1883 SAFA season

1883 SAFA premiership season
Teams	5
Premiers	Norwood 6th premiership
Leading goalkicker	James Litchfield Port Adelaide (13 Goals)
Matches played	38
Highest	1,000 (Round 2, Port Adelaide vs. Norwood)

The 1883 South Australian Football Association season was the 7th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.

The Victorian Football Club renamed itself North Adelaide at the beginning of the season but has no connection to the modern day North Adelaide Roosters.

Premiership season

Round 1

	Round 1
Saturday, 5 May (3:20 pm)	Norwood 3.18 (3)	def.	North Adelaide 0.2 (0)	Adelaide Oval	[1]
Saturday, 5 May (3:15 pm)	South Adelaide 3.9 (3)	def.	Port Adelaide 2.7 (2)	Kensington Oval	[2]
	Bye South Park

Round 2

	Round 2
Saturday, 12 May	Port Adelaide 1.7 (1)	def. by	Norwood 4.9 (4)	Alberton Oval (crowd: 1,000)	[3]
Saturday, 12 May (3:25 pm)	South Park 0.8 (0)	def. by	South Adelaide 3.5 (3)	Kensington Oval	[4]
	Bye North Adelaide

Round 3

	Round 3
Saturday, 19 May	South Adelaide 0.7 (0)	drew with	North Adelaide 0.4 (0)	Adelaide Oval	[5]
Saturday, 19 May (3:15 pm)	South Park 1.12 (1)	def. by	Port Adelaide 3.6 (3)	Kensington Oval	[6]
	Bye Norwood

Round 4

	Round 4
Saturday, 26 May (3:15 pm)	South Park 2.8 (2)	def.	Norwood 1.7 (1)	Adelaide Oval	[7]
Saturday, 26 May (3:30 pm)	North Adelaide 0.3 (0)	def. by	Port Adelaide 3.4 (3)	Kensington Oval	[8]
	Bye South Adelaide

Round 5

	Round 5
Saturday, 2 June (3:20 pm)	South Park 0.3 (0)	def. by	North Adelaide 1.8 (1)	Adelaide Oval	[9]
Saturday, 2 June (3:30 pm)	Norwood 3.11 (3)	def.	South Adelaide 0.2 (0)	Kensington Oval	[10]
	Bye Port Adelaide

Round 6

	Round 6
Saturday, 9 June (3:10 pm)	Norwood 4.11 (4)	def.	North Adelaide 1.4 (1)	Adelaide Oval	[11]
Saturday, 9 June (3:30 pm)	Port Adelaide 2.6 (2)	def.	South Adelaide 0.9 (0)	Alberton Oval	[12]
	Bye South Park

Round 7

	Round 7
Saturday, 30 June (3:30 pm)	South Park 0.5 (0)	def. by	South Adelaide 3.6 (3)	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 400)	[13]
Saturday, 30 June (Time pm)	Norwood 4.8 (4)	def.	North Adelaide 2.5 (2)	Kensington Oval	[14]
	Bye Port Adelaide
Port Adelaide would miss the next three rounds due to a football tour of Victoria.

Round 8

	Round 8
Saturday, 7 July (3:00 pm)	Norwood 3.4 (3)	def.	South Adelaide 1.10 (1)	Adelaide Oval	[15]
Saturday, 7 July	South Park 5.11 (5)	def.	North Adelaide 0.4 (0)	Kensington Oval	[16]
	Bye Port Adelaide

Round 9

	Round 9
Saturday, 14 July (3:30 pm)	Norwood 2.16 (2)	def. by	South Park 3.6 (3)	Kensington Oval	[17]
Saturday, 14 July	North Adelaide 1.1 (1)	def. by	South Adelaide 2.17 (2)	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 700)	[18]
	Bye Port Adelaide

Round 10

	Round 10
Saturday, 21 July (3:15 pm)	Norwood 1.10 (1)	def. by	Port Adelaide 5.7 (5)	Adelaide Oval	[19]
Saturday, 21 July	South Park 3.5 (3)	def.	South Adelaide 1.8 (1)	Kensington Oval	[20]
	Bye North Adelaide

Round 11

	Round 11
Saturday, 28 July	South Park 1.6 (1)	def. by	Port Adelaide 3.8 (3)	Adelaide Oval	[21]
Saturday, 28 July (3:30 pm)	South Adelaide 5.12 (5)	def.	North Adelaide 3.4 (3)	Old Adelaide Ground	[22]
	Bye Norwood

Round 12

	Round 12
Saturday, 4 August	Norwood 5.17 (5)	def.	South Park 0.2 (0)	Adelaide Oval	[23]
Saturday, 4 August (3:45 pm)	Port Adelaide 3.12 (3)	def.	North Adelaide 0.3 (0)	Alberton Oval	[24]
	Bye South Adelaide

Round 13

	Round 13
Saturday, 11 August	South Adelaide 2.9 (2)	drew with	Norwood 2.5 (2)	Adelaide Oval	[25]
	Bye Port Adelaide, South Park, North Adelaide

Round 14

	Round 14
Saturday, 18 August (3:30 pm)	Norwood 3.27 (3)	def.	North Adelaide 1.2 (1)	Kensington Oval	[26]
Saturday, 18 August (3:30 pm)	South Adelaide 1.7 (1)	drew with	Port Adelaide 1.6 (1)	Adelaide Oval	[27]
	Bye South Park

Round 15

	Round 15
Saturday, 25 August (3:30 pm)	Port Adelaide 3.12 (3)	def. by	Norwood 6.17 (6)	Alberton Oval	[28]
Saturday, 25 August	South Adelaide 3.7 (3)	def. by	South Park 4.9 (4)	Adelaide Oval	[29]
	Bye North Adelaide

Round 16

	Round 16
Saturday, 1 September (3:15 pm)	Port Adelaide 3.12 (3)	def.	South Park 2.13 (2)	Alberton Oval	[30]
Saturday, 1 September (3:35 pm)	North Adelaide 5.8 (5)	def.	South Adelaide 3.7 (3)	Kensington Oval	[31]
	Bye Norwood

Round 17

	Round 17
Saturday, 8 September	Port Adelaide 3.13 (3)	drew with	North Adelaide 3.12 (3)	Alberton Oval (crowd: 500)	[32]
Saturday, 8 September (3:25 pm)	Norwood 4.13 (4)	def.	South Park 2.10 (2)	Kensington Oval	[33]
	Bye South Adelaide

Round 18

	Round 18
Saturday, 15 September (3:30 pm)	South Park 5.11 (5)	def.	North Adelaide 1.5 (1)	South Park Lands	[34]
Saturday, 15 September	Norwood 9.6 (9)	def.	South Adelaide 1.6 (1)	Kensington Oval	[35]
	Bye Port Adelaide

Round 19

	Round 19
Saturday, 22 September	Norwood 5.22 (5)	def.	Port Adelaide 1.7 (1)	Kensington Oval	[36]
Saturday, 22 September	South Park 3.9 (3)	def.	North Adelaide 0.3 (0)	Old Adelaide Ground (crowd: 200)	[37]
	Bye South Adelaide

Round 20

	Round 20
Saturday, 29 September (3:30 pm)	Port Adelaide 0.11 (0)	def. by	South Adelaide 2.10 (2)	Alberton Oval	[38]
	Bye North Adelaide, Norwood, South Park

Ladder

1883 SAFA Ladder
	TEAM	P	W	L	D	GF	BF	GA	BA	Pts	Adj Pts
1	Norwood	16	12	3	1	59	192	25	89	25	25.00
2	Port Adelaide	14	7	5	2	33	122	29	140	16	18.29
3	South Park	15	7	8	0	31	126	33	118	14	14.93
4	South Adelaide	16	6	7	3	30	113	38	102	15	15.00
5	North Adelaide	15	2	11	2	18	63	46	175	6	6.40
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points, Adj Pts = Points adjusted for match ratio, (P) = Premiers											[39]

Note: South Park were ranked above South Adelaide on head-to-head record (2-1). The Victorian Football Club renamed itself North Adelaide at the beginning of the season but has no connection to the modern day North Adelaide Roosters.

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