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1876 South Australian football season

The 1876 South Australian football season was the seventh year of interclub football. It was also the final season of decentralised administration of football in South Australia; the South Australian Football Association was formed the following year to provide a committee-based approach to the administration of the sport.

Rules Sets

During the 1876 football season in South Australia two dominant rule sets were in use.

  • Kensington Rules
  • Victorian Rules

Major Clubs

Metropolitan

Country Clubs (Outer Metropolitan)

Regional Clubs

  • Mount Gambier
  • Young Australian (Mount Gambier)
  • Penola
  • Naracoorte
  • Caltowie
  • Yangga
  • Laura
  • Port Pirie

Educational Institutions

Metropolitan Football Matches

20 May

25 May

3 June

10 June

17 June

20 June

1 July

8 July

15 July

17 July - Woodville to revert to the Old Adelaide Rules

The Woodville Football Club lead the push to revert to the Old Adelaide Rules when they place an advertisement on 17 July 1876.

The Woodville Club hereby CHALLENGE any Club in or around Adelaide to play a Game of Football according to the old Adelaide rules, which rules will only be played by the above Club for the future. THOS. LETCHFORD, Hon. Sec.

22 July

29 July

5 August

7 August

12 August

19 August

2 September

26 August

College Challenge Match

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 and junior teams.

Exhibition Collegian Matches

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References