1973 SANFL season

The 1973 South Australian National Football League season was the 94th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.

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)

Glenelg were the dominant team of the season. They lost only one game all season, to North Adelaide in Round 7.

Glenelg narrowly won the Grand Final against North Adelaide, 21-11 (137) to 19-16 (130). Graham Cornes famously took a mark and goaled to put them one point ahead in the final minutes, and they scored one more goal after the final siren to win by 7 points. It was their first premiership in 39 years.

Ladder

1973 SANFL Ladder
TEAMPWLDPFPA %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
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, (P) = Premiers [1]

Finals Series

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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