1873 South Australian 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

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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

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* 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

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| Team  | Games  | Wins  | Losses  | Draws  | GF  | GA  | Points

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Premiers  | Kensington | 3  | 2  | 1  | 0  | 4  | 1  | 8
2nd  | Port Adelaide | 3  | 1  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 4  | 4

## References

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1. ^ "FOOTBALL". South Australian Register. Adelaide. 14 May 1873. p. 5. Retrieved 11 November 2015 - via National Library of Australia.
2. ^ https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/93770516

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