BANKERS

Affiliated: SAFA 1877

Formed: 1877

Premierships: Nil

Formed early in April 1877, the Bankers Football Club was one of the founder members a few weeks later of the SAFA.  Unfortunately, the club was signally lacking in playing talent, and proved to be significantly weaker than all of the other teams.  It lost all 15 of the matches it contested in 1877, and managed to score just 4 goals while conceding 31.  It would probably be fair to suggest that the club was not treated particularly seriously, either by the other clubs in the Association, or by the public at large.  At the end of the 1877 season 'Marlborough', writing in 'The Advertiser', strongly implied that the Bankers club was something of an embarrassment, and expressed the hope "that no efforts will be made to establish it next season" (see footnote 1).  The writer got his wish, as Bankers duly disbanded.

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Footnotes

1.  'The South Australian Register' (supplement), 3/10/1877, page 2.  Return to Main Text