Teams 8 | Matches played 52 | |
Leading goalkicker John YoungAdelaide (14 Goals) | ||
The 1877 South Australian Football Association season was the inaugural season of the top level league of Australian rules football in South Australia. The clubs participating were South Adelaide, Victoria, Adelaide, Port Adelaide, Woodville, South Park, Kensington and Bankers.
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South Adelaide and Victorian would share the premiership honours after tying at the years end. The Bankers Football Club would finish the season last and would cease to exist at years end.
South Australian Football Association
The newly formed South Australian Football Association decided that the playing fields for the season must be between 180-200 yards (165-183m) long and 120-150 yards (110-137m) wide and that pushing from behind be prohibited. For clubs to gain membership of the association would cost them two Guineas for the year.
Ladder
Despite finishing the season with more goals and an extra draw it was decided that Victorian would share the premiership with South Adelaide, especially considering the prior played the Bankers twice while the latter never did.