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Adelaide Oval
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Adelaide Oval is a stadium in Adelaide, South Australia, located in the parklands between the city centre and North Adelaide. The stadium is used for cricket and Australian rules football, but also plays host to rugby league, rugby union, soccer. The Oval has been headquarters to the South Australian Cricket Association since 1871, the stadium is managed by the Adelaide Oval Stadium Management Authority. Redevelopments between 2008 and 2014, costing $575 million, increased the seating capacity from 34,000 to 53,583. The Adelaide and Port Adelaide Football Clubs also returned to the stadium, in 2010, Austadiums. com called the Adelaide Oval one of the most picturesque Test cricket grounds in Australia, if not the world. In December 2009 South Australian Premier Mike Rann announced a $450 million government commitment to redevelop Adelaide Oval to enable AFL Football to be played there, in May 2011 Treasurer Kevin Foley announced an increase in government funding to $535 million. 1871 - The ground was established in 1871 after the formation of SACA, among those responsible for the original construction were John Pickering and Henry Sparks. 1877 - The first South Australian Football Association match that took place on the ground was between Adelaide Football Club and the Bankers, Adelaide won the match 4 goals to 1. 1877 – The first first-class cricket match played at the ground between South Australia and Tasmania on 10 and 12 November 1877, South Australia was victorious, winning by an innings and 13 runs. 1878 – The first century was scored by John Hill on 30 January 1878, John was the father of the great Clem Hill. 1884 – The first Test match played at the Oval was held from 12–16 December 1884, England beat Australia by eight wickets. 1885 – The first football game lit by light was conducted on the evening of 1 July 1885. 1889 – The first Grand Final in a major Australian rules football competition was played between Norwood and Port Adelaide, Norwood won the game 7.4 to 5.9. 1894 – In 1894–95 Albert Trott collected 8/43 on debut against England,1900 – The picket fence was put up surrounding the Oval in 1900. 1911 – From 5–12 August 1911 the Australian Football Council Carnival was played at the ground, the competing sides were SA, VFL, VFA, Western Australia, Tasmania and New South Wales. 1911 – The Adelaide Oval scoreboard, designed by architect Kenneth Milne, the clock was added in 1912 and the windvane in the 1930s. 1914 - The Port Adelaide Football Club defeated the Carlton Football Club for their fourth Championship of Australia title defeating the Victorian side by 34 points,9.16 to 5.6. 1931 – In 1931–32 Donald Bradman scored the highest score ever at the ground in Test Cricket, in the same game, Clarrie Grimmett collected fourteen wickets, the most ever taken in a Test match at the ground by a bowler
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Norwood Football Club
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Norwood Football Club, nicknamed, Redlegs, is an Australian rules football club competing in the South Australian National Football League in the state of South Australia. Its home ground is Coopers Stadium, which referred to as The Parade. It is one of the two traditional powerhouse clubs of the SANFL, the other being Port Adelaide, who together have won half of all SANFL premierships. The Norwood Football Club was formed at a meeting held at the Norfolk Arms Hotel in Rundle Street, Norwoods first home ground was in the east Park Lands near the tramway and opposite the Kent Town Brewery. Norwood played their first match at Adelaide Oval on 16 May 1878 against South Adelaide, Norwood went on to win the match 1 goal to nil, with Test cricketer George Giffen kicking Norwoods goal. During this match the players donned distinctive red stockings which gave rise to the nickname Redlegs, Norwood won a premiership in its first year of existence and then followed with five more in a row. Only Port Adelaide in the 1950s has managed to repeat the feat of winning 6 premierships in a row, Norwood eventually won 11 pennants between 1878 and 1899 and was the most successful team of the 1800s. In 1883, after winning the pennant for the successive year, Norwood became the first South Australian club to record a win over a Victorian team. In 1888, Norwood were proclaimed Premiers of Australia when they defeated South Melbourne in three matches at Kensington Oval, Norwood and Port Adelaide became famous rivals after a particularly tough qualifying finals match in 1894. Dalys goal tally would not be surpassed for another 37 years and his tally of 23 goals in one match has ever been equalled by the great North Adelaide goal shooter. Daly was widely regarded as the greatest South Australian footballer from 1877 to the close of the nineteenth century, the 1904 Grand Final was a memorable one for Norwood who were down by 35 points at three-quarter time against traditional rival Port Adelaide. Norwood was only two points down with a minute remaining, tommy Gibbons held a mark on a seemingly impossible angle. His kick sailed through the posts to give Norwood a four-point victory 9.8 to 8.10. Norwood would beat Carlton again in 1921, but on this occasion both clubs were runners up in their respective competitions. For his brief coaching stint, Thomas Leahy proved remarkably successful, leading the Redlegs to back to back premierships in 1922 and 1923, a feat that would not be repeated for 90 years. Walter Scott was captain-coach of the Norwood Football Club for five years, over a coaching stint of 12 years, Jack Oatey led the Redlegs to three premierships in 1946,1948,1950. The period spanning the 1951 and 1973 seasons, totalling twenty three years, was the clubs longest without a premiership, robert Hammond would lead the Redlegs to two premierships, one in 1975 and the other in 1978. In 1977, Norwood defeated East Perth for the NFL night series premiership, both of these clubs would later make bids to enter the VFL, East Perth in 1980 and Norwood in 1986
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Port Adelaide Football Club
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The Port Adelaide Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Alberton, Port Adelaide, South Australia. The clubs senior team plays in the Australian Football League whilst its reserves, Port Adelaide is the oldest professional football club in South Australia and the fifth-oldest club in the AFL. Since the clubs first game on 24 May 1870, it has won 36 South Australian league premierships, the club also won the Champions of Australia competition on a record four occasions. In 1997, the joined the Australian Football League as the only pre-existing non-Victorian club—and subsequently added the 2004 AFL Premiership to its achievements. By the late 1860s Port Adelaides river traffic was growing significantly causing John Rann, Mr. Leicester, the Port Adelaide Football Club was established on 12 May 1870 as part of a joint Australian football and cricket club with the first training session taking place two days later. It played its first match against a team called the Young Australians on 24 May 1870 at inaugural club president John Harts family property in Glanville. Football in South Australia at this stage was yet to be organised by a single body, in 1877 Port Adelaide joined seven other clubs to form the South Australian Football Association, the first league of its type in Australia. It competed its first few seasons wearing magenta guernseys and white shorts, in 1878 the club hosted its first game against the recently established Norwood Football Club with the visitors winning 1-0. A rivalry between these clubs would soon develop into one of the fiercest in Australian sport, in 1880 the club moved to Alberton Oval. In 1881 the club played a team for the first time against Carlton at Adelaide Oval. Later that year the club travelled to Victoria and played its first game outside South Australia against Sale, during the 1882 season Port Adelaide overcame Norwood for the first time after nine previous attempts winning by 1 goal at Adelaide Oval. In 1884 Port Adelaide won its first SAFA premiership, ending Norwoods run of six premierships, on 25 May 1885, Port Adelaide played its first game at the MCG against South Melbourne, drawing with the eventual VFA premiers in front of 10,000 spectators. In 1887 immense interest led into the Round 8 meeting against Norwood as the two matches between the clubs resulted in draws. Norwood won in front of a then-record 11,000 spectators at Adelaide Oval, during 1889 the club played against the Richmond at Punt Road, with Port prevailing by a goal. The 1889 SAFA season ended with Port Adelaide and Norwood equal top, Norwood went on to defeat Port Adelaide by two goals. In 1890 Port Adelaide won its second SAFA premiership and would go on to be crowned Champions of Australia for the first time after defeating VFA premiers South Melbourne. During the 1890s Australia was affected by a depression and many players were forced to move interstate to find work translating into poor on field results. By 1896, the club was in crisis and finished last causing the clubs committee to meet with the aim of revitalising the club
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Alfred Waldron (footballer)
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Alfred Edward Topsy Waldron was an Australian rules footballer who played for Norwood in the South Australian Football Association during the 19th century. He also played a couple of cricket matches for South Australia. Waldron, who was captain of Norwood for a record ten seasons, played in eight of their early premiership teams. He had started his career at Albert-park and then crossed to Carlton in the Victorian Football Association, after playing in Carltons 1877 VFA premiership side, Waldron was convinced by a friend to go to Norwood and he joined them for their second season in the SAFA. In 1888, Waldron captained Norwood to victory in the inaugural Championship of Australia, the club took on South Melbourne at Kensington Oval for the title and won the series 3–0. He also captained South Australia in three games and played in three others. When the South Australian Football Hall of Fame was opened to inductees in 2002, Waldron was one of the first added and his two first-class cricket matches were played almost five years apart, in the 1881/82 and 1887/88 summers. Waldron failed with the bat in both but took 3 for 18 against Victoria at the Adelaide Oval in what was the innings he bowled in. One of those wickets was Test cricketer Tup Scott, Alfred Waldrons profile from AustralianFootball. com Cricinfo, Alfred Waldron
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Australian rules football
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The main way to score points is by kicking the oval-shaped ball between the two tall goal posts. The team with the score by the end of the match wins unless a draw is declared. During general play, players may position themselves anywhere on the field, the primary methods are kicking, handballing and running with the ball. There are rules on how the ball can be handled, for example, throwing the ball is not allowed and players must not get caught holding the ball. A distinctive feature of the game is the mark, where players anywhere on the field who catch a ball from a kick are awarded possession, possession of the ball is in dispute at all times except when a free kick or mark is paid. Players can tackle using their hands or use their body to obstruct opponents. The game features frequent physical contests, spectacular marking, fast movement of players and the ball and high scoring. The sports origins can be traced to matches played in Melbourne, Victoria in 1858. Its annual Grand Final is the highest attended club championship event in the world, the sport is also played at amateur level in many countries and in several variations. The games rules are governed by the AFL Commission with the advice of the AFLs Laws of the Game Committee, there is evidence of football being played sporadically in the Australian colonies in the first half of the 19th century. The earliest such match, held in St Kilda on 15 June, was between Melbourne Grammar and St Kilda Grammar. Born in Australia, Wills played a nascent form of rugby football whilst a pupil at Rugby School in England and his letter is regarded by many historians as giving impetus for the development of a new code of football today known as Australian football. Two weeks later, Wills friend, cricketer Jerry Bryant, posted an advertisement for a match at the Richmond Paddock adjoining the Melbourne Cricket Ground. This was the first of several kickabouts held that year involving members of the Melbourne Cricket Club, including Wills, Bryant, W. J. Hammersley, trees were used as goalposts and play typically lasted an entire afternoon. Without an agreed code of laws, some players were guided by rules they had learned in the British Isles. Another significant milestone in 1858 was a match played under experimental rules between Melbourne Grammar and Scotch College, held at the Richmond Paddock. This 40-a-side contest, umpired by Wills and Scotch College teacher John Macadam, began on 7 August and it is commemorated with a statue outside the MCG, and the two schools have competed annually ever since in the Cordner-Eggleston Cup, the worlds oldest continuous football competition. Since the early 20th century, it has suggested that Australian football was derived from the Irish sport of Gaelic football
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Adelaide Football Club (SAFA)
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The club bears no relation to the present Adelaide Football Club playing in the Australian Football League. The Adelaide Football Club was formed on Thursday 26 April 1860 at the Globe Inn Hotel and it was the first in South Australia, and initially only played matches internally, North v. South. J. B. Spence led one side and John Acraman the other, the first such match was played on the North Parklands on Saturday 28 April 1860. The club had its own game rules, the first recorded match against a rival club was played in 1862 against the Modbury Football Club on a strip of grass near the Modbury Hotel. Adelaide won the two goals to nil. The two teams met again the year, and the game was kept up with the greatest spirit and good feeling. In 1877 Adelaide captain Nowell Twopenney was influential in establishing the South Australian Football Association, in the SAFAs original season, Adelaide finished third, winning ten, losing three and drawing three of its 16 matches, and finishing with a goal differential of 18. Adelaide finished fifth out of seven teams in each of the two seasons, and last in 1880. The teams poor performances on and off-field forced the club to merge with Kensington for the 1881 season due to a lack of players. These problems continued, forcing the team to resign from the competition on June 1st 1881 after playing four matches. During the years 1882 to 1884, the club did not play in the SAFA, the club was re-formed before the 1885 season, combining with Adelaide and Suburban Football Association club North Park to again field a team in the SAFA. The new team finished last out of four teams in 1885, Adelaide was involved in an experimental night game played under electric lights at Adelaide Oval on 1 July 1885. It beat South Adelaide 1 goal 8 behinds to 8 behinds, after the triumphs of 1886 and 1887, very poor management led to the defection of many of the key members of the 1886 premiership team. These on-field performances and the clubs insolvency meant that Adelaide dropped out of the SAFA,18861877, John Young 1886, Richard Stephens
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South Adelaide Football Club
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The South Adelaide Football Club is an Australian rules football club that competes in the South Australian National Football League. Known as the Panthers, their ground is Hickinbotham Oval. The South Adelaide Football Club is the second oldest football club in South Australia, South Adelaide was formed in 1875 and played their first game in June 1876, wearing blue caps and long white trousers. In 1896 they won sixteen and drew two of eighteen games, district football was introduced optionally in 1897 and became compulsory in 1899. With the loss of Reedman and Jones to North Adelaide, and after one season goalsneak Bos Daly to West Torrens in 1900 and this was exacerbated by the admission of Sturt in 1901. In 1915, South improved to second before lack of experience took its toll in the semi-final. It was generally known that South had a small share of the area zoned between eight league clubs, but the league committee refused to alter the status quo. In response to South Adelaide’s limited metropolitan recruiting resources, the club began a concerted country recruiting campaign during the 1930s and this bore spectacular fruit between 1935 and 1940. Under coach Vic Johnson, South Adelaide after a slow start played impressive football throughout 1935, jack Cockburn at centre half-back was the team’s star and won the Magarey Medal. After two more seasons in the finals, South Adelaide reached a point in 1938, losing only two games and swamping Port Adelaide with a 13-goal third quarter in the Grand Final. The blue and whites failed badly in the 1939 finals,1941 saw South slip to fifth with only six wins, but that could hardly have prepared them for the experiences of the following two decades after full-scale football resumed after World War II. Between 1947 and 1951 South won only seven out of eighty-six. Other clubs with greater financial resources duplicated South’s 1930s country recruiting campaigns, South Adelaide rose rapidly in 1964, losing only three minor round games before defeating Port Adelaide by 27 points in the Grand Final. It remained prominent for the two years of Kerley’s stint but failed to make the grand final. Took over the reins in 1975, however, on an appallingly windy day and muddy ground the experienced Port Adelaide, aided by winning the toss, were too good, winning 9-9 to 3-14. The Panthers fluctuated in yo-yo fashion under Bunton, never playing in two finals series before he departed to return to Subiaco after a sabbatical at the end of 1982. Under John Reid, South developed rapidly after a season and twenty-six successive losses during 1988. After this, the Panthers won only four games in the 2009 and 2010 seasons for their worst two-season record since the days of 1950 and 1951
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North Adelaide Football Club
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The North Adelaide Football Club, nicknamed the Roosters, is an Australian rules football club currently affiliated with the South Australian National Football League. The club plays its games at Prospect Oval, located in Prospect. The club was formed in 1888 as the Medindie Football Club, North Adelaides first premiership was won in 1900, and the club has won a total of thirteen senior premierships during its time in the league, most recently in 1991. Formed in 1888 as Medindie, in 1893 the club renamed itself to North Adelaide and it is the fourth oldest club still in operation in the SANFL. Although several other early clubs used the name of North Adelaide, North Adelaide started playing at Prospect Oval in 1922 and it has remained their home ground ever since. Ken Farmer – The Bradman of Goalkickers kicked 105 goals in 1930 to become the first SA League player to kick 100 goals in a league state and he was a prolific goalkicker, kicking 100 goals in a season in 11 consecutive seasons. Farmer also holds the record for the most goals in an SANFL match –23 against West Torrens at Prospect on 6 July 1940. Farmer scored ten or more goals in matches, and 1,419 goals in total over his career. North Adelaide’s other iconic player, Barrie Robran, played 201 League games for the Roosters and 10 State games and he won 3 Magarey Medals and is the only SANFL Legend in the Australian Football Hall of Fame. North Adelaide competed in the first match played at Football Park in round 5,1974, the match was won by Central District. The longest serving coach for the club is Michael Nunan –12 seasons from 1981 to 1992, the Captains record is held by Ian McKay, captaining the team for 8 years from 1948–1955. All contain the lyrics, but have been changed rhythm wise to keep up with the times. The lyrics and tune, by well known Australian singer/songwriter Johnny Mac, are the only completely written in the league. The most recent version was brought in during the early 2000s and its a great, great club, And the club we love, Were the good old red and whites. The mighty Roosters were called, All for one, one for all, each member provided a list of candidates for each position and the Committee then set about the arduous task of selecting the final team. The selected team was announced at a gala dinner held on 7 October 2000. The North Adelaide Football Club has named two of their past champions as Icons and they are, Ken Farmer - All-time leading SANFL goal kicker with 1,419 from 1929-41. Permiership player in 1930 and 1931, premiership coach in 1949 and 1952
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Harry Phillips (Australian footballer)
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Harry Tick Phillips was a champion player for the Port Adelaide Football Club. He is widely considered to be the clubs greatest player of the nineteenth century, Phillips played sixteen seasons for Port Adelaide. For his final two seasons, he was appointed captain, in his early years Phillips played football for the Kingston Football Club in the South Australian Junior Football Association. One of the best all round men in the team, Phillips made his debut for the Port Adelaide against South Adelaide at Alberton Oval in his clubs first fixture of the 1886 SAFA season. Phillips kicked his first goal for Port Adelaide the following week against Norwood at Alberton Oval, in 1890, Phillips was a member of Port Adelaides victorious Championship of Australia side who defeated South Melbourne for the national title. Harold Phillips died in Queenstown, South Australia and his funeral was attended by Norwood captain Alfred Waldron
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Adelaide Observer
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The Register, originally the South Australian Gazette and Colonial Register, was the first South Australian newspaper. It was first published in London in June 1836 and folded almost a century later in February 1931, the newspaper is the sole primary source for almost all information about the settlement and early history of South Australia. It documented shipping schedules, legal history and court records at a time when official records were not kept, the first issue, appeared in London on 18 June 1836 with his friend and partner, George Stevenson, as editor. Thomas embarked for South Australia aboard the Africaine later that year, arriving on 10 November 1836 with his family and equipment to set up a printing plant. It was six months before the first colonial edition of The Register was printed on 3 June 1837 in a mud hut on an acre in Hindley Street. From the start, the paper asserted a strongly independent stance, stevensons style was vigorous and provocative, making himself and The Register several enemies. The papers antagonism of Governor Gawler led to The Register losing government business notably the South Australian Government Gazette, the printers Thomas & Co. had disengaged themselves from editorial content in June 1839 in a vain attempt to protect their monopoly and lost about £1,650 a year. His protest that he was authorised by the British Government to do its printing failed and, insolvent, he sold the paper for £600 to James Allen in 1842, John Stephens, who had in 1843 founded The Adelaide Observer, in 1845 purchased The Register. Anthony Forster became part owner in 1848, With the death of Stephens in 1850, forsters share was taken over by Joseph Fisher in 1853, then sold to John Howard Clark in 1865. The paper, having been printed sporadically previously, became weekly in June 1838, by 1840, The Register employed a staff of 21 and had reached a circulation of 900. They also purchased its weekly publication, The Adelaide Observer, and established the Evening Journal which morphed into The Journal. The Register outlasted many competitors throughout its history, holding a monopoly on the market at various stages. The Advertiser, founded in 1858, first emerged as a challenger to the paper in the 1870s. The Register was slow to respond, the Advertiser started putting its circulation figures on the masthead, by the time the Register cut its price the die was cast. The Advertiser bought out The Register and closed it down in February 1931 after the Great Depression had severely reduced its fortunes, forcing it to become largely pictorial. Details are from an article marking the 50th anniversary of its first publication in South Australia,1836 Vol.1 No.1837 The press was moved to Acre 46,37 Hindley Street just west of Morphett Street on 1 June. The South Australian Gazette and Colonial Register Vol 1, issue 2 appears, although subscribers were promised weekly publication, subsequent issues were published on 8 July,29 July,12 August,16 September,4 October,19 October,11 November. Price at this time was 6d. per issue, roberts son William Kyffin Thomas, aged 16, began work for the paper
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South Australian Register
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The Register, originally the South Australian Gazette and Colonial Register, was the first South Australian newspaper. It was first published in London in June 1836 and folded almost a century later in February 1931, the newspaper is the sole primary source for almost all information about the settlement and early history of South Australia. It documented shipping schedules, legal history and court records at a time when official records were not kept, the first issue, appeared in London on 18 June 1836 with his friend and partner, George Stevenson, as editor. Thomas embarked for South Australia aboard the Africaine later that year, arriving on 10 November 1836 with his family and equipment to set up a printing plant. It was six months before the first colonial edition of The Register was printed on 3 June 1837 in a mud hut on an acre in Hindley Street. From the start, the paper asserted a strongly independent stance, stevensons style was vigorous and provocative, making himself and The Register several enemies. The papers antagonism of Governor Gawler led to The Register losing government business notably the South Australian Government Gazette, the printers Thomas & Co. had disengaged themselves from editorial content in June 1839 in a vain attempt to protect their monopoly and lost about £1,650 a year. His protest that he was authorised by the British Government to do its printing failed and, insolvent, he sold the paper for £600 to James Allen in 1842, John Stephens, who had in 1843 founded The Adelaide Observer, in 1845 purchased The Register. Anthony Forster became part owner in 1848, With the death of Stephens in 1850, forsters share was taken over by Joseph Fisher in 1853, then sold to John Howard Clark in 1865. The paper, having been printed sporadically previously, became weekly in June 1838, by 1840, The Register employed a staff of 21 and had reached a circulation of 900. They also purchased its weekly publication, The Adelaide Observer, and established the Evening Journal which morphed into The Journal. The Register outlasted many competitors throughout its history, holding a monopoly on the market at various stages. The Advertiser, founded in 1858, first emerged as a challenger to the paper in the 1870s. The Register was slow to respond, the Advertiser started putting its circulation figures on the masthead, by the time the Register cut its price the die was cast. The Advertiser bought out The Register and closed it down in February 1931 after the Great Depression had severely reduced its fortunes, forcing it to become largely pictorial. Details are from an article marking the 50th anniversary of its first publication in South Australia,1836 Vol.1 No.1837 The press was moved to Acre 46,37 Hindley Street just west of Morphett Street on 1 June. The South Australian Gazette and Colonial Register Vol 1, issue 2 appears, although subscribers were promised weekly publication, subsequent issues were published on 8 July,29 July,12 August,16 September,4 October,19 October,11 November. Price at this time was 6d. per issue, roberts son William Kyffin Thomas, aged 16, began work for the paper
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The Advertiser (Adelaide)
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The Advertiser is a conservative, daily tabloid-format newspaper published in the city of Adelaide, South Australia. First published as a broadsheet named The South Australian Advertiser on 12 July 1858, a Sunday edition exists under the name of the Sunday Mail. The Advertiser is a publication of News Corp Australia, the head office of The Advertiser has relocated from a former premises in King William Street, to a new office complex, known as Keith Murdoch House at 31 Waymouth Street. The Adelaide Times ceased publication on May 9,1858, the South Australian Advertiser was published from 12 July 1858 to 22 March 1889. The original owners were Barrow and Charles Henry Goode, in 1863 the company started an afternoon newspaper The Express as a competitor to The Telegraph, an evening paper independent of both The Advertiser and The Register. The company was re-formed, effective 9 September 1864, with additional shareholders Philip Henry Burden, John Baker, Captain Scott, James Counsell, Thomas Graves and some others. Burden, secretary of the company, died in 1864, and Barrow, whose wife had died in 1856, married his widow in 1865, thus owning together a quarter of the company. In December,1866, the syndicate bought the afternoon Adelaide daily, the Telegraph, at auction, and incorporated it with The Express as The Express and Telegraph. It continued from 1889 as The Advertiser J. H. Barrow died on 22 August 1874, in 1879 a new firm was created, consisting of Thomas King, Fred Burden, and John Langdon Bonython. In July,1884, Thomas King dropped out, and the firm of Burden & Bonython was formed to run the paper, Burden retired, and sold his share to John Langdon Bonython, who from 1893 to 1929 was the sole proprietor of The Advertiser. As well as being a newspaper editor, he also supported the movement towards the Federation of Australia. The Canberra suburb of Bonython, and the now abolished South Australian electoral division of Bonython, were named in his honour, on Langdon Bonythons retirement, his son John Lavington Bonython, also Mayor and later Lord Mayor of Adelaide, became editor. The Herald and Weekly Times took a stake in The Advertiser in 1929. Through the 20th century, The Advertiser was the morning broadsheet, on the death of Sir Keith Murdoch in 1952, ownership of The News passed to his son Rupert, who subsequently established News Limited and News Corporation. In 1931 The Advertiser took over its competitor, the South Australian Register and The Chronicle. It is based upon a profound pride and belief in South Australia, on 24 October 1953 the company launched the Sunday Advertiser in direct competition to News Limiteds Sunday Mail, but failed to outreach its rival, though no doubt affecting its profitability. The Sunday Advertiser had introduced color graphics on the comics page and this was dropped shortly after joint publication commenced. When Murdoch acquired The Herald and Weekly Times in 1987, he acquired the remaining 48. 7% share of The Advertiser
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Ben Warren
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Benjamin Warren was an England international footballer who played as a half-back for Derby County and Chelsea. Born in Newhall, Derbyshire, Warren began his career with Derby County. Playing at half-back, though he could fill in at inside forward, Warren was known for his hard but fair tackling. He scored eight goals in seven FA Cup matches to help Derby reach the semi-finals of the competition in 1902, he also helped Derby reach the final a year later and he emerged as one of Englands highest-rated half-backs, winning his first cap against Ireland in 1906. He made 242 Football League appearances for Derby, scoring 19 goals, Warren signed for David Calderheads Chelsea in July 1908 and made his debut against Preston North End. In 101 matches, he scored five goals for Chelsea, however, his playing career was to end prematurely and tragically. Warren sustained an injury whilst playing for Chelsea in a 4–1 win over Clapton Orient. His condition deteriorated to such an extent that he was placed on suicide watch and he died of tuberculosis whilst still an inmate of the asylum in 1917. He left a widow, Minnie, and four children, Harry, Lily, Maurice, Harry Warren also became a footballer and later a manager. He was one of the most successful managers that Southend United had, Chelsea FC, The Official Biography – The Definitive Story of the First 100 Years
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Adelaide Park Lands
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The Adelaide Park Lands are the parks that surround the centre of the South Australian capital city of Adelaide. They measure approximately 7.6 km² in a green belt encircling the city centre, the parklands were laid out by Colonel William Light in his design for the city. Originally, Light reserved 9.31 km² for parklands, the parklands are managed by the Adelaide City Council and, since February 2007, the Adelaide Park Lands Authority. Adelaide is a city, and the Adelaide Park Lands are an integral part of Colonel William Lights 1837 plan. Influenced by William Penns design of Philadelphia, Light set out the city of Adelaide on a grid of one mile, interspaced by wide boulevards. Light, recognising the importance of parks, surrounded the entire city with the Adelaide Park Lands, a green-belt. By 1839 the parklands were threatened by extensive timber cutting, rubbish dumping, quarrying, squatting, to check this, a body of special constables was instituted on 9 October 1839 by George Gawler and Superintendent Henry Inman. Inman appointed Nick Boys Bull, formerly a police sub-inspector, as Keeper of the Parklands, Bull led an initial team of six park rangers, most being convalescent migrants thrown on government support. This dropped to two by 1840, then back to four by June 1841, pay and rations were provided by the police department. Since 1852, the parklands have been managed and maintained by the Adelaide City Council, public use of the parklands was controlled by a ranger who patrolled the parks, regulating sporting and recreational activities in the parks and supervising the depasturing of stock grazing there. The parklands saw very little development during the 19th century, extensive felling of trees, quarrying and dumping of rubbish continued, which combined to give the parklands an unsightly appearance. In the late 19th century J. E. Brown, the governments Conservator of Forests, was commissioned by the City Council to prepare a blueprint for the beautification of the parklands. Brown presented his report in 1880, but it was not acted upon until the turn of the 20th century when A. W, today, some of the parklands are the location of public and cultural buildings. Many parts have been sculpted into planned gardens and playing fields, some of the remainder is natural or regenerated Adelaide Plains bushland. Recent developments in the parklands have focused on maintenance and upgrading of facilities, particularly through the Greening of Adelaide tree planting. Recent years have seen proposals made to redevelop Victoria Park, with the construction of a grandstand to cater for the Clipsal 500, due to lobbying by local resident groups this plan was eventually rejected by the Adelaide City Council and subsequently no longer pursued by the South Australian Government. In December 2006 the Rann Government passed the Adelaide Parklands Act, which established the Adelaide Parklands Authority, at the time the Act was proclaimed Premier Mike Rann announced that a major return of alienated parklands would be made at the western edge of the city. The area to be returned lies between Railway Terrace, Port Road and the railway lines, in 2011 Premier Rann unveiled the plans for the return to parklands of 5.5 hectares of land occupied since 1879 by the Thebarton Water Depot
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Jubilee Oval (Adelaide)
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The Jubilee Oval was a sporting ground created in 1895 between the Jubilee Exhibition Building and the River Torrens. It was located next to the station at the end of the Jubilee Exhibition Railway line. It incorporated a cycle racing track, and a new grandstand, the Autumn Show was held at the Jubilee Building in May 1895, with the horse events being held on the Oval. In 1896 the first Live Stock Show was held at the new site, the first sporting contest held on the oval may have been the cricket friendly between two Government departments, the Land Titles Office and Treasury in February 1895, using a matting wicket. The first race on the track took place in July 1895, and was praised. The first League football match held on the oval was Norwood v. West Adelaide on 7 May 1898 and it held the 1904 SAFA Grand Final between Port Adelaide and Norwood with the latter winning the match. This was the instance in 137 years of South Australian football league competitions where the premiership was not decided at either Adelaide Oval or Football Park. On Saturday 6 October 1923, Australia played China in a football match at Jubilee Oval in front of a crowd of approximately 9000 people
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Norwood Oval
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Norwood Oval is a suburban oval in the western end of Norwood, an inner eastern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. Norwood, Payneham & St Peters Council own the Oval but rent it to the Norwood Football Club and it has been used for a variety of sporting and community events including baseball, soccer, rugby league and American football, but its main use is for Australian rules football. It is the ground for the Norwood Football Club in the South Australian National Football League. The oval is one of two sporting venues in Adelaide to carry the name of Coopers Stadium, the other is the soccer specific Hindmarsh Stadium which also has naming rights sponsorship from Coopers Brewery. The Oval has a capacity of 22,000 people, with seating for up to 3,900. The ground record crowd was set in 1971 when 20,280 turned up to watch an SANFL match between Norwood and their traditional SANFL rivals Port Adelaide, Norwood Ovals dimensions are 165m x 110m making it the narrowest ground in use in the SANFL. In the 1950s the Norwood Football Club received permission from the then City of Kensington & Norwood to install six light towers at the oval and this allowed Norwood to host not only night football matches but also night baseball. Regular night SANFL night series matches were played at the oval until 1984 when all games were transferred to the SANFLs own Football Park. Night football returned to Norwood Oval during the early 2000s and Friday night games at the oval have been a feature in the SANFL ever since. The light towers were upgraded at Norwood Oval in 2010, the six light towers that had been in place since the 1950s were replaced with 4 light towers of television standard positioned at the corners of the oval. Norwood Oval was also the scene of Norwoods triumph over East Perth in the 1977 National Football League grand final, Norwood has also hosted Baseball since 1951 with the South Australian Baseball team being tenants until 1988. Between 1951 and 1988 Norwood Oval hosted the Claxton Shield competition on six occasions with the winners being NSW, Victoria, the original Australian Baseball League started in 1989 with Adelaide represented by the Adelaide Giants. The ABL ran from 1989 until it folded in 1999 with the Giants playing all of their games at Norwood Oval with most being under lights. During their time in the ABL the Giants were affiliated, as were every other team in the league, unfortunately during the ABL the Giants never made the ABLs championship series. In August 2010 it was announced there would be a new Australian Baseball League and that Coopers Stadium would be the home ground of Adelaide Bite. Prior to 2009, the diamond at Norwood Oval was located closer to the Wood Street stand. The third base line ran almost parallel to the stand, with the first base line running east towards the side of the ground. The diamond was moved to its present position in 2009
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1878 SAFA season
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The 1878 South Australian Football Association season was the 2nd season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia. The 1878 SAFA competition included Adelaide, Kensington, Norwood, Port Adelaide, South Adelaide, South Park, Norwood went on to record its 1st premiership in its 1st season going through the year undefeated. The SAFA clubs played inter club matches on 4 May, an additional pre season game was played between some South Australian and Victorian residents who live in Adelaide. Premiership matches are those that place after 11 May
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