1887 SAFA season

1887 SAFA premiership season
Teams	7
Premiers	Norwood (7th premiership)
Matches played	55
Highest attendance	11,000 (Round 8, Norwood vs. Port Adelaide)
Leading goalkicker	Alf Bushby Port Adelaide (25 goals)
← 1886 1888 →

The 1887 South Australian Football Association season was the 11th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.

1887 saw Gawler, Hotham and West Adelaide join the SAFA with the last of those bearing no relation to the modern day West Adelaide Bloods.

Premiership Season

Round 1

	Round 1
Saturday, 7 May (3:10 pm)	Adelaide 7.19 (7)	def.	Hotham 3.7 (3)	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 1,500)	[1][2]
Saturday, 7 May (3:25 pm)	Norwood 9.23 (9)	def.	West Adelaide 0.0 (0)	Kensington Oval	[3]
Saturday, 7 May (Time pm)	Port Adelaide 12.28 (12)	def.	Gawler 0.1 (0)	Alberton Oval (crowd: 800)	[4][5]
	Bye: South Adelaide

Round 2

	Round 2
Saturday, 14 May (Time pm)	Adelaide 3.12 (3)	drew with	South Adelaide 3.4 (3)	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 2,300)	[6]
Saturday, 14 May (Time pm)	Port Adelaide 3.22 (3)	def.	West Adelaide 0.2 (0)	Alberton Oval (crowd: 600)	[7]
Saturday, 14 May (3:15 pm)	Norwood 6.14 (6)	def.	Hotham 0.2 (0)	Kensington Oval	[8]
	Bye: Gawler

Round 3

	Round 3
Saturday, 21 May (3:15 pm)	Port Adelaide 3.4 (3)	drew with	Norwood 3.7 (3)	Alberton Oval (crowd: 3,000)	[9]
Saturday, 21 May (3:10 pm)	South Adelaide 9.21 (9)	def.	Hotham 6.5 (6)	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 1,000)	[10]
Saturday, 21 May (3:10 pm)	Adelaide 9.21 (9)	def.	West Adelaide 0.1 (0)	Kensington Oval (crowd: 100)	[11]
	Bye: Gawler

Round 4

	Round 4
Saturday, 28 May (3:04 pm)	South Adelaide 7.11 (7)	drew with	Norwood 7.11 (7)	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 3,000)	[12][13]
Saturday, 28 May (3:25 pm)	West Adelaide 3.12 (3)	drew with	Gawler 3.4 (3)	Kensington Oval	[14][15]
Saturday, 28 May	Port Adelaide 7.15 (7)	def.	Hotham 1.6 (1)	Alberton Oval (crowd: 300)	[16][17]
	Bye: Adelaide
Adelaide were on an interstate trip to Victoria to play their first ever game on the MCG.

Round 5

	Round 5
Saturday, 4 June (3:25 pm)	South Adelaide 5.20 (5)	def.	West Adelaide 1.8 (1)	Kensington Oval	[18]
Saturday, 4 June (3:15 pm)	Norwood 7.15	def.	Hotham 1.5	Adelaide Oval	[19]
Saturday, 4 June (3:30 pm)	Gawler 0.0 (0)	def. by	Port Adelaide 3.14 (3)	Gawler Oval (crowd: 150)	[20]
	Bye: Adelaide

Round 6

	Round 6
Saturday, 11 June (3:00 pm)	Adelaide 2.11 (2)	def. by	Port Adelaide 4.6 (4)	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 4,000)	[21]
Saturday, 11 June (3:25 pm)	Hotham 2.5 (2)	drew with	West Adelaide 2.4 (2)	Kensington Oval	[22]
Saturday, 11 June	Gawler 1.2 (1)	def. by	South Adelaide 9.23 (9)	Gawler Oval (crowd: 75)	[23][24]
	Bye: Norwood

Round 7

	Round 7
Saturday, 18 June (3:16 pm)	Norwood 8.21 (8)	def.	West Adelaide 1.1 (1)	Adelaide Oval	[25]
Saturday, 18 June (3:35 pm)	South Adelaide 5.18 (5)	def.	Hotham 4.2 (4)	Kensington Oval (crowd: 200)	[26]
Saturday, 18 June (3:30 pm)	Gawler 0.4 (0)	def. by	Adelaide 8.15 (8)	Gawler Oval	[27]
	Bye: Port Adelaide

Round 8

	Round 8
Monday, 20 June (3:00 pm)	Norwood 6.16 (6)	def.	Port Adelaide 4.3 (4)	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 11,000)	[28]
The match was under the patronage of the Chinese Commissioners to the Jubilee Exhibition General Wong Yang Ho and Console-General Yu Chiung.[29] The match attendance of approximately 11,000 was the largest in South Australian football history at the time.

Round 9

	Round 9
Saturday, 25 June (3:00 pm)	Adelaide 1.3 (1)	def. by	Norwood 5.15 (5)	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 4,500)	[30]
Saturday, 25 June (Time pm)	Port Adelaide 6.17 (6)	def.	Hotham 2.5 (2)	Alberton Oval (crowd: 300)	[31]
Saturday, 25 June (Time pm)	South Adelaide 8.20 (8)	def.	West Adelaide 2.5 (2)	Kensington Oval (crowd: 250)	[32]
	Bye: Gawler

Round 10

	Round 10
Saturday, 2 July (3:00 pm)	South Adelaide 2.4 (2)	def. by	Norwood 6.6 (6)	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 3,500)	[33][34]
Saturday, 2 July (3:10 pm)	Port Adelaide 3.10 (3)	def. by	Adelaide 4.1 (4)	Alberton Oval (crowd: 1,000)	[35]
Saturday, 2 July (3.22 pm)	West Adelaide 0.3 (0)	def. by	Gawler 1.8 (1)	Kensington Oval (crowd: Attendance)	[36]
	Bye: Hotham

Round 11

	Round 11
Saturday, 23 July (3:15 pm)	Adelaide 3.12 (3)	drew with	South Adelaide 3.9 (3)	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 2,000)	[37]
Saturday, 23 July (Time pm)	Hotham 5.11 (5)	def.	West Adelaide 0.4 (0)	Kensington Oval	[38]
Saturday, 23 July (3:11 pm)	Port Adelaide 4.1 (4)	drew with	Norwood 4.8 (4)	Alberton Oval (crowd: 3,500)	[39]
	Bye: Gawler

Round 12

	Round 12
Saturday, 30 July (3:15 pm)	Adelaide 5.16 (5)	def.	Hotham 0.3 (0)	Kensington Oval (crowd: 150)	[40][41]
Saturday, 30 July (3:30 pm)	Gawler 1.4 (1)	def. by	Norwood 7.15 (7)	Gawler Oval (crowd: 350)	[42]
Saturday, 30 July (3:21 pm)	South Adelaide 6.8 (6)	def. by	Port Adelaide 8.3 (8)	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 2,500)	[43]
	Bye: West Adelaide

Round 13

	Round 13
Saturday, 6 August (3:06 pm)	Adelaide 4.8 (4)	def.	Norwood 2.13 (2)	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 4,000)	[44]
Saturday, 6 August (3:20 pm)	Port Adelaide 11.29 (11)	def.	West Adelaide 1.3 (1)	Alberton Oval (crowd: 200)	[45][46]
Saturday, 6 August (3:30 pm)	South Adelaide 3.13 (3)	drew with	Hotham 3.4 (3)	Kensington Oval (crowd: 200)	[47][48]
	Bye: Gawler

Round 14

	Round 14
Saturday, 13 August (3:15 pm)	Port Adelaide 6.14 (6)	def.	Adelaide 2.9 (2)	Alberton Oval (crowd: 3,000)	[49]
Saturday, 13 August (3:00 pm)	South Adelaide 16.27 (16)	def.	Gawler 2.3 (2)	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 400)	[50][51]
Saturday, 13 August (3:30 pm)	Norwood 14.26 (14)	def.	West Adelaide 0.0 (0)	Kensington Oval (crowd: 200)	[52]
	Bye: Hotham

Round 15

	Round 15
Saturday, 20 August (3:08 pm)	Norwood 5.11 (5)	def.	Port Adelaide 2.9 (2)	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 8,000)	[53]
Saturday, 20 August	South Adelaide 4.20 (4)	drew with	Hotham 4.7 (4)	Kensington Oval (crowd: 100)	[54]
	Bye: Gawler, West Adelaide, Adelaide

Round 16

	Round 16
Saturday, 27 August (3:00 pm)	South Adelaide 7.5 (7)	def.	Norwood 5.6 (5)	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 3,000)	[55][56]
Saturday, 27 August (3:25 pm)	Adelaide 4.17 (4)	def.	Hotham 1.9 (1)	Kensington Oval	[57][58]
Saturday, 27 August (3:15 pm)	Port Adelaide 17.27 (17)	def.	West Adelaide 2.0 (2)	Alberton Oval (crowd: 200)	[59][60]
	Bye: Gawler
Port Adelaide's score of 17.27 (17) was the highest total ever at the time in South Australian league football.

Round 17

	Round 17
Thursday, 1 September (3:08 pm)	Adelaide 1.2 (1)	def. by	South Adelaide 6.2 (6)	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 2,500)	[61]

Round 18

	Round 18
Saturday, 3 September	Port Adelaide 11.11 (11)	def.	South Adelaide 4.8 (4)	Alberton Oval (crowd: 2,000)	[62]
Saturday, 3 September (3:15 pm)	Adelaide 7.20 (7)	vs.	Gawler 1.4 (1)	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 100)	[63]
Saturday, 3 September	Norwood 14.20 (14)	def.	West Adelaide 0.1 (0)	Kensington Oval (crowd: 100)	[64]
	Bye: Hotham

Round 19

	Round 19
Saturday, 10 September	Norwood 8.23 (8)	def.	Hotham 0.4 (0)	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 1,000)	[65]
Saturday, 10 September (3:20 pm)	Adelaide 4.21 (4)	def.	West Adelaide 3.3 (3)	Kensington Oval	[66][67]
	Bye: Port Adelaide, South Adelaide, Gawler

Round 20

	Round 20
Saturday, 17 September	Adelaide 4.7 (4)	def. by	Port Adelaide 5.12 (5)	Adelaide Oval	[68]
	Bye: South Adelaide, Norwood, Gawler, Hotham, West Adelaide

Ladder

1887 SAFA Ladder
	TEAM	P	W	L	D	GF	BF	GA	BA
1	Norwood	18	12	2	4	119	257	40	73
2	Port Adelaide	17	12	3	2	110	220	46	103
3	Adelaide	16	9	4	3	67	195	43	109
4	South Adelaide	17	8	5	4	102	221	72	101
5	Hotham	15	3	10	2	37	98	77	227
6	Gawler	11	1	9	1	13	48	72	197
7	West Adelaide	16	1	13	2	18	52	114	288
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, GF = Goals For, BF = Behinds For, GA = Goals Against, BA = Behinds Against, (P) = Premiers									[69]

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