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Notes – Victorian Results based on those reported at the Annual Dinner. The club played a number of games against the Colleges hence they are shown in 3rd position based on only those games against the Senior Clubs. |
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== Annual Dinners and Closing Games == |
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Revision as of 04:36, 14 December 2025
The 1875 South Australian football season was the thirteenth year of interclub football in South Australia.
Australian rules football season
| 1875 South Australian football premiership season | |
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| Premiers | Kensington 3rd premiership |
| Highest | 800 (10 July, Kensington v Adelaide) |
Clubs
The following clubs participated in interclub matches during 1875:[1]
Metropolitan
Country
Colleges
May 15
May 29
June 5
June 12
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Football cancelled due to bad weather.[5] |
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June 19
June 21
| Monday, 21 June (2:30pm) | Willunga 3 | def. | Kensington 1 | Willunga | [7] |
June 26
| Saturday, 26 June (3:00pm) | Woodville 0 | def. by | Kensington 2 | Woodville | [8] |
July 3
July 10
July 24
| Saturday, 24 July (3:00pm) | Adelaide 2 | drew with | Woodville 2 | Adelaide | [12] |
July 31
August 6
August 14
| Saturday, 14 August | Woodville 2 | def. | Adelaide 1 | Woodville | [16] |
| Saturday, 14 August | Victorian 5? * | def. | Prince Alfred College 0? | Montefiore Hill | [17] |
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(* 5 goals scored by H.Barry) of Victorian |
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August 21
August 28
| Saturday, 28 August (3:00pm) | Victorian 1 | drew with | Kensington 1 | Montefiore Hill | [19] |
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This match was a de facto premiership playoff: as it was drawn, Kensington won the premiership over Victorian on head-to-head records. |
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Ladder
In the table below, Senior Results is based only upon games played against senior clubs; the record listed under W-L-D is the record over all matches, including those against country, junior and school teams.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | Senior Results (W-L-D) | GF | GA |
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| 1 | Kensington | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3-0-3 | 15 | 8 |
| 2 | Port Adelaide | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3-1-3 | 7 | 5 |
| 3 | Victorian | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1-0-2 | 23 | 4 |
| 4 | Woodville | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1-5-1 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | Adelaide | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1-3-1 | 6 | 7 |
| 6 | South Adelaide(1875) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-1-0 | 1 | 4 |
Notes – Victorian Results based on those reported at the Annual Dinner. The club played a number of games against the Colleges hence they are shown in 3rd position based on only those games against the Senior Clubs.
Annual Dinners and Closing Games
Woodville Club played their closing game at Woodville on Saturday 18 September between two teams Blues (Captain Mr. T. Terrell) and Black and Whites (Captain Mr. J. Beck) starting at 3pm played in 2 halves of approximately 1 hour each. The Blues team kicked two goals – one in each half which brought the half time adjournment and the end of play.[20]
Victorian Club at the 1875 annual dinner held at the Crown and Sceptre Hotel on Wednesday evening, 15 September the secretary, George Downs reported that the club had only lost the opening match out of nine matches played, and that they had obtained 23 goals in these matches to four goals scored against them.[21]
The closing game for the season of the Port Adelaide, Football Club Club was played at Glanville on Saturday, October 2. After playing for an hour, the Blues secured a goal, which was the only one obtained during the afternoon. There was a good number of spectators, and Mrs. Wells distributed the prizes at the close. The Club’s fifth annual ball took place in the Town Hall on Friday, October 8. Although the weather was rough, there were about 200 persons present. The Hall was tastefully decorated with flags and evergreens, and on the platform was a small goal with a ball suspended in the centre. [22]
