Port Adelaide Magpies
"On Saturday 29 March 1997, six months after defeating Central District in the 1996 SANFL grand final, Port Adelaide embarked on its 116th season of senior football in the state’s premier competition with a seven-point win over Sturt. To all external appearances, it was business as usual - except that, underneath the facade of normality, everything had changed. No longer was the team that took to the field in the trademark black-and-white prison bar guernseys the primary manifestation of a club that could trace its origins all the way back to 13 May 1870 ... The club’s primary manifestation was now playing on a bigger stage, and that very afternoon, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground ..."
John Devaney on the split which resulted in Port Adelaide teams being fielded in both the SANFL and AFL
1899 Season (SAFA) Fixture
Port Adelaide's 1899 Fixture
| Rnd | H&A | Club | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | S | R | Opponent | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | S | Mgn | Grd | Date | SC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1899-05-13 1 | H | Port Adelaide | 3.2 | 7.3 | 9.7 | 13.11 | 89 | WON | North Adelaide | 0.2 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 21 | 68 | ALB | 1899-05-13 May 13 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
| 1899-05-20 2 | H | Port Adelaide | 2.2 | 6.6 | 7.8 | 10.14 | 74 | WON | West Torrens | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 74 | ALB | 1899-05-20 May 20 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
| 1899-05-27 3 | H | Port Adelaide | 2.4 | 3.9 | 4.16 | 6.23 | 59 | WON | West Adelaide | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 7 | 52 | ALB | 1899-05-27 May 27 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
| 1899-05-29 4 | H | Port Adelaide | 1.4 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 24 | LOST | Norwood | 1.1 | 4.3 | 5.3 | 6.3 | 39 | -15 | ADO | 1899-05-29 May 29 (Mon, 2:10) | Scores |
| 1899-06-04 5 | Port Adelaide | Bye | 1899-06-04 Jun 4 (Sun, 12:00) | |||||||||||||||
| 1899-06-10 6 | H | Port Adelaide | 1.2 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 5.6 | 36 | WON | South Adelaide | 1.0 | 2.1 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 24 | 12 | ADO | 1899-06-10 Jun 10 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
| 1899-06-17 7 | H | Port Adelaide | 0.4 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 4.9 | 33 | WON | West Torrens | 1.1 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 24 | 9 | ALB | 1899-06-17 Jun 17 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
| 1899-06-24 8 | H | Port Adelaide | 2.1 | 3.2 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 41 | WON | West Adelaide | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 7 | 34 | ALB | 1899-06-24 Jun 24 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
| 1899-06-26 9 | A | Port Adelaide | 3.0 | 4.2 | 7.3 | 9.7 | 61 | WON | South Adelaide | 5.2 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 50 | 11 | ADO | 1899-06-26 Jun 26 (Mon, 2:10) | Scores |
| 1899-07-08 10 | H | Port Adelaide | 1.2 | 5.8 | 6.11 | 12.13 | 85 | WON | North Adelaide | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 18 | 67 | ALB | 1899-07-08 Jul 8 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
| 1899-07-15 11 | H | Port Adelaide | 0.1 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 31 | LOST | Norwood | 3.2 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 5.6 | 36 | -5 | ADO | 1899-07-15 Jul 15 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
| 1899-07-22 12 | A | Port Adelaide | 0.1 | 0.2 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 17 | LOST | South Adelaide | 1.2 | 3.3 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 32 | -15 | ADO | 1899-07-22 Jul 22 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
| 1899-07-30 13 | Port Adelaide | Bye | 1899-07-30 Jul 30 (Sun, 12:00) | |||||||||||||||
| 1899-08-05 14 | H | Port Adelaide | 1.0 | 1.2 | 2.5 | 3.7 | 25 | LOST | Norwood | 2.1 | 3.2 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 35 | -10 | ADO | 1899-08-05 Aug 5 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
| 1899-08-13 15 | Port Adelaide | Bye | 1899-08-13 Aug 13 (Sun, 12:00) | |||||||||||||||
| 1899-08-19 16 | H | Port Adelaide | 2.4 | 3.8 | 7.12 | 9.12 | 66 | WON | West Adelaide | 0.1 | 2.4 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 24 | 42 | JUB | 1899-08-19 Aug 19 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
| 1899-08-26 17 | A | Port Adelaide | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 10 | LOST | South Adelaide | 5.1 | 10.2 | 13.3 | 16.7 | 103 | -93 | ADO | 1899-08-26 Aug 26 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |