1884 SAFA season

1884 SAFA premiership season
8th SAFA season Pictured above is the 1884 Port Adelaide premiership team.
Teams	5
Premiers	Port Adelaide (1st premiership)
Matches played	33
Highest attendance	6,000 (Round 8, Norwood vs. Port Adelaide)
Leading goalkicker	Robert Roy Port Adelaide (22 Goals)
← 1883 1885 →

The 1884 South Australian Football Association season was the 8th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.

Port Adelaide went on to record its 1st premiership and in doing so ended Norwood's run of 6 straight premierships.

The season would be the last of the South Park Football Club and the North Adelaide Football Club, previously known as the Victorian Football Club. It shares no relation to the modern day North Adelaide Roosters.

Premiership Season

Round 1

	Round 1
Saturday, 3 May (3:25 pm)	Norwood 9.16 (9)	def.	South Park 2.6 (2)	Adelaide Oval	[1]
Saturday, 3 May (3:30 pm)	North Adelaide 2.3 (2)	def. by	South Adelaide 3.12 (3)	Kensington Oval	[2]

Round 2

	Round 2
Saturday, 10 May (3:20 pm)	South Adelaide 4.9 (4)	def.	Norwood 3.5 (3)	Adelaide Oval	[3]
Saturday, 10 May (3:30 pm)	North Adelaide 0.3 (0)	def. by	Port Adelaide 3.12 (3)	Kensington Oval	[4]

Round 3

	Round 3
Saturday, 17 May (3:00 pm)	Port Adelaide 2.10 (2)	def. by	Norwood 3.15 (3)	Alberton Oval	[5]
Saturday, 17 May (3:30 pm)	South Adelaide 8.9 (8)	def.	South Park 0.3 (0)	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 350)	[6]

Round 4

	Round 4
Saturday, 24 May (3:30 pm)	Port Adelaide 4.5 (4)	drew with	South Adelaide 4.2 (4)	Alberton Oval (crowd: 900)	[7]
Saturday, 24 May (4:00 pm)	North Adelaide 1.5 (1)	drew with	South Park 1.6 (1)	Kensington Oval	[8]

Round 5

	Round 5
Saturday, 31 May (3:30 pm)	South Park 2.3 (2)	def. by	Port Adelaide 3.14 (3)	Adelaide Oval	[9]
Saturday, 31 May (3:30 pm)	North Adelaide 1.1 (1)	def. by	South Adelaide 6.18 (6)	Kensington Oval	[10]

Round 6

	Round 6
Saturday, 7 June (3:30 pm)	Norwood 3.20 (3)	def.	North Adelaide 0.5 (0)	Adelaide Oval	[11]
Saturday, 7 June (3:25 pm)	South Adelaide 5.11 (5)	def.	South Park 2.6 (2)	Kensington Oval	[12]

Round 7

	Round 7
Saturday, 14 June (3:15 pm)	Norwood 6.15 (6)	def.	South Adelaide 3.11 (3)	Adelaide Oval	[13]
Saturday, 14 June	Port Adelaide 10.15 (10)	def.	North Adelaide 1.? (1)	Alberton Oval	[14]

Round 8

	Round 8
Friday, 20 June (2:58 pm)	Norwood 3.3 (3)	drew with	Port Adelaide 3.17 (3)	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 6,000)	[15]

Round 9

	Round 9
Saturday, 5 July (3:20 pm)	Norwood 6.16 (6)	def.	North Adelaide 0.6 (0)	Adelaide Oval	[16]
Saturday, 5 July	Port Adelaide 11.18 (11)	def.	South Park 1.4 (1)	Alberton Oval	[17]

Round 10

	Round 10
Saturday, 26 July	South Adelaide 7.6 (7)	def. by	Port Adelaide 9.6 (9)	Adelaide Oval	[18]
Saturday, 26 July (3:20 pm)	Norwood 8.19 (8)	def.	South Park 0.5 (0)	Kensington Oval (crowd: 100)	[19]

Round 11

	Round 11
Saturday, 2 August (3:20 pm)	Port Adelaide 8.11 (8)	def.	Norwood 3.10 (3)	Alberton Oval	[20]
Saturday, 2 August	South Adelaide 8.17 (8)	def.	North Adelaide 1.8 (1)	Adelaide Oval	[21]

Round 12

	Round 12
Saturday, 9 August (3:15 pm)	South Adelaide 2.12 (2)	def. by	Norwood 3.9 (3)	Kensington Oval (crowd: 850)	[22]
Saturday, 9 August (3:50 pm)	Port Adelaide 4.13 (4)	def.	North Adelaide 0.2 (2)	Alberton Oval	[23]

Round 13

	Round 13
Saturday, 30 August	Norwood 0.11 (0)	def. by	Port Adelaide 3.15 (3)	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 5,000)	[24]
Saturday, 30 August	South Adelaide 5.18 (5)	def.	South Park 3.2 (3)	Kensington Oval (crowd: 40)	[25]
This was the first time Port Adelaide beat Norwood twice in once season and in consecutive encounters. A game was played between Norwood and South Adelaide on Monday 1 September which was a public holiday. The game did not count to the Association premiership.[26]

Round 14

	Round 14
Saturday, 6 September (3:00 pm)	South Park 3.10 (3)	def.	North Adelaide 0.6 (0)	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 300)	[27]
Saturday, 6 September (Time pm)	Port Adelaide 2.12 (2)	def.	South Adelaide 1.8 (1)	Alberton Oval (crowd: 1,000)	[28]

Round 15

	Round 15
Saturday, 13 September	Norwood 2.10 (2)	def. by	North Adelaide 4.4 (4)	Kensington Oval	[29]
Saturday, 13 September	South Park 0.4 (4)	def. by	Port Adelaide 12.23 (12)	Adelaide Oval	[30]

Round 16

	Round 16
Saturday, 20 September (Time pm)	South Adelaide 4.9 (4)	def.	Port Adelaide 1.4 (1)	Kensington Oval	[31]
South Park forfeited its scheduled game for the Saturday 20 September against Norwood at Adelaide Oval.[32]

Round 17

	Round 17
Saturday, 27 September (3:35 pm)	Norwood 7.7 (7)	def.	North Adelaide 1.7 (1)	Kensington Oval	[33]
South Park forfeited its game scheduled for the Saturday 27 September against Port Adelaide at Alberton Oval.[34]

Win/Loss table

Colour	Result
Green	Win
Red	Loss
Blue	Draw

Bold – Home game
X – Bye
Opponent for round listed above margin
This table can be sorted by margin, winners are represented in the first half of each column, and losers are represented in the second half of each column once sorted

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Ladder
Port Adelaide	X	NthA 3	Nor 1	SthA 0	SP 1	X	NthA 9	Nor 0	SP 10	SthA 2	Nor 5	NthA 4	Nor 3	SthA 1	SP 12	SthA 3	SP DNP	1
Norwood	SP 7	SthA 1	Port 1	X	X	NthA 3	SthA 3	Port 0	NthA 6	SP 8	Port 5	SthA 1	Port 3	X	NthA 2	SP DNP	NthA 6	2
South Adelaide	NthA 1	Nor 1	SP 8	Port 0	NthA 5	SP 3	Nor 3	X	X	Port 2	NthA 8	Nor 1	SP 2	Port 1	X	Port 3	X	3
South Park	SP 7	X	SthA 8	NthA 0	Port 1	SthA 3	X	X	Port 10	Nor 8	X	X	SthA 2	NthA 3	Port 12	Nor DNP	Port DNP	4
North Adelaide	SthA 1	Port 3	X	SP 0	SthA 5	Nor 3	Port 9	X	Nor 6	X	SthA 8	Port 4	X	SP 3	Nor 2	X	Nor 6	5
Team																		Ladder

Ladder

1884 SAFA Ladder
	TEAM	P	W	L	D	GF	BF	GA	BA
1	Port Adelaide (P)	15	11	2	2	73	173	29	74
2	Norwood	14	9	4	1	56	156	32	116
3	South Adelaide	13	8	4	1	60	138	37	73
4	South Park	13	1	11	1	14	47	62	139
5	North Adelaide	12	1	10	1	11	45	54	157
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, GF = Goals For, BF = Behinds For, GA = Goals Against, BA = Behinds Against, (P) = Premiers									[35]

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