| 1896 SAFA premiership season | |
|---|---|
| Premiers | South Adelaide 5th premiership |
| Leading goalkicker | Jack Kay South Adelaide (25 goals) |
| Matches played | 40 |
The1896 South Australian Football Association season was the 20th season of the top-levelAustralian rules football competition inSouth Australia.
During the 1896 season a rule was introduced for North Adelaide and the Natives (renamed West Torrens for the 1897 season) allowing them to field an extra three players to be more competitive with the three more established clubs.[1] The Native team played the majority of their games at Kensington despite many of their players living in the Port area.|[2]
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| TEAM | P | W | L | D | GF | BF | GA | BA | Pts | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Adelaide | 18 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 128 | 134 | 60 | 86 | 34 | |||
| 2 | Norwood | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 104 | 144 | 71 | 112 | 22 | |||
| 3 | North Adelaide | 16 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 52 | 105 | 80 | 118 | 11 | |||
| 4 | Natives | 16 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 44 | 81 | 77 | 118 | 10 | |||
| 5 | Port Adelaide | 18 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 66 | 118 | 101 | 143 | 9 | |||
| Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, GF = Goals For, BF = Behinds For, GA = Goals Against, BA = Behinds Against, (P) = Premiers | [3] | ||||||||||||
Notes – South Adelaide, Norwood and Port Adelaide played each other 5 times but only 4 times against North Adelaide and Natives.
North Adelaide and Natives forfeited to South Adelaide once each.
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