# 1886 SAFA season

The 1886 South Australian Football Association season was the 10th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.
This was the first season in South Australia that quarters were played, allowing ends to be changed four times per match.
The thirty games played had crowd figures quoted for an approximate average of 2,055 spectators per game.

## Premiership season
### Round 1

| | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 1 | |
| Monday, 26 April (3:00 pm) | South Adelaide 1.7 (1) | def. by | Norwood 4.10 (4) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 5,000) |

### Round 2

| | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 2 | |
| Saturday, 1 May (3:25 pm) | Norwood 5.9 (5) | def. | Adelaide 1.4 (1) | North Park Lands, Adelaide (crowd: 2,000-3,000) |
| Saturday, 1 May (3:45 pm) | Port Adelaide 1.4 (1) | def. by | South Adelaide 2.7 (2) | Alberton Oval (crowd: 1,500) |
| Norwood vs Adelaide was played on Hotham's ground (from Adelaide and Suburban Association) - located north of the Botanic Park, between the Frome and Hackney roads in the Adelaide Park Lands. (Now called Park 11: Mistletoe Park / Tainmuntilla) For the first time for several years past a senior association football match was played on an outside ground. This was rendered necessary by the exclusion of the clubs from the Adelaide and Kensington ovals, in consequence of the unfortunate dispute which has arisen between them and the custodians of the grounds mentioned respecting the percentage of the gate money each is entitled to. ||||||

### Round 3

| | Round 3 | Round 3 | Round 3 | |
| Saturday, 8 May | Port Adelaide 1.5 (1) | def. by | Norwood 4.7 (4) | Alberton Oval (crowd: 1,500) |
| Saturday, 8 May (3:25 pm) | Adelaide 5.4 (5) | def. | South Adelaide 4.8 (4) | Kensington Oval (crowd: 1,350) |

### Round 4

| | Round 4 | Round 4 | Round 4 | |
| Saturday, 15 May (3:25 pm) | Norwood 3.11 (3) | drew with | South Adelaide 3.8 (3) | Kensington Oval (crowd: 1,750) |
| Saturday, 15 May (3:25 pm) | Port Adelaide 1.5 (1) | def. by | Adelaide 2.9 (2) | Alberton Oval (crowd: 1,000) |

### Round 5

| | Round 5 | Round 5 | Round 5 | |
| Saturday, 22 May (3:17 pm) | Norwood 4.9 (4) | def. | Port Adelaide 3.6 (3) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 1,500) |
| Saturday, 22 May | Adelaide 4.11 (4) | def. | South Adelaide 2.12 (2) | Kensington Oval |

### Round 6

| | Round 6 | Round 6 | Round 6 | |
| Monday, 25 May (3:00 pm) | Adelaide 7.8 (7) | def. | Norwood 5.5 (5) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 5,500) |

### Round 7

| | Round 7 | Round 7 | Round 7 | |
| Saturday, 29 May (3:17 pm) | South Adelaide 3.7 (3) | def. | Norwood 2.3 (2) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 1,500) |

### Round 8

| | Round 8 | Round 8 | Round 8 | |
| Saturday, 5 June (3:10 pm) | South Adelaide 1.12 (1) | drew with | Adelaide 1.7 (1) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 2,000) |
| Saturday, 5 June (3:20 pm) | Norwood 5.13 (5) | def. | Port Adelaide 2.3 (2) | Kensington Oval (crowd: 500) |

### Round 9

| | Round 9 | Round 9 | Round 9 | |
| Saturday, 12 June (3:20 pm) | South Adelaide 2.6 (2) | def. by | Port Adelaide 3.8 (3) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 1,500) |

### Round 10

| | Round 10 | Round 10 | Round 10 | |
| Saturday, 19 June (3:00 pm) | South Adelaide 3.8 (3) | def. | Norwood 2.12 (2) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 2,000) |
| Saturday, 19 June | Port Adelaide 1.5 (1) | def. by | Adelaide 3.8 (3) | Alberton Oval (crowd: 1,000) |

### Round 11

| | Round 11 | Round 11 | Round 11 | |
| Monday, 21 June | Norwood 8.13 (8) | def. | Port Adelaide 2.11 (2) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 6,000) |

### Round 12

| | Round 11 | Round 11 | Round 11 | |
| Saturday, 26 June (3:00 pm) | Adelaide 2.8 (2) | def. by | Norwood 4.9 (4) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 3,000) |

### Round 13

| | Round 12 | Round 12 | Round 12 | |
| Saturday, 3 July (3:30 pm) | Adelaide 6.9 (6) | def. | Port Adelaide 4.6 (4) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 1,500) |

### Round 14

| | Round 13 | Round 13 | Round 13 | |
| Saturday, 24 July (3:12 pm) | Adelaide 5.7 (5) | def. | South Adelaide 3.7 (3) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 1,500) |
| Saturday, 24 July | Port Adelaide 3.13 (3) | drew with | Norwood 3.7 (3) | Alberton Oval (crowd: 1,000) |

### Round 15

| | Round 14 | Round 14 | Round 14 | |
| Saturday, 31 July (3:10 pm) | Adelaide 2.8 (2) | def. by | Norwood 4.13 (4) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 2,500) |
| Saturday, 31 July (3:25 pm) | South Adelaide 9.9 (9) | def. | Port Adelaide 5.3 (5) | Kensington Oval (crowd: 200) |

### Round 16

| | Round 15 | Round 15 | Round 15 | |
| Saturday, 7 August (3:10 pm) | South Adelaide 4.12 (4) | def. | Norwood 3.9 (3) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 2,000) |
| Saturday, 7 August (3:00 pm) | Port Adelaide 8.9 (8) | def. | Adelaide 5.7 (5) | Alberton Oval (crowd: 650) |

### Round 17

| | Round 16 | Round 16 | Round 16 | |
| Saturday, 14 August (3:20 pm) | Adelaide 3.19 (3) | def. | Port Adelaide 1.5 (1) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 1,700) |

### Round 18

| | Round 17 | Round 17 | Round 17 | |
| Saturday, 21 August | Adelaide 6.7 (6) | def. | Norwood 0.9 (0) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 3,500) |
| Saturday, 21 August | Port Adelaide 3.8 (3) | def. | South Adelaide 2.10 (2) | Alberton Oval (crowd: 1,500) |

### Round 19

| | Round 18 | Round 18 | Round 18 | |
| Saturday, 28 August | Adelaide 2.15 (2) | def. by | South Adelaide 4.4 (4) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 2,000) |

### Round 20

| | Round 20 | Round 20 | Round 20 | |
| Wednesday, 1 September (3:17 pm) | South Adelaide 1.5 (1) | def. | Norwood 7.13 (7) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 3,000) |
| Norwood originally won the game on 1 September, but the game was later awarded to South Adelaide after a player who was deemed to have been "rough" had not paid his fine. ||||||

### Round 21

| | Round 19 | Round 19 | Round 19 | |
| Saturday, 4 September (3:30 pm) | South Adelaide 6.6 (6) | def. | Port Adelaide 3.5 (3) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 1,500) |

## Ladder

1886 SAFA Ladder :
| | TEAM | P | W | L | D | GF | BF | GA | BA |
| 1 | Adelaide | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 54 | 131 | 47 | 118 |
| 2 | South Adelaide | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 48 | 115 | 50 | 123 |
| 3 | Norwood | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 59 | 146 | 41 | 104 |
| 4 | Port Adelaide | 15 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 41 | 95 | 64 | 137 |
| Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, GF = Goals For, BF = Behinds For, GA = Goals Against, BA = Behinds Against, (P) = Premiers | Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, GF = Goals For, BF = Behinds For, GA = Goals Against, BA = Behinds Against, (P) = Premiers | Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, GF = Goals For, BF = Behinds For, GA = Goals Against, BA = Behinds Against, (P) = Premiers | Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, GF = Goals For, BF = Behinds For, GA = Goals Against, BA = Behinds Against, (P) = Premiers | Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, GF = Goals For, BF = Behinds For, GA = Goals Against, BA = Behinds Against, (P) = Premiers | Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, GF = Goals For, BF = Behinds For, GA = Goals Against, BA = Behinds Against, (P) = Premiers | Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, GF = Goals For, BF = Behinds For, GA = Goals Against, BA = Behinds Against, (P) = Premiers | Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, GF = Goals For, BF = Behinds For, GA = Goals Against, BA = Behinds Against, (P) = Premiers | Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, GF = Goals For, BF = Behinds For, GA = Goals Against, BA = Behinds Against, (P) = Premiers | |

## Attendances

The figures for club and ground attendances are only based on those given above.

### By Club

1886 SAFA club attendances :
| Club | Avg. Per Game |
| Norwood | 2,672 |
| Adelaide | 2,155 |
| South Adelaide | 1,882 |
| Port Adelaide | 1,503 |

### By ground

1886 SAFA ground attendances :
| Ground | Games | Avg. Per Game |
| Adelaide Oval | 18 | 2,619 |
| North Park Lands Botanic Gardens | 1 | 2,500 |
| Alberton Oval | 7 | 1,164 |
| Kensington Oval | 4 | 950 |