South Africa 1973 (original) (raw)

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

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Source: [Raa 02]

Prepared and maintained by Ian King for theRec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Ian King Last updated: 16 Mar 2023