The 1876 South Australian football season was the seventh year of interclub football. It was also the final season of decentralised administration of football in South Australia; the South Australian Football Association was formed the following year to provide a committee-based approach to the administration of the sport.
Rules Sets During the 1876 football season in South Australia two dominant rule sets were in use. Kensington Rules Victorian Rules
Major Clubs
Metropolitan
Adelaide Australs (Based in Adelaide) Glenelg Kensington Port Adelaide South Adelaide Victorian (Based at foot of Montefiore Hill, North Adelaide) Woodville
Country Clubs (Outer Metropolitan) Gawler Kapunda Willunga
Regional Clubs Mount Gambier Young Australian (Mount Gambier) Penola Naracoorte Caltowie Yangga Laura Port Pirie
Educational Institutions Adelaide Educational Institution North Adelaide Grammar School Prince Alfred College, Kent Town St Peter's College Glenelg Grammar
Metropolitan Football Matches
20 May
25 May
3 June
10 June
17 June
20 June
1 July
8 July
15 July
17 July - Woodville to revert to the Old Adelaide Rules
The Woodville Football Club lead the push to revert to the Old Adelaide Rules when they place an advertisement on 17 July 1876.
The Woodville Club hereby CHALLENGE any Club in or around Adelaide to play a Game of Football according to the old Adelaide rules, which rules will only be played by the above Club for the future. THOS. LETCHFORD, Hon. Sec.
22 July
29 July
5 August
7 August
12 August
19 August
2 September
26 August College Challenge Match
Ladder
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 and junior teams.
Exhibition Collegian Matches
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