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1889 SAFA season

1889 SAFA premiership season
Teams 6
Premiers Norwood Jumper Design.png Norwood
(9th premiership)
Minor premiers Norwood Jumper Design.png Norwood
SANFL Port Adelaide 1883-1901 Icon.jpg Port Adelaide
(1st minor premiership)
Matches played 48
Highest attendance 11,000 (Grand Final, Norwood v. Port Adelaide)
Leading goalkicker SANFL Port Adelaide 1883-1901 Icon.jpg Charlie Fry
Port Adelaide (32 goals)
1888
1890

The 1889 South Australian Football Association season was the 13th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.

The season ended with Norwood and Port Adelaide tied on premiership points. Subsequently, the first ever dedicated championship deciding match for a major Australian rules football competition was held with Norwood winning to be the 1889 SAFA premiers.



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