1894 SAFA premiership season
Norwood, premiers
PremiersNorwood
11th premiership
Minor premiersNorwood
2nd minor premiership
Leading goalkickerAnthony Daly
Norwood (47 goals)
Matches played38
Highest9,000 (Grand Final Replay, Norwood v. South Adelaide)
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The 1894 South Australian Football Association season was the 18th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.

Ladder

As Norwood and South Adelaide were level on premiership points, a playoff match for the premiership was required.

1894 SAFA Ladder
TEAM P W L D GF BF GA BA Pts
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 [1]

Grand final

1894 SAFA Premiership Football Match

Grand Final
Saturday 6 October (3:00 pm) Norwood drew with South Adelaide Adelaide Oval [2]
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)
  • Despite a provision for 20 minute periods of extra time, the match was abandoned after full time due to darkness; the result stood, and a replay was ordered.

1894 SAFA Premiership Football Match Replay

Grand Final Replay
Wednesday 10 October (2:00 pm) Norwood def. South Adelaide Adelaide Oval (crowd: 9,000) [3]
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)

References

  1. ^ "[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.
  2. ^ "Football". South Australian Chronicle. Adelaide. 13 October 1894. p. 15. Retrieved 23 December 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "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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