| 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.
The season would be the last of the 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.
| 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 |
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| 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 | [1] | ||||||||||||||
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 1895 Season.