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1885 SAFA season
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| 1885 SAFA premiership season | |
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 South Adelaide, premiers | |
| Teams | 4 |
| Premiers | South Adelaide 2nd premiership |
| Leading goalkicker | H R Hill South Adelaide (19 goals) |
| Attendance | |
| Matches played | 30 |
| Total attendance | 54,000 (1,800 per match) |
| Highest | 8,000 (Round 6, Adelaide vs. South Adelaide) |
The 1885 South Australian Football Association season was the 9th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.
A new senior Adelaide Football Club formed from a merger of North Adelaide Junior and North Parks clubs from the Adelaide and Suburban Football Association joined.
The 1885 SAFA season was the first time since 1878 that all clubs played a fixed number of games.
Twenty three of the thirty games played had crowd figures quoted for an approximate average of 1,800 spectators per game.
Premiership season
Round 1
| Round 1 | |||||
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| Saturday, 2 May (3:15 pm) | Norwood 6.15 (6) | def. | Adelaide 1.5 (1) | Kensington Oval | [1] |
| Saturday, 2 May (3:15 pm) | South Adelaide 4.11 (4) | def. | Port Adelaide 3.3 (3) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 1,500) | [2] |
Round 2
| Round 2 | |||||
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| Monday, 25 May | South Adelaide 5.13 (5) | def. | Norwood 0.8 (0) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 4,500) | [3] |
| Bye Port Adelaide, Adelaide |
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Round 3
| Round 3 | |||||
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| Saturday, 31 May | South Adelaide 4.9 | def. | Adelaide 2.11 | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 950) | [4][5] |
| Bye Port Adelaide, Norwood |
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Round 4
| Round 4 | |||||
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| Saturday, 6 June (3:10 pm) | South Adelaide 3.11 (3) | def. by | Norwood 5.8 (5) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 2,000) | [6][7] |
| Saturday, 6 June (3:10 pm) | Port Adelaide 10.14 (10) | def. | Adelaide 2.11 (2) | Alberton Oval (crowd: 800) | [8][9] |
Round 5
| Round 5 | |||||
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| Saturday, 27 June (3:00 pm) | Port Adelaide 2.5 (2) | def. by | South Adelaide 3.16 (3) | Alberton Oval (crowd: 1,500) | [10] |
| Saturday, 27 June (3:15 pm) | Adelaide 4.5 (4) | def. | Norwood 0.13 (0) | Adelaide Oval | [11][12] |
Round 6
| Round 6 | |||||
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| Wednesday, 1 July (8:00 pm) | Adelaide 1.8 (1) | def. | South Adelaide 0.8 (0) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 8,000) | [13] |
| Saturday, 4 July | Port Adelaide 2.12 (2) | def. by | Norwood 3.8 (3) | Alberton Oval (crowd: 2,000) | [14] |
| Bye Adelaide, South Adelaide |
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Round 7
| Round 7 | |||||
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| Saturday, 11 July (3:25 pm) | Norwood 0.5 (0) | drew with | South Adelaide 0.12 (0) | Kensington Oval | [15] |
| Saturday, 11 July (3:18 pm) | Adelaide 0.10 (0) | def. by | Port Adelaide 2.10 (2) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 600) | [16] |
Round 8
| Round 8 | |||||
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| Saturday, 18 July | Norwood 1.20 (1) | def. by | Adelaide 4.10 (4) | Kensington Oval (crowd: 400) | [17] |
| Saturday, 18 July (3:13 pm) | South Adelaide 2.8 (2) | drew with | Port Adelaide 2.15 (2) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 3,000) | [18] |
Round 9
| Round 9 | |||||
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| Saturday, 25 July (3:25 pm) | Norwood 3.11 (3) | def. | Port Adelaide 2.16 (2) | Kensington Oval (crowd: 1,000) | [19] |
| Saturday, 25 July | Adelaide 0.5 (0) | def. by | South Adelaide 6.14 (6) | Adelaide Oval | [20] |
Round 10
| Round 10 | |||||
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| Saturday, 1 August (3:16 pm) | South Adelaide 8.11 (8) | def. | Norwood 4.5 (4) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 2,000) | [21][22] |
| Saturday, 1 August (3:20 pm) | Port Adelaide 8.17 (8) | def. | Adelaide 1.8 (1) | Alberton Oval (crowd: 500) | [23] |
Round 11
| Round 11 | |||||
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| Saturday, 8 August (3:10 pm) | South Adelaide 5.10 (5) | def. | Adelaide 3.11 (3) | Kensington Oval (crowd: 500) | [24][25] |
| Bye Port Adelaide, Norwood |
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