1875 South Australian football season

The 1875 South Australian football season was the thirteenth year of interclub football in South Australia.

1875 South Australian football premiership season
PremiersKensington
(3rd premiership)
Highest attendance800 (10 July, Kensington v Adelaide)

Clubs

The following clubs participated in interclass matches during 1875.[1]

Metropolitan Football Matches

May 20
May 20
Saturday, 20 May Port Adelaide 1 def. Woodville 0 Glanville Estate [2]

May 27
May 20
Saturday, 27 May (3:30pm) Kensington 2 drew with Port Adelaide 2 Kensington Oval [3]
Saturday, 27 May Victorian 0 def. by St Peter's College 1 Montefiore Hill [3]

June 5
 
Saturday, 5 June Woodville 0 def. by Port Adelaide 2 [4]

June 12
 

Football cancelled due to bad weather.[5]

June 19
 
Saturday, 19 June (3:00 pm) Port Adelaide 0 drew with Victorian 0 Glanville Hall Oval [6]

June 21
 
Monday, 21 June (2:30pm) Willunga 3 def. Kensington 1 Willunga [7]

June 26
 
Saturday, 26 June (3:00pm) Woodville 0 def. by Kensington 2 Woodville [8]

July 3
 
Saturday, 3 July (3:15pm) Port Adelaide 0 drew with Kensington 0 Glanville Hall Estate [9]
Saturday, 3 July (3:15pm) Victorian 2 def. Woodville 0 Montefiore Hill

July 10
 
Saturday, 10 July Kensington 1 def. Adelaide 0 Kensington Oval (crowd: 800) [10]

July 24
 
Saturday, 24 July (3:00pm) Adelaide 2 drew with Woodville 2 Adelaide [12]

July 31
 
Saturday, 31 July (3:00pm) Adelaide 3 def. Port Adelaide 1 Adelaide [13][14]
Saturday, 31 July (3:00pm) Kensington 4 def. Woodville 0 Kensington Oval [13]

August 6
 
Friday, 6 August Kensington 0 def. by Willunga 1 Kensington Oval [15]

August 14
 
Saturday, 14 August Woodville 2 def. Adelaide 1 Woodville [16]

August 21
 
Saturday, 21 August Adelaide 0 def. by Port Adelaide 1 North Park Lands [17]
Saturday, 21 August (3:00pm) South Adelaide 1 def. by Kensington 4 South Park Lands [17]

August 28
 
Saturday, 28 August (3:00pm) Victorian 1 drew with Kensington 1 Montefiore Hill [18]

This match was a de facto premiership playoff: as it was drawn, Kensington won the premiership over Victorian on head-to-head records.

Ladder

In the table below, Senior Results is based only upon games played against senior clubs; the record listed under W-L-D is the record over all matches, including those against country and junior teams.

Club Games Wins Loss Draw Senior Results GF GA
1 Kensington 9 4 2 3 3-0-3 15 8
2 Victorian 4 1 1 2 1-0-2 3 2
3 Port Adelaide 7 3 1 3 3-1-3 7 5
4 Woodville 7 1 5 1 1-5-1 4 13
5 Adelaide 5 1 3 1 1-3-1 6 7

References
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  2. "Football". South Australian Chronicle and Weekly Mail. Adelaide. 22 May 1875. p. 5. Retrieved 1 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
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  12. "Football". Evening Journal (Adelaide). Adelaide. 26 July 1875. p. 3 Edition: SECOND EDITION. Retrieved 9 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  13. "Football". South Australian Chronicle and Weekly Mail. Adelaide. 7 August 1875. p. 14. Retrieved 9 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
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  15. "Football". Evening Journal. Adelaide. 9 August 1875. p. 2 Edition: Second Edition. Retrieved 9 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  16. "Court Life in England". Evening Journal. Adelaide. 16 August 1875. p. 3 Edition: SECOND EDITION. Retrieved 9 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  17. "New Markets for Colonial Wool". South Australian Register. Adelaide. 23 August 1875. p. 5. Retrieved 9 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  18. "General News". The Express and Telegraph. Adelaide. 30 August 1875. p. 2 Edition: FIRST EDITION. Retrieved 9 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
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