# 1891 SAFA season

The 1891 South Australian Football Association season was the 15th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.
The 1891 SAFA season marked the height of interest in South Australian football attendance wise during the 19th century with average attendances not being surpassed until the following century.
The competition was reduced to five clubs when before the season commenced the Gawler Football Association notified that it had no intention of joining for the season i.e. it was withdrawing the Senior Club from the SAFA. It continued its own local junior competition with three local teams, the predecessor of the current Barossa Light and Gawler Football Association.

## Premiership Matches
### Round 1

| Saturday, 2 May (3:15pm) | Norwood 5.13 (5) | def. | South Adelaide 2.7 (2) | Kensington Oval |
| Saturday, 2 May (3:10pm) | Port Adelaide 7.12 (7) | def. | Medindie 1.4 (1) | Adelaide Oval |
| | Bye Adelaide | Bye Adelaide | Bye Adelaide | |

### Round 2

| Saturday, 9 May | Port Adelaide 2.7 (2) | def. by | South Adelaide 3.7 (3) | Alberton Oval (crowd: 2,000) |
| Saturday, 9 May | Norwood 14.14 (14) | def. | Adelaide 0.0 (0) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 600) |
| | Bye Medindie | Bye Medindie | Bye Medindie | |

### Round 3

| Saturday, 16 May | Norwood 4.5 (4) | def. by | Port Adelaide 6.4 (6) | Kensington (crowd: 5,000) |
| Saturday, 16 May (3:10pm) | Medindie 3.6 (3) | def. | Adelaide 2.8 (2) | Adelaide Oval |
| | Bye South Adelaide | Bye South Adelaide | Bye South Adelaide | |

### Round 4

| Saturday, 23 May | South Adelaide 6.11 (6) | def. | Medindie 1.3 (1) | Adelaide Oval |
| Saturday, 23 May | Port Adelaide 5.12 (5) | def. | Adelaide 2.2 (2) | Alberton Oval |
| | Bye Norwood | Bye Norwood | Bye Norwood | |

### Round 5

| Monday, 25 May (3:15pm) | South Adelaide 9.12 (9) | def. | Adelaide 2.0 (2) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 1,500) |
| | Bye Norwood, Port Adelaide, Medindie | Bye Norwood, Port Adelaide, Medindie | Bye Norwood, Port Adelaide, Medindie | |

### Round 6

| Saturday, 30 May (3:15pm) | South Adelaide 3.15 (3) | def. | Port Adelaide 1.5 (1) | Adelaide Oval |
| Saturday, 30 May | Medindie 3.5 (3) | def. | Adelaide 1.6 (1) | Kensington Oval |
| | Bye Norwood | Bye Norwood | Bye Norwood | |

### Round 7

| Saturday, 6 June (3:15pm) | Adelaide 1.0 (1) | def. by | Port Adelaide 12.19 (12) | Adelaide Oval |
| Saturday, 6 June | Norwood 7.9 (7) | def. | Medindie 3.5 (3) | Kensington Oval |
| | Bye South Adelaide | Bye South Adelaide | Bye South Adelaide | |

### South Australia vs. Victoria

| Saturday, 13 June | South Australia 5.9 (5) | def. by | Victoria 7.8 (7) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 7,500) |

### Round 8

| Saturday, 20 June | South Adelaide 10.10 (10) | def. | Medindie 2.0 (2) | Adelaide Oval |
| Saturday, 20 June | Norwood 13.16 (13) | def. | Adelaide 5.2 (5) | Kensington Oval (crowd: 200) |
| | Bye Port Adelaide | Bye Port Adelaide | Bye Port Adelaide | |

### Round 9

| Monday, 21 June | Norwood 6.11 (6) | def. | Port Adelaide 5.6 (5) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 13,000) |
| Monday, 21 June | South Adelaide 14.22 (14) | def. | Adelaide 1.3 (1) | Adelaide Oval |
| | Bye Medindie | Bye Medindie | Bye Medindie | |

### Round 10

| Saturday, 27 June (3:11pm) | Norwood 10.6 (10) | def. | South Adelaide 6.3 (6) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 8,500) |
| Saturday, 27 June | Port Adelaide 7.11 (7) | def. | Medindie 4.5 (4) | Alberton Oval |
| | Bye Adelaide | Bye Adelaide | Bye Adelaide | |

### Round 11

| Saturday, 4 July (3:10pm) | South Adelaide 2.4 (2) | def. by | Port Adelaide 6.9 (6) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 3,500) |
| Saturday, 4 July | Norwood 8.20 (8) | def. | Medindie 1.5 (1) | Kensington Oval |
| | Bye Adelaide | Bye Adelaide | Bye Adelaide | |

## Ladder

1891 SAFA Ladder :
| | TEAM | P | W | L | D | GF | BF | GA | BA | Pts |
| 1 | Norwood | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 125 | 173 | 49 | 74 | 26 |
| 2 | Port Adelaide | 16 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 122 | 154 | 39 | 74 | 24 |
| 3 | South Adelaide | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 96 | 159 | 52 | 79 | 22 |
| 4 | Medindie | 16 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 37 | 60 | 108 | 145 | 8 |
| 5 | Adelaide | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 27 | 39 | 159 | 213 | 0 |
| Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, GF = Goals For, BF = Behinds For, Georgia = Goals Against, BA = Behinds Against, (P) = Premiers | Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, GF = Goals For, BF = Behinds For, Georgia = Goals Against, BA = Behinds Against, (P) = Premiers | Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, GF = Goals For, BF = Behinds For, Georgia = Goals Against, BA = Behinds Against, (P) = Premiers | Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, GF = Goals For, BF = Behinds For, Georgia = Goals Against, BA = Behinds Against, (P) = Premiers | Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, GF = Goals For, BF = Behinds For, Georgia = Goals Against, BA = Behinds Against, (P) = Premiers | Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, GF = Goals For, BF = Behinds For, Georgia = Goals Against, BA = Behinds Against, (P) = Premiers | Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, GF = Goals For, BF = Behinds For, Georgia = Goals Against, BA = Behinds Against, (P) = Premiers | Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, GF = Goals For, BF = Behinds For, Georgia = Goals Against, BA = Behinds Against, (P) = Premiers | Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, GF = Goals For, BF = Behinds For, Georgia = Goals Against, BA = Behinds Against, (P) = Premiers | Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, GF = Goals For, BF = Behinds For, Georgia = Goals Against, BA = Behinds Against, (P) = Premiers | |