1973 SANFL Season

These are the results for the 1973 season of the South Australian National Football League.

It featured twenty-one rounds. Glenelg were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the McIntyre Final Five system. Glenelg were the premiers, with Neil Kerley as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1973 SANFL Season
Teams: 10
Rounds: 21
Finals System: McIntyre Final Five System
Matches: 111

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Central District Elizabeth Oval Tony Casserly
Glenelg Glenelg Oval Neil Kerley
North Adelaide Prospect Oval Mike Patterson
Norwood Norwood Oval Robert Oatey
Port Adelaide Alberton Oval Fos Williams
South Adelaide Adelaide Oval David Darcy
Sturt Unley Oval Jack Oatey
West Adelaide Richmond Oval Bob Keddie
West Torrens Thebarton Oval Bill Barrot
Woodville Woodville Oval Barrie Barbary

Season Results

Premiers: Glenelg
Runners-Up: North Adelaide
Minor Premiers: Glenelg

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Glenelg 1st 20 -0- 1 40 60.5% 2,847 1,857 412 375 264 273
Sturt 2nd 17 -0- 4 34 61.1% 2,534 1,612 360 374 228 244
North Adelaide 3rd 16 -0- 5 32 53.4% 2,230 1,945 319 316 276 289
Port Adelaide 4th 11 -0- 10 22 51.2% 2,191 2,087 311 325 302 275
Norwood 5th 10 -0- 11 20 52.5% 2,194 1,987 311 328 284 283
Central District 6th 10 -0- 11 20 49.9% 2,076 2,084 301 270 298 296
West Torrens 7th 9 -0- 12 18 47.7% 1,967 2,153 279 293 307 311
Woodville 8th 4 -1- 16 9 43.9% 2,024 2,589 294 260 370 369
South Adelaide 9th 4 -0- 17 8 37.9% 1,734 2,840 246 258 415 350
West Adelaide 10th 3 -1- 17 7 42.4% 1,780 2,423 254 256 343 365

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
Glenelg 1st Premiers
North Adelaide 2nd Runners-Up
Sturt 3rd Defeated by North Adelaide (Preliminary Final)
Norwood 4th Defeated by North Adelaide (Semi Final)
Port Adelaide 5th Defeated by Norwood (Elimination Final)
Central District 6th Did not qualify for finals
West Torrens 7th Did not qualify for finals
Woodville 8th Did not qualify for finals
South Adelaide 9th Did not qualify for finals
West Adelaide 10th Did not qualify for finals

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/04/1973 2:10 PM Central District v Port Adelaide Adelaide Oval 117 - 95
SAT 07/04/1973 2:10 PM Norwood v Sturt Norwood Oval 73 - 154
SAT 07/04/1973 2:10 PM West Adelaide v South Adelaide Richmond Oval 84 - 86
SAT 07/04/1973 2:10 PM West Torrens v North Adelaide Thebarton Oval 57 - 92
SAT 07/04/1973 2:10 PM Woodville v Glenelg Woodville Oval 71 - 149

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sturt 1st 1 -0- 0 2 67.8% 154 73
Glenelg 2nd 1 -0- 0 2 67.7% 149 71
North Adelaide 3rd 1 -0- 0 2 61.7% 92 57
Central District 4th 1 -0- 0 2 55.2% 117 95
South Adelaide 5th 1 -0- 0 2 50.6% 86 84
West Adelaide 6th 0 -0- 1 0 49.4% 84 86
Port Adelaide 7th 0 -0- 1 0 44.8% 95 117
West Torrens 8th 0 -0- 1 0 38.3% 57 92
Woodville 9th 0 -0- 1 0 32.3% 71 149
Norwood 10th 0 -0- 1 0 32.2% 73 154

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/04/1973 2:10 PM Central District v West Torrens Elizabeth Oval 77 - 59
SAT 14/04/1973 2:10 PM Glenelg v Sturt Glenelg Oval 151 - 119
SAT 14/04/1973 2:10 PM Norwood v North Adelaide Norwood Oval 101 - 143
SAT 14/04/1973 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Woodville Adelaide Oval 165 - 146
SAT 14/04/1973 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Port Adelaide Richmond Oval 101 - 133

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenelg 1st 2 -0- 0 4 61.2% 300 190
North Adelaide 2nd 2 -0- 0 4 59.8% 235 158
Central District 3rd 2 -0- 0 4 55.7% 194 154
South Adelaide 4th 2 -0- 0 4 52.2% 251 230
Sturt 5th 1 -0- 1 2 54.9% 273 224
Port Adelaide 6th 1 -0- 1 2 51.1% 228 218
West Adelaide 7th 0 -0- 2 0 45.8% 185 219
Woodville 8th 0 -0- 2 0 40.9% 217 314
West Torrens 9th 0 -0- 2 0 40.7% 116 169
Norwood 10th 0 -0- 2 0 36.9% 174 297

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/04/1973 2:10 PM Glenelg v West Torrens Adelaide Oval 168 - 51
SAT 21/04/1973 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Woodville Prospect Oval 138 - 100
SAT 21/04/1973 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v South Adelaide Alberton Oval 140 - 34
SAT 21/04/1973 2:10 PM Sturt v West Adelaide Unley Oval 89 - 58
MON 23/04/1973 2:10 PM Norwood v Central District Adelaide Oval 120 - 89

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenelg 1st 3 -0- 0 6 66.0% 468 241
North Adelaide 2nd 3 -0- 0 6 59.1% 373 258
Port Adelaide 3rd 2 -0- 1 4 59.4% 368 252
Sturt 4th 2 -0- 1 4 56.2% 362 282
Central District 5th 2 -0- 1 4 50.8% 283 274
South Adelaide 6th 2 -0- 1 4 43.5% 285 370
Norwood 7th 1 -0- 2 2 43.2% 294 386
West Adelaide 8th 0 -0- 3 0 44.1% 243 308
Woodville 9th 0 -0- 3 0 41.2% 317 452
West Torrens 10th 0 -0- 3 0 33.1% 167 337

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
WED 25/04/1973 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v North Adelaide Adelaide Oval 124 - 103
SAT 28/04/1973 2:10 PM Norwood v West Adelaide Norwood Oval 116 - 83
SAT 28/04/1973 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Glenelg Adelaide Oval 85 - 139
SAT 28/04/1973 2:10 PM West Torrens v Sturt Thebarton Oval 68 - 96
SAT 28/04/1973 2:10 PM Woodville v Central District Woodville Oval 119 - 75

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenelg 1st 4 -0- 0 8 65.1% 607 326
Port Adelaide 2nd 3 -0- 1 6 58.1% 492 355
Sturt 3rd 3 -0- 1 6 56.7% 458 350
North Adelaide 4th 3 -0- 1 6 55.5% 476 382
Central District 5th 2 -0- 2 4 47.7% 358 393
Norwood 6th 2 -0- 2 4 46.6% 410 469
South Adelaide 7th 2 -0- 2 4 42.1% 370 509
Woodville 8th 1 -0- 3 2 45.3% 436 527
West Adelaide 9th 0 -0- 4 0 43.5% 326 424
West Torrens 10th 0 -0- 4 0 35.2% 235 433

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/05/1973 2:10 PM Central District v South Adelaide Elizabeth Oval 117 - 58
SAT 05/05/1973 2:10 PM Glenelg v Norwood Glenelg Oval 142 - 68
SAT 05/05/1973 2:10 PM Sturt v Port Adelaide Unley Oval 104 - 124
SAT 05/05/1973 2:10 PM West Adelaide v North Adelaide Richmond Oval 82 - 106
SAT 05/05/1973 2:10 PM West Torrens v Woodville Adelaide Oval 128 - 158

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenelg 1st 5 -0- 0 10 65.5% 749 394
Port Adelaide 2nd 4 -0- 1 8 57.3% 616 459
North Adelaide 3rd 4 -0- 1 8 55.6% 582 464
Sturt 4th 3 -0- 2 6 54.2% 562 474
Central District 5th 3 -0- 2 6 51.3% 475 451
Woodville 6th 2 -0- 3 4 47.6% 594 655
Norwood 7th 2 -0- 3 4 43.9% 478 611
South Adelaide 8th 2 -0- 3 4 40.6% 428 626
West Adelaide 9th 0 -0- 5 0 43.5% 408 530
West Torrens 10th 0 -0- 5 0 38.1% 363 591

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/05/1973 2:10 PM Glenelg v Central District Glenelg Oval 181 - 134
SAT 19/05/1973 2:10 PM South Adelaide v West Torrens Adelaide Oval 87 - 122
SAT 19/05/1973 2:10 PM Sturt v North Adelaide Unley Oval 117 - 104
SAT 19/05/1973 2:10 PM Woodville v West Adelaide Woodville Oval 105 - 111
MON 21/05/1973 2:10 PM Norwood v Port Adelaide Adelaide Oval 132 - 64

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenelg 1st 6 -0- 0 12 63.8% 930 528
North Adelaide 2nd 4 -0- 2 8 54.1% 686 581
Sturt 3rd 4 -0- 2 8 54.0% 679 578
Port Adelaide 4th 4 -0- 2 8 53.5% 680 591
Central District 5th 3 -0- 3 6 49.1% 609 632
Norwood 6th 3 -0- 3 6 47.5% 610 675
Woodville 7th 2 -0- 4 4 47.7% 699 766
South Adelaide 8th 2 -0- 4 4 40.8% 515 748
West Adelaide 9th 1 -0- 5 2 45.0% 519 635
West Torrens 10th 1 -0- 5 2 41.7% 485 678

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/05/1973 2:10 PM Central District v Sturt Elizabeth Oval 57 - 124
SAT 26/05/1973 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Glenelg Prospect Oval 97 - 70
SAT 26/05/1973 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Woodville Alberton Oval 118 - 93
SAT 26/05/1973 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Norwood Adelaide Oval 68 - 148
SAT 26/05/1973 2:10 PM West Torrens v West Adelaide Thebarton Oval 144 - 83

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenelg 1st 6 -0- 1 12 61.5% 1,000 625
Sturt 2nd 5 -0- 2 10 55.8% 803 635
North Adelaide 3rd 5 -0- 2 10 54.6% 783 651
Port Adelaide 4th 5 -0- 2 10 53.8% 798 684
Norwood 5th 4 -0- 3 8 50.5% 758 743
Central District 6th 3 -0- 4 6 46.8% 666 756
Woodville 7th 2 -0- 5 4 47.3% 792 884
West Torrens 8th 2 -0- 5 4 45.3% 629 761
South Adelaide 9th 2 -0- 5 4 39.4% 583 896
West Adelaide 10th 1 -0- 6 2 43.6% 602 779

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/06/1973 2:10 PM North Adelaide v South Adelaide Prospect Oval 110 - 49
SAT 02/06/1973 2:10 PM Norwood v West Torrens Norwood Oval 93 - 86
SAT 02/06/1973 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Glenelg Alberton Oval 94 - 100
SAT 02/06/1973 2:10 PM Sturt v Woodville Adelaide Oval 137 - 82
SAT 02/06/1973 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Central District Richmond Oval 132 - 76

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenelg 1st 7 -0- 1 14 60.5% 1,100 719
Sturt 2nd 6 -0- 2 12 56.7% 940 717
North Adelaide 3rd 6 -0- 2 12 56.1% 893 700
Port Adelaide 4th 5 -0- 3 10 53.2% 892 784
Norwood 5th 5 -0- 3 10 50.7% 851 829
Central District 6th 3 -0- 5 6 45.5% 742 888
West Adelaide 7th 2 -0- 6 4 46.2% 734 855
Woodville 8th 2 -0- 6 4 46.1% 874 1,021
West Torrens 9th 2 -0- 6 4 45.6% 715 854
South Adelaide 10th 2 -0- 6 4 38.6% 632 1,006

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/06/1973 2:10 PM Glenelg v West Adelaide Glenelg Oval 122 - 56
SAT 09/06/1973 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Sturt Adelaide Oval 42 - 139
SAT 09/06/1973 2:10 PM West Torrens v Port Adelaide Thebarton Oval 102 - 49
SAT 09/06/1973 2:10 PM Woodville v Norwood Woodville Oval 85 - 75
MON 11/06/1973 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Central District Adelaide Oval 96 - 89

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenelg 1st 8 -0- 1 16 61.2% 1,222 775
Sturt 2nd 7 -0- 2 14 58.7% 1,079 759
North Adelaide 3rd 7 -0- 2 14 55.6% 989 789
Port Adelaide 4th 5 -0- 4 10 51.5% 941 886
Norwood 5th 5 -0- 4 10 50.3% 926 914
West Torrens 6th 3 -0- 6 6 47.5% 817 903
Woodville 7th 3 -0- 6 6 46.7% 959 1,096
Central District 8th 3 -0- 6 6 45.8% 831 984
West Adelaide 9th 2 -0- 7 4 44.7% 790 977
South Adelaide 10th 2 -0- 7 4 37.1% 674 1,145

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/06/1973 2:10 PM Central District v Port Adelaide Elizabeth Oval 158 - 85
SAT 16/06/1973 2:10 PM Glenelg v Woodville Glenelg Oval 123 - 77
SAT 16/06/1973 2:10 PM North Adelaide v West Torrens Prospect Oval 113 - 45
SAT 16/06/1973 2:10 PM South Adelaide v West Adelaide Adelaide Oval 92 - 76
SAT 16/06/1973 2:10 PM Sturt v Norwood Unley Oval 107 - 41

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenelg 1st 9 -0- 1 18 61.2% 1,345 852
Sturt 2nd 8 -0- 2 16 59.7% 1,186 800
North Adelaide 3rd 8 -0- 2 16 56.9% 1,102 834
Port Adelaide 4th 5 -0- 5 10 49.6% 1,026 1,044
Norwood 5th 5 -0- 5 10 48.6% 967 1,021
Central District 6th 4 -0- 6 8 48.1% 989 1,069
Woodville 7th 3 -0- 7 6 45.9% 1,036 1,219
West Torrens 8th 3 -0- 7 6 45.9% 862 1,016
South Adelaide 9th 3 -0- 7 6 38.6% 766 1,221
West Adelaide 10th 2 -0- 8 4 44.8% 866 1,069

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/06/1973 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Norwood Prospect Oval 92 - 76
SAT 23/06/1973 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v West Adelaide Alberton Oval 139 - 82
SAT 23/06/1973 2:10 PM Sturt v Glenelg Adelaide Oval 83 - 98
SAT 23/06/1973 2:10 PM West Torrens v Central District Thebarton Oval 79 - 86
SAT 23/06/1973 2:10 PM Woodville v South Adelaide Woodville Oval 150 - 109

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenelg 1st 10 -0- 1 20 60.7% 1,443 935
North Adelaide 2nd 9 -0- 2 18 56.7% 1,194 910
Sturt 3rd 8 -0- 3 16 58.6% 1,269 898
Port Adelaide 4th 6 -0- 5 12 50.9% 1,165 1,126
Central District 5th 5 -0- 6 10 48.4% 1,075 1,148
Norwood 6th 5 -0- 6 10 48.4% 1,043 1,113
Woodville 7th 4 -0- 7 8 47.2% 1,186 1,328
West Torrens 8th 3 -0- 8 6 46.1% 941 1,102
South Adelaide 9th 3 -0- 8 6 39.0% 875 1,371
West Adelaide 10th 2 -0- 9 4 44.0% 948 1,208

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/06/1973 2:10 PM Glenelg v West Torrens Glenelg Oval 186 - 105
SAT 30/06/1973 2:10 PM Norwood v Central District Norwood Oval 171 - 38
SAT 30/06/1973 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Port Adelaide Adelaide Oval 96 - 153
SAT 30/06/1973 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Sturt Richmond Oval 62 - 157
SAT 30/06/1973 2:10 PM Woodville v North Adelaide Woodville Oval 98 - 164

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenelg 1st 11 -0- 1 22 61.0% 1,629 1,040
North Adelaide 2nd 10 -0- 2 20 57.4% 1,358 1,008
Sturt 3rd 9 -0- 3 18 59.8% 1,426 960
Port Adelaide 4th 7 -0- 5 14 51.9% 1,318 1,222
Norwood 5th 6 -0- 6 12 51.3% 1,214 1,151
Central District 6th 5 -0- 7 10 45.8% 1,113 1,319
Woodville 7th 4 -0- 8 8 46.3% 1,284 1,492
West Torrens 8th 3 -0- 9 6 44.8% 1,046 1,288
South Adelaide 9th 3 -0- 9 6 38.9% 971 1,524
West Adelaide 10th 2 -0- 10 4 42.5% 1,010 1,365

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/07/1973 2:10 PM Central District v Woodville Elizabeth Oval 113 - 74
SAT 07/07/1973 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v North Adelaide Alberton Oval 137 - 48
SAT 07/07/1973 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Glenelg Adelaide Oval 91 - 119
SAT 07/07/1973 2:10 PM Sturt v West Torrens Unley Oval 85 - 61
SAT 07/07/1973 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Norwood Richmond Oval 78 - 149

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenelg 1st 12 -0- 1 24 60.7% 1,748 1,131
Sturt 2nd 10 -0- 3 20 59.7% 1,511 1,021
North Adelaide 3rd 10 -0- 3 20 55.1% 1,406 1,145
Port Adelaide 4th 8 -0- 5 16 53.4% 1,455 1,270
Norwood 5th 7 -0- 6 14 52.6% 1,363 1,229
Central District 6th 6 -0- 7 12 46.8% 1,226 1,393
Woodville 7th 4 -0- 9 8 45.8% 1,358 1,605
West Torrens 8th 3 -0- 10 6 44.6% 1,107 1,373
South Adelaide 9th 3 -0- 10 6 39.3% 1,062 1,643
West Adelaide 10th 2 -0- 11 4 41.8% 1,088 1,514

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/07/1973 2:10 PM North Adelaide v West Adelaide Prospect Oval 125 - 98
SAT 14/07/1973 2:10 PM Norwood v Glenelg Norwood Oval 111 - 132
SAT 14/07/1973 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Sturt Alberton Oval 69 - 155
SAT 14/07/1973 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Central District Adelaide Oval 105 - 216
SAT 14/07/1973 2:10 PM West Torrens v Woodville Thebarton Oval 118 - 90

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenelg 1st 13 -0- 1 26 60.2% 1,880 1,242
Sturt 2nd 11 -0- 3 22 60.4% 1,666 1,090
North Adelaide 3rd 11 -0- 3 22 55.2% 1,531 1,243
Port Adelaide 4th 8 -0- 6 16 51.7% 1,524 1,425
Norwood 5th 7 -0- 7 14 52.0% 1,474 1,361
Central District 6th 7 -0- 7 14 49.0% 1,442 1,498
Woodville 7th 4 -0- 10 8 45.7% 1,448 1,723
West Torrens 8th 4 -0- 10 8 45.6% 1,225 1,463
South Adelaide 9th 3 -0- 11 6 38.6% 1,167 1,859
West Adelaide 10th 2 -0- 12 4 42.0% 1,186 1,639

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/07/1973 2:10 PM Glenelg v North Adelaide Glenelg Oval 218 - 58
SAT 21/07/1973 2:10 PM Norwood v South Adelaide Norwood Oval 165 - 106
SAT 21/07/1973 2:10 PM Sturt v Central District Unley Oval 123 - 92
SAT 21/07/1973 2:10 PM West Torrens v West Adelaide Adelaide Oval 133 - 94
SAT 21/07/1973 2:10 PM Woodville v Port Adelaide Woodville Oval 95 - 199

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenelg 1st 14 -0- 1 28 61.7% 2,098 1,300
Sturt 2nd 12 -0- 3 24 60.2% 1,789 1,182
North Adelaide 3rd 11 -0- 4 22 52.1% 1,589 1,461
Port Adelaide 4th 9 -0- 6 18 53.1% 1,723 1,520
Norwood 5th 8 -0- 7 16 52.8% 1,639 1,467
Central District 6th 7 -0- 8 14 48.6% 1,534 1,621
West Torrens 7th 5 -0- 10 10 46.6% 1,358 1,557
Woodville 8th 4 -0- 11 8 44.5% 1,543 1,922
South Adelaide 9th 3 -0- 12 6 38.6% 1,273 2,024
West Adelaide 10th 2 -0- 13 4 41.9% 1,280 1,772

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/07/1973 2:10 PM Central District v Glenelg Elizabeth Oval 74 - 91
SAT 28/07/1973 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Sturt Prospect Oval 61 - 97
SAT 28/07/1973 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Norwood Alberton Oval 99 - 79
SAT 28/07/1973 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Woodville Richmond Oval 94 - 80
SAT 28/07/1973 2:10 PM West Torrens v South Adelaide Thebarton Oval 142 - 79

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenelg 1st 15 -0- 1 30 61.4% 2,189 1,374
Sturt 2nd 13 -0- 3 26 60.3% 1,886 1,243
North Adelaide 3rd 11 -0- 5 22 51.4% 1,650 1,558
Port Adelaide 4th 10 -0- 6 20 53.3% 1,822 1,599
Norwood 5th 8 -0- 8 16 52.3% 1,718 1,566
Central District 6th 7 -0- 9 14 48.4% 1,608 1,712
West Torrens 7th 6 -0- 10 12 47.8% 1,500 1,636
Woodville 8th 4 -0- 12 8 44.6% 1,623 2,016
West Adelaide 9th 3 -0- 13 6 42.6% 1,374 1,852
South Adelaide 10th 3 -0- 13 6 38.4% 1,352 2,166

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/08/1973 2:10 PM Central District v West Adelaide Elizabeth Oval 112 - 52
SAT 04/08/1973 2:10 PM Glenelg v Port Adelaide Glenelg Oval 106 - 86
SAT 04/08/1973 2:10 PM South Adelaide v North Adelaide Adelaide Oval 70 - 136
SAT 04/08/1973 2:10 PM Sturt v Woodville Unley Oval 111 - 69
SAT 04/08/1973 2:10 PM West Torrens v Norwood Thebarton Oval 82 - 77

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenelg 1st 16 -0- 1 32 61.1% 2,295 1,460
Sturt 2nd 14 -0- 3 28 60.4% 1,997 1,312
North Adelaide 3rd 12 -0- 5 24 52.3% 1,786 1,628
Port Adelaide 4th 10 -0- 7 20 52.8% 1,908 1,705
Norwood 5th 8 -0- 9 16 52.1% 1,795 1,648
Central District 6th 8 -0- 9 16 49.4% 1,720 1,764
West Torrens 7th 7 -0- 10 14 48.0% 1,582 1,713
Woodville 8th 4 -0- 13 8 44.3% 1,692 2,127
West Adelaide 9th 3 -0- 14 6 42.1% 1,426 1,964
South Adelaide 10th 3 -0- 14 6 38.2% 1,422 2,302

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/08/1973 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Central District Prospect Oval 148 - 106
SAT 11/08/1973 2:10 PM Norwood v Woodville Norwood Oval 150 - 71
SAT 11/08/1973 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v West Torrens Alberton Oval 124 - 79
SAT 11/08/1973 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Sturt Adelaide Oval 70 - 171
SAT 11/08/1973 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Glenelg Richmond Oval 98 - 158

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenelg 1st 17 -0- 1 34 61.2% 2,453 1,558
Sturt 2nd 15 -0- 3 30 61.1% 2,168 1,382
North Adelaide 3rd 13 -0- 5 26 52.7% 1,934 1,734
Port Adelaide 4th 11 -0- 7 22 53.2% 2,032 1,784
Norwood 5th 9 -0- 9 18 53.1% 1,945 1,719
Central District 6th 8 -0- 10 16 48.8% 1,826 1,912
West Torrens 7th 7 -0- 11 14 47.5% 1,661 1,837
Woodville 8th 4 -0- 14 8 43.6% 1,763 2,277
West Adelaide 9th 3 -0- 15 6 41.8% 1,524 2,122
South Adelaide 10th 3 -0- 15 6 37.6% 1,492 2,473

Round 19

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/08/1973 2:10 PM Central District v Norwood Elizabeth Oval 105 - 65
SAT 18/08/1973 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Port Adelaide Prospect Oval 120 - 65
SAT 18/08/1973 2:10 PM South Adelaide v West Adelaide Adelaide Oval 101 - 97
SAT 18/08/1973 2:10 PM Sturt v Glenelg Unley Oval 121 - 132
SAT 18/08/1973 2:10 PM Woodville v West Torrens Woodville Oval 115 - 117

Round 19 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenelg 1st 18 -0- 1 36 60.6% 2,585 1,679
Sturt 2nd 15 -0- 4 30 60.2% 2,289 1,514
North Adelaide 3rd 14 -0- 5 28 53.3% 2,054 1,799
Port Adelaide 4th 11 -0- 8 22 52.4% 2,097 1,904
Norwood 5th 9 -0- 10 18 52.4% 2,010 1,824
Central District 6th 9 -0- 10 18 49.4% 1,931 1,977
West Torrens 7th 8 -0- 11 16 47.7% 1,778 1,952
Woodville 8th 4 -0- 15 8 44.0% 1,878 2,394
South Adelaide 9th 4 -0- 15 8 38.3% 1,593 2,570
West Adelaide 10th 3 -0- 16 6 42.2% 1,621 2,223

Round 20

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/08/1973 2:10 PM Glenelg v South Adelaide Glenelg Oval 162 - 131
SAT 25/08/1973 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Norwood Adelaide Oval 119 - 105
SAT 25/08/1973 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Central District Alberton Oval 50 - 104
SAT 25/08/1973 2:10 PM West Adelaide v West Torrens Richmond Oval 101 - 142
SAT 25/08/1973 2:10 PM Woodville v Sturt Woodville Oval 88 - 137

Round 20 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenelg 1st 19 -0- 1 38 60.3% 2,747 1,810
Sturt 2nd 16 -0- 4 32 60.2% 2,426 1,602
North Adelaide 3rd 15 -0- 5 30 53.3% 2,173 1,904
Port Adelaide 4th 11 -0- 9 22 51.7% 2,147 2,008
Central District 5th 10 -0- 10 20 50.1% 2,035 2,027
Norwood 6th 9 -0- 11 18 52.1% 2,115 1,943
West Torrens 7th 9 -0- 11 18 48.3% 1,920 2,053
Woodville 8th 4 -0- 16 8 43.7% 1,966 2,531
South Adelaide 9th 4 -0- 16 8 38.7% 1,724 2,732
West Adelaide 10th 3 -0- 17 6 42.1% 1,722 2,365

Round 21

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/09/1973 2:10 PM Central District v North Adelaide Elizabeth Oval 41 - 57
SAT 01/09/1973 2:10 PM Norwood v Port Adelaide Norwood Oval 79 - 44
SAT 01/09/1973 2:10 PM Sturt v South Adelaide Unley Oval 108 - 10
SAT 01/09/1973 2:10 PM West Torrens v Glenelg Thebarton Oval 47 - 100
SAT 01/09/1973 2:10 PM Woodville v West Adelaide Adelaide Oval 58 - 58

Round 21 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenelg 1st 20 -0- 1 40 60.5% 2,847 1,857
Sturt 2nd 17 -0- 4 34 61.1% 2,534 1,612
North Adelaide 3rd 16 -0- 5 32 53.4% 2,230 1,945
Port Adelaide 4th 11 -0- 10 22 51.2% 2,191 2,087
Norwood 5th 10 -0- 11 20 52.5% 2,194 1,987
Central District 6th 10 -0- 11 20 49.9% 2,076 2,084
West Torrens 7th 9 -0- 12 18 47.7% 1,967 2,153
Woodville 8th 4 -1- 16 9 43.9% 2,024 2,589
South Adelaide 9th 4 -0- 17 8 37.9% 1,734 2,840
West Adelaide 10th 3 -1- 17 7 42.4% 1,780 2,423

Final Round 1

Elimination Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/09/1973 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Norwood Norwood Oval 115 - 151 17,734

Qualifying Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/09/1973 2:10 PM Sturt v North Adelaide Adelaide Oval 89 - 83 26,803

Final Round 2

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/09/1973 2:10 PM Glenelg v Sturt Adelaide Oval 133 - 76 34,140
SAT 15/09/1973 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Norwood Norwood Oval 95 - 90 17,749

Final Round 3

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/09/1973 2:10 PM Sturt v North Adelaide Adelaide Oval 75 - 168 34,495

Final Round 4

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/09/1973 2:10 PM Glenelg v North Adelaide Adelaide Oval 137 - 130 56,525