday, 31 July (3:00pm) | Kensington 4 | def. | Woodville 0 | Kensington Oval | [32] |
Teams July 31
Woodvilleâ Annells, Baker, Beck, Dale, Darby, Holthouse, Ive, Letchford, lines, Newman,
Osborne, Stevens, Taylor, Townsend, Trimmer, Terrell (3). Young (2).
Kensingtonâ Acraman, Burton, Crooks, Farr, Gale, Green, Hall (2), Hallett, Jay, Milne, Moulden, Perry (2), Sholl, Sunter, Tardif, Tassie, Williams, and Wood.[34]
August 6
| Friday, 6 August | Kensington 0 | def. by | Willunga 1 | Kensington Oval | [35] |
| Friday, 6 August 1.30pm | Gawler 2 | def. | Woodville 0 | Gawler Parklands | [36] |
August 14
| Saturday, 14 August | Woodville 2 | def. | Adelaide 1 | Woodville | [37] |
| Saturday, 14 August | Victorian 5 | def. | Prince Alfred College 0 | Montefiore Hill | [38] |
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Victorian 5 goals all scored by H.Barry | |||||
August 21
| Saturday, 21 August | Adelaide 0 | def. by | Port Adelaide 1 | North Park Lands | [39] |
| Saturday, 21 August (3:00pm) | South Adelaide (1875) 1 | def. by | Kensington 4 | South Park Lands | [39] |
| Saturday, 21 August (shortly before 3:00pm) | St Peter's College 2 | def. by | Victorian 7 | St Peter's College | [39] |
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Adelaide vs Port Adelaide - 16 players each team. Played under the Port rules. South Adelaide vs Kensington - 21 players each team. | |||||
August 28
| Saturday, 28 August (3:00pm) | Victorian 1 | drew with | Kensington 1 | Montefiore Hill | [40] |
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This match was the second time the Victorians played an established Senior First and the first time against the Kensington First Team. | |||||
Ladder
In the table below the record listed under Metro Senior W-L-D is the record in matches, excluding those against Country, Seconds and College teams. Any matches against Seconds and College Teams have been excluded and appear in other tables.
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 | Metro Senior Results (W-L-D) | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kensington | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4-0-3 | 15 | 8 |
| 2 | Port Adelaide | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3-1-2 | 7 | 5 |
| 3 | Willunga | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 4 | 1 |
| 4 | Gawler | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 5 | 1 |
| 5 | Victorian | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1-0-1 | 3 | 1 |
| 6 | Kapunda (Light) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Adelaide | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1-3-1 | 6 | 7 |
| 8 | Woodville | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1-5-1 | 4 | 16 |
| 9 | South Adelaide (1875) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-1-0 | 1 | 4 |
Summary of Results - Victorian Firsts, Kensington and Port Adelaide Seconds
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | Senior Results | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Victorian | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0-0-0 | 8 | 1 |
| 2 | Port Adelaide Seconds | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Kensington Seconds | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0-0-0 | 1 | 6 |
Summary of Results - Victorian Firsts and Colleges
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | Senior Results | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Victorian | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 12 | 3 |
| 2 | St Peter's College | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 12 | 15 |
| 3 | Prince Alfred College | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 8 | 14 |
Note: No record can be found for a rematch (2nd game) between Victorian and Prince Alfred College.
Annual Dinners and Closing Games
Victorian Club at the 1875 annual dinner held at the Crown and Sceptre Hotel on Wednesday evening, 15 September the secretary, George Downs reported that the club had only lost the opening match out of nine matches played, and that they had obtained 23 goals in these matches to four goals scored against them.[41]
Woodville Club played their closing game at Woodville on Saturday 18 September [42] between two teams Blues (Captain Mr. T. Terrell) and Black and Whites (Captain Mr. J. Beck) starting at 3pm played in 2 halves of approximately 1 hour each. The Blues team kicked two goals - one in each half which brought the half time adjournment and the end of play.[43]
The closing game for the season of the Port Adelaide, Football Club Club was played at Glanville on Saturday, October 2. After playing for an hour, the Blues secured a goal, which was the only one obtained during the afternoon. There was a good number of spectators, and Mrs. Wells distributed the prizes at the close. The Club's fifth annual ball took place in the Town Hall on Friday, October 8. Although the weather was rough, there were about 200 persons present. The Hall was tastefully decorated with flags and evergreens, and on the platform was a small goal with a ball suspended in the centre.[44]
Miscellaneous
An advertisement was placed on 19 April 1876 in the Adelaide Evening Journal titled - THE FOOTBALLER, 1875.â An Annual Record of Football. Price 1s. GEORGE ROBERTSON, Opposite the Town Hall.[45]