The East Torrens Football Association (ETFA) was an Australian rules football competition based in the eastern and north-eastern suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia until it merged with the North Adelaide District Football Association to form the Norwood-North Football Association at the end of the 1968 season. It was formed and held its first annual meeting was held on 7 April 1915 at Norwoodhttps://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/60746850https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/5458659 for the purpose of “fostering junior football in the Norwood district."

Early history With the introduction of Electoral Zones for the South Australian Football Association (SAFA) Senior Clubs a well attended meeting of the junior footballers in the East Torrens Electorate arranged by the Norwood Football Club was held at the Norwood Hotel on 7 April 1898.https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/54539329 It was decided at the meeting that the Association should consist of six clubs, and that all players must be residents of the East Torrens Electorate. To assist the Association, the Norwood Football Club offered a trophy of to be given to the club gaining the premiership of the Association. In addition, the senior team will also give two footballs to each individual club in the Association, and also will give them balls to practise with. The clubs present forming the Association were the Tusmore, College Park, Eden Park, and Albions whilst it is expected that a team from Payneham will also join.https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/54548610 However, two other clubs joined - Rose Park and Marryatville which both played off of for second place with later being victorious.https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/209155006

On 9 July 1898 the East Torrens Association visited Gawler and were comprehensively defeated by the Gawler Association - 2 behinds to 14 goals 21 behinds.https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/97582648

The Electoral District of East Torrens existed from 1857 to 1902 and again from 1915 to 1938.

Formation of second incarnation of association in 1915

For the 1915 Season the Association comprised the following clubs — Norwood Union, Payneham, Magill, Marryatville, and Kent Town. The Magill club withdrew on 4 August 1915 on account of the majority of the members having enlisted for active service.https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/105484364 The competition went into recession for 3 seasons (1916 to 1918) due to World War 1.

In 1939, the competition had expanded to 13 clubs when Athelstone were admitted.https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/74412175

In 1947, the competition consisted of 10 clubs - Magill Royals, Norwood Union, Ashton, Athelstone, Kensington and Norwood Youth Club, Kensington Gardens, Tea Tree Gully, Glenroy, Burnside and Salisbury which had joined in 1946https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/96850503

Clubs

Final ClubColoursNicknameHome GroundFormer LeagueEst.Years in ETFAETFA Senior PremiershipsFateTotalYearsAshtonSaintsAshton Oval, AshtonMLFA, HFA19071938-1948, 1962-196821938, 1940Played in Hills FA from 1949-61. Formed Norwood-North FA in 1969AthelstoneRaggiesFoxfield Oval, AthelstoneNADFA19041916-1924, 1936-196851959, 1960, 1963, 1965, 1966Moved to North Adelaide District FA in 1925. Formed Norwood-North FA in 1969BromptonMary Lee Park (Park 27B), Adelaide Park LandsAMFL19451967-19680 -Formed Norwood-North FA in 1969BurnsideBill Cooper Oval, Newland Park, ErindaleAMFL19471947-1960, 19680 -Played in Adelaide Metropolitan FL between 1961-67. Formed Norwood-North FA in 1969Campbelltown Campbelltown Memorial Oval, ParadiseNEHFA19131919-196861933, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1958Formed Norwood-North FA in 1969Eastwood Carriageway Park (Park 17), AdelaideSAAFL, AMFL1930s1938-1941, 1954–1955, 196811955Formed Norwood-North FA in 1969HectorvilleHoundsDaly Oval, Hectorville–19611961-196811967Formed Norwood-North FA in 1969Kensington GardensParkinson Oval, Kensington Gardens–19471947-196831949, 1962, 1964Formed Norwood-North FA in 1969KersbrookBlues, BrookersKersbrook Soldiers Memorial Park, KersbrookTVFA19121966-19680 -Formed Norwood-North FA in 1969Magill RoyalRoyalsMurray Park Oval, Magill–19131915, 1920-196821934, 1948Formed Norwood-North FA in 1969Norwood Union(1946)(1947-53)(1958-60)(other years)Marryatville High School, MarryatvilleSADFA, YMCAFA19021915, 1920, 1922-196891915, 1920, 1923, 1925, 1926, 1932, 1939, 1941, 1946, 1947, 1952, 1967Played in YMCAFA in 1921. Formed Norwood-North FA in 1969Para-HoughtonHoughton Memorial Oval, Houghton & Paracombe Recreation Reserve, ParacombeTVFA19151960-19680 -Formed Norwood-North FA in 1969Tea Tree GullyGullies, WolvesPertaringa Oval, Banksia ParkNEHFA, NADFA18621946-1954, 1957-19680 -Formed Norwood-North FA in 1969West Torrens reservesEaglesThebarton Oval, Thebarton1893?-196811968Moved to SANFL reserves in 1969

Former ClubColoursNicknameHome GroundFormer LeagueEst.Years in ETFAETFA Senior PremiershipsFateTotalYearsCommonwealth BankBankers–195019510 -Moved to SAAFL in 1952DulwichVictoria Park Race Course, Adelaide–19191920-19210 -Moved to SAAFL in 1922East Torrens Imperial –19281928-19350 -Folded after 1935 seasonForest RangeForest Range Oval, Forest RangeMLFA, HFA19021929-1933, 1960-19660 -Returned to Mounty Lofty FA in 1934. Merged with Lenswood to form Lenswood Rangers in Hills FL in 1967Hope Valley United Highbury Oval, Hope ValleyNEHFA19061937-19480 -Moved to North Adelaide District FA in 1949Hyde ParkWebb Oval, Glenunga–19541954-19590 -Moved to SAAFL in 1960KensingtonVictoria Park Race Course, Adelaide–19251925-193251927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931Moved to SAAFL in 1933Kensington & Norwood Youth Club19470 -?Kent Town1915, 19200 -?Magill Juniors1935-19380 -?MarryatvilleVictoria Park Race Course, Adelaide–19151915, 1919, 1923-19250 -Moved to SAAFL in 1933Maylands1928-19380 -Folded after 1938 seasonModburyModbury Oval, RidgehavenNEHFA18621936-19370 -Entered recess in 1938. Re-formed in North Adelaide District FA in 1947Newstead1924-192511924?Norwood Central19190 -?Norwood Juniors19380 -?Payneham(1915-24)(1926-38)Payneham Oval, Payneham–19011915, 1919–1924, 1926-193861919, 1921, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1945Recess in 1925. Moved to SAAFL in 1939Payneham BPayneham Oval, Payneham190119460 -Moved to SAAFL in 1947SalisburyMagpiesSalisbury Oval, SalisburyLNFA18831946-19470 -Returned to Lower North FA in 1948South Australian Fruitgrowers19200 -?St Ignatius19290 -?Walkerville JuniorsWalkerville Oval, Walkerville190119350 -?Wayville19190 -?YMCA1950-195811956Folded after 1958 season

Premierships

A-Grade 1915 - Norwood Union 1916 - in recess 1917 - in recess 1918 - in recess 1919 - Payneham 1920 - Norwood Union 1921 - Payneham 1922 1923 - Norwood Union 1924 - Newstead 1925 - Norwood Union 1926 - Norwood Union 1927 - Kensington 1928 - Kensington undefeated 1929 - Kensington 1930 - Kensington 1931 - Kensington 1932 - Norwood Union 1933 - Glenroy 1934 - Magill Royal 1935 - Payneham 1936 - Payneham 1937 - Payneham 1938 - Ashton 1939 - Norwood Union 1940 - Ashton undefeated 1941 - Norwood Union 1942-1944 - in recess 1945 - Payneham 1946 - Norwood Union 1947 - Norwood Union 1948 - Magill Royal 1949 - Kensington Gardens 1950 - Glenroy 1951 - Glenroy 1952 - Norwood Union 1953 - Glenroy 1954 - Glenroy 1955 - Eastwood 1956 - YMCA 1957 1958 - Glenroy 1959 - Athelstone 1960 - Athelstone 1961 - Norwood Union 1962 - Kensington Gardens 1963 - Athelstone 1964 - Kensington Gardens 1965 - Athelstone 1966 - Athelstone 1967 - Hectorville 1968 - West Torrens Reserves

References

44 Register, March 6, 1922