Teams 7 | Matches played 38 | |
Premiers Norwood
(3rd premiership) Highest attendance 3,000 (Round 2, South Adelaide vs. Norwood) Leading goalkicker Joe Traynor
Norwood (7 Goals) | ||
The 1880 South Australian Football Association season was the 4th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.
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The season opened on 8 May and concluded on 18 September.
Norwood went on to record its 3rd consecutive premiership.
Intercolonial matches
An Association representative team toured South Australia in August, playing three intercolonial matches – two at even strength against the South Australian Football Association representative team, and one against a team of twenty-three South Australian-born players – and winning all three. J. Gibson (South Melbourne) served as captain of the Association team.
Additional matches
Controversy regarding a goal kicked during the Victorian and South Adelaide game meant the result was not confirmed until it was referred to the SAFA committee. The result of the game was eventually decided to not count towards the premiership.
The Port Adelaide and Victorian football clubs decided to play another game against each other as their two previous matches during the season resulted in draws.