| Competition | safa |
|---|---|
| Year | 1884 |
| Teams | 5 |
| Count | 1 |
| Matches | 33 |
| Highattend | 6,000 (Round 8, vs. ) |
| Top goal scorer | Robert Roy (22 Goals) |
| Prevseason | 1883 |
| Nextseason | 1885 |
The 1884 South Australian Football Association season was the 8th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.
went on to record its 1st premiership and in doing so ended 's run of 6 straight premierships (1878-1883).
The season would be the last for two of the founding clubs - South Park Football Club and the North Adelaide Football Club, previously known as the Victorian Football Club. It shares no relation to the modern day Roosters.
Of the 8 original clubs from 1877 only Port Adelaide and South Adelaide, after 8 seasons, would compete in 1885.
At a committee meeting of the SAFA held on the 6 May 1884 the question of the amalgamation of the Senior and Junior Associations was then discussed at some length, and eventually it was agreed that five delegates from each Association should, confer as to what steps could be taken to effect the object in view. [1]
SAFA Senior Clubs 1884 Season
| Club | Colours | Home Ground | Captain | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Adelaide | Orange Black | F.H.Wedd | Inaugural club Final Season | |
| Norwood | Dark blue Red | A.E. Waldron [2] | ||
| Port Adelaide | Magneta Blue | Alberton Oval, Alberton | R.Turpenny | Blue bib added to Magneta guernsey |
| South Adelaide | Navy Blue White | A.C. (Iney) Mehrtens | ||
| South Park | Light Blue White | A.M.Pettinger | Inaugural club Final Season |
Win/Loss table
X – Bye
Opponent for round listed above margin
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Ladder |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port Adelaide | X | NthA 3 | Nor 1 | SthA 0 | SP 1 | X | NthA 9 | Nor 0 | SP 10 | SthA 2 | Nor 5 | NthA 4 | Nor 3 | SthA 1 | SP 12 | SthA 3 | SP DNP | 1 |
| Norwood | SP 7 | SthA 1 | Port 1 | X | X | NthA 3 | SthA 3 | Port 0 | NthA 6 | SP 8 | Port 5 | SthA 1 | Port 3 | X | NthA 2 | SP DNP | NthA 6 | 2 |
| South Adelaide | NthA 1 | Nor 1 | SP 8 | Port 0 | NthA 5 | SP 3 | Nor 3 | X | X | Port 2 | NthA 8 | Nor 1 | SP 2 | Port 1 | X | Port 3 | X | 3 |
| South Park | Nor 7 | X | SthA 8 | NthA 0 | Port 1 | SthA 3 | X | X | Port 10 | Nor 8 | X | X | SthA 2 | NthA 3 | Port 12 | Nor DNP | Port DNP | 4 |
| North Adelaide | SthA 1 | Port 3 | X | SP 0 | SthA 5 | Nor 3 | Port 9 | X | Nor 6 | X | SthA 8 | Port 4 | X | SP 3 | Nor 2 | X | Nor 6 | 5 |
| Team | Ladder |
Ladder
| ||||||||||||||
| TEAM | P | W | L | D | GF | BF | GA | BA | Pts | Adj Pts | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Port Adelaide (P) | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 73 | 173 | 29 | 74 | 24 | 24.00 | |||
| 2 | Norwood | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 56 | 156 | 32 | 116 | 19 | 20.36 | |||
| 3 | South Adelaide | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 60 | 138 | 37 | 73 | 17 | 19.62 | |||
| 4 | South Park | 12 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 14 | 47 | 62 | 139 | 3 | 3.75 | |||
| 5 | North Adelaide | 12 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 45 | 54 | 157 | 3 | 3.75 | |||
| 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 | [3] | |||||||||||||
Note: Norwood were ranked ahead of South Adelaide on head-to-head record (2-1), and South Park were ranked ahead of North Adelaide on head-to-head record (1-0-1).
The Victorian Football Club renamed itself North Adelaide at the beginning of the 1883 season but has no connection to the modern day North Adelaide Roosters.
Both South Park and North Adelaide (Victorian) Clubs resigned from the SAFA before the commencement of the 1885 Season.
References
- ^ https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/197794564
- ^ https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/197794368?searchTerm=Football
- ^ "FOOTBALL.". Adelaide Observer. National Library of Australia. 4 October 1884. p. 19. Retrieved 19 December 2014.