1888 Championship of Australia

Australian rules football match

1888 Championship of Australia (Game 3)

Norwood	South Melbourne
6.4	4.15

	1	2	3	4
NOR	1.1	3.1	5.3	6.4
NMB	1.4	2.7	4.12	4.15

Date

13 October 1888

Stadium

Kensington Oval

Attendance

2,000

1890 →

The 1888 Championship of Australia was an Australian rules football series held in Adelaide between 6 October and 13 October 1888.

The championship was contested by the premiers of the VFA, South Melbourne and the premiers of the SAFA, Norwood.

All matches were played at Kensington Oval in Adelaide, South Australia.

The series was won by Norwood 3 games to zero, giving Norwood its 1st Championship of Australia Title.^[1]^[2]^[3]

This was the first Championship of Australia held, but the only one to be held as a series, with subsequent editions held as a single championship match.

Matches


	Championship of Australia Game 1
6 October 1888	Norwood	def.	South Melbourne	Kensington Oval (crowd: 1,000)
	4.3 4.5 6.6 8.12	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	1.1 3.8 3.8 4.10


	Championship of Australia Game 2
10 October 1888	Norwood	def.	South Melbourne	Kensington Oval (crowd: 3,000)
	1.1 2.2 3.5 6.8	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	1.5 1.8 2.9 2.11	Umpires: Kennedy


	Championship of Australia Game 3
13 October 1888	Norwood	def.	South Melbourne	Kensington Oval (crowd: 2,000)
	1.0 3.1 5.3 6.4	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	1.4 2.7 4.12 4.15

References

^ "INTERCOLONIAL FOOTBALL-NORWOOD V. SOUTH MELBOURNE". The South Australian Advertiser. 8 October 1888.
^ "INTERCOLONIAL FOOTBALL-NORWOOD V. SOUTH MELBOURNE". The South Australian Advertiser. 11 October 1888.
^ "INTERCOLONIAL FOOTBALL-NORWOOD V. SOUTH MELBOURNE". The South Australian Advertiser. 15 October 1888.

Championship of Australia

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Australian rules football in Australia

v t e 1888 Champions of Australia – Norwood
Woods G. Coombe Daly Dixon Grayson McGaffin McKee H. Rischbieth Shaw C. Woods J. Woods R. Bertram O. Bertram Waldron

v t e Norwood Football Club
Captain: Alex Georgiou Coach: Ben Warren Nickname: Redlegs
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