The 1886 South Australian Football Association season was the 10th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.
The new Adelaide Football Club, formed by the merger of North Adelaide Junior and North Parks, won the premiership in just their second senior season. Eight seasons after joining the SAFA, this was the first time Norwood failed to finish in the top two. It was also the first time that Port Adelaide finished last and collected the wooden spoon.
This was the first season in South Australia that quarters were played, allowing ends to be changed four times per match.
The thirty games played had average crowd figures of about 2,055 spectators per game.
Premiership season
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7
Round 8
Round 9
Round 10
Round 11
Round 12
Round 13
Round 14
Round 15
Round 16
Round 17
Round 18
Round 19
Round 20
Round 21
Ladder 1886 SAFA ladder Team P W L D GF BF GA BA 1 Adelaide (P) 15 9 5 154131471182South Adelaide1585248115501233Norwood1576259146411044Port Adelaide153111419564137 Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, GF = Goals For, BF = Behinds For, GA = Goals Against, BA = Behinds Against, (P) = Premiers
Attendances The figures for club and ground attendances are only based on those given above.
By club + 1886 SAFA club attendances Club Avg. per game 2,672 Adelaide2,155 1,882 1,503
By ground + 1886 SAFA ground attendances Ground Games Avg. per game Adelaide Oval182,619 North Park Lands Botanic Gardens12,500 Alberton Oval71,164 Kensington Oval4950
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