1888 SAFA season

1888 SAFA premiership season

12th SAFA season
Pictured above is the 1888 Norwood Championship of Australia team.
Teams 7
Premiers Norwood
(8th premiership)
Matches played 57
Highest attendance 9,000 (Round 9, Norwood vs. Port Adelaide)
Leading goalkicker Charles Woods
Norwood (29 goals)
← 1887
1889 →

The 1888 South Australian Football Association season was the 12th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia. The Norwood Football Club won their 8th premiership by winning 1 premiership point, or a half a win, more than Port Adelaide.

Premiership Season

Round 1

Round 1
Saturday, 5 May (3:15 pm) Adelaide 7.5 (7) def. South Adelaide 5.3 (5) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 2,000) [1][2]
Saturday, 5 May Norwood 8.11 (8) def. North Adelaide 2.2 (2) Kensington Oval (crowd: 300) [3]

Round 2

Round 2
Saturday, 12 May (3:00 pm) Norwood 1.0 (1) drew with South Adelaide 1.2 (1) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 2,000) [5][6]
Saturday, 12 May Port Adelaide 3.8 (3) def. Medindie 0.3 (0) Alberton Oval (crowd: 150) [7][8]
Saturday, 12 May (3:30 pm) Adelaide 4.5 (4) def. North Adelaide 0.3 (0) Kensington Oval (crowd: 150) [9][10]
Bye: Gawler

Round 3

Round 3
Saturday, 19 May (3:10 pm) Adelaide 5.7 (5) def. Port Adelaide 4.7 (4) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 3,000) [12]
Saturday, 19 May (3:27 pm) South Adelaide 5.10 (5) def. North Adelaide 2.2 (2) Kensington Oval (crowd: 300) [13]

Round 4

Round 4
Saturday, 26 May South Adelaide 6.4 (6) def. by Port Adelaide 7.9 (7) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 3,000) [14]
Saturday, 26 May Gawler 1.2 (1) def. by Adelaide 7.9 (7) Gawler (crowd: 350) [15]
Saturday, 26 May North Adelaide 5.14 (5) def. Medindie 0.4 (0) Kensington Oval (crowd: 100) [16]
Bye: Norwood

Round 5

Round 5
Saturday, 2 June (3:11 pm) Norwood 9.10 (9) def. Adelaide 3.7 (3) Kensington Oval (crowd: 4,000) [17]
Saturday, 2 June (3:15 pm) South Adelaide 9.31 (9) def. Medindie 1.3 (1) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 300) [18]
Saturday, 2 June (3:25 pm) Port Adelaide 7.17 (7) def. North Adelaide 1.3 (1) Alberton Oval (crowd: 300) [19]
Bye: Norwood

Round 6

Round 6
Saturday, 9 June (3:08 pm) Norwood 10.10 (10) def. South Adelaide 5.4 (5) Kensington Oval (crowd: 2,000) [20]
Saturday, 9 June (3:10 pm) Adelaide 4.8 (4) def. by North Adelaide 5.3 (5) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 1,000) [21][22]
Saturday, 9 June (Time pm) Gawler 4.5 (4) def. Medindie 1.3 (1) Gawler (crowd: 200) [23]
Bye: Port Adelaide

Round 7

Round 7
Saturday, 16 June (Time pm) Port Adelaide 8.11 (8) def. South Adelaide 1.3 (1) Alberton Oval (crowd: 2,000) [24][25]
Saturday, 16 June (3:11 pm) Norwood 12.8 (12) def. North Adelaide 1.1 (1) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 3,000) [26][27]
Saturday, 16 June (Time pm) Adelaide 10.12 (10) def. Medindie 3.2 (3) Kensington Oval (crowd: 150) [28]

Round 9

Round 9
Wednesday, 20 June (3:00 pm) Norwood 2.7 (2) drew with Port Adelaide 2.5 (2) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 9,000) [29]
Wednesday, 20 June (Time pm) North Adelaide 1.4 (1) def. Medindie 0.6 (0) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 100) [30]
Wednesday, 20 June (Time pm) Gawler 1.8 (1) def. by South Adelaide 4.9 (4) Gawler (crowd: 450) [31]

Round 10

Round 10
Saturday, 23 June (Time pm) Adelaide 4.7 (4) def. South Adelaide 3.9 (3) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 2,000) [32]
Saturday, 23 June (3:15 pm) Port Adelaide 12.12 (12) def. Medindie 1.1 (1) Alberton Oval [33]
Saturday, 23 June (Time pm) Gawler 2.5 (2) def. by Norwood 8.8 (8) Gawler (crowd: 350) [34]

Round 11

Round 11
Saturday, 30 June (Time pm) Adelaide 5.8 (5) def. by Norwood 10.15 (10) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 4,500) [35]
Saturday, 30 June (3:20 pm) South Adelaide 12.5 (12) def. Medindie 1.1 (1) Kensington Oval (crowd: Attendance) [36]
Saturday, 30 June (Time pm) Port Adelaide 7.23 (7) def. Gawler 0.1 (0) Alberton Oval (crowd: 450) [37]

Round 12

Round 12
Saturday, 21 July Port Adelaide 11.9 (11) def. Adelaide 1.2 (1) Alberton Oval (crowd: 500) [38]
Saturday, 21 July South Adelaide 2.5 (2) def. North Adelaide 1.2 (1) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 1,000) [39]
Saturday, 21 July Norwood 1.12 (1) def. Medindie 0.4 (0) Kensington Oval [40]

Round 13

Round 13
Saturday, 28 July Norwood 11.21 (11) def. Port Adelaide 3.6 (3) Kensington Oval (crowd: 7,000) [41]
Saturday, 28 July (3:15 pm) Adelaide 10.18 (10) def. Medindie 0.4 (0) Adelaide Oval [42]
Saturday, 28 July (3:35 pm) Gawler 2.7 (2) def. by North Adelaide 4.5 (4) Gawler (crowd: 250) [43]

Round 14

Round 14
Saturday, 4 August (3:15 pm) South Adelaide 5.11 (5) def. Adelaide 4.5 (4) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 2,000) [44]
Saturday, 4 August (Time pm) Norwood 6.6 (6) def. North Adelaide 3.4 (3) Kensington Oval (crowd: 200) [45]
Saturday, 4 August (Time pm) Port Adelaide 14.12 (14) def. Medindie 0.1 (0) Alberton Oval (crowd: 400) [46]

Round 15

Round 15
Saturday, 25 August Norwood 11.21 (11) def. Medindie 1.1 (1) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 800) [47]
Saturday, 25 August Adelaide 12.8 (12) def. North Adelaide 4.3 (4) Kensington Oval [48]
Saturday, 25 August (3:30 pm) Gawler 2.5 (2) def. by South Adelaide 7.12 (7) Gawler [49]

Round 16

Round 1
Saturday, 1 September (Time pm) Norwood 5.14 (5) def. Adelaide 1.5 (1) Adelaide Oval [50]
Saturday, 1 September (3:30 pm) Port Adelaide 9.7 (9) def. North Adelaide 3.2 (3) Alberton Oval [51]
Saturday, 1 September (Time pm) South Adelaide 9.9 (9) def. North Adelaide 4.0 (4) Kensington Oval [52]

Ladder

1888 SAFA Ladder
TEAM P W L D GF BF GA BA Pts
1 Norwood 17 14 1 2 127 205 88 82 30
2 Port Adelaide 17 14 2 1 129 187 46 96 29
3 Adelaide 17 10 7 0 103 147 75 119 20
4 South Adelaide 17 9 7 1 87 165 72 97 19
5 North Adelaide 17 5 12 0 37 66 100 43 10
6 Gawler 12 2 10 0 20 52 65 123 4
7 Medindie 17 1 16 0 20 43 127 206 2
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, GF = Goals For, BF = Behinds For, GA = Goals Against, BA = Behinds Against, (P) = Premiers [53]

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