The 1871 South Australian football season was the second year of interclub football in the colony of South Australia.
Major Metropolitan Clubs
Adelaide Alberton and Queenstown Kensington Port Adelaide Young Australian
Colleges North Adelaide Grammar School, later Whinham College Prince Alfred College, Kent Town
Country Clubs Gawler Kapunda
Adelaide Football Club The opening game of football was played in the afternoon of Saturday 15 April 1871, on the North Park Lands, between the Adelaide and Port Adelaide Clubs, the Concordia Band having been engaged. The following were the twenty Adelaide players selected: — Messrs. Aldridge, Brock, Conigrave, Colley, Chambers, Calf, Dale, Dalton, Higgins, Harrison, Jackson, Milne, Masters, Monteith, Nesbit, Randall, Sharpe, Sparks, Townsend, and Watson.
On 27 May 1871 it was reported His Excellency the Governor consented to take the office of President of this Club, and Lieutenant Fergusson (Private Secretary) purposed joining as a member.
Alberton and Queenstown Football Club The Alberton and Queenstown Football Club was formed at the annual meeting held on 24 April 1871 of the Alberton and Queenstown Cricket Club. The following officers were chosen for the year: President — Mr. B. C. DeLissa; Captain — Mr. Thomas Sinclair ; Treasurer — Mr. C. Formby ; Secretary — Mr. Thomas Sinclair ; Committee—Messrs. J.Counsell, B. Grandfield, and W. Dowsett. The Club numbered 30 members and was financially in a good position. The club played its opening game on 28 April 1871 at the ground adjoining the Port Gasworks at Kingston-on-the-Hill.
Players - Blais, Counsell, R. Darling, J. Darling, Dempster, Dowsell, A. Formby, C. Formby, Grandfield, Le Messurier, Martin, Parker, Riscely, A. Saunders, W. Saunders, T. Sinclair, J.H. Sinclair, Stone, Wade, Williams.
Port Adelaide Football Club Closing game was played at Glanville on Saturday 9 September 1871.
Young Australian renames to Union Cricket and Football Club A general meeting of the Young Australian Football Club was held at the Committee Room, Prince Alfred Hotel, on Wednesday, August 16, 1871, with Mr. F. C. Aldridge presiding. It was resolved that as the football season was closing, and there being a Cricket Club called the Young Australians, the name be changed to the Union Cricket and Football Club. The following officers were elected:— F. C. Aldridge, Captain; W. E. Dalton, Hon. Sec.; S. H. Goode, W. A. Hughes, W. G. Nash, B.Moulden, and W. H. Young, Committee for the half-year ending February 29, 1872.
Metropolitan football matches April 15
April 29
May 13 Prince Alfred 0 defeated by Young Australian Clubs 1 - Prince Alfred College grounds
May 20
May 27
July 22
July 29 Prince Alfred College and Young Australian drew 0–0
August 7
August 19
September 2
Other football matches
August 26
Unofficial Ladder
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