1889_SAFA_season

1889 SAFA premiership season
1889 SAFA premiership season
Teams	6
Premiers	Norwood; 9th premiership
Minor premiers	Norwood; Port Adelaide; 1st minor premiership
Leading goalkicker	Charlie Fry ; Port Adelaide (32 goals)
Matches played	48
Highest	11,000 (Grand Final, Norwood v. Port Adelaide)
	← 1888 1890 →

1889 SAFA season

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The 1889 South Australian Football Association season was the 13th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.

Quick Facts Teams, Premiers ...

As Norwood and Port Adelaide finished level on premiership points, the first ever dedicated premiership playoff match in a major Australian rules football competition was held, with Norwood winning to claim the 1889 premiership.

Adelaide merged with North Adelaide, formerly called Hotham and no relation to the current team, after North Adelaide(Hotham) had spent two seasons in the S.A.F.A.

Minor Round

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	Round 1
Saturday, 4 May (3:10 pm)	Adelaide 3.8 (3)	def.	South Adelaide 2.9 (2)	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 2,500)	^[1]
Saturday, 4 May (3:20 pm)	Norwood 14.11 (14)	def.	Gawler 0.0 (0)	Kensington Oval	^[2]^[3]}}
Saturday, 4 May (3:20 pm)	Port Adelaide 9.16 (9)	def.	Medindie 0.1 (0)	Alberton Oval	^[4]


	Round 2
Saturday, 11 May (Time pm)	Norwood 7.5 (7)	def.	Port Adelaide 2.7 (2)	Kensington Oval (crowd: 4,000)	^[5]
Saturday, 11 May (Time pm)	Adelaide 6.10 (6)	def.	Medindie 1.5 (1)	Adelaide Oval	^[6]
Saturday, 11 May (Time pm)	Gawler 1.9 (1)	def. by	South Adelaide 7.9 (7)	Gawler Oval	^[7]


	Round 3
Saturday, 18 May (Time pm)	Norwood 7.12 (7)	def.	South Adelaide 2.1 (2)	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 4,000)	^[8]
Saturday, 18 May (Time pm)	Port Adelaide 5.10 (5)	def.	Adelaide 2.1 (2)	Alberton Oval	^[9]
	Bye Gawler, Medindie


	Round 4
Friday, 24 May (Time 3.10pm)	Norwood 4.7 (4)	def.	Adelaide 3.7 (3)	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 5000)	^[10]
Friday, 24 May (Time 3.05pm)	Gawler 0.2 (1)	def. by	Port Adelaide 7.13 (7)	Gawler Oval (crowd: 500)	^[11]


	Round 4
Saturday, 25 May (Time pm)	Adelaide 9.9 (9)	def.	Gawler 1.4 (1)	Adelaide Oval	^[12]
Saturday, 25 May (3.25 pm)	Port Adelaide 8.3 (8)	def.	South Adelaide 0.2 (0)	Alberton Oval (crowd: 800)	^[13]
Saturday, 25 May (Time pm)	Norwood 5.13 (5)	def.	Medindie 0.1 (0)	Kensington Oval	^[14]
The Norwood vs. Medindie both clubs were short of a full team, the game started late and was also played in a half hearten manner - likely due to teams having to play the day before on the Holiday

1889_SAFA_season

1889 SAFA season

Minor Round

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4 (Friday 24th May Queen's Birthday Holiday)

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7 (Arbor Day Holiday)

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Round 11

Round 12

Round 13

Round 14

Round 15

Round 16

Round 17

Round 18

Round 19

Round 20

Ladder

Grand final

1889 SAFA Premiership Football Match

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1889 SAFA premiership season
Teams	6
Premiers	Norwood 9th premiership
Minor premiers	Norwood Port Adelaide 1st minor premiership
Leading goalkicker	Charlie Fry Port Adelaide (32 goals)
Matches played	48
Highest	11,000 (Grand Final, Norwood v. Port Adelaide)
← 1888 1890 →


	Round 5
Saturday, 8 June (3:18 pm)	Adelaide 3.6 (3)	def.	South Adelaide 1.8 (1)	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 3,500)	^[15]
	Bye Port Adelaide, Norwood, Gawler, Medindie
Port Adelaide were on an interstate trip to Victoria. ^[16]


	Round 6
Saturday, 15 June (3:10 pm)	Norwood 6.13 (6)	def.	Adelaide 0.2 (0)	Kensington Oval (crowd: 3,500)	^[17]
Saturday, 15 June (Time pm)	South Adelaide 6.12 (6)	def.	Medindie 0.2 (0)	Adelaide Oval	^[18]
	Bye Port Adelaide, Gawler


	Round 7
Thursday, 20 June (pm)	Norwood 6.6 (6)	def.	Port Adelaide 3.4 (3)	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 8000)	^[19]
Thursday, 20 June (3pm)	Gawler 4.8 (4)	def.	Medindie 1.6 (6)	Gawler Oval (crowd: 400)	^[20]^[21]


	Round 7
Saturday, 22 June (3:20 pm)	Medindie 1.5 (1)	def. by	Port Adelaide 7.6 (7)	Adelaide Oval	^[22]
Saturday, 22 June (3:28 pm)	Norwood 3.4 (3)	def.	South Adelaide 0.5 (0)	Kensington Oval (crowd: 2,000)	^[23]


	Round 8
Saturday, 29 June (3:17 pm)	South Adelaide 1.7 (1)	def. by	Port Adelaide 6.9 (6)	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 3,000)	^[24]
Saturday, 29 June (Time pm)	Norwood 3.12 (3)	def.	Medindie 0.0 (0)	Kensington Oval	^[25]
6th and 13th July North Melbourne Scheduled to Visit


	Round 9
Saturday, 20 July (Time pm)	South Adelaide 3.4 (3)	def. by	Port Adelaide 4.9 (4)	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 1,500)	^[26]
Saturday, 20 July (3:13 pm)	Norwood 3.6 (3)	def. by	Adelaide 6.7 (6)	Kensington Oval (crowd: 600)	^[27]


	Round 10
Saturday, 27 July (3:15 pm)	Port Adelaide 3.5 (3)	def.	Norwood 2.6 (2)	Alberton Oval (crowd: 6,500)	^[28]^[29]
Saturday, 27 July (Time pm)	South Adelaide 8.9 (8)	def.	Gawler 0.4 (0)	Kensington Oval (crowd: 250)	^[30]^[31]
Saturday, 27 July (Time pm)	Adelaide 3.12 (3)	def.	Medindie 1.1 (1)	Adelaide Oval	^[32]
The crowd at the Port Adelaide vs. Norwood game of around 6,500 was the then-record for Alberton Oval.


	Round 11
Saturday, 3 August (3:15 pm)	Adelaide 5.7 (5)	def.	South Adelaide 2.12 (2)	Kensington Oval (crowd: 2,500)	^[33]
Saturday, 3 August (Time pm)	Medindie 2.7 (2)	def. by	Norwood 10.10 (10)	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 300)	^[34]
Saturday, 3 August (3:20 pm)	Port Adelaide 15.17 (15)	def.	Gawler 0.2 (0)	Alberton Oval (crowd: 300)	^[35]
Charlie Fry kicked 9 goals in Port Adelaide's win over Gawler.


	Round 12
Saturday, 10 August (3:10 pm)	Adelaide 2.4 (2)	def. by	Port Adelaide 9.18 (9)	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 4,000)	^[36]
Saturday, 10 August (3:30 pm)	Gawler 2.9 (2)	def. by	Norwood 5.11	Gawler Oval (crowd: 400)	^[37]


	Grand Final
Saturday, 5 October (3:00 pm)	Norwood	def.	Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 11,000)	^[54]
	3.1 (3) 4.1 (4) 5.3 (5) 7.3 (7)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	3.1 (3) 3.3 (3) 4.7 (4) 5.9 (5)



McGaffin, Rawson, Dixon, Daly, J. Woods, Shaw, Roberts, O. Bertram		Best	Hamilton, Kempster, Kwers, Gardiner, Tomlin, J. McKenzie, Phillips, Hills, Fry


	Round 13
Saturday, 17 August (3:20 pm)	South Adelaide 1.5 (1)	def. by	Norwood 7.17 (7)	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 800)	^[38]
Saturday, 17 August (Time pm)	Port Adelaide 12.12 (12)	def.	Medindie 1.1 (1)	Alberton Oval (crowd: 200)	^[39]
Schedule Program at start of stated South Adelaide vs Norwood was to be played at Kensington


	Round 14
Saturday, 24 August (3:10 pm)	Norwood 3.7 (3)	drew with	Port Adelaide 3.8 (3)	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 8,000)	^[40]
Saturday, 24 August (Time pm)	Adelaide 5.6 (5)	def.	Medindie 3.5 (3)	Kensington	^[41]


	Round 15
Saturday, 31 August (Time pm)	Adelaide 2.5 (2)	def. by	Port Adelaide 7.13 (7)	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 2,000)	^[42]


	Round 16
Monday, 2 September (10:35 am)	Medindie 2.1 (2)	def. by	Gawler 4.6 (4)	Adelaide Oval	^[43]
Monday, 2 September (3:22 pm)	South Adelaide 6.23 (6)	def.	Adelaide 5.3 (5)	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 4,000)	^[44]


	Round 17
Saturday, 7 September (Time pm)	South Adelaide 3.3 (3)	def. by	Port Adelaide 9.10 (9)	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 3,000)	^[45]
Saturday, 7 September (Time pm)	Gawler 5.14 (5)	def.	Adelaide 2.5 (2)	Gawler Oval (crowd: 400)	^[46]


	Round 18
Saturday, 14 September (Time pm)	Adelaide 1.3 (1)	def. by	Norwood 9.5 (9)	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 3,000)	^[47]
Saturday, 14 September (Time pm)	South Adelaide 5.12 (5)	v	Medindie 2.2 (2)	Kensington Oval (crowd: 50)	^[48]


	Round 19
Saturday, 21 September (Time pm)	Adelaide 0.1 (0)	def. by	Port Adelaide 13.13 (13)	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 2,000)	^[49]
Saturday, 21 September (Time pm)	Medindie 3.12 (3)	def. by	Gawler 4.10 (4)	Kensington Oval	^[50]


	Round 20
Saturday, 28 September (3:30 pm)	South Adelaide 2.4 (2)	def. by	Norwood 6.11 (6)	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 2,000)	^[51]