1897 SAFA season

1897 SAFA premiership season
21st SAFA season Photo of the 1897 Port Adelaide premiership team.
Teams	6
Premiers	Port Adelaide (3rd premiership)
Matches played	51
Leading goalkicker	Jimmy Tompkins Port Adelaide (27 Goals)
← 1896 1898 →

The 1897 South Australian Football Association season was the 21st edition of the top level of Australian rules football to be played in South Australia. Port Adelaide won its 3rd premiership.

This was the first season of football in South Australia where behinds contributed to the total score, not just goals.

Ladder

1897 SAFA Ladder

TEAM

PTS

Port Adelaide

782

294

72.68%

South Adelaide

1050

391

72.87%

Norwood

765

402

65.55%

North Adelaide

535

609

46.77%

West Torrens

256

1082

19.13%

West Adelaide

211

821

20.45%

Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, (P) = Premiers

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References

↑ http://australianfootball.com/seasons/season/SANFL/1897/

SANFL seasons

SAFA seasons	1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906

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