REPRESENTATIVE / INTERCOLONIAL MATCH RESULTS

1877 - 1879

1877
1878
1879
1877

Date
Type

Teams

1/2

Final

Winner
Margin

Venue

Day
Crowd

1877

2-7-1877

Victoria

Match cancelled

Madeline Street

Mon (D)

(INTER-C.)

South Australia

Reserve, Parkville

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The inaugural inter-colonial match was cancelled because the ground owners (Melbourne University)
refused to allow admission fees to be charged.
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The match was then moved to the Civil Service Cricket Ground, located at Flinders Park
(near the current site of Rod Laver Arena).
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However, a suitable date could not be agreed upon and the match was cancelled
(the SAFA wanted July 14, the VFA wanted July 21)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6-8-1877

SA "Natives"

0

2

SA "N"

Exhibition Grounds,

Mon (D)

(EX.)

"Victorians"

0

1

1 goal

Adelaide

700

13-8-1877

SAFA

0

0

MFC

Exhibition Grounds,

Mon (D)

(REP.)

Melbourne FC

1

5

5 goals

Adelaide

2000

20-8-1877

SA "Natives"

1

2

SKFC

Adelaide Oval

Mon (D)

(EX.)

St Kilda FC

5

7

5 goals

800

 

1878

Date
Type

Teams

1/2

Final

Winner
Margin

Venue

Day
Crowd

1878

11-5-1878

SA "Natives"

1

1

SA "N"

The Oval,

Sat (D)

(EX.)

"Victorians"

0

0

1 goal

North Park Lands

400

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

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

Sat (D)

(PRAC.)

Hotham-Essendon FCs (23)

0.3

0.3

1 goal

Cricket Ground

1000

1-7-1879

Victoria

4.6

7.14

VIC

East Melbourne

Tue (D)

(INTER-C.)

South Australia

0.2

0.8

7 goals

Cricket Ground

10,000

5-7-1879

Victoria

2.4

4.9

VIC

East Melbourne

Sat (D)

(INTER-C.)

South Australia

0.4

1.4

3 goals

Cricket Ground

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

Sat (D)

(EX.)

SAFA Seconds (25)

0.?

0.?

Ground

300

JULY - Geelong FC 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

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