1973 SANFL season

1973 SANFL season
Teams10
PremiersGlenelg
2nd premiership
Minor premiersGlenelg
2nd minor premiership
Magarey MedallistBarrie Robran
North Adelaide
Ken Farmer MedallistKen Whelan
Sturt (107 Goals)
Attendance
Matches played111
Total attendance1,131,287 (10,192 per match)
Highest56,525 (Grand Final, Glenelg vs. North Adelaide)
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The 1973 South Australian National Football League season was the 94th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.

After a 39 year absence of any silverware, Glenelg were the dominant team of the season, recording only a single loss to North Adelaide in Round 7. They stormed home to a narrow grand final victory against the same club after Graham Cornes kicked a famous goal late in the game.

Unfortunately, the season was more famous for the tragic disappearance of two children from a game between Norwood and North Adelaide.

Ladder

1973 SANFL Ladder
Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts
1 Glenelg (P) 21 20 1 0 2847 1857 60.52 40
2 Sturt 21 17 4 0 2534 1612 61.12 34
3 North Adelaide 21 16 5 0 2230 1945 53.41 32
4 Port Adelaide 21 11 10 0 2191 2087 51.22 22
5 Norwood 21 10 11 0 2194 1987 52.48 20
6 Central District 21 10 11 0 2076 2084 49.90 20
7 West Torrens 21 9 12 0 1967 2153 47.74 18
8 Woodville 21 4 16 1 2024 2589 43.88 9
9 South Adelaide 21 4 17 0 1734 2840 37.91 8
10 West Adelaide 21 3 17 1 1780 2423 42.35 7
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Finals Series

Grand Final

Main article: 1973 SANFL Grand Final
1973 SANFL Grand Final
Saturday, 29 September
(2:10 pm) 		Glenelg def. North Adelaide Adelaide Oval (crowd: 56,525) [2]
4.3 (27)
9.10 (64)
16.10 (106)
21.11 (137) 		Q1
Q2
Q3
Final 		7.6 (48)
8.10 (58)
14.14 (98)
19.16 (130)

References

  1. ^ "Australian Football – SANFL Season 1973". Archived from the original on 24 July 2015. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Australian Football – SANFL Season 1973". Archived from the original on 24 July 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2018.


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