The 1890 Championship of Australia was an Australian rules football match that took place on 4 October 1890.
The Port Adelaide FC, champions.
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1890 Championship of Australia
…The 1890 Championship of Australia was an Australian rules football match that took place on 4 October 1890. The championship was contested by the premiers of the VFA, South Melbourne and the premiers of the SAFA, Port…
A ruckman leaps above his opponent to win the hit-out during a ball-up
Statue next to the Melbourne Cricket Ground on the approximate site of the 1858 football match between Melbourne Grammar and Scotch College. Tom Wills is depicted umpiring behind two young players contesting the ball. The plaque reads that Wills "did more than any other person – as a footballer and umpire, co-writer of the rules and promoter of the game – to develop Australian football during its first decade."
Engraving of a football match at the Richmond Paddock, 1866. The MCG and its first pavilion are visible in the background, as are kick-off posts, the forerunner of today's behind posts.
Engraving of the first intercolonial football match between Victoria and South Australia, East Melbourne Cricket Ground, 1879