1880 SAFA season

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The 1880 South Australian Football Association season was the 4th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.

Teams7
PremiersNorwood
3rd premiership
Leading goalkickerJoe Traynor
Norwood (7 Goals)
Matches played38
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1880 SAFA premiership season
Teams7
PremiersNorwood
3rd premiership
Leading goalkickerJoe Traynor
Norwood (7 Goals)
Matches played38
Highest3,000 (Round 2, South Adelaide vs. Norwood)
← 1879
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The season commenced on the 8th of May and drew to a close on the 18th of September.

Norwood went on to record its 3rd consecutive premiership.

Pre-season and opening club colour Matches

The football season of 1880 was opened on Saturday, April 24, 1880 with the senior clubs playing either internal colour matches which drew a fair amount of spectators or practice matches against Junior Clubs. For the third season in succession there was no change in the number of senior clubs. [1]

SAFA Senior Clubs 1880 Season

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Club Colours Home Ground Captain Comments
Adelaide   Black,   Red Old Adelaide Ground, North Adelaide
Kensington   Scarlet   White Kensington Oval, Kensington
Norwood   Dark blue   Red East Park Lands, Adelaide J.R. Osborn
Port Adelaide   Magenta Alberton Oval, Alberton J.A.Atkins / J.Carter
South Adelaide   Navy Blue   White South Terrace, Adelaide J.H. Sinclair / A.C Mehrtens
South Park   Light Blue   White South Park Lands, Adelaide
Victorian   Orange   Black Montefiore Hill, North Adelaide
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Premiership season

Round 1

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Round 1
Saturday, 8 May Norwood 5.17 (5) def. Port Adelaide 0.3 (0) East Park Lands [2]
Saturday, 8 May Victorian 3 def. Adelaide 0 Montefiore Hill [2]
Saturday, 8 May South Park 0 def. by South Adelaide 1 South Park Lands [2]
Bye
Kensington
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Round 2

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Round 2
Saturday, 15 May (3:20 pm) South Adelaide 0 def. by Norwood 2.18 (2) South Park Lands (crowd: 3,000) [3]
Saturday, 15 May South Park 0 def. by Victorian 1 South Park Lands [3][4]
Saturday, 15 May Port Adelaide 1.7 (1) def. Kensington 0 Alberton Oval [5]
Bye
Adelaide
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Round 3

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Round 3
Saturday, 22 May (3:15 pm) Norwood 3.22 (3) def. Kensington 0.1 (0) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 600) [6][7]
Saturday, 22 May (3:00 pm) Adelaide 1 drew with South Adelaide 1 Adelaide Bridge (crowd: 350) [6]
Bye
Port Adelaide, Victorian, South Park
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Round 4

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Round 4
Saturday, 29 May Adelaide 0.1 def. by Norwood 7.29 (7) Adelaide Bridge (crowd: 300) [8][9]
Saturday, 29 May Kensington 0.1 (0) def. by South Park 2.20 (2) Kensington Oval [9]
Bye
Port Adelaide
  • Controversy regarding a goal kicked during the Victorian and South Adelaide game meant the result was not confirmed until it was referred to the SAFA committee.[9] The result of the game was eventually decided to not count towards the premiership.[10]
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Round 5

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Round 5
Saturday, 5 June Norwood 3.25 (3) def. South Park 0 Adelaide Oval [11]
Saturday, 5 June Victorian 0.8 (0) drew with Port Adelaide 0.2 (0) Montefiore Hill [11]
Saturday, 5 June Kensington 5.12 (5) def. Adelaide 1.3 (1) Kensington Oval [11]
Bye
South Adelaide

Kensington's win over Adelaide was its first since 1877, ending a winless streak of 30 matches.

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Round 6

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Round 6
Saturday, 12 June Norwood 2.11 (2) def. Victorian 1.2 (1) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 2,000) [12]
Saturday, 12 June Port Adelaide 3.17 (3) def. Adelaide 0.3 (0) Alberton Oval [12]
Saturday, 12 June South Adelaide 1.6 (1) def. Kensington 0.9 (0) South Park Lands [12]
Bye
South Park
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Round 7

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Round 7
Saturday, 19 June (3:30 pm) South Adelaide 3.10 (3) def. Port Adelaide 1.1 (1) South Park Lands [13]
Saturday, 19 June Kensington 1.8 (1) def. Victorian 0.3 (0) Kensington Oval [13]
Saturday, 19 June Adelaide 2 def. South Park 0 Adelaide Oval [14]
Bye
Norwood
  • Norwood began a trip to Victoria on 19 June to play a series of five matches against VFA clubs and would not participate in the SAFA for the next four rounds.[15]
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Round 8

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Round 8
Saturday, 26 June Victorian 3.4 (3) def. South Park 1.5 (1) Adelaide Oval [16]
Saturday, 26 June (3:30 pm) South Adelaide 6.20 (6) def. Adelaide 1 South Park Lands [16]
Saturday, 26 June (3:30 pm) Kensington 2.4 (2) drew with Port Adelaide 2.12 (2) Kensington Oval [16]
Bye
Norwood
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Round 9

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Round 9
Saturday, 3 July Port Adelaide 3.8 (3) drew with South Adelaide 3.4 (3) Alberton Oval (crowd: 300) [17][18]
Saturday, 3 July (3:30 pm) Adelaide 0.3 (0) def. by Victorian 1.15 (1) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 350) [18]
Saturday, 3 July South Park 1 def. by Kensington 2 South Park Grounds [19]
Bye
Norwood
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Round 10

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Round 10
Saturday, 10 July (3:30 pm) South Adelaide 2.7 (2) def. South Park 0.4 (0) South Park Lands [20]
Saturday, 10 July Port Adelaide 0.5 (0) drew with Victorian 0.3 (0) Alberton Oval (crowd: 600) [20]
Saturday, 10 July (3:30 pm) Adelaide 1.4 (1) drew with Kensington 1.4 (1) Adelaide Oval [20]
Bye
Norwood
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Round 11

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Round 11
Saturday, 17 July Port Adelaide 0.4 (0) drew with Norwood 0.18 (0) Alberton Oval (crowd: 750) [21]
Saturday, 17 July (3:00 pm) Kensington 3.2 (3) def. South Adelaide 1.15 (1) Kensington Oval [21]
Saturday, 17 July South Park 4.16 (4) def. Adelaide 0.1 (0) South Park Lands [21]
Bye
Victorian
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Round 12

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Round 12
Saturday, 24 July (3:30 pm) Norwood 2.16 (2) def. South Adelaide 1.1 (1) East Park Lands (crowd: 2,000) [22][23]
Saturday, 24 July South Park 1.11 (1) def. Port Adelaide 0.9 (0) Adelaide Oval [22]
Saturday, 24 July (3:30 pm) Victorian 1.16 (1) drew with Kensington 1.0 (1) Montefiore Hill [23]
Bye
Adelaide
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Round 13

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Round 13
Saturday, 28 August (3:15 pm) Adelaide 0 def. by Port Adelaide 4 Adelaide Oval [24][25]
Sunday, 28 August (cancelled) Kensington v Norwood Kensington Oval
Saturday, 28 August (3:30 pm) South Adelaide 0 drew with Victorian 0 South Adelaide Ground (crowd: 300) [24][25]
Bye
South Park
  • The match scheduled for Saturday, 28 August between Kensington and Norwood was cancelled with mutual consent.[26]
  • Following refusal to permit players to play in intercolonial matches, South Adelaide was expelled from the SAFA. Their match against Victorian was played without being sanctioned, and subsequent matches were cancelled.[27]
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Round 14

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Round 14
Sunday, 11 September (cancelled) Norwood v South Park (crowd: Adelaide Oval)
Bye
South Adelaide, Adelaide, Kensington, Victorian, Port Adelaide
  • Norwood refused to contest the match owing to poor weather.[28] South Park claimed the match, and were awarded the win for the match despite a Norwood dispute.[29]
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Round 15

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Round 15
Saturday, 18 September (3:00 pm) Victorian 2.7 (2) def. Norwood 1.10 (1) North Park Lands [30]
Saturday, 18 September Port Adelaide 2.3 (2) def. by South Park 4.4 (4) Alberton Oval [30]
Bye
South Adelaide, Adelaide, Kensington
  • This was Norwood's first loss after 30 matches in the competition, excluding the Walkover the previous week against South Park.
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Additional matches

Controversy regarding a goal kicked during the Victorian and South Adelaide game meant the result was not confirmed until it was referred to the SAFA committee.[9] The result of the game was eventually decided to not count towards the premiership.[10]

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Victorian vs. South Adelaide
Saturday, 29 May Victorian 1.5 (1) def. South Adelaide 0.2 (0) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 600) [8][9]
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The Port Adelaide and Victorian football clubs decided to play another game against each other as their two previous matches during the season resulted in draws.

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Port Adelaide vs. Victorian
Saturday, 4 September Port Adelaide 0.5 (0) def. by Victorian 2.11 (2) Alberton Oval (crowd: 500) [31]
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Ladder

An end of season table was published in multiple newspapers on 25 September 1880. Due to a transcription error by the reporter, Port Adelaide's loss count was erroneously reported as 3 losses in these reports. This has been corrected in the below table.

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1880 SAFA Ladder
TEAMPWLDGFGAPtsAdj Pts
1 Norwood (P) 10 7 2 1 25 4 15 18.00
2 Victorian 10 5 2 3 12 6 13 15.60
3 South Adelaide 10 5 3 2 19 14 12 14.40
4 South Park 12 5 7 0 13 14 10 10.00
5 Kensington 11 4 4 3 15 14 11 12.00
6 Port Adelaide 12 3 4 5 16 18 11 11.00
7 Adelaide 11 1 8 2 6 36 4 4.36
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points, Adj Pts = Points adjusted for match ratio, (P) = Premiers [10]
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Notes:

  • The result of the disputed game Victorian v. South Adelaide (Rd 4) has been excluded.
  • The game South Adelaide v. Victorian (Rd 13) has not been included due to South Adelaide's expulsion on 23rd August.
  • South Park were awarded a walkover win against Norwood (Rd 14).
  • The additional special match between the Port Adelaide and Victorian on 4th September is not included.

1880 SAFA Home and Away Season

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Home \ Away NOR VIC SAD SPK KEN PAD ADL
Norwood 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–0 5–0
Victorian 2–1 3–1 1–1 0–0 3–0
South Adelaide 0–2 2–0 1–0 3–1 6–1
South Park 0–1 0–1 1–2 1–0 4–0
Kensington 1–0 3–1 0–2 2–2 5–1
Port Adelaide 0–0 0–0 3–3 2–4 1–0 3–0
Adelaide 0–7 0–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–4
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Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Norwood's Intercolonial club matches

Norwood 1-5 draw Carlton 1-6 - East Melbourne Cricket Ground, 26 June 1880
Norwood 2-0 def Melbourne 0-0 - East Melbourne Cricket Ground, 1 July 1880
Norwood 0-0 def by Geelong 1-0 - Corio Oval, 3 July 1880
Norwood 0-5 def by Hotham 1-14 - East Melbourne Cricket Ground, 6 July 1880
Norwood 1-6 draw South Melbourne 1-12 - East Melbourne Cricket Ground, 8 July 1880

SAFA Intercolonial matches

A Victorian Association representative team toured South Australia in August, playing three intercolonial matches – two at even strength against the South Australian Football Association representative team, and one against a team of twenty-three South Australian-born players – and winning all three. J. Gibson (South Melbourne) served as captain of the Victorian Association team.[32]

1880 Intercolonial Matches
Saturday, 14 August South Australia 2.7 (2) def. by Victoria 5.13 (5) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 4,000) [33]
Wednesday, 18 August South Australian-born (23) 1.1 (1) def. by Victoria 5.17 (5) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 1,500) [32]
Saturday, 21 August South Australia 0.6 (0) def. by Victoria 3.21 (3) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 2,500) [34]

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