The 1882 South Australian Football Association season was the 6th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia. The 1882 SAFA season was the first time that the league used behinds in determining game results.
The season began on Saturday 6 May with 6 teams. A junior team the Royal Park Football Club entered the competition as a replacement for Adelaide/Kensington Club which withdrew the previous season after 4 games.
went on to record its 5th consecutive premiership.
Royal Park folded after five matches, their remaining five scheduled matches were declared forfeits, and collected the wooden spoon.
SAFA Senior Clubs 1882 Season
ClubColoursHome GroundCaptainCommentsNorwood Dark blue RedEast Park Lands, AdelaideA.E. WaldronPort Adelaide Magenta Alberton Oval, AlbertonNathaniel Frayne / Charles KellettRoyal Park Blue White orange hoopAdelaide OvalFolded on 15 July 1882South Adelaide Navy Blue WhiteSouth Terrace, Adelaide Iney MehrtensSouth Park Light Blue WhiteSouth Park Lands, AdelaideH.DickVictorian 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
Round 16
Round 17
Round 18
Ladder 1882 SAFA Ladder TEAM P W L DGFBFGABA 1 Norwood (P) 14 13 1 04014913522South Adelaide141031359716653Port Adelaide14770227814564Victorian14482246834127514491136335766Royal Park100100262485 Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against,
Note: Royal Park only played five matches (of which 2 were against Victorians), forfeiting one against South Park, whilst the others were declared forfeits after the club dropped out of the SAFA and folded. Each club played every other 3 times, except Royal Park which was only 2 (including the forfeits).
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