NFL
Final Table:
1.Cape Town City 28 17 8 3 58-23 42
2.Highlands Park 28 15 7 6 43-18 37
3.Hellenic 28 16 5 7 53-31 37
4.Maritzburg 28 14 3 11 41-36 31
5.Durban United 28 12 6 10 51-31 30
6.Rangers 28 9 12 7 33-36 30
7.Arcadia Shepherds 28 12 5 11 49-43 29
8.Jewish Guild 28 8 10 10 26-30 26
9.Durban City 28 7 11 10 39-37 25
10.Celtic 28 9 7 12 38-41 25
11.Germiston Callies 28 7 10 11 31-39 24
12.Lusitano 28 8 7 13 36-48 23
13.Berea Park 28 7 9 12 30-41 20 [23?]
14.East London United 28 7 6 15 34-65 20
15.Port Elizabeth City 28 6 6 16 27-69 18 Relegated
NB: total goal difference +1
Known Results
Berea Park 0-6 Durban City
East London United 0-10 Durban United
Promoted: Boksburg
NFL Castle Cup 1973
Preliminary Round
[May 5]
G.R.I. 3-4 Welkom [aet]
Berea Park 7-0 West Vaal
Wanderers 1-2 Sparta
Robertsham 4-0 Kempton Park
Olympia Fiat 2-0 Atlas
Emdeen 1-2 Durban Deep 20's
Iscor van der Bijl 4-2 Bedford View Polys
[May 12]
Welkom 1-2 Vereeniging District
Durban Deep 20's 3-1 Olympians
Sparta 7-2 Balfour Park
Robertsham 4-1 Iscor Vanderbijl
[dates ?]
Crescent East London 0-0 Virginia United Durban
Preliminary Round Replay
Virginia United Durban 0-1 Crescent East London
Round 1
[dates ?]
Corinthians 1-4 Highlands Park
Arcadia Shepherds 4-0 Durban Deep 20's
Windhoek City 1-1 Germiston Callies
Jewish Guild 5-1 Shamrocks
Port Elizabeth City 7-1 Belville
Vaal United 3-3 Sparta
[May 30]
Durban City 1-2 Rangers
[Jun 1]
Lusitano 0-4 Wits University
Cape Town City 3-0 East London United
Maritzburg 3-2 Durban Celtic
[Jun 2]
Southern Suburbs 3-2 Boksburg
Parthenon 2-1 Koedoe Park
Germiston Primrose 0-0 Viktoria
Bloemfontein Ramblers 0-5 Florida Albion
[Jun 6]
Durban United 0-1 Berea Park
[Jun 8]
Hellenic 10-1 Crescent East London
Round 1 Replays
Germiston Callies 3-1 Windhoek City
Sparta 2-1 Vaal United [Vaal United progressed?!]
Viktoria 2-1 Germiston Primrose [aet]
1/8 Finals
[dates ?]
Highlands Park 4-1 Arcadia Shepherds
Southern Suburbs 1-4 Wits University
Cape Town City 1-0 Hellenic
Florida Albion 2-0 Viktoria
[Jun 16]
Germiston Callies 1-0 Parthenon
Port Elizabeth City 2-1 Rangers
[Jul 4]
Jewish Guild 1-0 Berea Park
[Jul 8]
Maritzburg 4-0 Vaal United
Quarterfinals
[Jul 2]
Highlands Park 2-1 Wits University
Germiston Callies 1-1 Jewish Guild [aet]
[Jul 24]
Port Elizabeth City 3-1 Cape Town City
[Jul 28]
Florida Albion 1-0 Maritzburg
Quarterfinal Replay
Jewish Guild 0-3 Germiston Callies
Semifinals
First Legs
Highlands Park 2-0 Germiston Callies
Port Elizabeth City 0-1 Florida Albion
Second Legs
Germiston Callies 1-1 Highands Park
Florida Albion 2-0 Port Elizabeth City
Final [Oct 1]
Highlands Park 1-0 Florida Albion
UTC Bowl 1973
Round 1
Shamrocks 2-0 Boksburg
Hellenic 3-1 Jewish Guild
Arcadia Shepherds 1-0 Maritzburg
Quarterfinals
Cape Town City 6-2 Arcadia Shepherds
Highlands Park 1-0 Rangers
Hellenic 5-0 Shamrocks
Durban United 2-1 Durban Celtic
Semifinals
Cape Town Cty 1-0 Highlands Park
Durban United 2-0 Hellenic
Final [date ?]
Cape Town City 1-0 Durban United
Coca Cola Shield 1973
1/8 Finals
Rangers 1-1 1-4 Durban Celtic
Maritzburg 2-1 2-3 East London United
Cape Town City 0-1 2-2 Jewish Guild
Durban City 3-2 0-2 Highlands Park
Germiston Callies 1-0 0-1 Berea Park [Callies on pen]
Port Elizabeth City 0-2 0-3 Lusitano
Florida Albion 1-1 2-7 Durban United
Hellenic 3-1 3-0 Arcadia Shepherds
Quarterfinals
Hellenic 1-0 0-0 Jewish Guild
Germiston Callies 2-0 1-1 Highlands Park
Durban Celtic 3-0 1-1 Lusitano
Durban United 0-1 0-4 Maritzburg
Semifinals
First Legs
[May ?]
Hellenic 1-1 Durban Celtic
[May 1}
Maritzburg 1-0 Germiston Callies
Second Legs
[May 14]
Durban Celtic 3-0 Hellenic
[May 21]
Germiston Callies 2-0 Maritzburg
Final
First Leg [Aug 14]
Germiston Callies 1-2 Durban Celtic
Second Leg [Aug 21]
Durban Celtic 3-1 Germiston Callies
Natal League
Final Table:
1.Dodo 18 11 5 2 47-18 27
2.Fynnland 18 11 3 4 36-20 25
3.Woodlands 18 9 5 4 33-23 23
4.Falcon 18 7 8 3 41-24 22
5.Marist 18 8 3 7 31-33 19
6.Pirates 18 6 4 8 27-35 16
7.Umkomaas 18 5 5 8 35-50 15
8.Escombe 18 3 5 10 24-37 11
9.Spurs 18 3 5 10 17-34 11
10.Savages 18 3 5 10 13-30 11
NB: Dodo were a club formed by a group of Mauritian immigrants
who thanks to winning the Natal League in 1973 were promoted
to the Natal Premier Division (presumably the second highest
level in the NFL league structure) after having started to
play competitive football in 1968 in the Fifth Division
1972.
1974.
Source: [Raa 02]
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