1973 VFA (D1) Season

This page displays the results for the 1973 season of the first division of the Victorian Football Association (currently known as the Victorian Football League).

It featured eighteen rounds in a double round-robin format. Dandenong were the minor premiers.

The premiership ended with a finals series following the Page-McIntyre system. Prahran were the premiers, with Kevin Rose as the premiership coach.

Premiership Details

Name: 1973 Victorian Football Association (Division 1) Season
Known As: 1973 VFA (D1) Season
Teams: 10
Rounds: 18
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Matches: 94

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Coburg Coburg City Oval
Dandenong Shepley Oval
Geelong West West Oval
Oakleigh Warrawee Park Bob Johnson
Port Melbourne North Port Oval Ian Collins
Prahran Toorak Park Kevin Rose
Preston Preston City Oval Ken Greenwood
Sandringham Beach Road Oval Frank Goode
Sunshine Skinner Reserve
Williamstown WCG Barry Gill

Premiership Results

Premiers: Prahran
Runners-Up: Oakleigh
Minor Premiers: Dandenong

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Dandenong 1st 12 -1- 5 50 115.6% 2,144 1,854 314 260 263 276
Oakleigh 2nd 12 -0- 6 48 112.6% 2,048 1,819 293 290 257 277
Port Melbourne 3rd 11 -0- 7 44 105.7% 2,192 2,074 316 296 299 280
Prahran 4th 10 -1- 7 42 110.3% 2,203 1,997 321 277 291 251
Geelong West 5th 10 -0- 8 40 103.9% 1,987 1,912 288 259 273 274
Williamstown 6th 8 -0- 10 32 97.4% 1,869 1,918 259 315 272 286
Sandringham 7th 7 -0- 11 28 83.2% 1,861 2,236 267 259 324 292
Sunshine 8th 7 -0- 11 28 82.8% 1,820 2,197 259 266 320 277
Preston 9th 6 -0- 12 24 98.5% 2,118 2,151 310 258 307 309
Coburg 10th 5 -2- 11 24 95.9% 1,942 2,026 273 304 294 262

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
Prahran 1st Premiers
Oakleigh 2nd Runners-Up
Dandenong 3rd Defeated by Prahran (Preliminary Final)
Port Melbourne 4th Defeated by Prahran (Semi Final)
Geelong West 5th Did not qualify for finals
Williamstown 6th Did not qualify for finals
Sandringham 7th Did not qualify for finals
Sunshine 8th Did not qualify for finals
Preston 9th Did not qualify for finals
Coburg 10th Did not qualify for finals

Premiership Fixture

Regular Season

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 22/04/1973 2:10 PM Geelong West v Dandenong West Oval 92 - 97
SUN 22/04/1973 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Coburg North Port Oval 143 - 121
SUN 22/04/1973 2:10 PM Prahran v Sunshine Toorak Park 143 - 99
SUN 22/04/1973 2:10 PM Preston v Sandringham Preston City Oval 180 - 75
SUN 22/04/1973 2:10 PM Williamstown v Oakleigh WCG 88 - 103

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Preston 1st 1 -0- 0 4 240.0% 180 75
Prahran 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 144.4% 143 99
Port Melbourne 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 118.2% 143 121
Oakleigh 4th 1 -0- 0 4 117.0% 103 88
Dandenong 5th 1 -0- 0 4 105.4% 97 92
Geelong West 6th 0 -0- 1 0 94.8% 92 97
Williamstown 7th 0 -0- 1 0 85.4% 88 103
Coburg 8th 0 -0- 1 0 84.6% 121 143
Sunshine 9th 0 -0- 1 0 69.2% 99 143
Sandringham 10th 0 -0- 1 0 41.7% 75 180

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 29/04/1973 2:10 PM Dandenong v Preston Shepley Oval 122 - 103
SUN 29/04/1973 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Port Melbourne Warrawee Park 73 - 67
SUN 29/04/1973 2:10 PM Prahran v Coburg Toorak Park 131 - 131
SUN 29/04/1973 2:10 PM Sandringham v Williamstown Beach Road Oval 98 - 92
SUN 29/04/1973 2:10 PM Sunshine v Geelong West Skinner Reserve 80 - 118

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Oakleigh 1st 2 -0- 0 8 113.5% 176 155
Dandenong 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 112.3% 219 195
Prahran 3rd 1 -1- 0 6 119.1% 274 230
Preston 4th 1 -0- 1 4 143.7% 283 197
Geelong West 5th 1 -0- 1 4 118.6% 210 177
Port Melbourne 6th 1 -0- 1 4 108.2% 210 194
Sandringham 7th 1 -0- 1 4 63.6% 173 272
Coburg 8th 0 -1- 1 2 92.0% 252 274
Williamstown 9th 0 -0- 2 0 89.6% 180 201
Sunshine 10th 0 -0- 2 0 68.6% 179 261

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 06/05/1973 2:10 PM Dandenong v Oakleigh Shepley Oval 86 - 93
SUN 06/05/1973 2:10 PM Geelong West v Sandringham West Oval 181 - 122
SUN 06/05/1973 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Preston North Port Oval 114 - 85
SUN 06/05/1973 2:10 PM Sunshine v Coburg Skinner Reserve 84 - 81
SUN 06/05/1973 2:10 PM Williamstown v Prahran WCG 67 - 84

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Oakleigh 1st 3 -0- 0 12 111.6% 269 241
Prahran 2nd 2 -1- 0 10 120.5% 358 297
Geelong West 3rd 2 -0- 1 8 130.8% 391 299
Port Melbourne 4th 2 -0- 1 8 116.1% 324 279
Dandenong 5th 2 -0- 1 8 105.9% 305 288
Preston 6th 1 -0- 2 4 118.3% 368 311
Sunshine 7th 1 -0- 2 4 76.9% 263 342
Sandringham 8th 1 -0- 2 4 65.1% 295 453
Coburg 9th 0 -1- 2 2 93.0% 333 358
Williamstown 10th 0 -0- 3 0 86.7% 247 285

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 13/05/1973 2:10 PM Coburg v Williamstown Coburg City Oval 130 - 132
SUN 13/05/1973 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Sunshine Warrawee Park 151 - 92
SUN 13/05/1973 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Prahran Toorak Park 143 - 126
SUN 13/05/1973 2:10 PM Preston v Geelong West Preston City Oval 124 - 103
SUN 13/05/1973 2:10 PM Sandringham v Dandenong Beach Road Oval 117 - 123

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Oakleigh 1st 4 -0- 0 16 126.1% 420 333
Port Melbourne 2nd 3 -0- 1 12 115.3% 467 405
Dandenong 3rd 3 -0- 1 12 105.7% 428 405
Prahran 4th 2 -1- 1 10 110.0% 484 440
Preston 5th 2 -0- 2 8 118.8% 492 414
Geelong West 6th 2 -0- 2 8 116.8% 494 423
Williamstown 7th 1 -0- 3 4 91.3% 379 415
Sunshine 8th 1 -0- 3 4 72.0% 355 493
Sandringham 9th 1 -0- 3 4 71.5% 412 576
Coburg 10th 0 -1- 3 2 94.5% 463 490

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 20/05/1973 2:10 PM Coburg v Oakleigh Coburg City Oval 91 - 167
SUN 20/05/1973 2:10 PM Dandenong v Port Melbourne Shepley Oval 151 - 64
SUN 20/05/1973 2:10 PM Geelong West v Williamstown West Oval 114 - 94
SUN 20/05/1973 2:10 PM Preston v Prahran Preston City Oval 134 - 119
SUN 20/05/1973 2:10 PM Sunshine v Sandringham Skinner Reserve 101 - 94

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Oakleigh 1st 5 -0- 0 20 138.4% 587 424
Dandenong 2nd 4 -0- 1 16 123.5% 579 469
Geelong West 3rd 3 -0- 2 12 117.6% 608 517
Preston 4th 3 -0- 2 12 117.4% 626 533
Port Melbourne 5th 3 -0- 2 12 95.5% 531 556
Prahran 6th 2 -1- 2 10 105.1% 603 574
Sunshine 7th 2 -0- 3 8 77.7% 456 587
Williamstown 8th 1 -0- 4 4 89.4% 473 529
Sandringham 9th 1 -0- 4 4 74.7% 506 677
Coburg 10th 0 -1- 4 2 84.3% 554 657

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 27/05/1973 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Geelong West North Port Oval 120 - 106
SUN 27/05/1973 2:10 PM Prahran v Oakleigh Toorak Park 166 - 133
SUN 27/05/1973 2:10 PM Sandringham v Coburg Beach Road Oval 95 - 112
SUN 27/05/1973 2:10 PM Sunshine v Dandenong Skinner Reserve 103 - 129
SUN 27/05/1973 2:10 PM Williamstown v Preston WCG 144 - 130

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Dandenong 1st 5 -0- 1 20 123.8% 708 572
Oakleigh 2nd 5 -0- 1 20 122.0% 720 590
Port Melbourne 3rd 4 -0- 2 16 98.3% 651 662
Prahran 4th 3 -1- 2 14 108.8% 769 707
Geelong West 5th 3 -0- 3 12 112.1% 714 637
Preston 6th 3 -0- 3 12 111.7% 756 677
Williamstown 7th 2 -0- 4 8 93.6% 617 659
Sunshine 8th 2 -0- 4 8 78.1% 559 716
Coburg 9th 1 -1- 4 6 88.6% 666 752
Sandringham 10th 1 -0- 5 4 76.2% 601 789

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 03/06/1973 2:10 PM Dandenong v Coburg Shepley Oval 85 - 85
SUN 03/06/1973 2:10 PM Geelong West v Prahran West Oval 126 - 74
SUN 03/06/1973 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Sandringham Warrawee Park 125 - 87
SUN 03/06/1973 2:10 PM Preston v Sunshine Preston City Oval 110 - 121
SUN 03/06/1973 2:10 PM Williamstown v Port Melbourne WCG 77 - 114

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Oakleigh 1st 6 -0- 1 24 124.8% 845 677
Dandenong 2nd 5 -1- 1 22 120.7% 793 657
Port Melbourne 3rd 5 -0- 2 20 103.5% 765 739
Geelong West 4th 4 -0- 3 16 118.1% 840 711
Prahran 5th 3 -1- 3 14 101.2% 843 833
Preston 6th 3 -0- 4 12 108.5% 866 798
Sunshine 7th 3 -0- 4 12 82.3% 680 826
Williamstown 8th 2 -0- 5 8 89.8% 694 773
Coburg 9th 1 -2- 4 8 89.7% 751 837
Sandringham 10th 1 -0- 6 4 75.3% 688 914

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 10/06/1973 2:10 PM Coburg v Geelong West Coburg City Oval 62 - 65
SUN 10/06/1973 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Preston Warrawee Park 56 - 93
SUN 10/06/1973 2:10 PM Prahran v Dandenong Toorak Park 112 - 107
SUN 10/06/1973 2:10 PM Sandringham v Port Melbourne Beach Road Oval 113 - 104
SUN 10/06/1973 2:10 PM Sunshine v Williamstown Skinner Reserve 101 - 116

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Oakleigh 1st 6 -0- 2 24 117.0% 901 770
Dandenong 2nd 5 -1- 2 22 117.0% 900 769
Geelong West 3rd 5 -0- 3 20 117.1% 905 773
Port Melbourne 4th 5 -0- 3 20 102.0% 869 852
Prahran 5th 4 -1- 3 18 101.6% 955 940
Preston 6th 4 -0- 4 16 112.3% 959 854
Williamstown 7th 3 -0- 5 12 92.7% 810 874
Sunshine 8th 3 -0- 5 12 82.9% 781 942
Coburg 9th 1 -2- 5 8 90.1% 813 902
Sandringham 10th 2 -0- 6 8 78.7% 801 1,018

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 17/06/1973 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Sunshine North Port Oval 164 - 108
SUN 17/06/1973 2:10 PM Preston v Coburg Preston City Oval 98 - 132
SUN 24/06/1973 2:10 PM Geelong West v Oakleigh West Oval 88 - 131
SUN 24/06/1973 2:10 PM Prahran v Sandringham Toorak Park 150 - 97
SUN 24/06/1973 2:10 PM Williamstown v Dandenong WCG 92 - 138

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Oakleigh 1st 7 -0- 2 28 120.3% 1,032 858
Dandenong 2nd 6 -1- 2 26 120.6% 1,038 861
Port Melbourne 3rd 6 -0- 3 24 107.6% 1,033 960
Prahran 4th 5 -1- 3 22 106.6% 1,105 1,037
Geelong West 5th 5 -0- 4 20 109.8% 993 904
Preston 6th 4 -0- 5 16 107.2% 1,057 986
Coburg 7th 2 -2- 5 12 94.5% 945 1,000
Williamstown 8th 3 -0- 6 12 89.1% 902 1,012
Sunshine 9th 3 -0- 6 12 80.4% 889 1,106
Sandringham 10th 2 -0- 7 8 76.9% 898 1,168

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 01/07/1973 2:10 PM Coburg v Port Melbourne Coburg City Oval 124 - 129
SUN 01/07/1973 2:10 PM Dandenong v Geelong West Shepley Oval 94 - 137
SUN 01/07/1973 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Williamstown Warrawee Park 139 - 123
SUN 01/07/1973 2:10 PM Sandringham v Preston Beach Road Oval 149 - 118
SUN 01/07/1973 2:10 PM Sunshine v Prahran Skinner Reserve 96 - 168

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Oakleigh 1st 8 -0- 2 32 119.4% 1,171 981
Port Melbourne 2nd 7 -0- 3 28 107.2% 1,162 1,084
Dandenong 3rd 6 -1- 3 26 113.4% 1,132 998
Prahran 4th 6 -1- 3 26 112.4% 1,273 1,133
Geelong West 5th 6 -0- 4 24 113.2% 1,130 998
Preston 6th 4 -0- 6 16 103.5% 1,175 1,135
Coburg 7th 2 -2- 6 12 94.7% 1,069 1,129
Williamstown 8th 3 -0- 7 12 89.1% 1,025 1,151
Sandringham 9th 3 -0- 7 12 81.4% 1,047 1,286
Sunshine 10th 3 -0- 7 12 77.3% 985 1,274

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 08/07/1973 2:10 PM Geelong West v Sunshine West Oval 104 - 134
SUN 08/07/1973 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Oakleigh North Port Oval 132 - 148
SUN 08/07/1973 2:10 PM Prahran v Coburg Toorak Park 139 - 77
SUN 08/07/1973 2:10 PM Preston v Dandenong Preston City Oval 123 - 130
SUN 08/07/1973 2:10 PM Williamstown v Sandringham WCG 97 - 130

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Oakleigh 1st 9 -0- 2 36 118.5% 1,319 1,113
Prahran 2nd 7 -1- 3 30 116.7% 1,412 1,210
Dandenong 3rd 7 -1- 3 30 112.6% 1,262 1,121
Port Melbourne 4th 7 -0- 4 28 105.0% 1,294 1,232
Geelong West 5th 6 -0- 5 24 109.0% 1,234 1,132
Preston 6th 4 -0- 7 16 102.6% 1,298 1,265
Sandringham 7th 4 -0- 7 16 85.1% 1,177 1,383
Sunshine 8th 4 -0- 7 16 81.2% 1,119 1,378
Coburg 9th 2 -2- 7 12 90.4% 1,146 1,268
Williamstown 10th 3 -0- 8 12 87.6% 1,122 1,281

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 15/07/1973 2:10 PM Coburg v Sunshine Coburg City Oval 110 - 129
SUN 15/07/1973 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Dandenong Warrawee Park 139 - 105
SUN 15/07/1973 2:10 PM Prahran v Williamstown Toorak Park 113 - 122
SUN 15/07/1973 2:10 PM Preston v Port Melbourne Preston City Oval 145 - 114
SUN 15/07/1973 2:10 PM Sandringham v Geelong West Beach Road Oval 123 - 89

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Oakleigh 1st 10 -0- 2 40 119.7% 1,458 1,218
Prahran 2nd 7 -1- 4 30 114.5% 1,525 1,332
Dandenong 3rd 7 -1- 4 30 108.5% 1,367 1,260
Port Melbourne 4th 7 -0- 5 28 102.3% 1,408 1,377
Geelong West 5th 6 -0- 6 24 105.4% 1,323 1,255
Preston 6th 5 -0- 7 20 104.6% 1,443 1,379
Sandringham 7th 5 -0- 7 20 88.3% 1,300 1,472
Sunshine 8th 5 -0- 7 20 83.9% 1,248 1,488
Williamstown 9th 4 -0- 8 16 89.2% 1,244 1,394
Coburg 10th 2 -2- 8 12 89.9% 1,256 1,397

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 22/07/1973 2:10 PM Dandenong v Sandringham Shepley Oval 126 - 79
SUN 22/07/1973 2:10 PM Geelong West v Preston West Oval 145 - 138
SUN 22/07/1973 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Prahran North Port Oval 154 - 95
SUN 22/07/1973 2:10 PM Sunshine v Oakleigh Skinner Reserve 117 - 80
SUN 22/07/1973 2:10 PM Williamstown v Coburg WCG 95 - 74

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Oakleigh 1st 10 -0- 3 40 115.2% 1,538 1,335
Dandenong 2nd 8 -1- 4 34 111.5% 1,493 1,339
Port Melbourne 3rd 8 -0- 5 32 106.1% 1,562 1,472
Prahran 4th 7 -1- 5 30 109.0% 1,620 1,486
Geelong West 5th 7 -0- 6 28 105.4% 1,468 1,393
Sunshine 6th 6 -0- 7 24 87.1% 1,365 1,568
Preston 7th 5 -0- 8 20 103.7% 1,581 1,524
Williamstown 8th 5 -0- 8 20 91.2% 1,339 1,468
Sandringham 9th 5 -0- 8 20 86.3% 1,379 1,598
Coburg 10th 2 -2- 9 12 89.1% 1,330 1,492

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 29/07/1973 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Coburg Warrawee Park 74 - 95
SUN 29/07/1973 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Dandenong North Port Oval 103 - 153
SUN 29/07/1973 2:10 PM Prahran v Preston Toorak Park 144 - 91
SUN 29/07/1973 2:10 PM Sandringham v Sunshine Beach Road Oval 114 - 80
SUN 29/07/1973 2:10 PM Williamstown v Geelong West WCG 114 - 73

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Oakleigh 1st 10 -0- 4 40 112.7% 1,612 1,430
Dandenong 2nd 9 -1- 4 38 114.1% 1,646 1,442
Prahran 3rd 8 -1- 5 34 111.9% 1,764 1,577
Port Melbourne 4th 8 -0- 6 32 102.5% 1,665 1,625
Geelong West 5th 7 -0- 7 28 102.3% 1,541 1,507
Williamstown 6th 6 -0- 8 24 94.3% 1,453 1,541
Sandringham 7th 6 -0- 8 24 89.0% 1,493 1,678
Sunshine 8th 6 -0- 8 24 85.9% 1,445 1,682
Preston 9th 5 -0- 9 20 100.2% 1,672 1,668
Coburg 10th 3 -2- 9 16 91.0% 1,425 1,566

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 05/08/1973 2:10 PM Coburg v Sandringham Coburg City Oval 145 - 85
SUN 05/08/1973 2:10 PM Dandenong v Sunshine Shepley Oval 170 - 94
SUN 05/08/1973 2:10 PM Geelong West v Port Melbourne West Oval 148 - 101
SUN 05/08/1973 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Prahran Warrawee Park 150 - 88
SUN 05/08/1973 2:10 PM Preston v Williamstown Preston City Oval 102 - 144

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Oakleigh 1st 11 -0- 4 44 116.1% 1,762 1,518
Dandenong 2nd 10 -1- 4 42 118.2% 1,816 1,536
Prahran 3rd 8 -1- 6 34 107.2% 1,852 1,727
Geelong West 4th 8 -0- 7 32 105.0% 1,689 1,608
Port Melbourne 5th 8 -0- 7 32 99.6% 1,766 1,773
Williamstown 6th 7 -0- 8 28 97.2% 1,597 1,643
Sandringham 7th 6 -0- 9 24 86.6% 1,578 1,823
Sunshine 8th 6 -0- 9 24 83.1% 1,539 1,852
Preston 9th 5 -0- 10 20 97.9% 1,774 1,812
Coburg 10th 4 -2- 9 20 95.1% 1,570 1,651

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 12/08/1973 2:10 PM Coburg v Dandenong Coburg City Oval 128 - 98
SUN 12/08/1973 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Williamstown North Port Oval 112 - 108
SUN 12/08/1973 2:10 PM Prahran v Geelong West Toorak Park 104 - 78
SUN 12/08/1973 2:10 PM Sandringham v Oakleigh Beach Road Oval 125 - 112
SUN 12/08/1973 2:10 PM Sunshine v Preston Skinner Reserve 121 - 111

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Oakleigh 1st 11 -0- 5 44 114.1% 1,874 1,643
Dandenong 2nd 10 -1- 5 42 115.0% 1,914 1,664
Prahran 3rd 9 -1- 6 38 108.4% 1,956 1,805
Port Melbourne 4th 9 -0- 7 36 99.8% 1,878 1,881
Geelong West 5th 8 -0- 8 32 103.2% 1,767 1,712
Williamstown 6th 7 -0- 9 28 97.2% 1,705 1,755
Sandringham 7th 7 -0- 9 28 88.0% 1,703 1,935
Sunshine 8th 7 -0- 9 28 84.6% 1,660 1,963
Coburg 9th 5 -2- 9 24 97.1% 1,698 1,749
Preston 10th 5 -0- 11 20 97.5% 1,885 1,933

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 19/08/1973 2:10 PM Dandenong v Prahran Shepley Oval 126 - 92
SUN 19/08/1973 2:10 PM Geelong West v Coburg West Oval 106 - 90
SUN 19/08/1973 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Sandringham North Port Oval 146 - 92
SUN 19/08/1973 2:10 PM Preston v Oakleigh Preston City Oval 62 - 64
SUN 19/08/1973 2:10 PM Williamstown v Sunshine WCG 66 - 59

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Oakleigh 1st 12 -0- 5 48 113.7% 1,938 1,705
Dandenong 2nd 11 -1- 5 46 116.2% 2,040 1,756
Port Melbourne 3rd 10 -0- 7 40 102.6% 2,024 1,973
Prahran 4th 9 -1- 7 38 106.1% 2,048 1,931
Geelong West 5th 9 -0- 8 36 103.9% 1,873 1,802
Williamstown 6th 8 -0- 9 32 97.6% 1,771 1,814
Sandringham 7th 7 -0- 10 28 86.3% 1,795 2,081
Sunshine 8th 7 -0- 10 28 84.7% 1,719 2,029
Coburg 9th 5 -2- 10 24 96.4% 1,788 1,855
Preston 10th 5 -0- 12 20 97.5% 1,947 1,997

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 26/08/1973 2:10 PM Coburg v Preston Coburg City Oval 154 - 171
SUN 26/08/1973 2:10 PM Dandenong v Williamstown Shepley Oval 104 - 98
SUN 26/08/1973 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Geelong West Warrawee Park 110 - 114
SUN 26/08/1973 2:10 PM Sandringham v Prahran Beach Road Oval 66 - 155
SUN 26/08/1973 2:10 PM Sunshine v Port Melbourne Skinner Reserve 101 - 168

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Dandenong 1st 12 -1- 5 50 115.6% 2,144 1,854
Oakleigh 2nd 12 -0- 6 48 112.6% 2,048 1,819
Port Melbourne 3rd 11 -0- 7 44 105.7% 2,192 2,074
Prahran 4th 10 -1- 7 42 110.3% 2,203 1,997
Geelong West 5th 10 -0- 8 40 103.9% 1,987 1,912
Williamstown 6th 8 -0- 10 32 97.4% 1,869 1,918
Sandringham 7th 7 -0- 11 28 83.2% 1,861 2,236
Sunshine 8th 7 -0- 11 28 82.8% 1,820 2,197
Preston 9th 6 -0- 12 24 98.5% 2,118 2,151
Coburg 10th 5 -2- 11 24 95.9% 1,942 2,026

Finals Series

The positions of teams going into the finals:

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Dandenong 1st 12 -1- 5 50 115.6% 2,144 1,854 314 260 263 276
Oakleigh 2nd 12 -0- 6 48 112.6% 2,048 1,819 293 290 257 277
Port Melbourne 3rd 11 -0- 7 44 105.7% 2,192 2,074 316 296 299 280
Prahran 4th 10 -1- 7 42 110.3% 2,203 1,997 321 277 291 251
Geelong West 5th 10 -0- 8 40 103.9% 1,987 1,912 288 259 273 274
Williamstown 6th 8 -0- 10 32 97.4% 1,869 1,918 259 315 272 286
Sandringham 7th 7 -0- 11 28 83.2% 1,861 2,236 267 259 324 292
Sunshine 8th 7 -0- 11 28 82.8% 1,820 2,197 259 266 320 277
Preston 9th 6 -0- 12 24 98.5% 2,118 2,151 310 258 307 309
Coburg 10th 5 -2- 11 24 95.9% 1,942 2,026 273 304 294 262

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 02/09/1973 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Prahran Junction Oval 77 - 129 8,000
SUN 09/09/1973 2:10 PM Dandenong v Oakleigh Junction Oval 101 - 116 14,000

Final Round 1 Ladder

Team Pos.
Oakleigh 1st
Dandenong 2nd
Prahran 3rd
Port Melbourne 4th

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 16/09/1973 2:10 PM Dandenong v Prahran Junction Oval 81 - 110 13,600

Final Round 2 Ladder

Team Pos.
Oakleigh 1st
Prahran 2nd
Dandenong 3rd
Port Melbourne 4th

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 23/09/1973 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Prahran Junction Oval 78 - 113 21,200

Final Round 3 Ladder

Team Pos.
Prahran 1st
Oakleigh 2nd
Dandenong 3rd
Port Melbourne 4th