| Competition: | safa |
| Year: | 1879 |
| Teams: | 7 |
| Count: | 2 |
| Matches: | 34 |
| Highattend: | 3,000 (Round 11, vs.) |
| Top Goal Scorer: | William Dedman (7 Goals) |
| Prevseason: | 1878 |
| Nextseason: | 1880 |
The 1879 South Australian Football Association season was the 3rd season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.
The Football Club went on to record its 2nd consecutive premiership, going through the season undefeated. The Kensington Football Club received its second consecutive wooden spoon, failing to win a game, and extending its winless streak to 27. Several disputes between South Adelaide and the other clubs arose during the season.[1]
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| TEAM | P | W | L | D | GF | GA | Pts | Adj Pts | |||||
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| 1 | Norwood | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 3 | 19 | 22.80 | ||||
| 2 | Port Adelaide | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 16.00 | ||||
| 3 | South Adelaide | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 15.42 | ||||
| 4 | Victorian | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 10.91 | ||||
| 5 | South Park | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 10.00 | ||||
| 6 | Adelaide | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 7 | 8.40 | ||||
| 7 | Kensington | 9 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 1 | 1.33 | ||||
| Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points, Adj Pts = Points adjusted for match ratio, (P) = Premiers | [2] | ||||||||||||
Notes:
During 1879, a team representing the South Australian Football Association) toured Victoria, and played two intercolonial matches against an Association representative team; the first on a public holiday Tuesday, and the other on the following Saturday. The games were the first ever intercolonial matches between colony representative teams.