Australia 1973


State Leagues 1973

Australian Capital Territory | New South Wales | Queensland | South Australia | Tasmania | Victoria | Western Australia


Australian Capital Territory 1973

NB: see also Federal Capital Territory 1973

Division One

Final Table:

 1. Croatia Deakin           14  12  1  1  53-15  25  Champions
 2. Juventus                 14  10  2  2  42-13  22
 3. Inter Monaro             14   5  5  4  21-26  15
 4. Lyons                    14   5  3  6  22-21  13
 5. Forrest United           14   5  2  7  17-22  12
 6. Turner Eagles            14   2  8  4  17-28  12
 7. Olympic                  14   4  3  7  19-24  11
 8. Phillip United           14   0  2 12  13-55   2

Division Two

Final Table:

 1. Queanbeyan City          14  11  1  2  49-11  23
 2. ANU FC                   14  10  2  2  38-16  22
 3. Goulburn Workers         14   6  3  5  35-20  15
 4. Woden                    14   7  1  6  27-27  15
 5. South City               14   6  2  6  25-37  14
 6. Jamison                  14   4  3  7  20-29  11
 7. St.George                14   2  4  8  12-30   8
 8. Dickson                  14   2  0 12   7-43   4

New South Wales 1973

NB: see also New South Wales 1973.

Division One

Final Table:

 1. Hakoah Eastern Suburbs   22  13  5  4  44-16  31  Qualified
 2. Marconi Fairfield        22  11  8  3  31-24  30  Qualified
 3. St.George Budapest       22  11  5  6  55-26  27  Qualified
 4. Western Suburbs          22  11  4  7  39-23  26  Qualified
 5. APIA Leichhardt          22  10  6  6  38-34  26
 6. Safeway United           22   8  8  6  32-30  24
 7. Yugal Prague             22   7  9  6  25-25  23
 8. South Sydney Croatia     22   6  7  9  29-37  19
 9. Pan Hellenic             22   7  5 10  29-39  19
10. Auburn                   22   5  7 10  30-37  17
11. Sutherland Shire         22   3  6 13  19-47  12
12. Granville Parramatta     22   3  4 15  26-59  10

NB: South Coast United were renamed Safeway United;
    Granville AEK were renamed Granville Parramatta;
    Prague and Yugal Ryde merged into Yugal Prague.

Final Series
St.George Budapest          1-0 Western Suburbs             [aet]
Hakoah Eastern Suburbs      3-0 Marconi Fairfield 
St.George Budapest          1-2 Marconi Fairfield 

Grand Final
Hakoah Eastern Suburbs      1-2 Marconi Fairfield

Division Two

Final Table:

 1. Canterbury-Marrickville  22  16  3  3  61-22  35
 2. Balgownie Rangers        22  12  5  5  43-22  29
 3. Rosebery Rhodes          22  12  3  7  43-26  27
 4. Manly Warringah          22  11  5  6  42-27  27
 5. Melita Eagles Newtown    22  11  3  8  28-21  25
 6. Guildford Wanderers      22  10  3  9  39-39  23
 7. Enmore                   22   9  4  9  30-37  22
 8. Bankstown                22   9  3 10  30-39  21
 9. Polonia North Side       22   7  4 11  35-47  18
10. Corinthian BESC          22   5  6 11  18-40  16
11. North Sydney Inter       22   6  3 13  21-41  15
12. Northern Districts       22   1  4 17  23-52   6

Division Three

Final Table:

 1. Riverside Rapid          22  17  0  5  44-22  34  Qualified
 2. Marrickville Rockdale    22  14  5  3  63-33  33  Qualified
 3. Ku-Ring-Gai              22  14  2  6  60-25  30  Qualified
 4. Revesby Workers          22  13  3  6  57-34  29  Qualified
 5. West Sutherland          22  11  2  9  39-32  24
 6. University of NSW        22   8  7  7  40-42  23
 7. Arncliffe Scots          22  10  2 10  33-32  22
 8. Wenty Waratah            22   8  2 12  41-58  18
 9. Campbelltown City        22   6  5 11  36-50  17
10. Belmore                  22   5  4 13  33-55  14
11. Warringah Saints         22   3  6 13  33-52  12
12. Concordia Petersham      22   2  4 16  22-66   8

Final Series
Riverside Rapid             0-1 Ku-Ring-Gai     
Marrickville Rockdale       1-0 Revesby Workers  

Grand Final
Marrickville Rockdale       3-0 Ku-Ring-Gai 

Inter Suburban Division One

Final Table:

 1. Gladesville Ravens       22  15  0  7  70-39  30  Qualified
 2. West Ryde Rovers         22  12  6  4  63-38  30  Qualified
 3. Bondi Marine             22  12  4  6  45-24  28  Qualified
 4. Chelsea                  22  10  8  4  62-42  28  Qualified
 5. Nepean United            22  12  4  6  60-43  28
 6. Greenwich                22  10  7  5  70-44  27
 7. Queens Park              22   9  5  8  46-44  23
 8. Blacktown Spartans       22   8  6  8  40-36  22
 9. Arncliffe RSL            22   6  6 10  46-58  18
10. Yagoona                  22   5  6 11  27-57  16
11. North Bankstown          22   2  7 13  25-54  11
12. Lane Cove United         22   1  1 20  17-92   3

Final Series
Gladesville Ravens          3-1 Bondi Marine 
West Ryde Rovers            3-2 Chelsea       

Grand Final
West Ryde Rovers            1-0 Gladesville Ravens 

Northern New South Wales - Division One

Reported Final Table:

 1. Weston Workers           26  19  4  3  80-33  42  Final Series
 2. Adamstown Rosebud        26  19  2  5  80-34  40  Final Series
 3. Toronto Awaba            26  16  4  6  81-43  36  Final Series
 4. Lake Macquarie Roosters  26  17  2  7  73-48  36  Final Series
 5. Cessnock City Hornets    26  14  1 11  59-51  29
 6. West Wallsend            26  13  2 11  58-47  28
 7. Wallsend                 26  11  4 11  41-49  26
 8. Hamilton Azzurri         26   7  8 11  47-56  22
 9. Austral United           26   9  3 14  57-74  21
10. New Lambton South        26   8  5 13  46-61  21
11. Cardiff                  26   6  7 13  39-61  19
12. Belmont Swansea          26   6  6 14  58-75  18
13. Mayfield United          26   7  3 16  33-66  17
14. Maitland                 26   4  1 21  26-78   9
NB: total goal difference +2.

Final Series
Toronto Awaba               1-2 Lake Macquarie Roosters 
Weston Workers              1-2 Adamstown Rosebud        
Weston Workers              2-1 Lake Macquarie Roosters  

Grand Final
Weston Workers              4-1 Adamstown Rosebud 

Northern New South Wales - Division Two

Final Table:

 1. Edgeworth Eagles         18                   32
 2. Kotara South             18                   24
 3. Charlestown United       18                   24
 4. Merewether Advance       18                   21
 5. Lambton                  18                   20
 6. Central Coast United     18                   16
 7. Jesmond                  18                   15
 8. West Lakes United        18                   11
 9. Muswellbrook             18                    9
10. Raymond Terrace          18                    8

Final Series

NB: only the result of the Grand Final is available.

Grand Final
Edgeworth Eagles            1-2 Kotara South  1-2

Queensland 1973

Brisbane Division One

Final Table:

 1. Brisbane Lions           22  18  2  2  74-19  38  Final Series
 2. St.George-Souths         22  13  4  5  63-43  30  Final Series
 3. Merton-East              22  13  2  7  81-42  28  Final Series
 4. Brisbane City            22  12  2  8  40-24  26  Final Series
 5. North Brisbane           22   9  8  5  38-27  26
 6. Grange Thistle           22   9  5  8  52-43  23
 7. Bardon Latrobe           22   9  3 10  42-52  21
 8. Coalstars                22   8  1 13  40-50  17
 9. Mount Gravatt            22   7  3 12  27-52  17
10. Wynnum                   22   6  3 13  40-63  15
11. Oxley United             22   5  2 15  29-63  12
12. St.Helens United         22   4  3 15  27-75  11

NB: Hollandia-Inala were renamed Brisbane Lions;
    Hellenic were renamed St.George-Souths;
    Azzurri were renamed Brisbane City;
    Polonia were renamed North Brisbane;
    Merton and Easts merged into Merton-East.

Final Series
Brisbane Lions              0-3 St.George-Souths  
Merton-East                 1-4 Brisbane City   
Brisbane City               1-0 Brisbane Lions    

Grand Final
St.George-Souths            1-1 Brisbane City  

Grand Final Replay
St.George-Souths            1-3 Brisbane City  

Brisbane Division Two

Table:

 1. Redcliffe                22  14  4  4  61-26  32  Final Series
 2. Annerley                 21  13  6  2  45-23  32  Final Series
 3. Southside Eagles         21  14  2  5  66-22  30  Final Series
 4. Mitchelton               22  12  4  6  52-25  28  Final Series
 5. Grovely                  22  10  4  8  30-26  24
 6. Gap                      21   9  5  7  35-27  23
 7. Taringa Rovers           22   9  4  9  31-33  22
 8. Redlands United          22   9  3 10  38-44  21
 9. Gold Coast United        20   6  5  9  35-40  17
10. Newmarket                21   5  5 11  23-52  15
11. Souths United            22   3  1 18  17-58   7
12. Trident                  22   3  1 18  18-75   7

NB: Germania were renamed Southside Eagles;
    Budapest were renamed Grovely;
    South Coast were renamed Souths United.

Final Series
Annerley                    1-3 Southside Eagles 
Redcliffe                   2-4 Mitchelton        
Annerley                    1-1 Mitchelton                  [aet]
Annerley                    2-1 Mitchelton                  [aet]

Grand Final
Southside Eagles            unk Annerley 

South Australia 1973

Division One

Final Table:

 1. West Adelaide Hellas     18  17  1  0  64-16  35  Champions
 2. Adelaide Juventus        18  12  1  5  37-12  25
 3. Beograd Woodville        18   9  5  4  29-23  23
 4. Polonia Adelaide         18   8  4  6  28-19  20
 5. Cumberland United        18   9  2  7  28-33  20
 6. USC Lion                 18   9  0  9  28-34  18
 7. ED Azzurri               18   5  4  9  24-29  14
 8. Enfield Victoria         18   4  1 13  22-45   9
 9. Burnside Budapest        18   4  1 13  22-47   9
10. Adelaide Croatia         18   2  3 13  16-40   7

Division Two

Final Table:

 1. Campbelltown City        18  12  3  3  38-23  27
 2. Munno Para Apac          18   9  6  3  29-23  24
 3. Elizabeth City           18   9  5  4  39-16  23
 4. Birkalla Rovers          18   9  3  6  24-25  21
 5. Port Adelaide            18   7  6  5  34-28  20
 6. Malta United             18   8  2  8  37-29  18
 7. Wakefield Wanderers      18   3 10  5  18-22  16
 8. Para Hills               18   4  5  9  26-32  13
 9. Salisbury United         18   4  3 11  19-35  11
10. South Adelaide           18   1  5 12  17-48   7

Division Three

Final Table:

 1. Modbury                  18  12  4  2  53-16  28
 2. Adelaide University      18  11  6  1  57-23  28
 3. Windsor Athletic         18  12  3  3  60-31  27
 4. Mitcham                  18  11  2  5  53-41  24
 5. Don United               18  10  2  6  42-26  22
 6. West Torrens             18   6  2 10  24-39  14
 7. WREI                     18   4  4 10  35-39  12
 8. Orange Sturt United      18   4  4 10  22-45  12
 9. Flinders University      18   5  1 12  22-51  11
10. Taperoo United           18   1  0 17  23-80   2

Metro League

NB: after initial round robin between 12 clubs (11 matches each), the
      top-7 entered Section A and the bottom-5 Section B, to which one
      new club (Graduates B) was added.

Final Tables:

Section A
 1. Italian Students         17  14  1  2 106-32  29
 2. Royal Park               17  13  2  2  75-17  28
 3. Graduates                17  12  1  4  77-27  25
 4. SAIT                     17  10  1  6  74-27  21
 5. Adelaide University B    17  10  0  7  49-40  20
 6. Woodville Districts      17   6  6  5  52-37  18
 7. MSSA                     17   3  0 14  35-83   6

Section B
 1. Woodville Districts B    16   6  2  8  45-75  14
 2. SAIT B                   16   5  3  8  21-46  13
 3. Adelaide University C    16   5  2  9  38-64  12
 4. Orange Sturt B           16   5  2  9  38-64  12
 5. CAE                      16   3  0 13  19-96   6
 6. Graduates B               5   0  0  5   3-24   0

Tasmania 1973

Northern Combined League

Final Table:

 1. Ravenswood Olympic       20  16  1  3  79-30  33
 2. Launceston Juventus      20  16  0  4  67-24  32
 3. Devonport City           20  15  0  5  64-34  30
 4. George Town United       20  12  5  3  81-30  29
 5. Launceston United        20  12  1  7  67-33  25
 6. Burnie Spartans          20   8  3  9  56-52  19
 7. Ulverstone               20   8  3  9  45-43  19
 8. Burnie Rovers            20   7  0 13  53-54  14
 9. St.Leonards Rovers       20   5  3 12  29-57  13
10. Launceston Matric        20   2  2 16  44-100  6
11. Launceston Croatia       20   0  0 20  12-140  0
 -. South Launceston         withdrew

South Cambridge League

Final Table:

 1. Hobart Juventus          18  16  1  1  69-22  33
 2. Glenorchy Croatia        18  10  3  5  59-33  23
 3. Sandy Bay Olympia        18   9  4  5  42-32  22
 4. Caledonians              18   8  4  6  50-37  20
 5. White Eagles             18   7  4  7  33-40  18
 6. Dnipro-Hobart            18   7  3  8  35-50  17
 7. Rapid Wrest Point        18   5  4  9  33-47  14
 8. University               18   4  5  9  34-35  13
 9. Metro Claremont          18   4  5  9  33-48  13
10. South Hobart             18   3  1 14  24-68   7

North West League

NB: league not held between 1969 and 1976.

Championship Playoff

Final
Hobart Juventus     8-1 Ravenswood Olympic
Ravenswood Olympic  4-5 Hobart Juventus  

South Metropolitan Division One

Reported Table:

 1. Taroona                  16  13  2  1  43-10  28
 2. Kingborough              16  11  1  4  47-15  23
 3. Eastern Suburbs          15  11  1  3  53-18  23
 4. Malaysian Tigers         16   7  2  7  42-32  16
 5. University Gold          15   6  3  6  30-29  15
 6. Eastern Suburbs B        15   7  1  7  34-36  15
 7. Taroona B                16   2  2 12  18-51   6
 8. Univ.Grads/E.Suburbs C   13   2  1 10  11-48   5  [*]
 9. University Nelson        14   1  3 10   5-46   5

NB: total goal difference -2;
    University Grads withdrew after 5 matches; their remaining
    fixtures were played by Eastern Suburbs C.

Victoria 1973

NB: see also Victoria 1973

State League

Final Table:

 1. Footscray JUST           22  13  6  3  34-13  32  Champions
 2. George Cross             22  12  7  3  44-19  31
 3. South Melbourne Hellas   22  13  5  4  48-27  31
 4. Hakoah-St.Kilda          22  11  6  5  37-23  28
 5. Melbourne                22  11  5  6  33-23  27
 6. Fitzroy United Alexander 22  10  5  7  35-23  25
 7. Ringwood City Wilhelmina 22   8  7  7  41-26  23
 8. Maribyrnong Polonia      22   7  4 11  16-28  18
 9. Prahran Slavia           22   6  5 11  16-32  17
10. Juventus                 22   6  4 12  26-34  16
11. Keilor Austria           22   2  8 12  14-37  12
12. Box Hill                 22   1  2 19  15-74   4

NB: Hakoah and St.Kilda merged into Hakoah-St.Kilda;
    Polonia were renamed Maribyrnong Polonia.

Metropolitan League Division One

Final Table:

 1. Mooroolbark United       22  17  3  2  65-15  37
 2. Sunshine City            22  15  5  2  41-14  35
 3. Altona City              22   9  8  5  33-23  26
 4. Frankston City           22   9  8  5  38-28  26
 5. Keilor City              22  10  5  7  33-31  25
 6. St.Albans                22   7  7  8  28-30  21
 7. Green Gully              22   7  6  9  22-23  20
 8. Western Suburbs          22   7  6  9  28-30  20
 9. Essendon Lions           22   6  3 13  33-47  15
10. Yallourn                 22   6  3 13  27-46  15
11. Ringwood United          22   6  3 13  26-45  15
12. Springvale City          22   3  3 16  15-57   9

Metropolitan League Division Two

Final Table:

 1. Preston Makedonia        22  16  3  3  56-18  35
 2. Albion Rovers            22  14  5  3  50-29  33
 3. Ferntree Gully           22  11  6  5  42-30  28
 4. Dandenong City           22   6  9  7  37-39  21
 5. Moreland Thistle         22   8  5  9  31-33  21
 6. Princes Park             22   8  5  9  37-40  21
 7. Waverley City            22   7  7  8  33-36  21
 8. Richmond                 22   7  4 11  44-57  18
 9. Prahran City             22   6  6 10  36-48  18
10. Croydon City             22   7  4 11  36-48  18
11. Heidelberg               22   6  6 10  23-33  18
12. Coburg United            22   3  6 13  42-56  12

NB: Princes Park Hercules were renamed Princes Park.

Metropolitan League Division Three

Final Table:

 1. North Carlton            22  16  3  3  66-27  35
 2. Newport                  22  14  4  4  64-37  32
 3. Eltham                   22  12  7  3  46-19  31
 4. Park Rangers             22  14  3  5  39-29  31
 5. Bayswater United         22   9  6  7  32-25  24
 6. Caulfield City           22  11  1 10  43-43  23
 7. Corio                    22   8  4 10  40-41  20
 8. Brighton                 22   7  4 11  33-33  18
 9. Chelsea                  22   7  4 11  33-39  18
10. Ballarat                 22   7  0 15  32-51  14
11. South Yarra              22   4  2 16  17-62  10
12. Sandringham City         22   2  4 16  16-55   8

NB: North Carlton Olympic were renamed North Carlton;
    Brunswick Athena were renamed Caulfield City.

Western Australia 1973

Division One

Final Table:

 1. Morley-Windmills         18  10  4  4  40-31  24  Champions
 2. Ascot                    18  10  4  4  36-30  24
 3. Azzurri                  18   9  4  5  44-30  22
 4. Cracovia                 18   8  5  5  31-26  21
 5. Inglewood Kiev           18   7  6  5  41-35  20
 6. East Fremantle Tricolore 18   8  4  6  42-38  20
 7. Kwinana United           18   7  4  7  32-30  18
 8. Bayswater United         18   5  5  8  30-35  13  [-2]
 9. Kingsway Olympic         18   4  2 12  30-39  10
10. Stirling City            18   1  4 13  23-55   6

NB: Stirling City withdrew after the season.

Division Two

Final Table:

 1. Floreat Athena           18  15  1  2  58-23  31
 2. North Perth Croatia      18  14  1  3  54-21  29
 3. Macedonia United         18  12  0  6  36-28  24
 4. Fremantle Dalmatinac     18  10  3  5  30-25  23
 5. Melville Alemannia       18  10  1  7  40-32  21
 6. Gosnells Town            18   7  0 11  30-48  14
 7. Perth City               18   5  3 10  22-40  13
 8. Cockburn United          18   4  3 11  24-36  11
 9. Subiaco City             18   2  4 12  24-43   8
10. Swan Valley              18   2  2 14  23-45   6

Division Three

Final Table:

 1. Rockingham United        16  11  1  4  53-22  23
 2. Queens Park              16  10  2  4  48-27  22
 3. Swan Athletic            16   9  2  5  29-15  20
 4. Lathlain Meazza          16   9  3  4  38-32  20  [-1]
 5. Sorrento                 16   6  3  7  31-32  15
 6. Kelmscott                16   4  6  6  20-29  14
 7. University W.Australia   16   5  3  8  28-35  13
 8. Canning Corinthian       16   2  4 10  21-47   8
 9. Caledonian               16   2  4 10  22-51   8
 -. South Perth              withdrew

[*] Lathlain Meazza 1 punt in mindering.

Amateur Division One

Reported Final Table:

 1. Neerlandia               22  19  0  3 105-30  38
 2. Graylands Hostel         22  16  4  2  80-18  36
 3. Galeb                    22  13  4  5  63-37  30
 4. Belmont Cloverdale       22  13  4  5  57-35  30
 5. Corinthians              22  13  4  5  58-47  30
 6. Fremantle Dalmatinac B   22   7  5 10  43-50  19
 7. Coolbellup               22   7  3 12  36-50  17
 8. Espanol                  22   6  3 13  35-70  15
 9. Queens Park B            22   6  2 14  42-74  14
10. Morley-Windmills         22   4  4 14  36-61  12
11. Gosnells Town B          22   5  2 15  42-82  12
12. University W.Australia B 22   4  3 15  31-66  11
NB: total goal difference +8.


1972.

1974.

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list of cup winners.

list of final tables.

list of regional champions.

list of regional cup winners.


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