1872 South Australian football season
# 1872 South Australian football season

The 1872 South Australian football season was the tenth year of interclub football in South Australia.

## Metropolitan inter-club matches

* June 15 – Kensington (0) drew with Adelaide (0) (Crowd: 400)
* June 29 - Adelaide (4) def Port Adelaide (0)
* July 13 – Adelaide (1) def Kensington (0)
* July 27 - Adelaide (0) drew with Port Adelaide (0)
* August 6 - Adelaide (1) def Kensington (0)
* September 7 – Adelaide (1) def Port Adelaide (0)

## Ladder

| | Team | Games | Wins | Losses | Draws | GF | GA |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Premiers | Adelaide | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| Equal 2nd | Kensington | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Equal 2nd | Port Adelaide | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
