1875 South Australian football season

The 1875 South Australian football season was the thirteenth year of interclub football in South Australia.

1875 South Australian football Premiership season
Premiers	Kensington
Highest attendance	800 (10 July, Kensington v Adelaide)
← 1874 1876 →

Clubs

The following clubs participated in interclass matches during 1875.^[1]

Kensington

Port Adelaide

Woodville

Adelaide

Willunga

Victorian

South Adelaide

St Peter’s College

Prince Alfred College

Gawler

Kapunda

Aldinga

Metropolitan Football Matches

May 20

	May 20
Saturday, 20 May	Port Adelaide 1	def.	Woodville 0	Glanville Estate	[2]

May 27

	May 20
Saturday, 27 May (3:30pm)	Kensington 2	drew with	Port Adelaide 2	Kensington Oval	[3]
Saturday, 27 May	Victorian 0	def. by	St Peter's College 1	Montefiore Hill	[4]

June 5

Saturday, 5 June	Woodville 0	def. by	Port Adelaide 2		[5]

June 12

Football cancelled due to bad weather. [6]

June 19

Saturday, 19 June (3:00 pm)	Port Adelaide 0	drew with	Victorian 0	Glanville Hall Oval	[7]

June 21

Monday, 21 June (2:30pm)	Willunga 3	def.	Kensington 1	Willunga	[8]

June 26

Saturday, 26 June (3:00pm)	Woodville 0	def. by	Kensington 2	Woodville	[9]

July 3

Saturday, 3 July (3:15pm)	Port Adelaide 0	drew with	Kensington 0	Glanville Hall Estate	[10]
Saturday, 3 July (3:15pm)	Victorian 2	def.	Woodville 0	Montifiore Hill	[11]

July 10

Saturday, 10 July	Kensington 1	def.	Adelaide 0	Kensington Oval (crowd: 800)	[12]
The match at Kensington Oval was the first at the ground.[13] The match was Adelaide's first interclub game since 1872.

July 24

Saturday, 24 July (3:00pm)	Adelaide 2	drew with	Woodville 2	Adelaide	[14]

July 31

Saturday, 31 July (3:00pm)	Adelaide 3	def.	Port Adelaide 1	Adelaide	[15][16]
Saturday, 31 July (3:00pm)	Kensington 4	def.	Woodville 0	Kensington Oval	[17]

August 6

Friday, 6 August	Kensington 0	def. by	Willunga 1	Kensington Oval	[18]

August 14

Saturday, 14 August	Woodville 2	def.	Adelaide 1	Woodville	[19]

August 21

Saturday, 21 August	Adelaide 0	def. by	Port Adelaide 1	North Park Lands	[20]
Saturday, 21 August (3:00pm)	South Adelaide 1	def. by	Kensington 4	South Park Lands	[21]

August 28

Saturday, 28 August (3:00pm)	Victorian 1	drew with	Kensington 1	Montefiore Hill	[22]

Ladder

No.	Club	Games	Wins	Loss	Draw	GF	GA	Points
	Kensington	10	4	3	2			18
	Port Adelaide	7	3	1	3	7	5	15
	Willunga	3	3	0	0			12
	Adelaide	5	1	3	1	6	7	5

References

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