On 15 March 1887 the West Torrens Football Club held a meeting at the Foundry Hotel, Hindley Street in Adelaide where it decided to change the name of the club to West Adelaide and apply for inclusion in the upcoming 1887 SAFA season.

[12] Adelaide were on an interstate trip to Victoria to play their first ever game on the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

Port Adelaide's score of 17.27 (17) was the highest total ever at the time in South Australian league football.

Notes: Programme was arranged by the individual clubs hence the uneven number of games played.

At the end of the season Port Adelaide requested to play an additional game against Hotham but it was rejected by the Association.