This was the first season in South Australia that quarters were played, allowing ends to be changed four times per match.
The thirty games played had crowd figures quoted for an approximate average of 2,055 spectators per game.
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Monday, 26 April (3:00 pm)
South Adelaide 1.7 (1)
def. by
Norwood 4.10 (4)
Adelaide Oval (crowd: 5,000)
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Saturday, 1 May (3:25 pm)
Norwood 5.9 (5)
def.
Adelaide 1.4 (1)
North Park Lands, Adelaide (crowd: 2,000-3,000)
Saturday, 1 May (3:45 pm)
Port Adelaide 1.4 (1)
def. by
South Adelaide 2.7 (2)
Alberton Oval (crowd: 1,500)
Norwood vs Adelaide was played on Hotham's ground (from Adelaide and Suburban Association) - located north of the Botanic Park, between the Frome and Hackney roads in the Adelaide Park Lands. (Now called Park 11: Mistletoe Park / Tainmuntilla)
For the first time for several years past a senior association football match was played on an outside ground. This was rendered necessary by the exclusion of the clubs from the Adelaide and Kensington ovals, in consequence of the unfortunate dispute which has arisen between them and the custodians of the grounds mentioned respecting the percentage of the gate money each is entitled to.
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Saturday, 8 May
Port Adelaide 1.5 (1)
def. by
Norwood 4.7 (4)
Alberton Oval (crowd: 1,500)
Saturday, 8 May (3:25 pm)
Adelaide 5.4 (5)
def.
South Adelaide 4.8 (4)
Kensington Oval (crowd: 1,350)
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Saturday, 15 May (3:25 pm)
Norwood 3.11 (3)
drew with
South Adelaide 3.8 (3)
Kensington Oval (crowd: 1,750)
Saturday, 15 May (3:25 pm)
Port Adelaide 1.5 (1)
def. by
Adelaide 2.9 (2)
Alberton Oval (crowd: 1,000)
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Saturday, 22 May (3:17 pm)
Norwood 4.9 (4)
def.
Port Adelaide 3.6 (3)
Adelaide Oval (crowd: 1,500)
Saturday, 22 May
Adelaide 4.11 (4)
def.
South Adelaide 2.12 (2)
Kensington Oval
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Monday, 25 May (3:00 pm)
Adelaide 7.8 (7)
def.
Norwood 5.5 (5)
Adelaide Oval (crowd: 5,500)
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Saturday, 29 May (3:17 pm)
South Adelaide 3.7 (3)
def.
Norwood 2.3 (2)
Adelaide Oval (crowd: 1,500)
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Saturday, 5 June (3:10 pm)
South Adelaide 1.12 (1)
drew with
Adelaide 1.7 (1)
Adelaide Oval (crowd: 2,000)
Saturday, 5 June (3:20 pm)
Norwood 5.13 (5)
def.
Port Adelaide 2.3 (2)
Kensington Oval (crowd: 500)
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Saturday, 12 June (3:20 pm)
South Adelaide 2.6 (2)
def. by
Port Adelaide 3.8 (3)
Adelaide Oval (crowd: 1,500)
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Saturday, 19 June (3:00 pm)
South Adelaide 3.8 (3)
def.
Norwood 2.12 (2)
Adelaide Oval (crowd: 2,000)
Saturday, 19 June
Port Adelaide 1.5 (1)
def. by
Adelaide 3.8 (3)
Alberton Oval (crowd: 1,000)
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Monday, 21 June
Norwood 8.13 (8)
def.
Port Adelaide 2.11 (2)
Adelaide Oval (crowd: 6,000)
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Saturday, 26 June (3:00 pm)
Adelaide 2.8 (2)
def. by
Norwood 4.9 (4)
Adelaide Oval (crowd: 3,000)
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Saturday, 3 July (3:30 pm)
Adelaide 6.9 (6)
def.
Port Adelaide 4.6 (4)
Adelaide Oval (crowd: 1,500)
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Saturday, 24 July (3:12 pm)
Adelaide 5.7 (5)
def.
South Adelaide 3.7 (3)
Adelaide Oval (crowd: 1,500)
Saturday, 24 July
Port Adelaide 3.13 (3)
drew with
Norwood 3.7 (3)
Alberton Oval (crowd: 1,000)
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Saturday, 31 July (3:10 pm)
Adelaide 2.8 (2)
def. by
Norwood 4.13 (4)
Adelaide Oval (crowd: 2,500)
Saturday, 31 July (3:25 pm)
South Adelaide 9.9 (9)
def.
Port Adelaide 5.3 (5)
Kensington Oval (crowd: 200)
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Saturday, 7 August (3:10 pm)
South Adelaide 4.12 (4)
def.
Norwood 3.9 (3)
Adelaide Oval (crowd: 2,000)
Saturday, 7 August (3:00 pm)
Port Adelaide 8.9 (8)
def.
Adelaide 5.7 (5)
Alberton Oval (crowd: 650)
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Saturday, 14 August (3:20 pm)
Adelaide 3.19 (3)
def.
Port Adelaide 1.5 (1)
Adelaide Oval (crowd: 1,700)
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Saturday, 21 August
Adelaide 6.7 (6)
def.
Norwood 0.9 (0)
Adelaide Oval (crowd: 3,500)
Saturday, 21 August
Port Adelaide 3.8 (3)
def.
South Adelaide 2.10 (2)
Alberton Oval (crowd: 1,500)
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Saturday, 28 August
Adelaide 2.15 (2)
def. by
South Adelaide 4.4 (4)
Adelaide Oval (crowd: 2,000)
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Wednesday, 1 September (3:17 pm)
South Adelaide 1.5 (1)
def.
Norwood 7.13 (7)
Adelaide Oval (crowd: 3,000)
Norwood originally won the game on 1 September, but the game was later awarded to South Adelaide after a player who was deemed to have been "rough" had not paid his fine.
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Saturday, 4 September (3:30 pm)
South Adelaide 6.6 (6)
def.
Port Adelaide 3.5 (3)
Adelaide Oval (crowd: 1,500)
The figures for club and ground attendances are only based on those given above.
Club
Avg. Per Game
2,672
2,155
1,882
1,503
Ground
Games
Avg. Per Game
18
2,619
1
2,500
7
1,164
4
950
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