East Torrens Football Association

The East Torrens Football Association (ETFA) was an Australian rules football competition based in the eastern and north-eastern suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia until it merged with the North Adelaide District Football Association to form the Norwood-North Football Association at the end of the 1968 season. It was formed and held its first annual meeting was held on 7 April 1915 at Norwood[1][2] for the purpose of “fostering junior football in the Norwood district."[3]

Early history

With the introduction of Electoral Zones for the South Australian Football Association (SAFA) Senior Clubs a well attended meeting of the junior footballers in the East Torrens Electorate arranged by the Norwood Football Club was held at the Norwood Hotel on 7 April 1898.[4] It was decided at the meeting that the Association should consist of six clubs, and that all players must be residents of the East Torrens Electorate. To assist the Association, the Norwood Football Club offered a trophy of to be given to the club gaining the premiership of the Association. In addition, the senior team will also give two footballs to each individual club in the Association, and also will give them balls to practise with. The clubs present forming the Association were the Tusmore, College Park, Eden Park, and Albions whilst it is expected that a team from Payneham will also join.[5] However, two other clubs joined - Rose Park and Marryatville which both played off of for second place with later being victorious.[6]

On 9 July 1898 the East Torrens Association visited Gawler and were comprehensively defeated by the Gawler Association - 2 behinds to 14 goals 21 behinds.[7]

The Electoral District of East Torrens existed from 1857 to 1902 and again from 1915 to 1938.

Formation of second incarnation of association in 1915

For the 1915 Season the Association comprised the following clubs — Norwood Union, Payneham, Magill, Marryatville, and Kent Town. The Magill club withdrew on 4 August 1915 on account of the majority of the members having enlisted for active service.[8] The competition went into recession for 3 seasons (1916 to 1918) due to World War 1.

In 1939, the competition had expanded to 13 clubs when Athelstone were admitted.[9]

In 1947, the competition consisted of 10 clubs - Magill Royals, Norwood Union, Ashton, Athelstone, Kensington and Norwood Youth Club, Kensington Gardens, Tea Tree Gully, Glenroy, Burnside and Salisbury which had joined in 1946[10]

Clubs

Final

Club Colours Nickname Home Ground Former League Est. Years in

ETFA

 ETFA Senior Premierships Fate
Total Years
Ashton
Saints Ashton Oval, Ashton MLFA, HFA 1907 1938-1948, 1962-1968[11] 2 1938, 1940 Played in Hills FA from 1949-61. Formed Norwood-North FA in 1969
Athelstone
Raggies Foxfield Oval, Athelstone NADFA 1904 1916-1924, 1936-1968[12] 5 1959, 1960, 1963, 1965, 1966 Moved to North Adelaide District FA in 1925. Formed Norwood-North FA in 1969
Brompton
Mary Lee Park (Park 27B), Adelaide Park Lands AMFL 1945 1967-1968 0 - Formed Norwood-North FA in 1969
Burnside Bill Cooper Oval, Newland Park, Erindale AMFL 1947 1947-1960,[13] 1968 0 - Played in Adelaide Metropolitan FL between 1961-67. Formed Norwood-North FA in 1969
Campbelltown (Glenroy 1919-65)
Campbelltown Memorial Oval, Paradise NEHFA 1913 1919-1968[14] 6 1933, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1958 Formed Norwood-North FA in 1969
Eastwood (Eastwood Rechabite 1938-41) Carriageway Park (Park 17), Adelaide SAAFL, AMFL 1930s 1938-1941, 1954–1955, 1968 1 1955 Formed Norwood-North FA in 1969
Hectorville
Hounds Daly Oval, Hectorville – 1961 1961-1968[15] 1 1967 Formed Norwood-North FA in 1969
Kensington Gardens
Parkinson Oval, Kensington Gardens – 1947 1947-1968 3 1949, 1962, 1964 Formed Norwood-North FA in 1969
Kersbrook
Blues, Brookers Kersbrook Soldiers Memorial Park, Kersbrook TVFA 1912 1966-1968[16] 0 - Formed Norwood-North FA in 1969
Magill Royal
Royals Murray Park Oval, Magill – 1913 1915[3], 1920-1968[17] 2 1934, 1948 Formed Norwood-North FA in 1969
Norwood Union
(1946)
(1947-53)
(1958-60)
(other years)		 Marryatville High School, Marryatville SADFA, YMCAFA 1902 1915, 1920, 1922-1968[3][18] 9 1915, 1920, 1923, 1925, 1926, 1932, 1939, 1941, 1946, 1947, 1952, 1967 Played in YMCAFA in 1921. Formed Norwood-North FA in 1969
Para-Houghton Houghton Memorial Oval, Houghton & Paracombe Recreation Reserve, Paracombe TVFA 1915 1960-1968[19][20] 0 - Formed Norwood-North FA in 1969
Tea Tree Gully
Gullies, Wolves Pertaringa Oval, Banksia Park NEHFA, NADFA 1862 1946-1954, 1957-1968[21] 0 - Formed Norwood-North FA in 1969
West Torrens reserves
Eagles Thebarton Oval, Thebarton 1893 ?-1968 1 1968 Moved to SANFL reserves in 1969

Former

Club Colours Nickname Home Ground Former League Est. Years in

ETFA

 ETFA Senior Premierships Fate
Total Years
Commonwealth Bank Bankers – 1950 1951[22] 0 - Moved to SAAFL in 1952
Dulwich Victoria Park Race Course, Adelaide – 1919 1920-1921[23] 0 - Moved to SAAFL in 1922
East Torrens Imperial (East Torrens 1928-29) – 1928 1928-1935 0 - Folded after 1935 season
Forest Range
Forest Range Oval, Forest Range MLFA, HFA 1902 1929-1933, 1960-1966[24] 0 - Returned to Mounty Lofty FA in 1934. Merged with Lenswood to form Lenswood Rangers in Hills FL in 1967
Hope Valley United (Hope Valley & Highbury United 1937)
Highbury Oval, Hope Valley NEHFA 1906 1937-1948 0 - Moved to North Adelaide District FA in 1949
Hyde Park Webb Oval, Glenunga – 1954 1954-1959[25] 0 - Moved to SAAFL in 1960
Kensington Victoria Park Race Course, Adelaide – 1925 1925-1932[26] 5 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931 Moved to SAAFL in 1933
Kensington & Norwood Youth Club 1947[13] 0 - ?
Kent Town 1915, 1920[3] 0 - ?
Magill Juniors 1935-1938 0 - ?
Marryatville Victoria Park Race Course, Adelaide – 1915 1915, 1919, 1923-1925[27][28] 0 - Moved to SAAFL in 1933
Maylands 1928-1938 0 - Folded after 1938 season
Modbury
Modbury Oval, Ridgehaven NEHFA 1862 1936-1937 0 - Entered recess in 1938. Re-formed in North Adelaide District FA in 1947
Newstead 1924-1925 1 1924 ?
Norwood Central 1919 0 - ?
Norwood Juniors 1938 0 - ?
Payneham
(1915-24)
(1926-38)		 Payneham Oval, Payneham – 1901 1915, 1919–1924, 1926-1938[3] 6 1919, 1921, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1945 Recess in 1925. Moved to SAAFL in 1939
Payneham B
Payneham Oval, Payneham 1901 1946[29] 0 - Moved to SAAFL in 1947
Salisbury
Magpies Salisbury Oval, Salisbury LNFA 1883 1946-1947[13] 0 - Returned to Lower North FA in 1948
South Australian Fruitgrowers 1920[30] 0 - ?
St Ignatius 1929 0 - ?
Walkerville Juniors
Walkerville Oval, Walkerville 1901 1935 0 - ?
Wayville 1919 0 - ?
YMCA 1950-1958 1 1956 Folded after 1958 season

Premierships

A-Grade

  • 1915 - Norwood Union[3]
  • 1916 - in recess
  • 1917 - in recess
  • 1918 - in recess
  • 1919 - Payneham
  • 1920 - Norwood Union[31]
  • 1921 - Payneham
  • 1922
  • 1923 - Norwood Union
  • 1924 - Newstead[32]
  • 1925 - Norwood Union[33]
  • 1926 - Norwood Union
  • 1927 - Kensington[34]
  • 1928 - Kensington[34] undefeated
  • 1929 - Kensington[34]
  • 1930 - Kensington
  • 1931 - Kensington[35]
  • 1932 - Norwood Union[36]
  • 1933 - Glenroy[37]
  • 1934 - Magill Royal[38]
  • 1935 - Payneham[39]
  • 1936 - Payneham[40]
  • 1937 - Payneham
  • 1938 - Ashton[41]
  • 1939 - Norwood Union[42]
  • 1940 - Ashton undefeated[43]
  • 1941 - Norwood Union
  • 1942-1944 - in recess
  • 1945 - Payneham
  • 1946 - Norwood Union[44]
  • 1947 - Norwood Union[45]
  • 1948 - Magill Royal[46]
  • 1949 - Kensington Gardens[47]
  • 1950 - Glenroy[48]
  • 1951 - Glenroy[49]
  • 1952 - Norwood Union[50]
  • 1953 - Glenroy[51]
  • 1954 - Glenroy[52]
  • 1955 - Eastwood
  • 1956 - YMCA
  • 1957
  • 1958 - Glenroy
  • 1959 - Athelstone[53]
  • 1960 - Athelstone[53]
  • 1961 - Norwood Union
  • 1962 - Kensington Gardens
  • 1963 - Athelstone[53]
  • 1964 - Kensington Gardens
  • 1965 - Athelstone[53]
  • 1966 - Athelstone[53]
  • 1967 - Hectorville
  • 1968 - West Torrens Reserves

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