New South Wales Football Association

The New South Wales Football Association was an Australian rules competition based in Sydney between 1880 and 1893.

New South Wales Football Association
Founded31 August 1880[1]
Abolished1893
RegionSydney, New South Wales
Number of teams5

Background

In late June 1880 a large ground of Rugby players, dissatisfied with the British games rules, gathered to form a new competition that would adopt the Victorian rules.[2]

Clubs
  • East Sydney Football Club (1880).[3]
  • Sydney Football Club (1880).[4]
  • Balmain Football Club
  • Woollahara Football Club

References
  1. "FOOTBALL". The Sydney Morning Herald (13, 234). New South Wales, Australia. 31 August 1880. p. 7. Retrieved 30 May 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. "SPORTING SUMMARY". The Sydney Daily Telegraph (319). New South Wales, Australia. 6 July 1880. p. 3. Retrieved 31 May 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. "Football Notes". The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser. XXX (1049). New South Wales, Australia. 14 August 1880. p. 316. Retrieved 31 May 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. "Football Notes". The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser. XXX (1049). New South Wales, Australia. 14 August 1880. p. 316. Retrieved 31 May 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
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