1888 SAFA season
# 1888 SAFA season

The 1888 South Australian Football Association season was the 12th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia. The Norwood Football Club won their 8th premiership by winning 1 premiership point, or a half a win, more than Port Adelaide. Hotham Club which joined in 1887 was renamed North Adelaide for the 1888 Season and would also add a blue hoop to their red and white guernseys and wear blue and white hose so as not to clash with the new club Medindie whose colours were also Red and White. The North Adelaide (Hotham) club disbanded at the end of the Season following a merger with Adelaide. It has no connection with the North Adelaide Football Club currently in the SANFL which joined in 1888 as Medindie and would later be renamed North Adelaide for the 1893 Season.

## Premiership season

### Round 1

| | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 1 | |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Saturday, 5 May (3:15 pm) | Adelaide 7.5 (7) | def. | South Adelaide 5.3 (5) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 2,000) |
| Saturday, 5 May | Norwood 8.11 (8) | def. | North Adelaide 2.2 (2) | Kensington Oval (crowd: 300) |
| A dispute between Adelaide and South Adelaide meant the result of the match did not contribute to premiership. ||||||

### Round 2

| | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 2 | |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Saturday, 12 May (3:00 pm) | Norwood 1.0 (1) | drew with | South Adelaide 1.2 (1) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 2,000) |
| Saturday, 12 May | Port Adelaide 3.8 (3) | def. | Medindie 0.3 (0) | Alberton Oval (crowd: 150) |
| Saturday, 12 May (3:30 pm) | Adelaide 4.5 (4) | def. | North Adelaide 0.3 (0) | Kensington Oval (crowd: 150) |
| | Bye Gawler | Bye Gawler | Bye Gawler | |
| The game between Norwood and South Adelaide was ended early due to heavy rain. ||||||

### Round 3

| | Round 3 | Round 3 | Round 3 | |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Saturday, 19 May (3:10 pm) | Adelaide 5.7 (5) | def. | Port Adelaide 4.7 (4) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 3,000) |
| Saturday, 19 May (3:27 pm) | South Adelaide 5.10 (5) | def. | North Adelaide 2.2 (2) | Kensington Oval (crowd: 300) |

### Round 4

| | Round 4 | Round 4 | Round 4 | |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Saturday, 26 May | South Adelaide 6.4 (6) | def. by | Port Adelaide 7.9 (7) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 3,000) |
| Saturday, 26 May | Gawler 1.2 (1) | def. by | Adelaide 7.9 (7) | Gawler (crowd: 350) |
| Saturday, 26 May | North Adelaide 5.14 (5) | def. | Medindie 0.4 (0) | Kensington Oval (crowd: 100) |
| | Bye Norwood | Bye Norwood | Bye Norwood | |

### Round 5

| | Round 5 | Round 5 | Round 5 | |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Saturday, 2 June (3:11 pm) | Norwood 9.10 (9) | def. | Adelaide 3.7 (3) | Kensington Oval (crowd: 4,000) |
| Saturday, 2 June (3:15 pm) | South Adelaide 9.31 (9) | def. | Medindie 1.3 (1) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 300) |
| Saturday, 2 June (3:25 pm) | Port Adelaide 7.17 (7) | def. | North Adelaide 1.3 (1) | Alberton Oval (crowd: 300) |
| | Bye Norwood | Bye Norwood | Bye Norwood | |
| South Adelaide set the record for the most behinds in a game at 31. ||||||

### Round 6

| | Round 6 | Round 6 | Round 6 | |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Saturday, 9 June (3:08 pm) | Norwood 10.10 (10) | def. | South Adelaide 5.4 (5) | Kensington Oval (crowd: 2,000) |
| Saturday, 9 June (3:10 pm) | Adelaide 4.8 (4) | def. by | North Adelaide 5.3 (5) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 1,000) |
| Saturday, 9 June (Time pm) | Gawler 4.5 (4) | def. | Medindie 1.3 (1) | Gawler (crowd: 200) |
| | Bye Port Adelaide | Bye Port Adelaide | Bye Port Adelaide | |

### Round 7

| | Round 7 | Round 7 | Round 7 | |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Saturday, 16 June (Time pm) | Port Adelaide 8.11 (8) | def. | South Adelaide 1.3 (1) | Alberton Oval (crowd: 2,000) |
| Saturday, 16 June (3:11 pm) | Norwood 12.8 (12) | def. | North Adelaide 1.1 (1) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 3,000) |
| Saturday, 16 June (Time pm) | Adelaide 10.12 (10) | def. | Medindie 3.2 (3) | Kensington Oval (crowd: 150) |

### Round 9

| | Round 9 | Round 9 | Round 9 | |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Wednesday, 20 June (3:00 pm) | Norwood 2.7 (2) | drew with | Port Adelaide 2.5 (2) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 9,000) |
| Wednesday, 20 June (Time pm) | North Adelaide 1.4 (1) | def. | Medindie 0.6 (0) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 100) |
| Wednesday, 20 June (Time pm) | Gawler 1.8 (1) | def. by | South Adelaide 4.9 (4) | Gawler (crowd: 450) |

### Round 10

| | Round 10 | Round 10 | Round 10 | |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Saturday, 23 June (Time pm) | Adelaide 4.7 (4) | def. | South Adelaide 3.9 (3) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 2,000) |
| Saturday, 23 June (3:15 pm) | Port Adelaide 12.12 (12) | def. | Medindie 1.1 (1) | Alberton Oval |
| Saturday, 23 June (Time pm) | Gawler 2.5 (2) | def. by | Norwood 8.8 (8) | Gawler (crowd: 350) |

### Round 11

| | Round 11 | Round 11 | Round 11 | |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Saturday, 30 June (Time pm) | Adelaide 5.8 (5) | def. by | Norwood 10.15 (10) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 4,500) |
| Saturday, 30 June (3:20 pm) | South Adelaide 12.5 (12) | def. | Medindie 1.1 (1) | Kensington Oval (crowd: Attendance) |
| Saturday, 30 June (Time pm) | Port Adelaide 7.23 (7) | def. | Gawler 0.1 (0) | Alberton Oval (crowd: 450) |

### Round 12

| | Round 12 | Round 12 | Round 12 | |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Saturday, 21 July | Port Adelaide 11.9 (11) | def. | Adelaide 1.2 (1) | Alberton Oval (crowd: 500) |
| Saturday, 21 July | South Adelaide 2.5 (2) | def. | North Adelaide 1.2 (1) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 1,000) |
| Saturday, 21 July | Norwood 1.12 (1) | def. | Medindie 0.4 (0) | Kensington Oval |

### Round 13

| | Round 13 | Round 13 | Round 13 | |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Saturday, 28 July | Norwood 11.21 (11) | def. | Port Adelaide 3.6 (3) | Kensington Oval (crowd: 7,000) |
| Saturday, 28 July (3:15 pm) | Adelaide 10.18 (10) | def. | Medindie 0.4 (0) | Adelaide Oval |
| Saturday, 28 July (3:35 pm) | Gawler 2.7 (2) | def. by | North Adelaide 4.5 (4) | Gawler (crowd: 250) |
| The Round 13 match between Norwood and Port Adelaide effectively functioned as a premiership decider. ||||||

### Round 14

| | Round 14 | Round 14 | Round 14 | |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Saturday, 4 August (3:15 pm) | South Adelaide 5.11 (5) | def. | Adelaide 4.5 (4) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 2,000) |
| Saturday, 4 August (Time pm) | Norwood 6.6 (6) | def. | North Adelaide 3.4 (3) | Kensington Oval (crowd: 200) |
| Saturday, 4 August (Time pm) | Port Adelaide 14.12 (14) | def. | Medindie 0.1 (0) | Alberton Oval (crowd: 400) |

### Round 15

| | Round 15 | Round 15 | Round 15 | |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Saturday, 25 August | Norwood 11.21 (11) | def. | Medindie 1.1 (1) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 800) |
| Saturday, 25 August | Adelaide 12.8 (12) | def. | North Adelaide 4.3 (4) | Kensington Oval |
| Saturday, 25 August (3:30 pm) | Gawler 2.5 (2) | def. by | South Adelaide 7.12 (7) | Gawler |

### Round 16

| | Round 16 | Round 16 | Round 16 | |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Saturday, 1 September (Time pm) | Norwood 5.14 (5) | def. | Adelaide 1.5 (1) | Adelaide Oval |
| Saturday, 1 September (3:30 pm) | Port Adelaide 9.7 (9) | def. | North Adelaide 3.2 (3) | Alberton Oval |
| Saturday, 1 September (Time pm) | South Adelaide 9.9 (9) | def. | Medindie 4.0 (4) | Kensington Oval |

## Ladder

1888 SAFA Ladder :

| | TEAM | P | W | L | D | GF | BF | GA | BA | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Norwood | 17 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 127 | 205 | 38 | 82 | 30 |
| 2 | Port Adelaide | 17 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 129 | 187 | 46 | 96 | 29 |
| 3 | Adelaide | 17 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 103 | 147 | 75 | 119 | 20 |
| 4 | South Adelaide | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 87 | 165 | 72 | 97 | 19 |
| 5 | North Adelaide | 17 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 37 | 66 | 97 | 43 | 10 |
| 6 | Gawler | 12 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 20 | 52 | 65 | 123 | 4 |
| 7 | Medindie | 17 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 20 | 43 | 127 | 206 | 2 |
| Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, GF = Goals For, BF = Behinds For, GA = Goals Against, BA = Behinds Against, (P) = Premiers | Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, GF = Goals For, BF = Behinds For, GA = Goals Against, BA = Behinds Against, (P) = Premiers | Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, GF = Goals For, BF = Behinds For, GA = Goals Against, BA = Behinds Against, (P) = Premiers | Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, GF = Goals For, BF = Behinds For, GA = Goals Against, BA = Behinds Against, (P) = Premiers | Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, GF = Goals For, BF = Behinds For, GA = Goals Against, BA = Behinds Against, (P) = Premiers | Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, GF = Goals For, BF = Behinds For, GA = Goals Against, BA = Behinds Against, (P) = Premiers | Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, GF = Goals For, BF = Behinds For, GA = Goals Against, BA = Behinds Against, (P) = Premiers | Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, GF = Goals For, BF = Behinds For, GA = Goals Against, BA = Behinds Against, (P) = Premiers | Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, GF = Goals For, BF = Behinds For, GA = Goals Against, BA = Behinds Against, (P) = Premiers | Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, GF = Goals For, BF = Behinds For, GA = Goals Against, BA = Behinds Against, (P) = Premiers | |
