1899 SAFA Season

These are the results for the 1899 season of the South Australian Football Association (currently known as the South Australian National Football League).

It featured fourteen rounds. South Adelaide were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Sectional Round-Robin system. South Adelaide were the premiers, with Alf Tomlin as the premiership captain.

Season Details

Name: 1899 SAFA Season
Teams: 6
Rounds: 14
Finals System: Sectional Round-Robin System
Matches: 44

Team Details

Team	Home Ground	Coach (Appointed)	Coach (Caretaker)
North Adelaide	Jubilee Oval
Norwood	Jubilee Oval
Port Adelaide	Alberton Oval
South Adelaide	Adelaide Oval
West Adelaide	Jubilee Oval
West Torrens	Alberton Oval

Season Results

Premiers: South Adelaide
Runners-Up: Norwood
Minor Premiers: South Adelaide

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA	GF	BF	GA	BA
South Adelaide	1st	9	-0-	3	18	60.0%	580	387	80	100	52	75
Norwood	2nd	8	-1-	3	17	57.3%	525	391	72	93	52	79
Port Adelaide	3rd	8	-0-	4	16	66.2%	575	293	77	113	40	53
West Torrens	4th	5	-0-	7	10	46.1%	426	499	58	78	65	109
West Adelaide	5th	4	-0-	8	8	37.7%	347	573	44	83	77	111
North Adelaide	6th	1	-1-	10	3	35.6%	383	693	50	83	95	123

Major Premiership Results

Sectional Ladder A

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA	GF	BF	GA	BA
South Adelaide	1st	2	-0-	0	4	77.3%	180	53	27	18	7	11
Port Adelaide	2nd	1	-0-	1	2	37.4%	76	127	10	16	19	13
West Adelaide	3rd	0	-0-	2	0	31.9%	67	143	9	13	20	23

Sectional Ladder B

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA	GF	BF	GA	BA
Norwood	1st	2	-0-	0	4	70.5%	129	54	17	27	7	12
West Torrens	2nd	1	-0-	1	2	48.3%	83	89	10	23	10	29
North Adelaide	3rd	0	-0-	2	0	34.8%	79	148	10	19	20	28

Overall Premiership Results

Team	Position (Outcome)
South Adelaide	1st	Premiers
Norwood	2nd	Runners-Up
Port Adelaide	3rd	2nd place in round-robin finals series (Ladder A)
West Torrens	4th	2nd place in round-robin finals series (Ladder B)
West Adelaide	5th	3rd place in round-robin finals series (Ladder A)
North Adelaide	6th	3rd place in round-robin finals series (Ladder B)

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	13/05/1899	2:10 PM	Norwood v West Torrens	Jubilee Oval	79	-	24
SAT	13/05/1899	2:10 PM	Port Adelaide v North Adelaide	Alberton Oval	89	-	21
SAT	13/05/1899	2:10 PM	South Adelaide v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	75	-	18

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	1	-0-	0	2	80.9%	89	21
South Adelaide	2nd	1	-0-	0	2	80.6%	75	18
Norwood	3rd	1	-0-	0	2	76.7%	79	24
West Torrens	4th	0	-0-	1	0	23.3%	24	79
West Adelaide	5th	0	-0-	1	0	19.4%	18	75
North Adelaide	6th	0	-0-	1	0	19.1%	21	89

Round 2

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	20/05/1899	2:10 PM	North Adelaide v West Adelaide	Jubilee Oval	28	-	70
SAT	20/05/1899	2:10 PM	Port Adelaide v West Torrens	Alberton Oval	74	-	0
SAT	20/05/1899	2:10 PM	South Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	23	-	41

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	2	-0-	0	4	88.6%	163	21
Norwood	2nd	2	-0-	0	4	71.9%	120	47
South Adelaide	3rd	1	-0-	1	2	62.4%	98	59
West Adelaide	4th	1	-0-	1	2	46.1%	88	103
North Adelaide	5th	0	-0-	2	0	23.6%	49	159
West Torrens	6th	0	-0-	2	0	13.6%	24	153

Round 3

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	27/05/1899	2:10 PM	Port Adelaide v West Adelaide	Alberton Oval	59	-	7
SAT	27/05/1899	2:10 PM	South Adelaide v North Adelaide	Jubilee Oval	72	-	34

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	3	-0-	0	6	88.8%	222	28
Norwood	2nd	2	-0-	0	4	71.9%	120	47
South Adelaide	3rd	2	-0-	1	4	64.6%	170	93
West Adelaide	4th	1	-0-	2	2	37.0%	95	162
North Adelaide	5th	0	-0-	3	0	26.4%	83	231
West Torrens	6th	0	-0-	2	0	13.6%	24	153

Round 4

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
MON	29/05/1899	2:10 PM	North Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	33	-	77
MON	29/05/1899	2:10 PM	Port Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	24	-	39

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	3	-0-	1	6	78.6%	246	67
Norwood	2nd	3	-0-	0	6	69.1%	159	71
South Adelaide	3rd	2	-0-	1	4	64.6%	170	93
West Adelaide	4th	1	-0-	2	2	37.0%	95	162
West Torrens	5th	1	-0-	2	2	35.2%	101	186
North Adelaide	6th	0	-0-	4	0	27.4%	116	308

Round 5

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	03/06/1899	2:10 PM	Norwood v North Adelaide	Jubilee Oval	51	-	51
SAT	03/06/1899	2:10 PM	South Adelaide v West Torrens	Alberton Oval	40	-	25

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	3	-1-	0	7	63.3%	210	122
Port Adelaide	2nd	3	-0-	1	6	78.6%	246	67
South Adelaide	3rd	3	-0-	1	6	64.0%	210	118
West Adelaide	4th	1	-0-	2	2	37.0%	95	162
West Torrens	5th	1	-0-	3	2	35.8%	126	226
North Adelaide	6th	0	-1-	4	1	31.7%	167	359

Round 6

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	10/06/1899	2:10 PM	Norwood v West Adelaide	Jubilee Oval	70	-	23
SAT	10/06/1899	2:10 PM	Port Adelaide v South Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	36	-	24
SAT	10/06/1899	2:10 PM	West Torrens v North Adelaide	Alberton Oval	62	-	39

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	4	-1-	0	9	65.9%	280	145
Port Adelaide	2nd	4	-0-	1	8	75.6%	282	91
South Adelaide	3rd	3	-0-	2	6	60.3%	234	154
West Torrens	4th	2	-0-	3	4	41.5%	188	265
West Adelaide	5th	1	-0-	3	2	33.7%	118	232
North Adelaide	6th	0	-1-	5	1	32.9%	206	421

Round 7

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	17/06/1899	2:10 PM	Port Adelaide v West Torrens	Alberton Oval	33	-	24
SAT	17/06/1899	2:10 PM	South Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	51	-	28
SAT	17/06/1899	2:10 PM	West Adelaide v North Adelaide	Jubilee Oval	54	-	53

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	5	-0-	1	10	73.3%	315	115
Norwood	2nd	4	-1-	1	9	61.1%	308	196
South Adelaide	3rd	4	-0-	2	8	61.0%	285	182
West Torrens	4th	2	-0-	4	4	41.6%	212	298
West Adelaide	5th	2	-0-	3	4	37.6%	172	285
North Adelaide	6th	0	-1-	6	1	35.3%	259	475

Round 8

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	24/06/1899	2:10 PM	Norwood v West Torrens	Jubilee Oval	43	-	27
SAT	24/06/1899	2:10 PM	Port Adelaide v West Adelaide	Alberton Oval	41	-	7
SAT	24/06/1899	2:10 PM	South Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	31	-	27

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	6	-0-	1	12	74.5%	356	122
Norwood	2nd	5	-1-	1	11	61.1%	351	223
South Adelaide	3rd	5	-0-	2	10	60.2%	316	209
West Torrens	4th	2	-0-	5	4	41.2%	239	341
West Adelaide	5th	2	-0-	4	4	35.4%	179	326
North Adelaide	6th	0	-1-	7	1	36.1%	286	506

Round 9

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
MON	26/06/1899	2:10 PM	South Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	50	-	61
MON	26/06/1899	2:10 PM	West Torrens v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	36	-	1

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	7	-0-	1	14	70.8%	417	172
Norwood	2nd	5	-1-	1	11	61.1%	351	223
South Adelaide	3rd	5	-0-	3	10	57.5%	366	270
West Torrens	4th	3	-0-	5	6	44.6%	275	342
West Adelaide	5th	2	-0-	5	4	33.2%	180	362
North Adelaide	6th	0	-1-	7	1	36.1%	286	506

Round 10

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	08/07/1899	2:10 PM	Port Adelaide v North Adelaide	Alberton Oval	85	-	18
SAT	08/07/1899	2:10 PM	South Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	45	-	29
SAT	08/07/1899	2:10 PM	West Adelaide v West Torrens	Jubilee Oval	64	-	39

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	8	-0-	1	16	72.5%	502	190
South Adelaide	2nd	6	-0-	3	12	57.9%	411	299
Norwood	3rd	5	-1-	2	11	58.6%	380	268
West Torrens	4th	3	-0-	6	6	43.6%	314	406
West Adelaide	5th	3	-0-	5	6	37.8%	244	401
North Adelaide	6th	0	-1-	8	1	34.0%	304	591

Round 11

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	15/07/1899	2:10 PM	North Adelaide v West Torrens	Alberton Oval	32	-	52
SAT	15/07/1899	2:10 PM	Port Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	31	-	36
SAT	15/07/1899	2:10 PM	West Adelaide v South Adelaide	Jubilee Oval	38	-	98

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	8	-0-	2	16	70.2%	533	226
South Adelaide	2nd	7	-0-	3	14	60.2%	509	337
Norwood	3rd	6	-1-	2	13	58.2%	416	299
West Torrens	4th	4	-0-	6	8	45.5%	366	438
West Adelaide	5th	3	-0-	6	6	36.1%	282	499
North Adelaide	6th	0	-1-	9	1	34.3%	336	643

Round 12

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	22/07/1899	2:10 PM	Norwood v North Adelaide	Jubilee Oval	36	-	38
SAT	22/07/1899	2:10 PM	South Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	32	-	17
SAT	22/07/1899	2:10 PM	West Torrens v West Adelaide	Alberton Oval	27	-	22

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	8	-0-	3	16	68.1%	550	258
South Adelaide	2nd	8	-0-	3	16	60.4%	541	354
Norwood	3rd	6	-1-	3	13	57.3%	452	337
West Torrens	4th	5	-0-	6	10	46.1%	393	460
West Adelaide	5th	3	-0-	7	6	36.6%	304	526
North Adelaide	6th	1	-1-	9	3	35.5%	374	679

Round 13

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	29/07/1899	2:10 PM	Norwood v West Adelaide	Jubilee Oval	38	-	29
SAT	29/07/1899	2:10 PM	South Adelaide v West Torrens	Alberton Oval	39	-	33

Round 13 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
South Adelaide	1st	9	-0-	3	18	60.0%	580	387
Port Adelaide	2nd	8	-0-	3	16	68.1%	550	258
Norwood	3rd	7	-1-	3	15	57.2%	490	366
West Torrens	4th	5	-0-	7	10	46.1%	426	499
West Adelaide	5th	3	-0-	8	6	37.1%	333	564
North Adelaide	6th	1	-1-	9	3	35.5%	374	679

Round 14

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	05/08/1899	2:10 PM	Port Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	25	-	35
SAT	05/08/1899	2:10 PM	West Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	14	-	9

Round 14 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
South Adelaide	1st	9	-0-	3	18	60.0%	580	387
Norwood	2nd	8	-1-	3	17	57.3%	525	391
Port Adelaide	3rd	8	-0-	4	16	66.2%	575	293
West Torrens	4th	5	-0-	7	10	46.1%	426	499
West Adelaide	5th	4	-0-	8	8	37.7%	347	573
North Adelaide	6th	1	-1-	10	3	35.6%	383	693

Final Round 1

Round-Robin Final 1

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	12/08/1899	2:10 PM	South Adelaide v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	77	-	43
SAT	12/08/1899	2:10 PM	West Torrens v North Adelaide	Jubilee Oval	58	-	50

Final Round 2

Round-Robin Final 2

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	19/08/1899	2:10 PM	Norwood v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	90	-	29
SAT	19/08/1899	2:10 PM	Port Adelaide v West Adelaide	Jubilee Oval	66	-	24

Final Round 3

Round-Robin Final 3

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	26/08/1899	2:10 PM	Norwood v West Torrens	Jubilee Oval	39	-	25
SAT	26/08/1899	2:10 PM	South Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	103	-	10

Final Round 4

Preliminary Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	02/09/1899	2:10 PM	South Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	32	-	53

Final Round 5

Grand Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	09/09/1899	2:10 PM	Norwood v South Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	14	-	42

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