1874 South Australian football season
# 1874 South Australian football season

The 1874 South Australian football season was the twelfth year of interclub football in South Australia.

## Metropolitan football matches

### June 13

| | June 13 | June 13 | June 13 |
| - | - | - | - |
| Saturday, June 13 | Young Clubs 0 | def. by | Victorian 1 |

### June 22

| Monday, June 22 | Gawler 1 | drew with | Kensington 1 | Gawler |
| - | - | - | - | - |

### July 4

| Saturday, July 4 | Port Adelaide 0 | drew with | Kensington 0 | Glanville Hall Estate |
| - | - | - | - | - |

### July 18

| Saturday, July 18 | Kensington 1 | def. | Port Adelaide 0 | Kensington |
| - | - | - | - | - |

### August 1

| Saturday, August 1 | Port Adelaide (2nds) 3 | def. | Victorian 0 | Glanville |
| - | - | - | - | - |

### August 7

| Friday, August 7 | Kensington 0 | def. by | Willunga 2 | Noarlunga |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Kensington wanted to promote the game in the country and decided to play a match against the newly formed Willunga in Noarlunga. ||||||

### August 15

Kensington were scheduled to play Victorian at Kensington but the latter failed to appear; the umpire awarded the match to Kensington on forfeit.

### August 22

| Saturday, August 22 | Victorian 0 | def. by | Port Adelaide 2nds 1 | Montefiore Hill |
| - | - | - | - | - |

### August 29

| Saturday, August 29 | Victorian 1 | def. | East Terrace 0 | Montefiore Hill |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Saturday, August 29 (3:00pm) | Kensington 2 | def. | Willunga 1 | Adelaide |

### September 5

| | Premiership play-off match | Premiership play-off match | Premiership play-off match | |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Saturday, September 5 | Port Adelaide 0 | def. by | Kensington 2 | Glanville |
| This match was arranged to determine the premiership, and is referred to as South Australia's first Grand Final. ||||||

## Ladder

In the table below, Senior Results is based only upon games played against senior clubs; the record listed under W-L-D is the record over all matches, including those against country and junior teams. The Senior Results include the premiership play-off match.

| | | Games | Wins | Losses | Draws | Senior Results | GF | GA |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Kensington | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3-0-1 | 6 | 4 |
| 2 | Port Adelaide | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2-2-1 | 5 | 5 |
| 3 | Victorian | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0-3-0 | 1 | 4 |
