The 1875 South Australian football season was the thirteenth year of interclub football in South Australia.

1875 South Australian football premiership season
PremiersKensington
3rd premiership
Highest800 (10 July, Kensington v Adelaide)
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Clubs

The following clubs participated in interclub matches during 1875:[1]

Metropolitan

Country

Colleges

Metropolitan football matches

May 15

May 15
Saturday, 15 May Port Adelaide 1 def. Woodville 0 Glanville Estate [2]

May 29

May 20
Saturday, 29 May (3:30pm) Kensington 2 drew with Port Adelaide 2 Kensington Oval [3]
Saturday, 29 May Victorian 0 def. by St Peter's College 1 Montefiore Hill [3]

June 5

 
Saturday, 5 June Woodville 0 def. by Port Adelaide 2 [4]

June 12

 

Football cancelled due to bad weather.[5]

June 19

 
Saturday, 19 June (3:00 pm) Port Adelaide 0 drew with Victorian 0 Glanville Hall Oval [6]

June 21

 
Monday, 21 June (2:30pm) Willunga 3 def. Kensington 1 Willunga [7]

June 26

 
Saturday, 26 June (3:00pm) Woodville 0 def. by Kensington 2 Woodville [8]

July 3

 
Saturday, 3 July (3:15pm) Port Adelaide 0 drew with Kensington 0 Glanville Hall Estate [9]
Saturday, 3 July (3:15pm) Victorian 2 def. Woodville 0 Montefiore Hill

July 10

 
Saturday, 10 July Kensington 1 def. Adelaide 0 Kensington Oval (crowd: 800) [10]

July 24

 
Saturday, 24 July (3:00pm) Adelaide 2 drew with Woodville 2 Adelaide [12]

July 31

 
Saturday, 31 July (3:00pm) Adelaide 3 def. Port Adelaide 1 Adelaide [13][14]


Saturday, 31 July (3:00pm) Kensington 4 def. Woodville 0 Kensington Oval [13]

August 6

 
Friday, 6 August Kensington 0 def. by Willunga 1 Kensington Oval [15]

August 14

 
Saturday, 14 August Woodville 2 def. Adelaide 1 Woodville [16]
Saturday, 14 August Victorian 5? def. Prince Alfred College 0? Montefiore Hill (5 goals scored by H.Barry) [17]

(5 goals scored by H.Barry) of Victorian

August 21

 
Saturday, 21 August Adelaide 0 def. by Port Adelaide 1 North Park Lands [18]
Saturday, 21 August (3:00pm) South Adelaide (1875) 1 def. by Kensington 4 South Park Lands [18]
Saturday, 21 August (shortly before 3:00pm) St Peter's College 2 def. by Victorian 7 St Peter's College [18]

August 28

 
Saturday, 28 August (3:00pm) Victorian 1 drew with Kensington 1 Montefiore Hill [19]

This match was a de facto premiership playoff: as it was drawn, Kensington won the premiership over Victorian on head-to-head records.

Ladder

In the table below, Senior Results is based only upon games played against senior clubs; the record listed under W-L-D is the record over all matches, including those against country, junior and school teams.

Club Games Wins Loss Draw Senior Results GF GA
1 Kensington 9 4 2 3 3-0-3 15 8
2 Victorian 4 1 1 2 1-0-2 3 2
3 Port Adelaide 7 3 1 3 3-1-3 7 5
4 Woodville 7 1 5 1 1-5-1 4 13
5 Adelaide 5 1 3 1 1-3-1 6 7

References

  1. ^ "Australian Football – The early years of South Australian football". australianfootball.com. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  2. ^ "General News". The Express and Telegraph. Adelaide. 17 May 1875. p. 2. Retrieved 1 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ a b "Football". South Australian Chronicle and Weekly Mail. Adelaide. 5 June 1875. p. 4. Retrieved 1 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "Topics of the Day". The South Australian Advertiser. Adelaide. 7 June 1875. p. 2. Retrieved 9 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "The Exploration of Lake Eyre". South Australian Register. Adelaide. 19 June 1875. p. 5. Retrieved 9 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "Winegrowing in South Australia". South Australian Register. Adelaide. 21 June 1875. p. 5. Retrieved 9 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "Football". South Australian Register. Adelaide. 24 June 1875. p. 7. Retrieved 1 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ^ "Football". South Australian Register. Adelaide. 28 June 1875. p. 6. Retrieved 9 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. ^ "Pickings from Melbourne Punch". Evening Journal (Adelaide). Adelaide. 5 July 1875. p. 3 Edition: Second Edition. Retrieved 9 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. ^ "Opening of the Kensington Park Oval". The Express and Telegraph. Adelaide. 12 July 1875. p. 3 Edition: SECOND EDITION. Retrieved 9 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  11. ^ "New Books". South Australian Register. Adelaide. 12 July 1875. p. 5. Retrieved 9 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  12. ^ "Football". Evening Journal (Adelaide). Adelaide. 26 July 1875. p. 3 Edition: SECOND EDITION. Retrieved 9 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  13. ^ a b "Football". South Australian Chronicle and Weekly Mail. Adelaide. 7 August 1875. p. 14. Retrieved 9 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  14. ^ "Football". Evening Journal (Adelaide). Adelaide. 2 August 1875. p. 2 Edition: SECOND EDITION. Retrieved 9 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  15. ^ "Football". Evening Journal. Adelaide. 9 August 1875. p. 2 Edition: Second Edition. Retrieved 9 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  16. ^ "Court Life in England". Evening Journal. Adelaide. 16 August 1875. p. 3 Edition: SECOND EDITION. Retrieved 9 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  17. ^ https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/159482266
  18. ^ a b c "New Markets for Colonial Wool". South Australian Register. Adelaide. 23 August 1875. p. 5. Retrieved 9 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  19. ^ "General News". The Express and Telegraph. Adelaide. 30 August 1875. p. 2 Edition: FIRST EDITION. Retrieved 9 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
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