East Torrens Football Association Explained

The East Torrens Football Association (ETFA) was an Australian rules football competition based in the eastern and north-eastern suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia until it merged with the North Adelaide District Football Association to form the Norwood-North Football Association at the end of the 1968 season. It was formed and held its first annual meeting was held on 7 April 1915 at Norwood [1] [2] for the purpose of “fostering junior football in the Norwood district."[3]

Early history

With the introduction of Electoral Zones for the South Australian Football Association (SAFA) Senior Clubs a well attended meeting of the junior footballers in the East Torrens Electorate arranged by the Norwood Football Club was held at the Norwood Hotel on 7 April 1898.[4] It was decided at the meeting that the Association should consist of six clubs, and that all players must be residents of the East Torrens Electorate. To assist the Association, the Norwood Football Club offered a trophy of to be given to the club gaining the premiership of the Association. In addition, the senior team will also give two footballs to each individual club in the Association, and also will give them balls to practise with. The clubs present forming the Association were the Tusmore, College Park, Eden Park, and Albions whilst it is expected that a team from Payneham will also join. [5] However, two other clubs joined - Rose Park and Marryatville which both played off of for second place with later being victorious. [6]

On 9 July 1898 the East Torrens Association visited Gawler and were comprehensively defeated by the Gawler Association - 2 behinds to 14 goals 21 behinds.[7]

The Electoral District of East Torrens existed from 1857 to 1902 and again from 1915 to 1938.

Formation of second incarnation of association in 1915

For the 1915 Season the Association comprised the following clubs — Norwood Union, Payneham, Magill, Marryatville, and Kent Town. The Magill club withdrew on 4 August 1915 on account of the majority of the members having enlisted for active service. [8] The competition went into recession for 3 seasons (1916 to 1918) due to World War 1.

In 1939, the competition had expanded to 13 clubs when Athelstone were admitted. [9]

In 1947, the competition consisted of 10 clubs - Magill Royals, Norwood Union, Ashton, Athelstone, Kensington and Norwood Youth Club, Kensington Gardens, Tea Tree Gully, Glenroy, Burnside and Salisbury which had joined in 1946 [10]

Member Ccubs

Club Years Participating Notes
1938-48, 1962-68 [11]
1936-68 [12]
1967-68 When the NNFA folded at the end of the 1977 season, Brompton moved to the Adelaide Suburban Football League.
Burnside 1947-60, 1968
1919-68 [13] Formerly Glenroy (1919–65)
Commonwealth Bank 1951 [14]
Dulwich 1920-21 [15]
East Torrens Imperial 1928-35 East Torrens (1928-29)
Eastwood 1938-41, 1954–55, 1968 Eastwood Rechabite (1938–41)
1929-33, 1960-66 [16]
Glenroy 1919-1965 Named after Glen Roy Park (now Campbelltown Memorial Oval), Paradise
In 1966 Glenroy changed its name to Campbelltown
1961-68 [17]
Hope Valley United 1937-1948 Hope Valley and Highbury United (1937)
1954-59 [18]
Kensington 1925-32 [19]
Kensington and Norwood Youth Club 1947 [20]
Kensington Gardens 1947-68
Kent Town 1915, 1920
1966-68 [21]
Magill 1915 Withdrew August 1915 due to the majority of its members enlisting for active service (World War I)[22]
Magill Juniors 1935-38
1920-68 [23]
Marryatville 1915, 1919, 1923-25 [24]
Maylands 1928-1938
1936-37
Newstead 1924-25
Norwood Central 1919
Norwood Juniors 1938
Norwood Union 1915, 1920, 1922-68 [25]
Para-Houghton 1960-68 [26] [27]
Payneham 1915, 1919–24, 1926-38
Payneham B 1946 [28]
Rechabite 1938
South Australian Fruitgrowers 1920 [29]
1946-1947 Rejoins Gawler Football Association in 1949
St Ignatius 1929 withdrew part-way through season
1946-54, 1957-68 [30]
Walkerville Juniors 1935
Wayville 1919
YMCA 1950-58

Premierships

A-Grade

References

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  2. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/5458659
  3. News: Football - East Torrens Association. 28 July 2013. Daily Herald (Adelaide). 7 March 1919.
  4. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/54539329
  5. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/54548610
  6. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/209155006
  7. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/97582648
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  20. News: Football - Salisbury defeats Ashton. 27 March 2016. Bunyip (Gawler). 1 August 1947.
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  29. Web site: Boase. W. P.. South Australian Fruitgrower's football club [B 54886] • Photograph]. SA Memory. State Library of South Australia. 27 November 2015.
  30. Web site: Footypedia - Tea Tree Gully Football Club (SA). https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20070520140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/34349/20070521-0000/www.footypedia.com/00003330.html. dead. 20 May 2007. Footypedia. 6 July 2013.
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  34. News: Kensington Premiers - Third Consecutive Year. 21 October 2013. The Mail (Adelaide). 31 August 1929.
  35. News: East Torrens Association - Premiership Match. 21 October 2013. The Mail (Adelaide). 26 September 1931.
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  38. News: East Torrens - Challenge Final. 21 October 2013. The Mail (Adelaide). 8 September 1934.
  39. News: East Torrens - A Grade Final. 21 October 2013. The Mail (Adelaide). 31 August 1935.
  40. News: East Torrens - Final. 21 October 2013. The Mail (Adelaide). 19 September 1936.
  41. News: Ashton Club Premiership Dinner. 29 August 2016. The Courier. 20 October 1938.
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  43. News: Undefeated Team. 27 March 2016. Chronicle (Adelaide). 17 October 1940.
  44. News: East Torrens - Final. 4 November 2013. The Mail (Adelaide). 21 September 1946.
  45. News: East Torrens - Grand Final. 4 November 2013. The Mail (Adelaide). 4 October 1947.
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  48. News: Junior Football - East Torrens Grand Finals. 13 November 2013. The Mail (Adelaide). 26 August 1950.
  49. News: Junior Football - East Torrens. 14 November 2013. The Mail (Adelaide). 15 September 1951.
  50. News: Minor Football. 2 December 2013. The Mail (Adelaide). 6 September 1952.
  51. News: Minor Football. 2 December 2013. The Mail (Adelaide). 19 September 1953.
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