1884 SAFA season
| 1884 SAFA premiership season | |
|---|---|
The Port Adelaide premiership team | |
| Teams | 5 |
| Premiers | Port Adelaide 1st premiership |
| Leading goalkicker | Robert Roy Port Adelaide (22 Goals) |
| Matches played | 33 |
| Highest | 6,000 (Round 8, Norwood vs. Port Adelaide) |
The 1884 South Australian Football Association season was the 8th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.
Port Adelaide went on to record its 1st premiership and in doing so ended Norwood's run of 6 straight premierships (1878-1883).
The season would be the last for two of the founding clubs - South Park Football Club and the North Adelaide Football Club, previously known as the Victorian Football Club. It shares no relation to the modern day North Adelaide Roosters.
Of the 8 original clubs from 1877 only Port Adelaide and South Adelaide, after 8 seasons, would compete in 1885.
At a committee meeting of the SAFA held on the 6 May 1884 the question of the amalgamation of the Senior and Junior Associations was then discussed at some length, and eventually it was agreed that five delegates from each Association should, confer as to what steps could be taken to effect the object in view.