1873 South Australian football season explained

Competition:	South Australian football season
Year:	1873 South Australian football
Teams:	2
Premiers:	Kensington
Count:	1
Prevseason:	1872
Nextseason:	1874

The 1873 South Australian football season was the eleventh year of interclub football in South Australia. It was notable due to the attempts of to create a standardised set of rules.^[1] Partly due to this, Adelaide were in recess for interclub games until 1875, meaning Kensington and Port Adelaide were the only teams competing in 1873.

Opening Intraclub games

The football season opened on Saturday 3rd May 1873. Reports of the opening practices in connection with the Adelaide, Kensington, and Port Adelaide were given.^[2]

• Adelaide at Adelaide Club Grounds: Reds (Captain C.D. Perkins) defeated Blues 1- 0.
• Kensington at Kensington: Blues (Captain H.R.Perry) defeated Reds (Captain A. Crooks) 1-0.
• Port Adelaide at Glanville Hall Estate: Blues (Captain George Ireland) defeated Pinks (Captain F.Stone) 1-0.

The Port Adelaide Band played lively tunes during the afternoon. The members were in mourning, out of respect to the late worthy President, Captain John. Hart, C.M.G.

Metropolitan Interclub football matches

• 5 July at Kensington: Kensington 1 def Port Adelaide 0
• 19 July at Kensington: Kensington 3 def Port Adelaide 0
• 23 August at Glanville Hall: Port Adelaide 1 def Kensington 0

Notes and References

1. News: FOOTBALL. . . Adelaide . 14 May 1873 . 11 November 2015 . 5 . National Library of Australia.
2. Web site: Sporting News. - FOOTBALL. - South Australian Chronicle and Weekly Mail (Adelaide, SA : 1868 - 1881) - 10 May 1873 .