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

Outer Metropolitan (Country Clubs)

Regional Clubs

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

Educational Institutions

Metropolitan Football Matches

20 May

Round 1
Saturday, 20 May Woodville (Blue) 0 drew with Kensington (Red) 0 Woodville [6]
Saturday, 20 May (3:00 pm) Victorian 1 def. South Adelaide 0 Montefiore Hill [7]

25 May

Round 2
Thursday, 25 May (1:00 pm) Kapunda 3 def. Woodville 1 Kapunda [8]

3 June

Round 3
Saturday, 3 June (3:00 pm) Port Adelaide 0 def. by Victorian 1 Glanville Hall Estate [9]

10 June

Round 4
Saturday, 10 June (3:00 pm) Woodville 0 drew with South Adelaide 0 Woodville [10][11]

Mr. J. R. Osborn acted as Captain for the Woodvilles, and Mr. Kennedy, who has recently arrived from Melbourne, for the South Adelaideas, Mr. C. Kingston being umpire.

17 June

Round 5
Saturday, 17 June (3:20 pm) Woodville 2 def. Victorian 1 Woodville [12]
Saturday, 17 June Port Adelaide 0 def. by Kensington 1 Glanville Hall Estate [13]

Woodville (Blue) vs Victorian (Yellow and Black) was played under the Kensington Rules

20 June

Round 6
Tuesday, 20 June (1:30 pm) Woodville 4 def. Gawler 0 Woodville [14]
Tuesday, 20 June (2 to 5pm) Willunga 3 def. Kensington 1 Noarlunga [15][16]

1 July

Round 7
Saturday, 1 July (3:00 pm) Kensington 3 def. Woodville 1 Kensington Oval [17]
Saturday, 1 July (3:00 pm) Port Adelaide 0 def. by South Adelaide 1 Glanville Hall Estate [18][19]

8 July

Round 8
Saturday, 8 July (3:10 pm) Adelaide 0 drew with South Adelaide 0 Old Adelaide Ground (crowd: 400) [20]
Saturday, 8 July (3:00 pm) Glenelg 0 def. by Victorian 4 Glenelg [21]
Saturday, 8 July Woodville 0 def. by Port Adelaide 1 Woodville [22]

Adelaide vs South Adelaide was played under the Old Adelaide Rules
A match was advertised — AUSTRAL V KENSINGTON (second 16), at Kensington, at 2.30 p.m. 8th July by A. S. YOUNG, Hon. Sec., A. F. C. and F. P. PERRY, pro Secretary (Kensington)[23]
Match Report - A match between the Austral and the second sixteen of the Kensington Club was played on the ground of the latter at Kensington on Saturday. At 3 o'clock the ball was kicked off, and after about 10 minutes' play a goal was obtained by A. Young for the blues. Goals were then changed, when some good play took place, and after an exciting tussle, in which the Kensingtons had decidedly the best of the game. Dunstan with a rush took the ball up to the Kensington goal, where F. Stanton succeeded in scoring one for Kensington. On play being resumed, C. Wright obtained a goal for the Australs, and half-an-hour afterwards Wicksteed secured a goal for Kensington. At five o'clock the match was declared drawn as each team had scored two goals. Good play was shown on behalf of the Kensington team by Dunstan, Wyatt, Day, Hargraves, and Smith; for the 'Australs' team by Cossins, Mudie, Pettinger, Acraman, Shander, and Stephens. Messrs. A. S. Young and A. Frew captained the respective teams, and Mr. G. Berry acted as umpire.

15 July

Round 9
Saturday, 15 July (3:25 pm) Victorian 2 def. Woodville 0 Montefiore Hill [24]
Saturday, 15 July (4:00 pm) Kensington 5 def. Port Adelaide 2 Kensington Oval [25][26]
Saturday, 15 July Glenelg 0 def. by Australs 1 Glenelg [27][28]

22 July

Round 10
Saturday, 22 July (3:00 pm) Adelaide 1 def. by Woodville 6 North Park Lands (crowd: 300) [29]
Saturday, 22 July (3:00 pm) Victorian 4 def. Port Adelaide 0 Montefiore Hill [30]
Saturday, 22 July Kensington 0 def. by South Adelaide 1 Kensington Oval [31]

29 July

Round 11
Saturday, 29 July (3:30 pm) Woodville 0 def. by South Adelaide 2 Woodville (crowd: 600) [32]
Saturday, 29 July Australs 8 def. Glenelg 0 (crowd: Australs Home Ground) [33]

After the Australs had scored six goals the rules were changed and they played according to the old Adelaide Rules.

5 August

Round 12
Saturday, 5 August (3:15 pm) Adelaide 0 drew with South Adelaide 0 Old Adelaide Ground (crowd: 450) [34][35]
Saturday, 5 August (3:00 pm) Port Adelaide 0 def. by Woodville 1 Glanville Hall Estate [36][37]
Saturday, 5 August Willunga 4 def. Victorian 1 Willunga (crowd: 450) [38]

Willunga vs Victorians - played using the Kensington Rules

7 August

Round 13
Monday, 7 August (1:30 pm) Kapunda 0 drew with South Adelaide 0 Kapunda (crowd: 250) [39]

12 August

Round 14
Saturday, 12 August (3:15 pm) Adelaide 0 def. by Woodville 3 Old Adelaide Ground (crowd: 1,000) [40]

19 August

Round 15
Saturday, 19 August Adelaide 0 def. by Victorian 1 Adelaide Ground (crowd: 600) [41][42]
Saturday, 19 August (3:15 pm) South Adelaide 4 def. Woodville 0 South Park Lands [43][44]
Saturday, 19 August Port Adelaide 2 def. Australs 0 Glanville Hall Estate [45]
Saturday, 19 August (3:15 pm) St Peter's College 4 def. Kensington 2 Adelaide Oval [46][47]

Port Adelaide vs Australs played using the Kensington Rules

2 September

Round 16
Saturday, 2 September Victorian 2 drew with Willunga 2 Montefiore Hill (crowd: 350) [48]

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.

1876 South Australian Football Ladder
Pos Team Pld W L D Senior Results GF GA
1 Victorian (P) 9 6 2 1 6-1-0 17 8
2 South Adelaide 9 4 1 4 4-1-3 8 1
3 Australs 4 2 1 1 2-1-1 11 4
4 Kensington 7 3 2 2 3-1-1 14 13
5 Woodville 14 6 6 2 4-5-2 13 12
6 Port Adelaide 8 2 6 0 2-6-0 5 13
7 Adelaide 5 0 3 2 0-3-2 1 10
8 Glenelg 3 0 3 0 0-3-0 0 13
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [citation needed]
(P) Premiers

Exhibition Matches

26 August

August 26
Day, 26 August (3:00 pm) Collegians 2 def. by Non-Collegians 4 North Park Lands (crowd: 1,750) [49]

The Collegians vs. Non-Collegians was an all star match made up of the best players of the Adelaide, Woodville, Kensington, and College clubs.

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