1885 SAFA season
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{{Use Australian English|date=October 2012}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}}
{{Infobox Australian rules football season
| competition = safa
| year = 1885
| image = South Adelaide Football Club, Premiers 1885.jpg
| imagesize = 250
| caption = South Adelaide, premiers
| teams = 4
| premiers = {{SANFL SthA}}
| count = 2
| minor premiers =
| mpcount =
| pre-season cup =
| pscount =
| matches = 30
| attendance = 54000
| highattend = 8,000 (Round 6, {{SANFL Ade}} vs. {{SANFL SthA}})
| top goal scorer = H R Hill
{{SANFL SthA}} (19 goals)
| magarey medal =
| prevseason = 1884
| nextseason = 1886
}}
The 1885 South Australian Football Association season was the 9th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.
A new senior Adelaide Football Club formed from a merger of North Adelaide Junior and North Parks clubs from the Adelaide and Suburban Football Association joined.
However, two inaugural clubs - South Park on 18 March 1885 and Victorians (North Adelaide) on 21 April 1885 both resigned and disbanded before the season commenced.
The 1885 SAFA season was the first time since 1878 that all clubs played a fixed number of games.
Twenty three of the thirty games played had crowd figures quoted for an approximate average of 1,800 spectators per game.
Premiership season
= Round 1 =
{{AFLGameHeader|title=Round 1}}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 2 May (3:15 pm)|{{SANFL Nor}}|6.15 (6)|H|{{SANFL Ade}}|1.5 (1)|Kensington Oval||{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article36305608 |title=NORWOOD v. ADELAIDE. |newspaper=The South Australian Advertiser |location=Adelaide |date=4 May 1885 |access-date=20 February 2015 |page=7 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}}}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 2 May (3:15 pm)|{{SANFL SthA}}|4.11 (4)|H|{{AFL Por}}|3.3 (3)|Adelaide Oval|1,500|{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article44533363 |title=FOOTBALL. |newspaper=South Australian Register |location=Adelaide |date=4 May 1885 |access-date=20 February 2015 |page=3 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}}}
{{AFLGameFooter|notes= }}
= Round 2 =
{{AFLGameHeader|title=Round 2}}
{{AFLGame|Monday, 25 May|{{SANFL SthA}}|5.13 (5)|H|{{SANFL Nor}}|0.8 (0)|Adelaide Oval|4,500|{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article36307092 |title=FOOTBALL. |newspaper=The South Australian Advertiser |location=Adelaide |date=26 May 1885 |access-date=20 February 2015 |page=6 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}}}
{{AFLGameBye|{{AFL Por}}, {{SANFL Ade}}}}
{{AFLGameFooter|notes=
- {{AFL Por}} was on a football trip in Victoria during rounds 2 and 3. }}
= Round 3 =
{{AFLGameHeader|title=Round 3}}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 31 May|{{SANFL SthA}}|4.9|H|{{SANFL Ade}}|2.11|Adelaide Oval|950|{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article44531134 |title=FOOTBALL. |newspaper=South Australian Register |location=Adelaide |date=1 June 1885 |access-date=20 February 2015 |page=7 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article36307443 |title=FOOTBALL. |newspaper=The South Australian Advertiser |location=Adelaide |date=1 June 1885 |access-date=20 February 2015 |page=7 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}}}
{{AFLGameBye|{{AFL Por}}, {{SANFL Nor}}}}
{{AFLGameFooter|notes=
- Adelaide Oval's surface was in poor condition due to the famous Indigenous Corrobee the night before. }}
= Round 4 =
{{AFLGameHeader|title=Round 4}}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 6 June (3:10 pm)|{{SANFL SthA}}|3.11 (3)|A|{{SANFL Nor}}|5.8 (5)|Adelaide Oval|2,000|{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article36307812 |title=FOOTBALL. |newspaper=The South Australian Advertiser |location=Adelaide |date=8 June 1885 |access-date=20 February 2015 |page=6 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article44533960 |title=FOOTBALL. |newspaper=South Australian Register |location=Adelaide |date=8 June 1885 |access-date=20 February 2015 |page=7 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}}}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 6 June (3:10 pm)|{{AFL Por}}|10.14 (10)|H|{{SANFL Ade}}|2.11 (2)|Alberton Oval|800|{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article36307812 |title=FOOTBALL. |newspaper=The South Australian Advertiser |location=Adelaide |date=8 June 1885 |access-date=20 February 2015 |page=6 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article44533960 |title=FOOTBALL. |newspaper=South Australian Register |location=Adelaide |date=8 June 1885 |access-date=20 February 2015 |page=7 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}}}
{{AFLGameFooter|notes= }}
= Round 5 =
{{AFLGameHeader|title=Round 5}}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 27 June (3:00 pm)|{{AFL Por}}|2.5 (2)|A|{{SANFL SthA}}|3.16 (3)|Alberton Oval|1,500|{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article36309094 |title=FOOTBALL. |newspaper=The South Australian Advertiser |location=Adelaide |date=29 June 1885 |access-date=20 February 2015 |page=7 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}}}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 27 June (3:15 pm)|{{SANFL Ade}}|4.5 (4)|H|{{SANFL Nor}}|0.13 (0)|Adelaide Oval||{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article44532199 |title=FOOTBALL. |newspaper=South Australian Register |location=Adelaide |date=29 June 1885 |access-date=20 February 2015 |page=6 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article36309094 |title=FOOTBALL. |newspaper=The South Australian Advertiser |location=Adelaide |date=29 June 1885 |access-date=20 February 2015 |page=7 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}}}
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= Round 6 =
{{AFLGameHeader|title=Round 6}}
{{AFLGame|Wednesday, 1 July (8:00 pm)|{{SANFL Ade}}|1.8 (1)|H|{{SANFL SthA}}|0.8 (0)|Adelaide Oval|8,000|{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article44944306 |title=FOOTBALL BY ELECTRIC LIGHT. |newspaper=South Australian Register |location=Adelaide |date=2 July 1885 |access-date=20 February 2015 |page=5 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}}}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 4 July|{{AFL Por}}|2.12 (2)|A|{{SANFL Nor}}|3.8 (3)|Alberton Oval|2,000|{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article36309534 |title=FOOTBALL. |newspaper=The South Australian Advertiser |location=Adelaide |date=6 July 1885 |access-date=20 February 2015 |page=6 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}}}
{{AFLGameBye|{{SANFL Ade}}, {{SANFL SthA}}}}
{{AFLGameFooter|notes=
- The game between {{SANFL Ade}} and {{SANFL SthA}} at Adelaide Oval under artificial light was the first night game ever played in South Australia. }}
= Round 7 =
{{AFLGameHeader|title=Round 7}}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 11 July (3:25 pm)|{{SANFL Nor}}|0.5 (0)|D|{{SANFL SthA}}|0.12 (0)|Kensington Oval||{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article44948085 |title=FOOTBALL. |newspaper=South Australian Register |location=Adelaide |date=13 July 1885 |access-date=20 February 2015 |page=7 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}}}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 11 July (3:18 pm)|{{SANFL Ade}}|0.10 (0)|A|{{AFL Por}}|2.10 (2)|Adelaide Oval|600|{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article44948085 |title=FOOTBALL. |newspaper=South Australian Register |location=Adelaide |date=13 July 1885 |access-date=20 February 2015 |page=7 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}}}
{{AFLGameFooter|notes= }}
= Round 8 =
{{AFLGameHeader|title=Round 8}}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 18 July|{{SANFL Nor}}|1.20 (1)|A|{{SANFL Ade}}|4.10 (4)|Kensington Oval|400|{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article36310322 |title=FOOTBALL. |newspaper=The South Australian Advertiser |location=Adelaide |date=20 July 1885 |access-date=20 February 2015 |page=6 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}}}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 18 July (3:13 pm)|{{SANFL SthA}}|2.8 (2)|D|{{AFL Por}}|2.15 (2)|Adelaide Oval|3,000|{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article36310322 |title=FOOTBALL. |newspaper=The South Australian Advertiser |location=Adelaide |date=20 July 1885 |access-date=20 February 2015 |page=6 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}}}
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= Round 9 =
{{AFLGameHeader|title=Round 9}}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 25 July (3:25 pm)|{{SANFL Nor}}|3.11 (3)|H|{{AFL Por}}|2.16 (2)|Kensington Oval|1,000|{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article36310665 |title=FOOTBALL. |newspaper=The South Australian Advertiser |location=Adelaide |date=27 July 1885 |access-date=20 February 2015 |page=7 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}}}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 25 July|{{SANFL Ade}}|0.5 (0)|A|{{SANFL SthA}}|6.14 (6)|Adelaide Oval||{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article36310665 |title=FOOTBALL. |newspaper=The South Australian Advertiser |location=Adelaide |date=27 July 1885 |access-date=20 February 2015 |page=7 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}}}
{{AFLGameFooter|notes= }}
= Round 10 =
{{AFLGameHeader|title=Round 10}}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 1 August (3:16 pm)|{{SANFL SthA}}|8.11 (8)|H|{{SANFL Nor}}|4.5 (4)|Adelaide Oval|2,000|{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article44943496 |title=FOOTBALL. |newspaper=South Australian Register |location=Adelaide |date=3 August 1885 |access-date=20 February 2015 |page=3 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article36311065 |title=FOOTBALL. |newspaper=The South Australian Advertiser |location=Adelaide |date=3 August 1885 |access-date=20 February 2015 |page=3 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}}}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 1 August (3:20 pm)|{{AFL Por}}|8.17 (8)|H|{{SANFL Ade}}|1.8 (1)|Alberton Oval|500|{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article36311065 |title=FOOTBALL. |newspaper=The South Australian Advertiser |location=Adelaide |date=3 August 1885 |access-date=20 February 2015 |page=3 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}}}
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= Round 11 =
{{AFLGameHeader|title=Round 11}}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 8 August (3:10 pm)|{{SANFL SthA}}|5.10 (5)|H|{{SANFL Ade}}|3.11 (3)|Kensington Oval|500|{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article44945551 |title=FOOTBALL. |newspaper=South Australian Register |location=Adelaide |date=10 August 1885 |access-date=20 February 2015 |page=3 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article36311443 |title=FOOTBALL. |newspaper=The South Australian Advertiser |location=Adelaide |date=10 August 1885 |access-date=20 February 2015 |page=7 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}}}
{{AFLGameBye|{{AFL Por}}, {{SANFL Nor}}}}
{{AFLGameFooter|notes= }}
= Round 12 =
{{AFLGameHeader|title=Round 12}}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 15 August (3:29 pm)|{{AFL Por}}|2.11 (2)|H|{{SANFL SthA}}|1.5 (1)|Alberton Oval|2,000|{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article36311925 |title=FOOTBALL. |newspaper=The South Australian Advertiser |location=Adelaide |date=17 August 1885 |access-date=20 February 2015 |page=3 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}}}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 15 August (3:28 pm)|{{SANFL Ade}}|3.5 (3)|A|{{SANFL Nor}}|4.6 (4)|Adelaide Oval|1,000|{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article44948482 |title=FOOTBALL. |newspaper=South Australian Register |location=Adelaide |date=17 August 1885 |access-date=20 February 2015 |page=3 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article36311925 |title=FOOTBALL. |newspaper=The South Australian Advertiser |location=Adelaide |date=17 August 1885 |access-date=20 February 2015 |page=3 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}}}
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= Round 13 =
{{AFLGameHeader|title=Round 13}}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 22 August (3:25 pm)|{{AFL Por}}|1.13 (1)|A|{{SANFL Nor}}|6.16 (6)|Alberton Oval|2,000|{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article36312396 |title=FOOTBALL. |newspaper=The South Australian Advertiser |location=Adelaide |date=24 August 1885 |access-date=20 February 2015 |page=7 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article44947602 |title=FOOTBALL. |newspaper=South Australian Register |location=Adelaide |date=24 August 1885 |access-date=20 February 2015 |page=3 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}}}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 22 August (3:20 pm)|{{SANFL Ade}}|2.4 (2)|A|{{SANFL SthA}}|11.13 (11)|Kensington Oval|300|{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article44947602 |title=FOOTBALL. |newspaper=South Australian Register |location=Adelaide |date=24 August 1885 |access-date=20 February 2015 |page=3 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}}}
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= Round 14 =
{{AFLGameHeader|title=Round 14}}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 29 August (3:20 pm)|{{SANFL Ade}}|6.9 (6)|H|{{SANFL Nor}}|1.13 (1)|Kensington Oval||{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article44945691 |title=FOOTBALL. |newspaper=South Australian Register |location=Adelaide |date=31 August 1885 |access-date=20 February 2015 |page=7 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article36312779 |title=FOOTBALL. |newspaper=The South Australian Advertiser |location=Adelaide |date=31 August 1885 |access-date=20 February 2015 |page=6 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}}}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 29 August (3:15 pm)|{{SANFL SthA}}|6.14 (6)|D|{{AFL Por}}|6.2 (6)|Adelaide Oval|5,000|{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article36312892 |title=FOOTBALL. |newspaper=The South Australian Advertiser |location=Adelaide |date=2 September 1885 |access-date=20 February 2015 |page=3 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article44949274 |title=FOOTBALL. |newspaper=South Australian Register |location=Adelaide |date=2 September 1885 |access-date=20 February 2015 |page=6 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}}}
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= Round 15 =
{{AFLGameHeader|title=Round 15}}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 5 September|{{SANFL Nor}}|2.11 (2)|A|{{SANFL SthA}}|8.10 (8)|Kensington Oval|550|{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article36313169 |title=FOOTBALL. |newspaper=The South Australian Advertiser |location=Adelaide |date=7 September 1885 |access-date=20 February 2015 |page=7 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}}}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 5 September|{{SANFL Ade}}|2.6 (2)|A|{{AFL Por}}|3.13 (3)|Adelaide Oval|500|{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article44946291 |title=FOOTBALL. |newspaper=South Australian Register |location=Adelaide |date=7 September 1885 |access-date=20 February 2015 |page=3 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article36313169 |title=FOOTBALL. |newspaper=The South Australian Advertiser |location=Adelaide |date=7 September 1885 |access-date=20 February 2015 |page=7 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}}}
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= Round 16 =
{{AFLGameHeader|title=Round 16}}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 12 September (3:18 pm)|{{SANFL Ade}}|5.5 (5)|A|{{SANFL SthA}}|8.7 (8)|Adelaide Oval||{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article44944075 |title=FOOTBALL. |newspaper=South Australian Register |location=Adelaide |date=14 September 1885 |access-date=20 February 2015 |page=7 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}}}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 12 September (3:30 pm)|{{SANFL Nor}}|4.14 (4)|H|{{AFL Por}}|2.8 (2)|Kensington Oval|800|{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article44944075 |title=FOOTBALL. |newspaper=South Australian Register |location=Adelaide |date=14 September 1885 |access-date=20 February 2015 |page=7 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}}}
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= Round 17 =
{{AFLGameHeader|title=Round 17}}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 18 September (3:30 pm)|{{SANFL Ade}}|3.5 (3)|H|{{AFL Por}}|1.14 (1)|Adelaide Oval||{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article44946724 |title=FOOTBALL. |newspaper=South Australian Register |location=Adelaide |date=21 September 1885 |access-date=20 February 2015 |page=3 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}}}
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Ladder
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{| border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" |
| style="background: #EBEBEB;"
| width="25%" style="border: 0;" | | style="border: 0; font-size: 115%;" | 1885 SAFA Ladder | width="25%" style="border: 0;" | |
|- style="text-align: center; font-size: 90%;"
! !! TEAM !! width="25" | P !! width="25" | W !! width="25" | L !! width="25" | D !! width="50" | GF !! width="50" | BF !! width="50" | GA !! width="50" | BA
|- style="background: #CCFFCC;"
| 1
| 15
| 11
| 2
| 2
|72
|159
|36
|96
|-
|2
|15
|7
|7
|1
|42
|162
|54
|161
|-
|3
|15
|6
|8
|1
|49
|159
|41
|146
|-
|4
|15
|4
|11
|0
|38
|111
|70
|188
|- style="font-size: xx-small;"
| colspan="9" | Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, GF = Goals For, BF = Behinds For, GA = Goals Against, BA = Behinds Against, (P) = Premiers
|{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article160744738 |title=FOOTBALL. |newspaper=Adelaide Observer |date=10 October 1885 |access-date=19 December 2014 |page=19 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}
|}