1875 South Australian football season
The 1875 South Australian football season was the thirteenth year of interclub football in South Australia.
| 1875 South Australian football premiership season | |
|---|---|
| Premiers | Kensington 3rd premiership |
| Highest | 800 (10 July, Kensington v Adelaide) |
Clubs
[edit]The following clubs participated in interclub matches during 1875:[1]
Metropolitan
[edit]- Adelaide
- Kensington
- Port Adelaide
- South Adelaide (1875)
- Victorian
- Woodville
Country
[edit]Colleges
[edit]Metropolitan football matches
[edit]May 15
[edit]| May 15 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 15 May | Port Adelaide 1 | def. | Woodville 0 | Glanville Estate | [2] |
May 29
[edit]| 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
[edit]| Saturday, 5 June | Woodville 0 | def. by | Port Adelaide 2 | [4] | |
June 12
[edit]|
Football cancelled due to bad weather.[5] | |||||
June 19
[edit]| Saturday, 19 June (3:00 pm) | Port Adelaide 0 | drew with | Victorian 0 | Glanville Hall Oval | [6] |
June 21
[edit]| Monday, 21 June (2:30pm) | Willunga 3 | def. | Kensington 1 | Willunga | [7] |
June 26
[edit]| Saturday, 26 June (3:00pm) | Woodville 0 | def. by | Kensington 2 | Woodville | [8] |
July 3
[edit]| 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 | [9] |
July 10
[edit]| Saturday, 10 July | Kensington 1 | def. | Adelaide 0 | Kensington Oval (crowd: 800) | [10] |
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July 24
[edit]| Saturday, 24 July (3:00pm) | Adelaide 2 | drew with | Woodville 2 | Adelaide | [12] |
July 31
[edit]| Saturday, 31 July (3:00pm) | Adelaide 3 | def. | Port Adelaide 1 | Adelaide | [13][14]
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| Saturday, 31 July (3:00pm) | Kensington 4 | def. | Woodville 0 | Kensington Oval | [13] |
August 6
[edit]| Friday, 6 August | Kensington 0 | def. by | Willunga 1 | Kensington Oval | [15] |
August 14
[edit]| Saturday, 14 August | Woodville 2 | def. | Adelaide 1 | Woodville | [16] |
| Saturday, 14 August | Victorian 5? * | def. | Prince Alfred College 0? | Montefiore Hill | [17] |
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(* 5 goals scored by H.Barry) of Victorian | |||||
August 21
[edit]| 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
[edit]| Saturday, 28 August (3:00pm) | Victorian 1 | drew with | Kensington 1 | Montefiore Hill | [19] |
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This match was a de facto premiership playoff: as it was drawn, Kensington won the premiership over Victorian on head-to-head records. | |||||
Ladder
[edit]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.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | 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 |
Source: [citation needed]
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