Port Adelaide and District Football Association

The Port Adelaide and District Football Association (PADFA) was an Australian rules football competition based in the western and north-western suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia until it folded in 1952.[1]

It was first formed in 1921 as the Port Adelaide and Suburban Football Association under the auspices of the Port Adelaide Y.M.C.A., initially as a church based competition.[2]

Following World War I, the association reformed,[3] between 1921 and 1923 was known as the Port Adelaide and Suburban Church Football Association, and in 1924 was renamed the Port Adelaide and District Football Association.[4]

## Controversy

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* The competition made the news in 1915 when late during the Grand Final, an Ethelton player kicked his Port Catholic opponent after he was beaten to the ball. Multiple fights broke out on the field as a result. Ethelton, who held a small margin at the time, lost the lead, and as a result, the match. When the siren sounded, several hundred spectators stormed the ground fighting. A number of people were injured.[5][6] Ethelton went on to win the Challenge Final for the Premiership the following week.[7]
* The association came into potential legal trouble in 1923 when a group of footballers calling themselves the "Rosewater Catholics" nominated a team in the place of the existing club of that name. The existing Rosewater Catholic club that participated in the previous season were instructed to adopt a new name to avoid confusion. Father Gearon, the Parish Priest of Rosewater, was given special permission to state his case for his team and not the new team.[8] It is not known which team eventually participated as Rosewater Catholic.

## Member Clubs

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Club | Years Participating | Notes

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Abattoirs | 1915 |
Albert Park | 1910–15,[2] 1920–32 |
Alberton Baptist | 1911–12,[2] 1920–22 |
Alberton Church United | 1915, 1924–30[9] |
Alberton Juniors | 1915 |
Alberton Methodist | 1911–13,[2] 1920 |
Birkenhead | 1915, 1933 |
Birkenhead Junior | 1929–41 |
Birkenhead Sports | 1947–51[10] |
Brighton | 1936 |
Camden | 1936 |
Central Junior | 1911[2] |
Eastwood | -1952[1] |
Ethelton | 1913–15, 1920–51 |
Exeter | 1931,[11] 1949 | Semaphore Central Juniors (1931)
Glanville Methodist | 1920 |
Kilkenny Terminus | 1933 |
Kilkenny United | 1927–1933 |
Largs Bay | 1932–33 |
Naval Cadets | 1915 |
Ottoway | 1933–35 |
Peterhead | 1933 |
Peterhead Mission | 1920 |
Port Adelaide Methodist | 1912–13 |
Port Catholic | 1914–15[12] |
Port Adelaide Church United | 1920–23 |
Port Adelaide Congregational | 1911–13[2] | Port Congregationalist (1911)
Port Junior | 1912 |
Queenstown | 1912–15 | Queenstown Church of Christ (1912)
Riverside | 1933–48[13] |
Rosatala | 1922–1933 | Rosatala Church United (1922–31)
Rosewater | 1920–48[13] |
Rosewater Catholic | 1922–23 |
Semaphore Baptist | 1911[2] |
Semaphore Central B | 1949 |
Semaphore Park | 1934–50[14] |
Semaphore Church United | 1920–23 |
St. George | 1913 |
Woodville | 1938–39[15] |
Woodville Catholic | 1922–24 |

## Premierships

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### A-Grade

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* 1911 - Albert Park [16]
* 1912
* 1913 - Ethelton[17]
* 1914 - Port Catholic [12]
* 1915 - Ethelton[7]
* 1916–19 - in recess (World War I)
* 1920 - Rosewater[18][19]
* 1921 - Rosewater[19]
* 1922 - Rosewater[19]
* 1923 - Port Adelaide Church United [20]
* 1924 - Ethelton[21]
* 1925 - Alberton Church United[22][23]
* 1926 - Albert Park [24]
* 1927 - Albert Park [25]
* 1928 - Rosatala Church United [26][27]
* 1929 - Rosewater[19][28]
* 1930 - Semaphore [28]
* 1931 - Rosatala [29]
* 1932 - Kilkenny United
* 1933 - Riverside[30]
* 1934 - Riverside[31]
* 1935 - Riverside
* 1936 - Riverside[32]
* 1937 - Riverside[33]
* 1938 - Birkenhead Sports [34]
* 1939
* 1940
* 1941
* 1942–46 - in recess (World War II)
* 1947
* 1948 - Rosewater[19][35]
* 1949 - Semaphore Park[14]
* 1950 - Semaphore Park[14]
* 1951

## Medallists

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* President's Medal
* 1923 - L. Graves (Rosatala Church United)[36]
* 1925 - H. Penn (Rosewater)[37]
* 1926 - K. T. Williams (Alberton Methodist)[24]
* 1928 - T. Waye (Rosatala Church United)[38]
* S. Hosking Medal
* 1929 - J. Howe (Semaphore Central B)[39]
* President's Medal
* 1930 - V. Williams (Queenstown)[40]
* A.J. Swain Trophy
* 1951 - H. Dennis (Ethelton)

## Leading Goalkickers

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* 1923 - J. Wallace (Semaphore Church United) [36]
* 1925 - J. Simon (Rosatala Church United) - 40 [37]
* 1950 - C. Berry (Birkenhead) -
* 1951 - C. Berry (Birkenhead) - 69 [41]

## References

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1. ^ a b Bloch, Fred. "SAAFL History - 1956". South Australian Amateur Football League. Archived from the original on 25 April 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
2. ^ a b c d e f g "Port Adelaide Association". Daily Herald (Adelaide). 25 March 1911. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
3. ^ "Football - Port and Suburban Association". Daily Herald (Adelaide). 14 February 1920. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
4. ^ "Port Adelaide District Football Association". Daily Herald (Adelaide). 3 April 1924. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
5. ^ "Riotous Footballers Create Unseemly Scenes - Freefights on Alberton Oval". Daily Herald (Adelaide). 23 August 1915. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
6. ^ "Match - A General Melee". The Register (Adelaide). 23 August 1915. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
7. ^ a b "Football - Port Adelaide Association Premiership Won by Ethelton". Daily Herald (Adelaide). 31 August 1915. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
8. ^ "A Football Trouble - An Association Threatened with a Writ". The Register (Adelaide). 3 May 1923. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
9. ^ Bloch, Fred. "SAAFL History - 1931". South Australian Amateur Football League. Archived from the original on 25 April 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
10. ^ Bloch, Fred. "SAAFL History - 1953". South Australian Amateur Football League. Archived from the original on 24 April 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
11. ^ Bloch, Fred. "SAAFL History - 1932". South Australian Amateur Football League. Archived from the original on 25 April 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
12. ^ a b "Football - Port Adelaide and Suburban Association". Daily Herald (Adelaide). 25 August 1914. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
13. ^ a b Bloch, Fred. "SAAFL History - 1949". South Australian Amateur Football League. Archived from the original on 24 April 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
14. ^ a b c Bloch, Fred. "SAAFL History - 1951". South Australian Amateur Football League. Archived from the original on 24 April 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
15. ^ Bloch, Fred. "SAAFL History - 1940". South Australian Amateur Football League. Archived from the original on 24 April 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
16. ^ "Albert Park Club". Daily Herald (Adelaide). 20 March 1912. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
17. ^ "Port Adelaide and Suburban Association". The Advertiser (Adelaide). 22 September 1913. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
18. ^ "Football - Port Adelaide Club". The Register (Adelaide). 10 March 1921. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
19. ^ a b c d e "Premierships". Rosewater Football Club. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
20. ^ "Footballers Get Together - Social at Port Adelaide". Daily Herald (Adelaide). 22 September 1923. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
21. ^ "Junior Football - Port Adelaide Association - Final For Premiership". No. Saturday 23 August 1924. The Mail. The Mail. 23 August 1924. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
22. ^ "Port Adelaide Association". The Mail (Adelaide). 5 September 1925. p. 5. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
23. ^ "Alberton Church United Club". The Register (Adelaide). 19 October 1925. p. 13. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
24. ^ a b "Port Adelaide Junior Football Association - Annual Social". Port Adelaide News. 10 September 1926. p. 3. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
25. ^ "Game Among Juniors - Port Adelaide Association - Presentation of Shield". News (Adelaide). 5 September 1927. p. 2. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
26. ^ "Port Adelaide District Football Association". The Register (Adelaide). 8 October 1928. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
27. ^ "Football at Alberton - Proceeds for Charity". The Mail (Adelaide). 25 August 1928. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
28. ^ a b "Junior Association". The Advertiser (Adelaide). 6 October 1930. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
29. ^ "Football - Port Adelaide District Association". Port Adelaide News. 18 September 1931. p. 2. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
30. ^ "Port Adelaide - Final". The Mail (Adelaide). 16 September 1933. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
31. ^ "Port Adelaide District - Final". The Mail (Adelaide). 15 September 1934. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
32. ^ "Premiers of Associations Play Match". The Mail (Adelaide). 19 September 1936. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
33. ^ "Riverside Premier of Port District". The Advertiser (Adelaide). 6 September 1937. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
34. ^ "Port Adelaide - Grand Final". The Mail (Adelaide). 10 September 1938. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
35. ^ "Junior Football - Port District Association". The Mail (Adelaide). 18 September 1948. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
36. ^ a b "Port Adelaide and Suburban Hurch Football Association - First Annual Social". Port Adelaide News. 21 September 1923. p. 8. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
37. ^ a b "Port Adelaide District Football Association". Port Adelaide News. 28 August 1925. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
38. ^ "Football Banquet - Port District Association". News (Adelaide). 6 October 1928. p. 7. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
39. ^ "Port Football Association". News (Adelaide). 11 November 1929. p. 3. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
40. ^ "Port District Football - Trophies and Medals Presented". News (Adelaide). 21 November 1930. p. 4. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
41. ^ "Sports Round-Up". Messenger. 23 August 1951.

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