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1886 SAFA season
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The 1886 South Australian Football Association season was the 10th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.
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1886 SAFA premiership season | |
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![]() 10th SAFA season Pictured above is the 1886 Adelaide premiership team. | |
Teams | 4 |
Premiers | Adelaide 1st premiership |
Leading goalkicker | Richard Stephens Adelaide (17 goals) |
Attendance | |
Matches played | 30 |
Total attendance | 61,650 (2,055 per match) |
Highest | 6,000 (Round 6, Norwood vs. Port Adelaide) |
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This was the first season in South Australia that quarters were played, allowing ends to be changed four times per match.[1]
The thirty games played had crowd figures quoted for an approximate average of 2,055 spectators per game.