# 1889 SAFA season

The 1889 South Australian Football Association season was the 13th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.
As Norwood and Port Adelaide finished level on premiership points, the first ever dedicated premiership playoff match in a major Australian rules football competition was held, with Norwood winning to claim the 1889 premiership.
Adelaide merged with North Adelaide, formerly called Hotham and no relation to the current team, after North Adelaide(Hotham) had spent two seasons in the S.A.F.A.

## Minor Round
### Round 1

| | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 1 | |
| Saturday, 4 May (3:10 pm) | Adelaide 3.8 (3) | def. | South Adelaide 2.9 (2) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 2,500) |
| Saturday, 4 May (3:20 pm) | Norwood 14.11 (14) | def. | Gawler 0.0 (0) | Kensington Oval |
| Saturday, 4 May (3:20 pm) | Port Adelaide 9.16 (9) | def. | Medindie 0.1 (0) | Alberton Oval |

### Round 2

| | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 2 | |
| Saturday, 11 May (Time pm) | Norwood 7.5 (7) | def. | Port Adelaide 2.7 (2) | Kensington Oval (crowd: 4,000) |
| Saturday, 11 May (Time pm) | Adelaide 6.10 (6) | def. | Medindie 1.5 (1) | Adelaide Oval |
| Saturday, 11 May (Time pm) | Gawler 1.9 (1) | def. by | South Adelaide 7.9 (7) | Gawler Oval |

### Round 3

| | Round 3 | Round 3 | Round 3 | |
| Saturday, 18 May (Time pm) | Norwood 7.12 (7) | def. | South Adelaide 2.1 (2) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 4,000) |
| Saturday, 18 May (Time pm) | Port Adelaide 5.10 (5) | def. | Adelaide 2.1 (2) | Alberton Oval |
| | Bye Gawler, Medindie | Bye Gawler, Medindie | Bye Gawler, Medindie | |

### Round 4 (Friday 24th May Queen's Birthday Holiday)

| | Round 4 | Round 4 | Round 4 | |
| Friday, 24 May (Time 3.10pm) | Norwood 4.7 (4) | def. | Adelaide 3.7 (3) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 5000) |
| Friday, 24 May (Time 3.05pm) | Gawler 0.2 (1) | def. by | Port Adelaide 7.13 (7) | Gawler Oval (crowd: 500) |

### Round 4

| | Round 4 | Round 4 | Round 4 | |
| Saturday, 25 May (Time pm) | Adelaide 9.9 (9) | def. | Gawler 1.4 (1) | Adelaide Oval |
| Saturday, 25 May (3.25 pm) | Port Adelaide 8.3 (8) | def. | South Adelaide 0.2 (0) | Alberton Oval (crowd: 800) |
| Saturday, 25 May (Time pm) | Norwood 5.13 (5) | def. | Medindie 0.1 (0) | Kensington Oval |
| The Norwood vs. Medindie both clubs were short of a full team, the game started late and was also played in a half hearten manner - likely due to teams having to play the day before on the Holiday ||||||

### Round 5

| | Round 5 | Round 5 | Round 5 | |
| Saturday, 8 June (3:18 pm) | Adelaide 3.6 (3) | def. | South Adelaide 1.8 (1) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 3,500) |
| | Bye Port Adelaide, Norwood, Gawler, Medindie | Bye Port Adelaide, Norwood, Gawler, Medindie | Bye Port Adelaide, Norwood, Gawler, Medindie | |
| Port Adelaide were on an interstate trip to Victoria. ||||||

### Round 6

| | Round 6 | Round 6 | Round 6 | |
| Saturday, 15 June (3:10 pm) | Norwood 6.13 (6) | def. | Adelaide 0.2 (0) | Kensington Oval (crowd: 3,500) |
| Saturday, 15 June (Time pm) | South Adelaide 6.12 (6) | def. | Medindie 0.2 (0) | Adelaide Oval |
| | Bye Port Adelaide, Gawler | Bye Port Adelaide, Gawler | Bye Port Adelaide, Gawler | |

### Round 7 (Arbor Day Holiday)

| | Round 7 | Round 7 | Round 7 | |
| Thursday, 20 June (pm) | Norwood 6.6 (6) | def. | Port Adelaide 3.4 (3) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 8000) |
| Thursday, 20 June (3pm) | Gawler 4.8 (4) | def. | Medindie 1.6 (6) | Gawler Oval (crowd: 400) |

### Round 7

| | Round 7 | Round 7 | Round 7 | |
| Saturday, 22 June (3:20 pm) | Medindie 1.5 (1) | def. by | Port Adelaide 7.6 (7) | Adelaide Oval |
| Saturday, 22 June (3:28 pm) | Norwood 3.4 (3) | def. | South Adelaide 0.5 (0) | Kensington Oval (crowd: 2,000) |

### Round 8

| | Round 8 | Round 8 | Round 8 | |
| Saturday, 29 June (3:17 pm) | South Adelaide 1.7 (1) | def. by | Port Adelaide 6.9 (6) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 3,000) |
| Saturday, 29 June (Time pm) | Norwood 3.12 (3) | def. | Medindie 0.0 (0) | Kensington Oval |
| 6th and 13th July North Melbourne Scheduled to Visit ||||||

### Round 9

| | Round 9 | Round 9 | Round 9 | |
| Saturday, 20 July (Time pm) | South Adelaide 3.4 (3) | def. by | Port Adelaide 4.9 (4) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 1,500) |
| Saturday, 20 July (3:13 pm) | Norwood 3.6 (3) | def. by | Adelaide 6.7 (6) | Kensington Oval (crowd: 600) |

### Round 10

| | Round 10 | Round 10 | Round 10 | |
| Saturday, 27 July (3:15 pm) | Port Adelaide 3.5 (3) | def. | Norwood 2.6 (2) | Alberton Oval (crowd: 6,500) |
| Saturday, 27 July (Time pm) | South Adelaide 8.9 (8) | def. | Gawler 0.4 (0) | Kensington Oval (crowd: 250) |
| Saturday, 27 July (Time pm) | Adelaide 3.12 (3) | def. | Medindie 1.1 (1) | Adelaide Oval |
| The crowd at the Port Adelaide vs. Norwood game of around 6,500 was the then-record for Alberton Oval. ||||||

### Round 11

| | Round 11 | Round 11 | Round 11 | |
| Saturday, 3 August (3:15 pm) | Adelaide 5.7 (5) | def. | South Adelaide 2.12 (2) | Kensington Oval (crowd: 2,500) |
| Saturday, 3 August (Time pm) | Medindie 2.7 (2) | def. by | Norwood 10.10 (10) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 300) |
| Saturday, 3 August (3:20 pm) | Port Adelaide 15.17 (15) | def. | Gawler 0.2 (0) | Alberton Oval (crowd: 300) |
| Charlie Fry kicked 9 goals in Port Adelaide's win over Gawler. ||||||

### Round 12

| | Round 12 | Round 12 | Round 12 | |
| Saturday, 10 August (3:10 pm) | Adelaide 2.4 (2) | def. by | Port Adelaide 9.18 (9) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 4,000) |
| Saturday, 10 August (3:30 pm) | Gawler 2.9 (2) | def. by | Norwood 5.11 | Gawler Oval (crowd: 400) |

### Round 13

| | Round 13 | Round 13 | Round 13 | |
| Saturday, 17 August (3:20 pm) | South Adelaide 1.5 (1) | def. by | Norwood 7.17 (7) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 800) |
| Saturday, 17 August (Time pm) | Port Adelaide 12.12 (12) | def. | Medindie 1.1 (1) | Alberton Oval (crowd: 200) |
| Schedule Program at start of stated South Adelaide vs Norwood was to be played at Kensington ||||||

### Round 14

| | Round 14 | Round 14 | Round 14 | |
| Saturday, 24 August (3:10 pm) | Norwood 3.7 (3) | drew with | Port Adelaide 3.8 (3) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 8,000) |
| Saturday, 24 August (Time pm) | Adelaide 5.6 (5) | def. | Medindie 3.5 (3) | Kensington |

### Round 15

| | Round 15 | Round 15 | Round 15 | |
| Saturday, 31 August (Time pm) | Adelaide 2.5 (2) | def. by | Port Adelaide 7.13 (7) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 2,000) |

### Round 16

| | Round 16 | Round 16 | Round 16 | |
| Monday, 2 September (10:35 am) | Medindie 2.1 (2) | def. by | Gawler 4.6 (4) | Adelaide Oval |
| Monday, 2 September (3:22 pm) | South Adelaide 6.23 (6) | def. | Adelaide 5.3 (5) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 4,000) |

### Round 17

| | Round 17 | Round 17 | Round 17 | |
| Saturday, 7 September (Time pm) | South Adelaide 3.3 (3) | def. by | Port Adelaide 9.10 (9) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 3,000) |
| Saturday, 7 September (Time pm) | Gawler 5.14 (5) | def. | Adelaide 2.5 (2) | Gawler Oval (crowd: 400) |

### Round 18

| | Round 18 | Round 18 | Round 18 | |
| Saturday, 14 September (Time pm) | Adelaide 1.3 (1) | def. by | Norwood 9.5 (9) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 3,000) |
| Saturday, 14 September (Time pm) | South Adelaide 5.12 (5) | v | Medindie 2.2 (2) | Kensington Oval (crowd: 50) |

### Round 19

| | Round 19 | Round 19 | Round 19 | |
| Saturday, 21 September (Time pm) | Adelaide 0.1 (0) | def. by | Port Adelaide 13.13 (13) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 2,000) |
| Saturday, 21 September (Time pm) | Medindie 3.12 (3) | def. by | Gawler 4.10 (4) | Kensington Oval |

### Round 20

| | Round 20 | Round 20 | Round 20 | |
| Saturday, 28 September (3:30 pm) | South Adelaide 2.4 (2) | def. by | Norwood 6.11 (6) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 2,000) |

## Ladder

1889 SAFA Ladder :
| | TEAM | P | W | L | D | GF | BF | GA | BA | Pts | Adj Pts |
| 1 | Norwood (P) | 17 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 102 | 165 | 30 | 75 | 29 | 29 |
| 1 | Port Adelaide | 17 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 127 | 177 | 33 | 63 | 29 | 29 |
| 3 | Adelaide | 17 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 57 | 95 | 78 | 161 | 16 | 16 |
| 4 | Gawler | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 65 | 76 | 104 | 8 | 12.36 |
| 5 | South Adelaide | 17 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 54 | 132 | 71 | 120 | 12 | 12 |
| 6 | Medindie | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 19 | 56 | 90 | 158 | 0 | 0 |
| Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, GF = Goals For, BF = Behinds For, GA = Goals Against, BA = Behinds Against, Pts = Points, Adj Pts = Points adjusted for match ratio, (P) = Premiers | Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, GF = Goals For, BF = Behinds For, GA = Goals Against, BA = Behinds Against, Pts = Points, Adj Pts = Points adjusted for match ratio, (P) = Premiers | Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, GF = Goals For, BF = Behinds For, GA = Goals Against, BA = Behinds Against, Pts = Points, Adj Pts = Points adjusted for match ratio, (P) = Premiers | Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, GF = Goals For, BF = Behinds For, GA = Goals Against, BA = Behinds Against, Pts = Points, Adj Pts = Points adjusted for match ratio, (P) = Premiers | Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, GF = Goals For, BF = Behinds For, GA = Goals Against, BA = Behinds Against, Pts = Points, Adj Pts = Points adjusted for match ratio, (P) = Premiers | Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, GF = Goals For, BF = Behinds For, GA = Goals Against, BA = Behinds Against, Pts = Points, Adj Pts = Points adjusted for match ratio, (P) = Premiers | Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, GF = Goals For, BF = Behinds For, GA = Goals Against, BA = Behinds Against, Pts = Points, Adj Pts = Points adjusted for match ratio, (P) = Premiers | Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, GF = Goals For, BF = Behinds For, GA = Goals Against, BA = Behinds Against, Pts = Points, Adj Pts = Points adjusted for match ratio, (P) = Premiers | Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, GF = Goals For, BF = Behinds For, GA = Goals Against, BA = Behinds Against, Pts = Points, Adj Pts = Points adjusted for match ratio, (P) = Premiers | Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, GF = Goals For, BF = Behinds For, GA = Goals Against, BA = Behinds Against, Pts = Points, Adj Pts = Points adjusted for match ratio, (P) = Premiers | Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, GF = Goals For, BF = Behinds For, GA = Goals Against, BA = Behinds Against, Pts = Points, Adj Pts = Points adjusted for match ratio, (P) = Premiers | |
Notes: Medindie played each club 3 times
Gawler only played each Club twice except Medindie (3 times) due to City clubs only wanting to travel once to Gawler due to the cost of the Special Train The other 4 senior teams played each other 4 teams.

## Grand final
### 1889 SAFA Premiership Football Match

| | Grand Final | Grand Final | Grand Final | |
| Saturday, 5 October (3:00 pm) | Norwood | def. | Port Adelaide | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 11,000) |
| | 3.1 (3) 4.1 (4) 5.3 (5) 7.3 (7) | Q1 Q2 Q3 Final | 3.1 (3) 3.3 (3) 4.7 (4) 5.9 (5) | |
| McGaffin, Rawson, Dixon, Daly, J. Woods, Shaw, Roberts, O. Bertram | McGaffin, Rawson, Dixon, Daly, J. Woods, Shaw, Roberts, O. Bertram | Best | Hamilton, Kempster, Kwers, Gardiner, Tomlin, J. McKenzie, Phillips, Hills, Fry | Hamilton, Kempster, Kwers, Gardiner, Tomlin, J. McKenzie, Phillips, Hills, Fry |