Victorian Football Club (SAFA)

North Adelaide

Names
Full name	North Adelaide Football Club
Former name(s)	Victorian Football Club
Nickname(s)	Victorians, Tigers,[1] Bumblebees
Club details
Founded	1875
Dissolved	1884
Colours	orange and black
Competition	SAFA (1877–84)
Premierships	(1): 1877

The North Adelaide Football Club, known as the Victorian Football Club from its founding until 1883, was an Australian rules football club based in Adelaide, South Australia.^[2] Formed in 1875, the club was a founding member of the South Australian Football Association (SAFA) in 1877, and shared the competition's inaugural premiership with South Adelaide.^[3] Having struggled to compete in its later years, the club disbanded at the end of the 1884 season, having finished last in each of the preceding two seasons.^[4]

One notable game that the Victorian Football Club played was the first intercolonial match involving a South Australian club. The game was held on 11 August 1877 on the Adelaide Exhibition Grounds against the Melbourne Football Club with the visitors winning 1 goal to nil.^[5]

References

1. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article73070921?searchTerm=football%20%20v.&searchLimits=l-advstate=South+Australia|||sortby=dateAsc|||l-state=South+Australia|||l-decade=187|||l-year=1878|||l-month=9
2. VICTORIAN (North Adelaide) – Full Points Footy. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
3. SANFL Summary Chart 1877 to 2007 – Full Points Footy. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
4. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE – PREMIERSHIP PLACINGS 1877 TO 1920 – Full Points Footy. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
5. "FOOTBALL.". The South Australian Advertiser (Adelaide: National Library of Australia). 13 August 1877. p. 7. Retrieved 21 January 2015.