The 1880 South Australian Football Association season was the 4th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.
The season commenced on the 8th of May and drew to a close on the 18th of September.
went on to record its 3rd consecutive premiership.
Pre-season and opening club colour Matches
The football season of 1880 was opened on Saturday, April 24, 1880 with the senior clubs playing either internal colour matches which drew a fair amount of spectators or practice matches against Junior Clubs. For the third season in succession there was no change in the number of senior clubs.
SAFA Senior Clubs 1880 Season
ClubColoursHome GroundCaptainCommentsAdelaide Black, Red Old Adelaide Ground, North AdelaideC. W. HughesKensington Scarlet WhiteKensington Oval, KensingtonGeorge Milne Norwood Dark blue RedEast Park Lands, AdelaideJ.R. OsbornPort Adelaide Magenta Alberton Oval, AlbertonJ.A.Atkins / J.CarterSouth Adelaide Navy Blue WhiteSouth Terrace, Adelaide J.H. Sinclair / A.C MehrtensSouth Park Light Blue WhiteSouth Park Lands, AdelaideVictorian Orange BlackMontefiore Hill, North Adelaide
Premiership season
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7
Round 8
Round 9
Round 10
Round 11
Round 12
Round 13
Round 14
Round 15
Additional matches Controversy regarding a goal kicked during the and game meant the result was not confirmed until it was referred to the SAFA committee. The result of the game was eventually decided to not count towards the premiership.
The and football clubs decided to play another game against each other as their two previous matches during the season resulted in draws.
Ladder An end of season table was published in multiple newspapers on 25 September 1880. Due to a transcription error by the reporter, Port Adelaide's loss count was erroneously reported as 3 losses in these reports. This has been corrected in the below table. 1880 SAFA Ladder TEAM P W L D GF GA Pts Adj Pts 1 Norwood (P) 10 7 2 1 25 4 15 18.002Victorian 10 5 2 3 12 6 13 15.603South Adelaide 10 5 3 2 19 14 12 14.404South Park 12 5 7 0 13 14 10 10.005Kensington 11 4 4 3 15 14 11 12.006Port Adelaide 12 3 4 5 16 18 11 11.007Adelaide 11 1 8 2 6 36 4 4.36 Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points, Adj Pts = Points adjusted for match ratio, (P) = Premiers
Notes: The result of the disputed game Victorian v. South Adelaide (Rd 4) has been excluded. The game South Adelaide v. Victorian (Rd 13) has not been included due to South Adelaide's expulsion on 23rd August. South Park were awarded a walkover win against Norwood (Rd 14). The additional special match between the Port Adelaide and Victorian on 4th September is not included.
1880 SAFA Home and Away Season
Norwood's Intercolonial club matches Norwood 1-5 draw Carlton 1-6 - East Melbourne Cricket Ground, 26 June 1880 Norwood 2-0 def Melbourne 0-0 - East Melbourne Cricket Ground, 1 July 1880 Norwood 0-0 def by Geelong 1-0 - Corio Oval, 3 July 1880 Norwood 0-5 def by Hotham 1-14 - East Melbourne Cricket Ground, 6 July 1880 Norwood 1-6 draw South Melbourne 1-12 - East Melbourne Cricket Ground, 8 July 1880
SAFA Intercolonial matches
A Victorian Association representative team toured South Australia in August, playing three intercolonial matches – two at even strength against the South Australian Football Association representative team, and one against a team of twenty-three South Australian-born players – and winning all three. J. Gibson () served as captain of the Victorian Association team.
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