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]
A dispute between Adelaide and South Adelaide meant the result of the match did not contribute to premiership.[4]

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
The game between Norwood and South Adelaide was ended early due to heavy rain.[11]

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
South Adelaide set the record for the most behinds in a game at 31.

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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