1876 South Australian football season explained

The 1876 South Australian football season was the fourteenth season of interclub football. It was also the final season of decentralised administration of football in South Australia; the South Australian Football Association was formed the following year to provide a committee-based approach to the administration of the sport.

Rules Sets

During the 1876 football season in South Australia two dominant rule sets were in use.^[1]

• Kensington Rules
• Victorian Rules

Major Clubs

Metropolitan

• Adelaide
• Australs (Based in Adelaide) ^[2]
• Glenelg ^[3]
• Kensington
• Port Adelaide
• South Adelaide
• Victorian (Based at foot of Montefiore Hill,North Adelaide)
• Woodville

Outer Metropolitan (Country Clubs)

• Gawler
• Kapunda
• Willunga

Regional Clubs

• Mount Gambier ^[4]
• Young Australian (Mount Gambier) ^[5]
• Penola
• Naracoorte
• Caltowie
• Yangga
• Laura
• Port Pirie

Educational Institutions

• Adelaide Educational Institution
• North Adelaide Grammar School
• Prince Alfred College, Kent Town
• St Peter's College
• Glenelg Grammar

Metropolitan Football Matches

2 September

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.

Exhibition Matches

26 August

Notes and References

1. Web site: Australian Football - The+early+years+of+South+Australian+football. australianfootball.com. 2015-11-01.
2. Web site: Football - Adelaide Observer (SA : 1843 - 1904) - 13 May 1876 .
3. Web site: Football. - Adelaide Observer (SA : 1843 - 1904) - 17 Jun 1876 .
4. Web site: FOOTBALL. - MOUNT GAMBIER CLUB V. YOUNG AUSTRALIANS. - Border Watch (Mount Gambier, SA : 1861 - 1954) - 24 May 1876 .
5. Web site: FOOTBALL. - MOUNT GAMBIER CLUB V. YOUNG AUSTRALIANS. - Border Watch (Mount Gambier, SA : 1861 - 1954) - 24 May 1876 .