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1889 in Australian soccer

{{Short description|Soccer season in the Australian colonies}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}

{{Use Australian English|date=June 2021}}

The 1889 season was the sixth season of regional competitive soccer in Australia and the Australian colonies. There were two league competitions and two cup competitions fielded by Northern District British Football Association (Northern NSW) and the South British Football Soccer Association (New South Wales).

League competitions

class="wikitable" width="75%"
style="width:10em"|Federation

!style="width:10em"|Competition

!style="width:10em"|Winners{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/aus-regchamp.html|title=Australia - List of Regional Champions|last=Kungler|first=Peter|website=RSSSF|accessdate=3 July 2021}}

!style="width:15em"|Runners-up

!style="width:15em"|Third place

align="center"|Northern District British Football Association

| align="center"|Northern NSW Football League

| align="center"|Minmi Rangers (4/0)

| align="center"|—

| align="center"|—

align="center"|South British Football Soccer Association

| align="center"|Sydney Badge Series

| align="center"|Parkgrove

| align="center"|—

| align="center"|—

(Note: figures in parentheses display the club's competition record as winners/runners-up.)

Cup competitions

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style="width:10em"|Federation

!style="width:10em"|Competition{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/aus-regchamp.html|title=Australia – List of Regional Cup Winners|website=RSSSF|accessdate=18 June 2021}}

!style="width:10em"|Winners

!style="width:15em"|Runners-up

!style="width:15em"|Venue

!style="width:05em"|Result

align="center"|Northern District British Football Association

| align="center"|Ellis Cup{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article139270806 |title=WALLSEND ROVERS FOOTBALL CLUB. |newspaper=Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate |volume=XVI |issue=11,222 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=21 October 1889 |accessdate=3 July 2021 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}

| align="center"|Wallsend Rovers

| align="center"|Minmi Rangers (3/1)

| align="center"|–

| align="center"|3–2

align="center"|South British Football Soccer Association

| align="center"|Gardiner Challenge Cup{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article227562951 |title=FOOTBALL. |newspaper=The Australian Star |issue=558 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=16 September 1889 |accessdate=3 July 2021 |page=7 (SECOND EDITION) |via=National Library of Australia}}

| align="center"|Pyrmont Rangers (1/0)

| align="center"|Joadji (0/1)

| align="center"|–

| align="center"|1–0

(Note: figures in parentheses display the club's competition record as winners/runners-up.)

See also

References

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Category:Seasons in Australian soccer

Category:1889 in Australian sport

Australian soccer