1894 SAFA premiership season
Norwood, premiers
PremiersNorwood
11th premiership
Minor premiersNorwood
2nd minor premiership
Leading goalkickerAnthony Daly
Norwood (47 goals)
Matches played38
Highest9,000 (Grand Final Replay, Norwood v. South Adelaide)

The 1894 South Australian Football Association season was the 18th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.

Ladder

As Norwood and South Adelaide were level on premiership points, a playoff match for the premiership was required.

1894 SAFA Ladder
TEAMPWLDGFBFGABA Pts
1 Norwood (P) 18 13 5 0 131 147 82 113 26
2 South Adelaide 18 13 5 0 125 174 79 128 26
3 Port Adelaide 18 9 9 0 95 140 85 112 18
4 North Adelaide 18 1 17 0 37 76 145 184 2
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, GF = Goals For, BF = Behinds For, GA = Goals Against, BA = Behinds Against, (P) = Premiers [1]

Grand final

1894 SAFA Premiership Football Match

Grand Final
Saturday 6 October (3:00 pm) Norwood drew with South Adelaide Adelaide Oval [2]
0.0 (0)
1.3 (1)
2.4 (2)
 4.8 (4)		 Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final		 1.5 (1)
1.5 (1)
3.8 (3)
 4.8 (4)
  • Despite a provision for 20 minute periods of extra time, the match was abandoned after full time due to darkness; the result stood, and a replay was ordered.

1894 SAFA Premiership Football Match Replay

Grand Final Replay
Wednesday 10 October (2:00 pm) Norwood def. South Adelaide Adelaide Oval (crowd: 9,000) [3]
1.1 (1)
2.4 (2)
2.5 (2)
 4.7 (4)		 Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final		 2.4 (2)
2.4 (2)
3.5 (3)
 3.5 (3)

References

  1. ↑ "[No heading]". Adelaide Observer. 13 October 1894. p. 20. Archived from the original on 11 March 2020. Retrieved 22 December 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ↑ "Football". South Australian Chronicle. Adelaide. 13 October 1894. p. 15. Retrieved 23 December 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ "THE FINAL STRUGGLE". South Australian Chronicle. Adelaide. 13 October 1894. p. 15. Retrieved 23 December 2014 – via National Library of Australia.


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