1894 SAFA season
| 1894 SAFA premiership season | |
|---|---|
 Norwood, premiers | |
| Premiers | Norwood 11th premiership |
| Minor premiers | Norwood 2nd minor premiership |
| Leading goalkicker | Anthony Daly Norwood (47 goals) |
| Matches played | 38 |
| Highest | 9,000 (Grand Final Replay, Norwood v. South Adelaide) |
The 1894 South Australian Football Association season was the 18th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.
Adelaide Football Club resigns from SAFA
[edit]The Adelaide Football Club Premiers in 1886, which joined the SAFA in 1885 after a merger of North Adelaide Juniors and North Park from the Adelaide and Suburban Association, resigned from the SAFA before the commencement of the 1894 season.
For the 1893 season it had merged with the Eastbourne Football Club, 1891 and 1892 Premiers of the City and Suburban Association. The Eastbourne Football Club on 18 April 1894 applied for readmission to the City and Suburban Association and were accepted. It has no relationship to the modern day Adelaide Crows formed in 1990.
At a meeting of the committee of the SAFA on Monday evening 9th March 1894, it was reported Mr. B. Shepley (Secretary of the Adelaide Football Club) wrote giving notice that his club wished to retire from the Association. The club regretted the circumstance and wished the Association every success.[1] [2]
Season Programme
[edit]The programme as drawn up by the sub committee and adopted by the oommittee was as follows:— May 5, Norwood v. Port (Adelaide), South v. North Adelaide (Kensington): May 12, South v. Port (Adelaide), Norwood v. North Adelaide (Kensington); May 10, Norwood v. South (Adelaide), Port v. North Adelaide (Alberton); May 24 (holiday), South v. Port (Adelaide); May 26, Norwood v. North Adelaide (Adelaide); June 2, Norwood v. South (Adelaide), Port v. North Adelaide (Alberton); June 9, Norwood v. Port (Adelaide), South v. North Adelaide (Kensington); June 16, South v. Port (Adelaide); June 20 (holiday), Norwood v. Port (Adelaide); June 23, South v. North Adelaide (Adelaide); June 30, Norwood v. South (Adelaide), Port v. North Adelaide (Kensington); July 7, South v. Fort (Adelaide), Norwood v. North Adelaide (Kensington); July 14, Norwood v. Port (Adelaide), South v. North Adelaide (Kensington); July 21, Yorke'a Peninsula v. a combined team picked by the Association (Adelaide); July 28, Port v. North Adelaide (Adelaide); August 4, Norwood v. South (Adelaide), Port v. North Adelaide (Kensington); August 11, Norwood v. North Adelaide (Adelaide); August 18, North v. South (Adelaide); August 25, South v. Port (Adelaide), Norwood v. North Adelaide (Kensington); September 1 (holiday), Norwood v. South (Adelaide) ; September 8, Norwood v. Port (Adelaide), South v. North Adelaide (Kensington); September 15, South v. Port (Adelaide), Norwood v. North Adelaide (Kensington); September 22, Norwood v. South (Adelaide), Port v. North Adelaide (Alberton); September 29, Norwood v. Port (Adelaide), South v. North Adelaide (Kensington).
Ladder
[edit]As Norwood and South Adelaide were level on premiership points, a playoff match for the premiership was required.
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| TEAM | P | W | L | D | GF | BF | GA | BA | Pts | ||||
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| 1 | Norwood (P) | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 131 | 147 | 82 | 113 | 26 | |||
| 2 | South Adelaide | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 125 | 174 | 79 | 128 | 26 | |||
| 3 | Port Adelaide | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 95 | 140 | 85 | 112 | 18 | |||
| 4 | North Adelaide | 18 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 37 | 76 | 145 | 184 | 2 | |||
| Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, GF = Goals For, BF = Behinds For, GA = Goals Against, BA = Behinds Against, (P) = Premiers Notes: North Adelaide forfeited 2 games - one each against Norwood and Port Adelaide |
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Grand final
[edit]1894 SAFA Premiership Football Match
[edit]| Grand Final | |||||
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| Saturday 6 October (3:00 pm) | Norwood | drew with | South Adelaide | Adelaide Oval | [4] |
| 0.0 (0) 1.3 (1) 2.4 (2) 4.8 (4) |
Q1 Q2 Q3 Final |
1.5 (1) 1.5 (1) 3.8 (3) 4.8 (4) |
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1894 SAFA Premiership Football Match Replay
[edit]| Grand Final Replay | |||||
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| Wednesday 10 October (2:00 pm) | Norwood | def. | South Adelaide | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 9,000) | [5] |
| 1.1 (1) 2.4 (2) 2.5 (2) 4.7 (4) |
Q1 Q2 Q3 Final |
2.4 (2) 2.4 (2) 3.5 (3) 3.5 (3) |
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References
[edit]- ^ "Football. S.a. Football Association". Adelaide Observer. 14 April 1894.
- ^ "Football". Adelaide Observer. 28 April 1894.
- ^ "[No heading]". Adelaide Observer. 13 October 1894. p. 20. Archived from the original on 11 March 2020. Retrieved 22 December 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Football". South Australian Chronicle. Adelaide. 13 October 1894. p. 15. Retrieved 23 December 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "THE FINAL STRUGGLE". South Australian Chronicle. Adelaide. 13 October 1894. p. 15. Retrieved 23 December 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
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