1887 SAFA season
| 1887 SAFA premiership season | |
|---|---|
10th SAFA season Pictured above is the 1887 premiership team. | |
| Teams | 7 |
| Premiers | Norwood 7th premiership |
| Leading goalkicker | Alf Bushby Port Adelaide (25 goals) |
| Matches played | 55 |
| Highest | 11,000 (Round 8, Norwood vs. Port Adelaide) |
The 1887 South Australian Football Association season was the 11th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.
On 15 March 1887 the West Torrens Football Club held a meeting at the Foundry Hotel, Hindley Street in Adelaide where it decided to change the name of the club to West Adelaide and apply for inclusion in the upcoming 1887 SAFA season. The Club has previously applied to join in 1879.
1887 saw the competition expand from 4 to 7 clubs when Gawler Albions, Hotham and West Adelaide were admitted to the SAFA with the last of those bearing no relation to the modern day West Adelaide Bloods.