# 1878 SAFA season

The 1878 South Australian Football Association season was the 2nd season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.
The SAFA competition was contested by seven teams with the admission of newly formed club Norwood, after Bankers and Woodville folded at the end of 1877.
Each team played each other twice this season, the first time a standardised fixture was in place.
In its first season, Norwood won their first premiership, going through the year undefeated.

## Pre season

The SAFA clubs played inter club matches on 4 May.
An additional pre season game was played between some South Australian and Victorian residents who live in Adelaide.
| | South Australian vs. Victorian residents | South Australian vs. Victorian residents | South Australian vs. Victorian residents | |
| Saturday, 11 May (Time pm) | South Australians 1 | def. | Victorians 0 | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 350) |

## Premiership season

Premiership matches are those that took place after 11 May.

### Round 1

| | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 1 | |
| Saturday, 18 May (3:15 pm) | Norwood 1 | def. | South Adelaide 0 | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 800) |
| Saturday, 18 May (3:15 pm) | South Park 0 | def. by | Port Adelaide 2 | South Park Lands |
| Saturday, 18 May (3:00 pm) | Kensington 0 | def. by | Adelaide 5 | Kensington Oval |

### Round 2

| | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 2 | |
| Saturday, 25 May (3:45 pm) | Norwood 1 | def. | Victorians 0 | East Park Lands (crowd: 500) |
| Saturday, 25 May (3:40 pm) | South Adelaide 0 | def. by | Adelaide 1 | Adelaide Oval |
| Saturday, 25 May (3:00 pm) | Kensington 0 | def. by | Port Adelaide 4 | Kensington Oval |
| Non Competition Match - Monday 27th May was Queen's Birthday Holiday. Norwood (with a strong team) visited Gawler - Winning 7 goals to 1. ||||||

### Round 3

| | Round 3 | Round 3 | Round 3 | |
| Saturday, 1 June (3:25 pm) | South Adelaide 0 | def. by | Port Adelaide 1 | South Park Lands (crowd: 300) |
| Saturday, 1 June (3:30 pm) | Kensington 0 | def. by | South Parks 1 | Kensington Oval |
| Saturday, 1 June (3:00 pm) | Adelaide 2 | drew with | Victorians 2 | Adelaide Oval |
| The South Adelaide vs. Port Adelaide game was ended early due to the interference of rowdy larrikins. ||||||

### Round 4

| | Round 4 | Round 4 | Round 4 | |
| Saturday, 8 June (Time pm) | Adelaide 0 | def. by | Norwood 1 | Adelaide Oval |
| Saturday, 8 June (3:00 pm) | South Adelaide 1 | v | South Parks 0 | South Park Lands |
| The Port Adelaide vs. Victorian game was called off due to bad weather and rescheduled for 6 July despite Port kicking a goal. ||||||

### Round 5

| | Round 5 | Round 5 | Round 5 | |
| Saturday, 15 June (3:15 pm) | South Adelaide 2 | def. | Kensington 0 | South Park Lands |
| Saturday, 15 June (Time pm) | Victorians 3 | def. | South Parks 0 | Montefiore Hill |
| Saturday, 15 June (Time pm) | Port Adelaide 0 | def. by | Norwood 1 | Glanville Estate (crowd: 600) |

### Round 6

| | Round 6 | Round 6 | Round 6 | |
| Saturday, 22 June (3:00 pm) | Norwood 0 | drew with | South Parks 0 | Park Lands, South Tce (crowd: 600) |
| Saturday, 22 June (3:00 pm) | Port Adelaide 2 | def. | Adelaide 0 | Glanville Estate (crowd: 300) |
| Saturday, 22 June (3:45 pm) | Kensington 0 | drew with | Victorians 0 | Kensington Oval |

### Round 7

| | Round 7 | Round 7 | Round 7 | |
| Saturday, 29 June (3:00 pm) | Victorians 1 | def. | South Adelaide 0 | Montefiore Hill (crowd: 1,100) |

### Round 8

| | Round 8 | Round 8 | Round 8 | |
| Saturday, 6 July (3:15 pm) | Port Adelaide 1 | drew with | Victorians 1 | Glanville Estate |
| Saturday, 6 July (Time pm) | Norwood 6 | def. | Kensington 0 | East Park Lands (crowd: 300) |

### Round 9

| | Round 9 | Round 9 | Round 9 | |
| Saturday, 13 July (Time pm) | Kensington 0 | drew with | Norwood 0 | Kensington Oval |
| Saturday, 13 July (3:15 pm) | Adelaide 0 | drew with | Port Adelaide 0 | Adelaide Oval |

### Round 10

| | Round 10 | Round 10 | Round 10 | |
| Saturday, 20 July (3:00 pm) | South Adelaide 0 | drew with | Adelaide 0 | South Park Lands (crowd: 600) |
| Saturday, 20 July (3:15 pm) | Port Adelaide 2 | def. | South Park 0 | Glanville Estate |
| Saturday, 20 July (3:30 pm) | Victorian 1 | def. | Kensington 0 | Montefiore Hill |

### Round 11

| | Round 11 | Round 11 | Round 11 | |
| Saturday, 27 July (3:30 pm) | South Adelaide 0 | drew with | Norwood 0 | South Park Lands (crowd: 700) |
| Saturday, 27 July (3:00 pm) | Victorian 0 | drew with | Port Adelaide 0 | Montefiore Hill (crowd: 500) |
| Saturday, 27 July (3:35 pm) | South Park 0 | drew with | Kensington 0 | South Park Lands |

### Round 12

| | Round 12 | Round 12 | Round 12 | |
| Saturday, 3 August (Time pm) | Norwood 4 | def. | South Park 1 | East Park Lands (crowd: 800) |
| Saturday, 3 August (Time pm) | Victorian 2 | def. | Adelaide 0 | Montefiore Hill |

### Round 13

| | Round 13 | Round 13 | Round 13 | |
| Saturday, 10 August (3:00 pm) | Norwood 0 | drew with | Port Adelaide 0 | East Park Lands (crowd: 3,000) |
| Saturday, 10 August (Time pm) | Adelaide 4 | v | Kensington 1 | Adelaide Oval |

### Round 14

| | Round 14 | Round 14 | Round 14 | |
| Saturday, 17 August (Time pm) | Adelaide 1 | v | South Parks 0 | Adelaide Oval |
| Saturday, 17 August (Time pm) | Port Adelaide 0 | def. by | South Adelaide 1 | Glanville Estate (crowd: 300) |

### Round 15

| | Round 15 | Round 15 | Round 15 | |
| Saturday, 24 August (Time pm) | Norwood 1 | def. | Adelaide 0 | East Park Lands (crowd: 700) |

### Round 16

| | Round 16 | Round 16 | Round 16 | |
| Saturday, 31 August (3:00 pm) | South Adelaide 0 | v | Victorian 0 | South Park Land (crowd: 1,200) |
| Victorian had kicked a goal, but it was deleted after a head count revealed they had 21 men on the ground. ||||||

### Round 17

| | Round 17 | Round 17 | Round 17 | |
| Saturday, 7 September (3:30 pm) | Victorian 0 | def. by | Norwood 1 | Montefiore Hill (crowd: 2,750) |

## Ladder

1878 SAFA Ladder :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts |
| 1 | Norwood | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 94.12 | 20 |
| 2 | Port Adelaide | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 76.47 | 16 |
| 3 | Victorian | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 53.85 | 14 |
| 4 | South Adelaide | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 66.67 | 13 |
| 5 | Adelaide | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 58.33 | 12 |
| 6 | South Park | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 12.50 | 6 |
| 7 | Kensington | 12 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 3.85 | 3 |