1902 SAFA season

1902 SAFA premiership season
26th SAFA season Pictured above is the 1902 SAFA premiers North Adelaide
Teams	7
Premiers	North Adelaide (2nd premiership)
Minor premiers	Port Adelaide (2nd minor premiership)
Matches played	45
Highest attendance	(Grand Final, North Adelaide vs. South Adelaide)
Leading goalkicker	Jack Kay South Adelaide (28 Goals)
Magarey Medallist	Tom MacKenzie West Torrens
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The 1902 South Australian Football Association season was the 26th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.

The 1902 premiership was won by the North Adelaide Football Club for the second time with Minor Premiers Port Adelaide disqualified from making the Grand Final after not playing South Adelaide.^[1] Meanwhile, Sturt received its second wooden spoon in its second season.

Minor Round

Round 1

	Round 1
Saturday, 3 May	South Adelaide 4.13 (37)	def.	West Torrens 4.8 (32)	Adelaide Oval	[2]
Saturday, 3 May	Norwood 13.9 (87)	def.	West Adelaide 3.3 (21)	Norwood Oval	[3]
Saturday, 3 May	Port Adelaide 8.11 (59)	def.	North Adelaide 4.7 (31)	Alberton Oval	[4]
	Bye: Sturt
Port Adelaide wore its famous black and white prison bar guernsey for the first time.

Ladder

1902 SAFA Ladder
	TEAM	P	W	L	D	PF	PA	%	PTS
1	Port Adelaide	12	10	2	0	672	340	66.40	20
2	North Adelaide (P)	12	9	3	0	639	380	62.71	18
3	South Adelaide	12	8	3	1	548	384	58.80	17
4	West Torrens	12	6	6	0	512	432	54.76	12
5	Norwood	12	6	6	0	501	497	50.20	12
6	West Adelaide	12	1	10	1	372	808	31.53	3
7	Sturt	12	1	11	0	231	643	26.43	2
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, (P) = Premiers								Click here for source

Finals Series

Grand Final

		vs.

References

1. "THE FOOTBALL PREMIERSHIP.". The Advertiser. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 8 September 1902. p. 6. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
2. "FOOTBALL.". The Register. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 5 May 1902. p. 9. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
3. "FOOTBALL.". The Register. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 5 May 1902. p. 9. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
4. "FOOTBALL.". The Register. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 5 May 1902. p. 9. Retrieved 6 March 2015.