| 1886 SAFA premiership season | |
|---|---|
 10th SAFA season Pictured above is the 1886 Adelaide premiership team. | |
| Teams | 4 |
| Premiers | Adelaide 1st premiership |
| Leading goalkicker | Richard Stephens Adelaide (17 goals) |
| Attendance | |
| Matches played | 30 |
| Total attendance | 61,650 (2,055 per match) |
| Highest | 6,000 (Round 6, Norwood vs. Port Adelaide) |
The 1886 South Australian Football Association season was the 10th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.
This was the first season in South Australia that quarters were played, allowing ends to be changed four times per match.[1]
The thirty games played had crowd figures quoted for an approximate average of 2,055 spectators per game.
- ^ "FOOTBALL". The South Australian Advertiser. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 3 May 1886. p. 7. Retrieved 21 February 2015.