Controversy regarding a goal kicked during the Victorian and South Adelaide game meant the result was not confirmed until it was referred to the SAFA committee.[8] The result of the game was eventually decided to not count towards the premiership.[9]
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points, Adj Pts = Points adjusted for match ratio, (P) = Premiers
Note: Victorian were ranked above South Adelaide on match ratio (only match was drawn), while Port Adelaide were ranked above
Kensington on head-to-head record (1-0-1), and Kensington were ranked above South Park on match ratio (both teams were 1-1 head-to-head).
Intercolonial matches
An Association representative team toured South Australia in August, playing three intercolonial matches – two at even strength against the South Australian Football Association representative team, and one against a team of twenty-three South Australian-born players – and winning all three. J. Gibson (South Melbourne) served as captain of the Association team.[26]
Controversy regarding a goal kicked during the Victorian and South Adelaide game meant the result was not confirmed until it was referred to the SAFA committee.[8] The result of the game was eventually decided to not count towards the premiership.[9]
The Port Adelaide and Victorian football clubs decided to play another game against each other as their two previous matches during the season resulted in draws.
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^ ab"Intercolonial Football Match". South Australian Register. Adelaide, SA. 19 August 1880. p. 6.
^"The Intercolonial Football Match". South Australian Register. Adelaide, SA. 16 August 1880. p. 6.
^"Intercolonial Football Match". The South Australian Advertiser. Adelaide, SA. 23 August 1880. p. 6.
^"[No heading]". South Australian Register. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 6 September 1880. p. 2 Supplement: SUPPLEMENT TO THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN REGISTER. Archived from the original on 11 March 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2015.