1876 South Australian football season

The 1876 South Australian football season was the last year in the state without an organised league body with an official set of rules.

1876 South Australian football Premiership season
Premiers Victorian
Highest attendance 1,750 (August 26, Collegians vs. Non-Collegians)
← 1875

Rules Sets

During the 1876 football season in South Australia two dominant rule sets were in use.[1]

Major Clubs

Metropolitan

Outer Metropolitan

Regional Clubs

Educational Institutions

Metropolitan Football Matches

May 20

May 20
Saturday, 20 May Woodville 0 drew with Kensington 0 Woodville [2]
Saturday, 20 May (3:00 pm) Victorian 1 def. South Adelaide 0 Montefiore Hill [3]

May 25

May 25
Thursday, 25 May (1:00 pm) Kapunda 3 def. Woodville 1 Kapunda [4]

June 3

3 June
Saturday, 3 June (3:00 pm) Port Adelaide 0 def. by Victorian 1 Glanville Hall Estate [5]

June 10

10 June
Saturday, 10 June (3:00 pm) South Adelaide 0 drew with Woodville 0 [6]
Tuesday, 10 June (1:30 pm) Woodville 4 def. Gawler 0 Woodville [7]
Tuesday, 10 June Willunga 3 def. Kensington 1 Willunga [8]

June 17

June 17
Saturday, 17 June (3:20 pm) Woodville 2 def. Victorian 1 Woodville [9]
Saturday, 17 June Port Adelaide 0 def. by Kensington 1 Glanville Hall Estate [10]

20 June

June 20
Tuesday, 20 June (1:30 pm) Woodville 4 def. Gawler 0 Woodville [11]
Tuesday, 10 June Willunga 3 def. Kensington 1 Willunga [12]

1 July

Round 1
Saturday, 1 July (3:00 pm) Kensington 3 def. Woodville 1 Kensington Oval [13]
Saturday, 1 July (3:00 pm) Port Adelaide 0 def. by South Adelaide 1 Glanville Hall Estate [14][15]

July 8

8 July
Saturday, 8 July (3:10 pm) Adelaide 0 drew with South Adelaide 0 Old Adelaide Ground (crowd: 400) [16]
Saturday, 8 July (3:00 pm) Glenelg 0 def. by Victorian 4 Glenelg [17]
Saturday, 8 July Woodville 0 def. by Port Adelaide 1 Woodville [18]

July 15

July 15
Saturday, 15 July (3:25 pm) Victorian 2 def. Woodville 0 Montefiore Hill [19]
Saturday, 15 July (4:00 pm) Kensington 5 def. Port Adelaide 2 [20][21]
Saturday, 15 July Glenelg 0 def. by Australs 1 Glenelg [22][23]

July 22

July 22
Saturday, 22 July (3:00 pm) Adelaide 1 def. by Woodville 6 North Park Lands (crowd: 300) [24]
Saturday, 22 July (3:00 pm) Victorian 4 def. Port Adelaide 0 Montefiore Hill [25]
Saturday, 22 July Kensington 0 def. by South Adelaide 1 Kensington Oval [26]

July 29

July 29
Saturday, 29 July (3:30 pm) Woodville 0 def. by South Adelaide 2 Woodville (crowd: 600) [27]
Saturday, 29 July Australs 8 def. Glenelg 0 [28]

August 5

August 5
Saturday, 5 August (3:15 pm) Adelaide 0 drew with South Adelaide 0 Old Adelaide Ground (crowd: 450) [29][30]
Saturday, 5 August (3:00 pm) Port Adelaide 0 def. by Woodville 1 Glanville Hall Estate [31][32]
Saturday, 5 August Willunga 4 def. Victorian 1 Willunga (crowd: 450) [33]

August 7

August 7
Monday, 7 August (1:30 pm) Kapunda 0 drew with South Adelaide 0 Kapunda (crowd: 250) [34]

August 12

August 12
Saturday, 12 August (3:15 pm) Adelaide 0 def. by Woodville 3 Old Adelaide Ground (crowd: 1,000) [35]

August 19

August 19
Saturday, 9 August Adelaide 0 def. by Victorian 1 Adelaide Ground (crowd: 600) [36][37]
Saturday, 9 August (3:15 pm) South Adelaide 4 def. Woodville 0 South Park Lands [38][39]
Saturday, 9 August Port Adelaide 2 def. Australs 0 Glanville Hall Estate [40]
Saturday, 9 August (3:15 pm) St Peter's College 4 def. Kensington 2 Adelaide Oval [41][42]

September 2

September 2
Saturday, 2 September Victorian 2 drew with Willunga 2 Montefiore Hill (crowd: 350) [43]

Ladder

1876 South Australian Football Ladder
TEAM P W L D GF GA
1 Victorian 9 6 2 1 17 8
2 South Adelaide 9 4
3 Woodville 13 6
4 Kensington 8 3
5 Port Adelaide 8 2 6 0 5 13
6 Australs 3 2
7 Adelaide 4 0
8 Glenelg 2 0
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, GF = Points For, GA = Points Against, (P) = Premiers

Exhibition Matches

August 26

August 26
Day, 26 August (3:00 pm) Collegians 2 def. by Non-Collegians 4 North Park Lands (crowd: 1,750) [44]

The Collegians vs. Non-Collegians was an all star match made up of the best players of the Adelaide, Woodville, Kensington, and College clubs.

References

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  2. ↑ "FOOTBALL.". The South Australian Advertiser (Adelaide: National Library of Australia). 22 May 1876. p. 7. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
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