1876 South Australian football season explained

The 1876 South Australian football season was the fourteenth season of interclub football. It was also the final season of decentralised administration of football in South Australia; the South Australian Football Association was formed the following year to provide a committee-based approach to the administration of the sport.

Competition:	South Australian football season
Year:	1876 South Australian football
Count:	1
Highattend:	1,750 (26 August, Collegians vs. Non-Collegians)
Prevseason:	1875
Nextseason:	1877 (SAFA)

Rules Sets

During the 1876 football season in South Australia two dominant rule sets were in use.^[1]

Kensington Rules
Victorian Rules

Major Clubs

Metropolitan

Adelaide
Australs (Based in Adelaide) ^[2]
Glenelg ^[3]
Kensington
Port Adelaide
South Adelaide
Victorian (Based at foot of Montefiore Hill,North Adelaide)
Woodville

Outer Metropolitan (Country Clubs)

Regional Clubs

Mount Gambier ^[4]
Young Australian (Mount Gambier) ^[5]
Penola
Naracoorte
Caltowie
Yangga
Laura
Port Pirie

Educational Institutions

Metropolitan Football Matches

2 September

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 and junior teams.

Exhibition Matches

26 August

Notes and References

Web site: Australian Football - The+early+years+of+South+Australian+football. australianfootball.com. 2015-11-01.
Web site: Football - Adelaide Observer (SA : 1843 - 1904) - 13 May 1876 .
Web site: Football. - Adelaide Observer (SA : 1843 - 1904) - 17 Jun 1876 .
Web site: FOOTBALL. - MOUNT GAMBIER CLUB V. YOUNG AUSTRALIANS. - Border Watch (Mount Gambier, SA : 1861 - 1954) - 24 May 1876 .
Web site: FOOTBALL. - MOUNT GAMBIER CLUB V. YOUNG AUSTRALIANS. - Border Watch (Mount Gambier, SA : 1861 - 1954) - 24 May 1876 .