1885 SAFA season
| 1885 SAFA premiership season | |
|---|---|
South Adelaide, premiers | |
| Teams | 4 |
| Premiers | South Adelaide 2nd premiership |
| Leading goalkicker | H R Hill South Adelaide (19 goals) |
| Attendance | |
| Matches played | 30 |
| Total attendance | 54,000 (1,800 per match) |
| Highest | 8,000 (Round 6, Adelaide vs. South Adelaide) |
The 1885 South Australian Football Association season was the 9th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.
A new senior Adelaide Football Club formed from a merger of North Adelaide Junior and North Parks clubs from the Adelaide and Suburban Football Association joined.
However, two inaugural clubs - South Park on 18 March 1885 and Victorians (North Adelaide) on 21 April 1885 both resigned and disbanded before the season commenced.
The 1885 SAFA season was the first time since 1878 that all clubs played a fixed number of games.
Twenty three of the thirty games played had crowd figures quoted for an approximate average of 1,800 spectators per game.