North Adelaide District Football Association Explained

The North Adelaide District Football Association (NADFA) was an Australian rules football competition based in the northern and north-eastern suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia until it merged with the East Torrens Football Association to form the Norwood-North Football Association at the end of the 1968 season.[1] It was formed in 1921 under the patronage of the North Adelaide Football Club with complete control over its own affairs.[2]

The association came into controversy in 1927 when a player, J. Warming, was not permitted to play for league club West Adelaide due to a 12-month suspension received for striking an umpire whilst playing within the North Adelaide District Association.[3]

Member Clubs

Club Years Participating Notes
1968
ANZ Bank 1958-59
British Tube Mills 1941
1928-63 [4]
College Park 1949
Enfield 1952-53
Excelsior 1937
1965-67 [5]
1921-61 [6]
Gepps Cross 1952-68
1965-68 Super Elliotts (1948-54?[7]), Colts only 1965-66[8]
1922-29, 1949-68 Hope Valley United (1949)
Islington United 1921-24
Kangaroos 1922
1921-57 [9] Chicago (1925–32)
1921
1947-50, 1954-58, 1963-68
North Adelaide Central 1935-48
North Adelaide Colts 1938
North Adelaide Ramblers 1921-41 [10]
Parafield Air Force 1940
1921, 1938, 1964-68 Abattoirs (1938, 1964–67)
Prospect 1923-64 [11]
R.A.A.F. 1941
SA Central 1936-50
1954-62 [12] North Adelaide YCW (1954–61) [13]
1968
1955-56
Thompson Memorial 1947-52
1921-35,[14] 1948, 1952
1965-68
Wingfield 1954-68

Premierships

Year A1 A2
1921 Mitcham [15]
1922 Walkerville
1923 Prospect [16]
1924 Prospect [17]
1925 Prospect [18]
1926 Gaza [19]
1927 Prospect [20]
1928 Chicago [21] [22]
1929 Walkerville
1930 Broadview
1931 Walkerville [23]
1932 Walkerville [24]
1933 Kilburn [25]
1934 Kilburn [26]
1935 Kilburn [27]
1936 Prospect [28]
1937 Kilburn [29]
1938 Kilburn
1939 Kilburn [30]
1940 Kilburn [31]
1941 North Adelaide Central [32]
1942-45 In Recess
1946 Kilburn
1947 Kilburn
1948 Broadview [33]
1949 Brunswick [34] College Park [35]
1950 Thompson Memorial [36] North Adelaide Central [37]
1951 Thompson Memorial [38] Gaza
1952 Thompson Memorial [39] Super Elliott
1953 Enfield [40] North Adelaide Central undefeated [41]
1954 Broadview [42] Hope Valley
1955 Thompson Memorial
1956 Kilburn
1957 Kilburn Wingfield
1958 Thompson Memorial Wingfield
1959
1960
1961 Prospect
1962
1963 Broadview Modbury
1964 Thompson Memorial
1965 Gepps Cross [43] Ferryden Park
1966 Thompson Memorial
1967 Modbury
1968 Modbury

References

  1. Web site: North Adelaide District Football Association (SA). https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20081120133200/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/34349/20081121-0032/www.footypedia.com/00003783.html. dead. 20 November 2008. Footypedia. 30 July 2013.
  2. News: Football - North Adelaide District Association. 30 July 2013. The Register (Adelaide). 25 March 1921.
  3. News: Football - A Disqualified Player. 30 July 2013. The Advertiser (Adelaide). 17 May 1927.
  4. Web site: Bloch. Fred. SAAFL History - 1964. South Australian Amateur Football League. 30 July 2013.
  5. Web site: Bloch. Fred. SAAFL History - 1968. South Australian Amateur Football League. 30 July 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141129152143/http://www.saafl.asn.au/History_1968. 29 November 2014. dmy-all.
  6. Web site: Bloch. Fred. SAAFL History - 1962. South Australian Amateur Football League. 30 July 2013.
  7. News: City Footballers Outclassed. 30 July 2013. Recorder (Port Pirie). 20 September 1948.
  8. Web site: Bloch. Fred. Greenacres. Channel 9 Adelaide Football League. 29 July 2016.
  9. Web site: Bloch. Fred. SAAFL History - 1958. South Australian Amateur Football League. 30 July 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130425103839/http://www.saafl.asn.au/History_1958. 25 April 2013. dead.
  10. News: Among the Juniors - North Adelaide District Association. 30 July 2013. Daily Herald (Adelaide). 10 June 1921.
  11. Web site: Bloch. Fred. SAAFL History - 1922. South Australian Amateur Football League. 30 July 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130425015844/http://www.saafl.asn.au/History_1922. 25 April 2013. dmy-all.
  12. Web site: Bloch. Fred. SAAFL History - 1963. South Australian Amateur Football League. 30 July 2013.
  13. Web site: Footypedia - Northern YCW Football Club/Saint Dominics Football Club (SA). https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20081120133200/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/34349/20081121-0032/www.footypedia.com/00003698.html. dead. 20 November 2008. Footypedia. 30 July 2013.
  14. Web site: Bloch. Fred. SAAFL History - 1936. South Australian Amateur Football League. 30 July 2013.
  15. News: N.A. Ramblers. 31 July 2013. The Register (Adelaide). 5 September 1921.
  16. News: North Adelaide District Association - Prospect Beat Ramblers. 30 July 2013. The Advertiser (Adelaide). 28 September 1923.
  17. News: Football - Junior Matches - North Adelaide Association. 7 October 2013. The Mail (Adelaide). 30 August 1924.
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  19. Web site: History. Gaza Sports and Community Club. 30 June 2014.
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  22. News: Round the Pickets. 2 August 2013. The Advertiser (Adelaide). 30 June 1950.
  23. News: N.A. District Association - Challenge Final. 29 October 2013. The Mail (Adelaide). 29 August 1931.
  24. News: Junior Football - North Adelaide District Association. 7 October 2013. The Mail (Adelaide). 3 September 1932.
  25. News: North Adelaide (Final). 29 October 2013. The Mail (Adelaide). 2 September 1933.
  26. News: North Adelaide Districts - Grand Final. 29 October 2013. The Mail (Adelaide). 8 September 1934.
  27. News: North Adelaide District - Grand Final. 29 October 2013. The Mail (Adelaide). 17 August 1935.
  28. News: Challenge Game Ends in a Draw. 31 July 2013. The Mail (Adelaide). 5 September 1936.
  29. News: Handby. Jim. Port and Norwood to Meet - League Leaders Prepare for Strenuous Match - West Torrens Strong. 31 July 2013. The Advertiser (Adelaide). 1 September 1937.
  30. News: North Adelaide - Grand Final. 29 October 2013. The Mail (Adelaide). 2 September 1939.
  31. News: North Adelaide - Grand Final. 29 October 2013. The Mail (Adelaide). 28 September 1940.
  32. News: North Adelaide Association - Grand Final. 12 November 2013. The Mail (Adelaide). 20 September 1941.
  33. News: Junior Football - North Adelaide District. 9 November 2013. The Mail (Adelaide). 2 October 1948.
  34. News: Junior Games - North Adelaide Grand Final. 12 November 2013. The Mail (Adelaide). 24 September 1949.
  35. News: Junior Football. 4 November 2015. The Mail (Adelaide). 10 September 1949.
  36. News: Junior Football - North Adelaide AI Grade Grand Final. 13 November 2013. The Mail (Adelaide). 16 September 1950.
  37. News: Junior Football. 4 November 2015. The Mail (Adelaide). 16 September 1950.
  38. News: Minor Football - North Adelaide. 14 November 2013. The Mail (Adelaide). 15 September 1951.
  39. News: Minor Football. 2 December 2013. The Mail (Adelaide). 20 September 1952.
  40. News: Minor Football. 2 December 2013. The Mail (Adelaide). 19 September 1953.
  41. Web site: Boase. Frank. North Adelaide Central Football Club [B 72600] • Photograph]. SA Memory. State Library of South Australia. 27 November 2015.
  42. News: Junior Football. 16 December 2013. The Mail (Adelaide). 18 September 1954.
  43. Web site: Brief History of the Gepps Cross Football Club. Northgate Community and Sports Club. 30 June 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140126012130/http://www.northgatesports.com.au/history_of_the_gepps_cross_football_club.html. 26 January 2014. dead.

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