# East Torrens Football Association

The East Torrens Football Association (ETFA) was an Australian rules football competition based in the eastern and north-eastern suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia until it merged with the North Adelaide District Football Association to form the Norwood-North Football Association at the end of the 1968 season. It was formed and held its first annual meeting was held on 7 April 1915 at Norwood for the purpose of “fostering junior football in the Norwood district."

## Early history

With the introduction of Electoral Zones for the South Australian Football Association (SAFA) Senior Clubs a well attended meeting of the junior footballers in the East Torrens Electorate arranged by the Norwood Football Club was held at the Norwood Hotel on 7 April 1898. It was decided at the meeting that the Association should consist of six clubs, and that all players must be residents of the East Torrens Electorate. To assist the Association, the Norwood Football Club offered a trophy of to be given to the club gaining the premiership of the Association. In addition, the senior team will also give two footballs to each individual club in the Association, and also will give them balls to practise with. The clubs present forming the Association were the Tusmore, College Park, Eden Park, and Albions whilst it is expected that a team from Payneham will also join. However, two other clubs joined - Rose Park and Marryatville which both played off of for second place with later being victorious.
On 9 July 1898 the East Torrens Association visited Gawler and were comprehensively defeated by the Gawler Association - 2 behinds to 14 goals 21 behinds.
The Electoral District of East Torrens existed from 1857 to 1902 and again from 1915 to 1938.

## Formation of second incarnation of association in 1915

For the 1915 Season the Association comprised the following clubs — Norwood Union, Payneham, Magill, Marryatville, and Kent Town. The Magill club withdrew on 4 August 1915 on account of the majority of the members having enlisted for active service. The competition went into recession for 3 seasons (1916 to 1918) due to World War 1.
In 1939, the competition had expanded to 13 clubs when Athelstone were admitted.
In 1947, the competition consisted of 10 clubs - Magill Royals, Norwood Union, Ashton, Athelstone, Kensington and Norwood Youth Club, Kensington Gardens, Tea Tree Gully, Glenroy, Burnside and Salisbury which had joined in 1946

## Member Ccubs

| Club | Years Participating | Notes |
| Ashton | 1938-48, 1962-68 | |
| Athelstone | 1936-68 | |
| Brompton | 1967-68 | When the NNFA folded at the end of the 1977 season, Brompton moved to the Adelaide Suburban Football League. |
| Burnside | 1947-60, 1968 | |
| Campbelltown | 1919-68 | Formerly Glenroy (1919–65) |
| Commonwealth Bank | 1951 | |
| Dulwich | 1920-21 | |
| East Torrens Imperial | 1928-35 | East Torrens (1928-29) |
| Eastwood | 1938-41, 1954–55, 1968 | Eastwood Rechabite (1938–41) |
| Forest Range | 1929-33, 1960-66 | |
| Glenroy | 1919-1965 | Named after Glen Roy Park (now Campbelltown Memorial Oval), Paradise In 1966 Glenroy changed its name to Campbelltown |
| Hectorville | 1961-68 | |
| Hope Valley United | 1937-1948 | Hope Valley and Highbury United (1937) |
| Hyde Park | 1954-59 | |
| Kensington | 1925-32 | |
| Kensington and Norwood Youth Club | 1947 | |
| Kensington Gardens | 1947-68 | |
| Kent Town | 1915, 1920 | |
| Kersbrook | 1966-68 | |
| Magill | 1915 | Withdrew August 1915 due to the majority of its members enlisting for active service (World War I) |
| Magill Juniors | 1935-38 | |
| Magill Royal | 1920-68 | |
| Marryatville | 1915, 1919, 1923-25 | |
| Maylands | 1928-1938 | |
| Modbury | 1936-37 | |
| Newstead | 1924-25 | |
| Norwood Central | 1919 | |
| Norwood Juniors | 1938 | |
| Norwood Union | 1915, 1920, 1922-68 | |
| Para-Houghton | 1960-68 | |
| Payneham | 1915, 1919–24, 1926-38 | |
| Payneham B | 1946 | |
| Rechabite | 1938 | |
| South Australian Fruitgrowers | 1920 | |
| Salisbury | 1946-1947 | Rejoins Gawler Football Association in 1949 |
| St Ignatius | 1929 | withdrew part-way through season |
| Tea Tree Gully | 1946-54, 1957-68 | |
| Walkerville Juniors | 1935 | |
| Wayville | 1919 | |
| YMCA | 1950-58 | |

## Premierships
### A-Grade

* 1915 - Norwood Union
* 1916 - in recess
* 1917 - in recess
* 1918 - in recess
* 1919 - Payneham
* 1920 - Norwood Union
* 1921 - Payneham
* 1922
* 1923 - Norwood Union
* 1924 - Newstead
* 1925 - Norwood Union
* 1926 - Norwood Union
* 1927 - Kensington
* 1928 - Kensington undefeated
* 1929 - Kensington
* 1930 - Kensington
* 1931 - Kensington
* 1932 - Norwood Union
* 1933 - Glenroy
* 1934 - Magill Royal
* 1935 - Payneham
* 1936 - Payneham
* 1937 - Payneham
* 1938 - Ashton
* 1939 - Norwood Union
* 1940 - Ashton undefeated
* 1941 - Norwood Union
* 1942-1944 - in recess
* 1945 - Payneham
* 1946 - Norwood Union
* 1947 - Norwood Union
* 1948 - Magill Royal
* 1949 - Kensington Gardens
* 1950 - Glenroy
* 1951 - Glenroy
* 1952 - Norwood Union
* 1953 - Glenroy
* 1954 - Glenroy
* 1955 - Eastwood
* 1956 - YMCA
* 1957
* 1958 - Glenroy
* 1959 - Athelstone
* 1960 - Athelstone
* 1961 - Norwood Union
* 1962 - Kensington Gardens
* 1963 - Athelstone
* 1964 - Kensington Gardens
* 1965 - Athelstone
* 1966 - Athelstone
* 1967 - Hectorville
* 1968 - West Torrens Reserves