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REPRESENTATIVE / INTERCOLONIAL MATCH RESULTS

1877 - 1879

1877
1878
1879
1877

Date
Type

Teams

1/2

Final

Winner
Margin

Venue

Day
Crowd

1877

JULY - inaugural inter-colonial match

2-7-1877

Victoria (VFA)

Match cancelled (see notes below)

Madeline Street

Mon (D)

(INTER-C.)

South Australia

Reserve, Parkville

-

AUGUST - SAFA exhibition match (SAFA players from South Australia vs SAFA players from Victoria)

6-8-1877

SA "Natives"

0

2

SA "N"

Exhibition Grounds,

Mon (D)

(EX.)

"Victorians"

0

1

1 goal

Adelaide

700

AUGUST - representative match played during Melbourne FC's tour of South Australia

13-8-1877

SAFA

0

0

MFC

Exhibition Grounds,

Mon (D)

(REP.)

Melbourne FC

1

5

5 goals

Adelaide

2000

AUGUST - exhibition match played during St Kilda FC's tour of South Australia

20-8-1877

SA "Natives"

1

2

SKFC

Adelaide Oval

Mon (D)

(EX.)

St Kilda FC

5

7

5 goals

800

 

The inaugural inter-colonial match was cancelled because the venue owners (Melbourne University) refused to allow admission fees to be charged. 

The match was then moved to the Civil Service Cricket Ground, located at Flinders Park (near the current site of Rod Laver Arena). 

However, a suitable date could not be agreed upon (the SAFA wanted July 14, the VFA wanted July 21) and the match was cancelled.
1878

Date
Type

Teams

1/2

Final

Winner
Margin

Venue

Day
Crowd

1878

MAY - SAFA exhibition match (SAFA players from South Australia vs SAFA players from Victoria)

11-5-1878

SA "Natives"

1

1

SA "N"

The Oval,

Sat (D)

(EX.)

"Victorians"

0

0

1 goal

North Park Lands

400

MAY - SAFA representative match

31-8-1878

SAFA

1

5

SAFA

Adelaide Oval

Sat (D)

(REP.)

Gawler-Kapunda-Willunga

0

1

4 goals

700

 

1879

Date
Type

Teams

1/2

Final

Winner
Margin

Venue

Day
Crowd

1879

MAY - SAFA exhibition match (SAFA players from South Australia vs SAFA players from other colonies)

10-5-1879

SA "Natives"

1.?

1.?

(draw)

Adelaide Oval

Sat (D)

(EX.)

All-Comers

0.?

1.?

1200

JULY - South Australia tour of Victoria

20-6-1879

South Australia

1.8

1.10

SA

Adelaide Oval

Fri (D)

(PRAC.)

All-Comers (25)

0.2

2.4

1 goal

2000

28-6-1879

Victoria

0.2

1.3

VIC

East Melbourne CG

Sat (D)

(PRAC.)

Hotham-Essendon FCs (23)

0.3

0.3

1 goal

1000

1-7-1879

Victoria (VFA)

4.6

7.14

VIC

East Melbourne CG

Tue (D)

(INTER-C.)

South Australia

0.2

0.8

7 goals

10,000

5-7-1879

Victoria (VFA)

2.4

4.9

VIC

East Melbourne CG

Sat (D)

(INTER-C.)

South Australia

0.4

1.4

3 goals

6000-8000

8-7-1879

Ballarat & District

0.5

0.7

(draw)

Western Oval,

Tue (D)

(REP.)

South Australia

0.?

0.2

Ballarat

350

JULY - exhibition match played while the SA colonial team was away on tour

5-7-1879

SAFA Firsts (20)

0.?

0.?

(draw)

Adelaide FC Ground

Sat (D)

(EX.)

SAFA Seconds (25)

0.?

0.?

300

JULY - representative match played during Geelong FC's tour of South Australia

24-7-1879

SAFA

1.4

1.3

GFC

Adelaide Oval

Wed (D)

(REP.)

Geelong FC

1.2

4.7

3 goals

2000

JULY - first "representative" match played in Tasmania (local TFA players vs TFA players from other colonies)

27-7-1879

Tasmanian "Natives"

0.6

3.?

TAS "N"

Battery Ground,

Sat (D)

(EX.)

All-Comers

0.4

0.?

3 goals

Queen's Domain

4000

 


Written and researched by David Eastman
First published 23/2/2020
Last updated 15/6/2020
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