1873 South Australian football season

Australian rules football season

1873 South Australian football premiership season
Teams	2
Premiers	Kensington 1st premiership
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The 1873 South Australian football season was the eleventh year of interclub football in South Australia. It was notable due to the attempts of Kensington to create a standardised set of rules.^[1] Partly due to this, Adelaide were in recess for interclub games until 1875, meaning Kensington and Port Adelaide were the only teams competing in 1873.

Opening Intraclub games

The football season opened on Saturday 3rd May 1873. Reports of the opening practices in connection with the Adelaide, Kensington, and Port Adelaide were given.^[2]

Adelaide at Adelaide Club Grounds: Reds (Captain C.D. Perkins) defeated Blues 1- 0.
Kensington at Kensington: Blues (Captain H.R.Perry) defeated Reds (Captain A. Crooks) 1-0.
Port Adelaide at Glanville Hall Estate: Blues (Captain George Ireland) defeated Pinks (Captain F.Stone) 1-0.

The Port Adelaide Band played lively tunes during the afternoon. The members were in mourning, out of respect to the late worthy President, Captain John. Hart, C.M.G.

Glanville Hall, the family home built in 1856 by Captain Hart at Semaphore South, is now owned by the City of Port Adelaide-Enfield, and used as a function centre.
34°50′55.0″S 138°28′53.8″E / 34.848611°S 138.481611°E / -34.848611; 138.481611

Metropolitan Interclub football matches

5 July at Kensington: Kensington 1 def Port Adelaide 0
19 July at Kensington: Kensington 3 def Port Adelaide 0
23 August at Glanville Hall: Port Adelaide 1 def Kensington 0

Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	Pts
1	Kensington	3	2	1	0	4	1	8	Premiers
2	Port Adelaide	3	1	2	0	1	4	4	2nd

Source: ^[2]

References

^ "FOOTBALL". South Australian Register. Adelaide. 14 May 1873. p. 5. Retrieved 11 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
^ ^a ^b "Sporting News. - FOOTBALL. - South Australian Chronicle and Weekly Mail (Adelaide, SA : 1868 - 1881) - 10 May 1873".