TheEast Torrens Football Association (ETFA) was anAustralian rules football competition based in the eastern and north-eastern suburbs ofAdelaide ,South Australia until it merged with theNorth Adelaide District Football Association to form theNorwood-North Football Association at the end of the 1968 season. It was formed and held its first annual meeting was held on 7 April 1915 at Norwood[ 1] [ 2] Norwood district."[ 3]
With the introduction of Electoral Zones for theSouth Australian Football Association (SAFA) Senior Clubs a well attended meeting of the junior footballers in theEast Torrens Electorate arranged by the Norwood Football Club was held at the Norwood Hotel on 7 April 1898.[ 4] Norwood Football Club offered a trophy of to be given to the club gaining the premiership of the Association. In addition, the senior team will also give two footballs to each individual club in the Association, and also will give them balls to practise with. The clubs present forming the Association were the Tusmore, College Park, Eden Park, and Albions whilst it is expected that a team from Payneham will also join.[ 5] [ 6]
On 9 July 1898 the East Torrens Association visited Gawler and were comprehensively defeated by theGawler Association - 2 behinds to 14 goals 21 behinds.[ 7]
The Electoral District of East Torrens existed from 1857 to 1902 and again from 1915 to 1938.
Formation of second incarnation of association in 1915 [ edit ] For the 1915 Season the Association comprised the following clubs — Norwood Union, Payneham, Magill, Marryatville, and Kent Town. The Magill club withdrew on 4 August 1915 on account of the majority of the members having enlisted for active service.[ 8]
In 1939, the competition had expanded to 13 clubs when Athelstone were admitted.[ 9]
In 1947, the competition consisted of 10 clubs - Magill Royals, Norwood Union, Ashton, Athelstone, Kensington and Norwood Youth Club, Kensington Gardens, Tea Tree Gully, Glenroy, Burnside and Salisbury which had joined in 1946[ 10]
Club Years Participating Notes Ashton 1938-48, 1962-68[ 11] Athelstone 1936-68[ 12] Brompton 1967-68 When the NNFA folded at the end of the 1977 season, Brompton moved to the Adelaide Suburban Football League. Burnside 1947-60,[ 13] Campbelltown 1919-68[ 14] Formerly Glenroy (1919–65) Commonwealth Bank 1951[ 15] Dulwich 1920-21[ 16] East Torrens Imperial 1928-35 East Torrens (1928-29) Eastwood 1938-41, 1954–55, 1968 Eastwood Rechabite (1938–41) Forest Range 1929-33, 1960-66[ 17] Glenroy 1919-1965 Named after Glen Roy Park (now Campbelltown Memorial Oval), Paradise Hectorville 1961-68[ 18] Hope Valley United 1937-1948 Hope Valley and Highbury United (1937) Hyde Park 1954-59[ 19] Kensington 1925-32[ 20] Kensington and Norwood Youth Club 1947[ 13] Kensington Gardens 1947-68 Kent Town 1915, 1920[ 3] Kersbrook 1966-68[ 21] Magill 1915[ 3] Withdrew August 1915 due to the majority of its members enlisting for active service (World War I)[ 22] Magill Juniors 1935-38 Magill Royal 1920-68[ 23] Marryatville 1915, 1919, 1923-25[ 3] [ 24] Maylands 1928-1938 Modbury 1936-37 Newstead 1924-25 Norwood Central 1919 Norwood Juniors 1938 Norwood Union 1915, 1920, 1922-68[ 3] [ 25] Para-Houghton 1960-68[ 26] [ 27] Payneham 1915, 1919–24, 1926-38[ 3] Payneham B 1946[ 28] Rechabite 1938 South Australian Fruitgrowers 1920[ 29] Salisbury 1946-1947[ 13] Rejoins Gawler Football Association in 1949 St Ignatius 1929 withdrew part-way through season Tea Tree Gully 1946-54, 1957-68[ 30] Walkerville Juniors 1935 Wayville 1919 YMCA 1950-58
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