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SOUTH PARKAffiliated: SAFA 1877-84 Formed: Uncertain, possibly 1877 Premierships: Nil A meeting at the Prince Albert Hotel, Wright Street on 7 April 1877 saw the election of a committee for the South Park Football Club, although whether this was actually the club's initial meeting is unclear. What is certain is that, a few weeks later, on 30 April, South Park sent two delegates to the inaugural meeting of the South Australian Football Association, as a result of which the club became a founder member of that organisation. South Park fielded a fairly young team in the SAFA's initial season of 1877, and finished 6th out of 8 clubs on the semi-official premiership list after winning 5 and drawing 2 of their 17 matches. Over the next few years the team improved, and in both 1881 and 1883 managed to clamber as high as 3rd place on the ladder. In 1881 South Park engaged in a prestigious match against visiting VFA club Carlton. Watched by a sizeable crowd for the time of roughly 3,000, the visitors proved too strong, winning 6.9 to 2.8, but the South Park players gave a good account of themselves and were by no means disgraced. Perhaps the most noteworthy identity associated with the South Park Football Club was John Cresswell, who served as the club's secretary in 1879. Cresswell was later secretary of the South Australian Cricket Association, and in 1923 had a grandstand at the Adelaide Oval named after him. After finishing 4th out of 5 clubs in 1884 South Park amalgamated with Adelaide., but the reasons for the club's disappearance are unclear.
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