1875 South Australian football season

The 1875 South Australian football season was the thirteenth year of interclub football in South Australia.

Australian rules football season

1875 South Australian football premiership season
Premiers	Kensington 3rd premiership
Highest	800 (10 July, Kensington v Adelaide)
← 1874 1876 →

Clubs

The following clubs participated in interclub matches during 1875:

Metropolitan

Country

Colleges

Metropolitan football matches

May 15


	May 15
Saturday, 15 May	Port Adelaide 1	def.	Woodville 0	Glanville Estate

May 29


	May 20
Saturday, 29 May (3:30pm)	Kensington 2	drew with	Port Adelaide 2	Kensington Oval
Saturday, 29 May	Victorian 0	def. by	St Peter's College 1	Montefiore Hill

June 5



Saturday, 5 June	Woodville 0	def. by	Port Adelaide 2

June 12



Football cancelled due to bad weather.

June 19



Saturday, 19 June (3:00 pm)	Port Adelaide 0	drew with	Victorian 0	Glanville Hall Oval

June 21



Monday, 21 June (2:30pm)	Willunga 3	def.	Kensington 1	Willunga

June 26



Saturday, 26 June (3:00pm)	Woodville 0	def. by	Kensington 2	Woodville

July 3



Saturday, 3 July (3:15pm)	Port Adelaide 0	drew with	Kensington 0	Glanville Hall Estate
Saturday, 3 July (3:15pm)	Victorian 2	def.	Woodville 0	Montefiore Hill

July 10



Saturday, 10 July	Kensington 1	def.	Adelaide 0	Kensington Oval (crowd: 800)
The match at Kensington Oval was the first at the ground. The match was Adelaide's first interclub game since 1872.

July 24



Saturday, 24 July (3:00pm)	Adelaide 2	drew with	Woodville 2	Adelaide

July 31



Saturday, 31 July (3:00pm)	Adelaide 3	def.	Port Adelaide 1	Adelaide
Saturday, 31 July (3:00pm)	Kensington 4	def.	Woodville 0	Kensington Oval

August 6



Friday, 6 August	Kensington 0	def. by	Willunga 1	Kensington Oval

August 14



Saturday, 14 August	Woodville 2	def.	Adelaide 1	Woodville
Saturday, 14 August	Victorian 5? *	def.	Prince Alfred College 0?	Montefiore Hill
(* 5 goals scored by H.Barry) of Victorian

August 21



Saturday, 21 August	Adelaide 0	def. by	Port Adelaide 1	North Park Lands
Saturday, 21 August (3:00pm)	South Adelaide (1875) 1	def. by	Kensington 4	South Park Lands
Saturday, 21 August (shortly before 3:00pm)	St Peter's College 2	def. by	Victorian 7	St Peter's College

August 28



Saturday, 28 August (3:00pm)	Victorian 1	drew with	Kensington 1	Montefiore Hill
This match was a de facto premiership playoff: as it was drawn, Kensington won the premiership over Victorian on head-to-head records.

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, junior and school teams.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	Senior Results	GF	GA
1	Kensington	9	4	2	3	3-0-3	15	8
2	Victorian	4	1	1	2	1-0-2	3	2
3	Port Adelaide	7	3	1	3	3-1-3	7	5
4	Woodville	7	1	5	1	1-5-1	4	13
5	Adelaide	5	1	3	1	1-3-1	6	7

Source:

References

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Governing body	South Australian Football Commission
Representative side	South Australia
Professional clubs (AFL)	Adelaide Football Club Port Adelaide Football Club
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Metropolitan junior leagues	SANFL Juniors
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