South Africa National Football League 1973

South Africa National Football League 1973 - Champion Cape Town City

Final Ranking		pts	win	drw	lst	gf	ga	g+-
1.	Cape Town City	42	17	8	3	58:	23	+35
2.	Highlands Park	37	15	7	6	43:	18	+25
3.	Hellenic	37	16	5	7	53:	31	+22
4.	Maritzburg	31	14	3	11	41:	36	+5
5.	Durban United	30	12	6	10	51:	31	+20
6.	Rangers	30	9	12	7	33:	36	-3
7.	Arcadia Shepherds	29	12	5	11	49:	43	+6
8.	Jewish Guild	26	8	10	10	26:	30	-4
9.	Durban City	25	7	11	10	39:	37	+2
10.	Durban Celtic	25	9	7	12	38:	41	-3
11.	Germiston Callies	24	7	10	11	31:	39	-8
12.	Lusitano	23	8	7	13	36:	48	-12
13.	Berea Park	23	7	9	12	30:	43	-13
14.	East London United	20	7	6	15	34:	65	-31
15.	Port Elizabeth City	18	6	6	16	27:	69	-42

_ 1973 Castle Cup: Highlands Park 1-0 Florida Albion (II)

Port Elizabeth City was relegated and replaced vy Boksburg.

_ 1973 UTC Bowls (League Cup - Embassy Cup): Cape Town City 1-0 Durban United

_ 1973 Champion of Champions: Hellenic

_ 1973 Coca-Cola Shiled (Embassy Leagues Cup): Durban Celtic 2-1, 3-1 Germiston Callies

_ $1973 Emmbassy Cup

Boksburg was promoted from 1973 NFL II.

BP (North vs. South) match 03.10 20:30 Hartleyvale: Cape Town City - Highlands Park

Points After Rounds

Clubs from

Johannesburg (5): Highlands Park, Rangers, Jewish Guild, Germiston Callies, Lusitano. Pretoria (2): Arcadia Shepherds, Berea Park

Natal (4): Maritzburg, Durban United, Durban City, Durban Celtic

Western Cape (2): Cape Town City, Hellenic Cape Town. Eastern Cape (2): East London United, Port Elizabeth City

North v. South R3000 BP Competion between Legae Winners and Castle Cup Winners for the title of Champions of South Africa
Wed 03.10.73	Cape Town Spurs	2-0	Highlands Park
1-0 Jingles Pereira 28' 2-0 Jingles Pereira Hartleyvalle

Team

Arca

Bere

Celt

Cape

DuCi

DuUn

EaLo

Germ

Hell

High

Jewi

Lusi

Mari

PoEl

Rang

Arcadia Shepherds

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1:1

1:0

0:2

0:0

2:1

7:0

0:1

1:2

0:3

3:2

2:1

2:0

5:1

1:1

Berea Park

0:2

---

0:0

1:1

1:0

0:2

0:1

0:2

2:1

0:1

1:1

3:2

1:2

4:0

1:1

Durban Celtic

3:2

1:1

---

1:0

1:6

0:2

1:2

0:4

1:2

0:1

0:0

2:1

1:0

1:1

Cape Town City

3:1

4:0

2:0

---

1:0

2:1

1:0

3:0

1:1

0:0

3:1

4:2

4:1

3:0

5:0

Durban City

1:3

6:0

2:1

2:2

---

1:2?

0:0

2:2

1:2

0:0

1:2

1:1

2:1

3:0

0:0

Durban United

4:2

3:3

3:5

3:0

0:0

---

10:0

2:2

4:1

1:2

1:0

0:2

3:0

1:1

East London United

1:3

3:2

1:3

1:2

2:2

---

1:0

1:3

0:0

1:1

4:2

3:4

1:1

0:5

Germiston Callies

2:2

1:1

0:2

2:1

0:0

0:1

2:1

---

0:0

0:3

0:1

1:1

1:2

2:2

1:3

Hellenic

4:1

2:3

2:2

0:3

2:0

0:1

2:0

3:0

---

1:3

4:1

2:0

1:0

6:0

4:0

Highlands Park

2:1

3:1

1:1

4:1

0:1

4:0

1:2

0:0

---

1:1

2:0

1:2

3:0

2:0

Jewish Guild

0:1

0:2

1:1

0:0

1:0

1:1

1:3

0:0

1:2

2:1

---

5:0

1:0

0:0

Lusitano

3:3

1:0

2:1

2:3

1:1

1:0

1:1

0:2

1:2

1:1

2:0

---

2:1?

2:0

1:1

Maritzburg

0:1

1:0

1:1

3:3

2:1

3:1

2:1

0:2

1:0

0:1

---

3:1

1:3

Port Elizabeth City

4:2

1:1

0:5

2:2

3:1

0:3

3:2

1:2

1:0

4:2

0:4

---

1:5

Rangers

1:0

0:1

0:4

2:0

1:0

3:2

1:1

1:0

0:0

1:3

1:1

0:0

---

Round 1 - Saturday 03.03.1973

date	team 1 _________	score	team 2 _________	HT
--- 0-.03.73	Cape Town City	3-0	Port Elizabeth City
Morrison 2, Anderson
--- 0-.03.73	Germiston Callies	2-0	Lusitano	0-0
1-0 Stoddart Viktorin Driehoek.
--- 0-.03.73	Highlands Park	2-1	Arcadia Shepherds
Kalk, Backos --- Withe
--- 0-.03.73	East London United	2-2	Durban City	0-2
0-1 Mike Pentecost 1T 0-2 Mike Potrac 1T 1-2 Van der Berg 2-22-2 Van der Berg 2T
--- 0-.03.73	Berea Park	1-1	Jewish Guild
1-0 Toal 34' 1-1 Ian Delacour
Sat 03.03.73	Rangers	1-0	Durban United
1-0 Bobby Viljoen
Sun 04.03.73	Durban Celtic	1-0	Maritzburg
1-0 Du Plessis RC: Dave Loveridge (Maritzburg) C: Grant Mcdade (Celtic)

Round 2 - Saturday 10.03.1973

date	team 1 _________	score	team 2 _________	HT
Wed 07.03.73	Cape Town City	4-2	Lusitano
0-4 Gary France 2, Ken Scott 2 1-4 Dias 2-4 Didinho. Hartleyvale.
Thu 08.03.73	Durban United	10-0	East London United
Hollett 2, Bobby Viljoen (transferred the same day from Rangers) 3, Ronnie Man 2, Morrison, Dawkins, OG New Kingsmead.
Fri 09.03.75	Hellenic	3-0	Germiston Callies	1-0
1-0 Wilf De Bruin 45' Wilf De Bruin 2T Eric Welsh 2T
Sat 10.03.73	Jewish Guild	1-1	East London United
0-1 Knutsen 1-1 Willie McIntosh Balfour Park.
Sun 11.03.73	Durban Celtic	5-0	Port Elizabeth City
Jim MacManus 2, Kevin Kichin 2, Cliff du Plessis. New Kingsmead, Durban. Crusader was used for cricket.
Sun 11.03.73	Durban City	6-0	Berea Park
1-0 and 3-0 Jurgen Sperlich 2, Tony Coleman 2, Johnny Haynes, Hardie New Kingsmead
Sun 11.03.73	Maritzburg	0-2	Highlands Park
0-1 Kalk 0-2 Hilley

Ranking 12.03.73		pts	win	drw	lst	gf	ga	g+-	m
1.	Durban Celtic	4	2	0	0	6:	0	+6	2
2.	Highlands Park	4	2	0	0	4:	1	+3	2
3.	Cape Town City	4	2	0	0	7:	2	+5	2
4.	Durban City	3	1	1	0	8:	2	+6	2
5.	Hellenic Cape Town	2	1	0	0	3:	0	+3	1
6.	Rangers	2	1	0	0	1:	0	+1	1
7.	Durban United	2	1	0	1	10:	1	+9	2
8.	Jewish Guild	2	0	2	0	2:	2	0	2
9.	Germiston Callies	2	1	0	1	2:	3	-1	3
10.	East London United	2	0	2	1	3:	13	-10	3
11.	Berea Park	1	0	1	1	1:	7	-6	2
12.	Arcadia Shepherds	0	0	0	1	1:	2	-1	1
13.	Maritzburg	0	0	0	2	0:	3	-3	2
14.	Lusitano	0	0	0	2	2:	6	-4	2
15.	Port Elizabeth City	0	0	0	2	0:	8	-8	2

Round 3 - Saturday 17.03.1973

date	team 1 _________	score	team 2 _________	HT
--- --.03.73	Arcadia Shepherds	1-1	Rangers
Withe --- East
Tue 13.03.73	Lusitano	2-0	Durban United
1-0 Diginpaolo 2-0 Diginpaolo
--- --.03.73	Maritzburg	3-1	Port Elizabeth City
Scott, Keith, Price
Fri 15.03.74	Highlands Park	2-0	Lusitano
1-0 Des Backos 2-0 Carlo Grassini OG Balfour Park att. 18,000
Fri 15.03.74	Cape Town City	3-1	Arcadia Shepherds
Gary France, Ken Scott, Jingles Pereira --- Jorge Santoro pen. RC: Kai Joahansen (Arcadia) 85' Referee: George Cox.
Fri 15.03.74	Germiston Callies	2-2	Port Elizabeth City
J. Niblett, 2-2 Mike Hendricks 87' --- Hugh Houston, David Vose Driehoek.
Fri 16.03.74	Berea Park	2-1	Hellenic
Colin Toal 2 --- Arno Steffenhagen Caledonian Stadium.
Fri 16.03.74	East London United	2-1	Durban Celtic	1-0
1-0 Johny Grant 37' (direct from corner, against a run of play) 1-1 Cliff du Plessis 52' 2-1 Bobby Braithwaite 2T BRU Ground att. 3,500 Night match. Referee: Willie Swart, Cape Town.
Sat 17.03.74	Rangers	3-1	Maritzburg
Woshalo, Mason, Farrell --- Scott
Sun 18.03.73	Durban United	1-2	Jewish Guild	0-2
0-1 Ian Delacour 1T 0-2 Chris Ballard 1-2 Bobby Viljoen 2T New Kingsmead.

Ranking 19.03	p	goals	m
1. Highlands	6	6:1	3
2. Cape Town	6	10:3	3
3. Rangers	5	5:2	3
4. D. Celtic	4	7:2	3
5. Jewish G.	4	4:3	3
6. East Lond	4	5:14	4
7. Durban C.	3	8:2	2
8. Germiston	3	4:5	3
9. Berea	3	3:8	3
10.Durban U	2	11:5	4*
11.Hellenic	2	4:2	2
12.Maritzburg	2	4:7	4
13.Lusitano	2	4:8	4*
14.Arcadia Sh	1	3:6	3
15.P. Elizab.	1	3:13	4*

Round 4

date	team 1 _________	score	team 2 _________	HT
Tue 20.03.73	Arcadia Shepherds	0-1	Germiston Callies
0-1 J. Niblett
Wed 21.03.73	Durban Celtic	0-1	Highlands Park
0-1 Flynn
Wed 21.03.73	Lusitano	1-0	Berea Park
1-0 Pinheiro
--- --.03.73	Hellenic	1-0	Maritzburg
1-0 de Bruin
--- --.03.73	East London United	0-0	Highlands Park	0-0
--- --.03.73	Jewish Guild	0-0	Rangers	0-0
--- --.03.73	Durban City	2-2	Germiston Callies
Coleman, OG --- Stoddart 2
Wed 28.03.73	Durban Celtic	2-1	Lusitano
0-1 Caeser Diaz, 1-1 Kevin, 2-1 Ian Bender Sent-Off: Keith Matis.
Sat 30.03.73	Germiston Callies	0-3	Highlands Park
0-1 Flynn 0-2 Flynn 0-3 Flynn
Sat 30.03.75	Hellenic	2-0	Lusitano
1-0 Wolfgang Geyer 2-0 Sergio dos Santos

April 1973

date	team 1 _________	score	team 2 _________	HT
Sun 01.04.73	Maritzburg	2-1	Berea Park
Scott, Davidson --- Hugo
--- --.04.73	East London United	4-2	Lusitano
van den Berg, Knutsen 2, Bush
Fri 06.04.73	Cape Town City	2-1	Durban United	2-1
1-0 Jingles Pereira 38' 2-0 Gary France 44' 2-1 Ronnie Mann 76'
Fri 06.04.73	Maritzburg	0-2	Arcadia Shepherds
0-1 Geoff Wegerle 0-2 Geoff Wegerle
Sat 07.04.73	Berea Park	0-2	Germiston Callies	0-0
0-1$G Barry Niblett 62' 0-2 Brian Stoddart 72' pen. miss: Hylton Grainger (Callies) Caledonian Stadium. Berea ground was used for the SA Games Archery tournament.*
Sat 07.04.73	Highlands Park	1-1	Jewish Guild	7
1-0 32' Cohen 1-1 Ian Delacour
Sun 08.04.73	Durban City	0-0	Rangers	0-0
New Kingsmead. Rain coming down all the time.

Ranking 10.04.73?		pts	win	drw	lst	gf	ga	g+-	m
1.	Highlands Park	12	5	2	0	11:	2	+9	7
2.	Cape Town City	8	4	0	0	12:	4	+8	4
3.	Germiston Callies	8	3	2	2	9:	10	-1	7
4.	Rangers	7	2	3	0	5:	2	+3	5
5.	East London United	7	2	3	1	9:	16	-7	6
6.	Hellenic	6	3	0	1	7:	2	+5	4
7.	Durban Celtic	6	3	0	3	9:	6	+3	6
8.	Jewish Guild	6	1	4	0	5:	4	+1	5
9.	Durban City	5	1	3	0	10:	4	+6	4
10.	Durban United	4	2	0	4	14:	6	+8	6
11.	Maritzburg	4	2	0	5	6:	11	-5	7
12.	Lusitano	4	2	0	6	7:	16	-9	8
13.	Arcadia Shepherds	3	1	1	3	5:	7	-2	5
14.	Berea Park	3	1	1	4	4:	13	-9	6
15.	Port Elizabeth City	1	0	1	3	3:	13	-10	4

April 1973

date	team 1 _________	score	team 2 _________	HT
--- --.03.73	Durban City	0-2	Germiston Callies
0-1 B. Niblett, 0-2 Stoddart

Round ? - Saturday, 14th April 1973

date	team 1 _________	score	team 2 _________	HT
Fri 13.04.73	Cape Town City	4-0	Berea Park	5
Pereira 2, Anderson, Gulliver
Fri 13.04.73	Port Elizabeth City	1-2	Hellenic
Rudham --- Gould, Steffenhagen
Fri 13.04.73	East London United	3-4	Maritzburg
Williams, van den Berg --- Keith 3, Smith
Fri 13.04.73	Germiston Callies	4-0	Durban Celtic
1-0 Stoddart, 2-0 Oliver, 3-0 Kassis, 4-0 J. Niblett. Drihoek.
Sat 14.04.73	Arcadia Shepherds	---	Lusitano
Caledonian Stadium
Sat 14.04.73	Rangers	1-0	Highlands Park	9
Sun 15.04.73	Durban United	0-0	Durban City	0-0

Round ? - Saturday, 21st April 1973

date	team 1 _________	score	team 2 _________	HT
Thu 19.04.73	Hellenic	2-0	Durban City
Thu 19.04.73	Rangers	5-0	East London United
Hill 2, Woshalo 2, Sham
Sat 21.04.23	Jewish Guild	0-0	Cape Town City
Sat 21.04.73	Berea Park	0-1	East London United
0-1 Hill
Sat 22.04.73	Durban United	1-0	Germiston Callies
1-0 Garrity
Mon 23.04.73	Highlands Park	0-0	Hellenic
Mon 23.04.73	Arcadia Shepherds	5-1	Port Elizabeth City
White, Lapot, Wegerle, Santoro --- Winspear
Mon 23.04.73	Maritzburg	1-1	Cape Town City
Scott --- Anderson

Round ? - Saturday, 28th April 1973

date	team 1 _________	score	team 2 _________	HT
Wed 25.04.73	Durban Celtic	1-1	Berea Park
di Plesis --- Toal
Wed 25.04.73	Lusitano	2-0	Port Elizabeth City	1-0
1-0 Cesar Dias 25' 2-0 Keith Matus 89'
--- --.04.73	East London United	1-3	Hellenic
Dave Swan --- Wilf Jurgen de Bruin, Weber, Arno Steffenhagen
Fri 27.04.73	Cape Town City	0-0	Highlands Park	0-0
--- --.04.73	Germiston Callies	0-1	Jewish Guild
0-1 Keith Catch. Driehoek.
Fri 27.04.73	Port Elizabeth City	1-1	Berea Park
1-0 Johnny Byrne 1-1 Mike Hugo
Sat 28.04.73	Rangers	1-1	Lusitano
0-1 Archie Soekoe 1-1 Keith East Rand Stadium.
Sat 28.04.73	Arcadia Shepherds	2-1	Durban United
Peter Withe, Geoff Wegerle --- Malcolm Filby Caledonian Stadium.
Sun 29.04.73	Durban City	2-1	Maritzburg	1-0
1-0 Toni Potrac 1T 1-1 Charlie Xmith 2T 2-1 Tony Smith 2T h New Kingsmead

Round ? - Saturday, 5th May 1973

date	team 1 _________	score	team 2 _________	HT
--- --.05.73	Jewish Guild	2-3	Arcadia Shepherds	2-2
Kellett, Bennie Booysen --- Bobby Hume, Peter Withe, McKimme
12..73	Highlands Park	4-1	Durban City
Ricky Flynn 2, Des Backos, George Luke --- Ivon Sammons Balfour Park
--- --.05.73	Hellenic	0-3	Cape Town City	9
--- France 2, Anderson att. 25,000
--- --.05.73	Port Elizabeth City	1-1	East London United
0-1 Bobby Braithwaite 1-1 Roy Rudham
--- --.05.73	Germiston Callies	1-3	Rangers
0-1Roger Washalo 0-2Plankie Naude 1-2 Arnison 1-3 Keith East Driehoek
--- --.05.73	Berea Park	1-1	Arcadia Shepherds
Buckley --- Shaw
Sun 06.05.73	Durban Celtic	1-6	Durban City
Ian Bender --- Terry Wharton 3, Johnny Haynes, Tony Potrac, Ivan Sammons Referee: Milne.
--- --.05.73	Maritzburg	1-0	Jewish Guild	1-0
1-0 Bobby Chalmers
--- --.05.73	Lusitano	1-2	Maritzburg
0-1 Carlos Grassini 30'OG 0-2 Alan Varner 1-2 Lucky Stylanou RC: Manuel Pinheiro (Lusitano) 4-match suspension.

Week - Saturday 12.05.73

date	team 1 _________	score	team 2 _________	HT
Wed 09.05.73	Durban Celtic	1-1	Rangers	1-1
0-1 Dennis Snoyman 1T 1-1 Ian Bender 1T pen. Midweek
--- --.05.73	Port Elizabeth City	1-5	Rangers
Rudham --- East 4, Woshalo
--- --.05.73	Cape Town City	1-0	Durban City	10
1-0 Jingles Perreira Hartleyvale att. 25,000
13..73	Berea Park	0-1	Highlands Park
0-1 Burg
Sat 12.05.73	Jewish Guild	1-4	Hellenic	0-2
0-1 Erik de Bruin 1T 0-2 Wilf de Bruin 1T 0-3 Wolfgang Geyer 2T 0-4 Wolfgang Geyer 2T 1-4 Richard Kelliett 76'
Sat 12.05.73	Arcadia Shepherds	7-0	East London United	5-0
Withe 3, Wegerle 3, Johansen Caledonian Ground.
Sun 13.05.73	Durban United	3-3	Berea Park
Tue?15.05.73	Germiston Callies	0-1	East London United
0-1 George Hill. Driehoek.

Week - Saturday 19.05.73

date	team 1 _________	score	team 2 _________	HT
Wed 16.05.73	Jewish Guild	0-0	Durban Celtic
Wed 16.05.73	Durban City	3-0	Port Elizabeth City
Wharton 2, Potrac
Fri 18.05.73	Highlands Park	3-0	Port Elizabeth City	14
Grainger 2, Backos
Fri 18.05.73	Hellenic	2-1	Durban Celtic
de Bruin, Gold --- Bender
Fri 18.05.73	Germiston Callies	1-2	Maritzburg
Labuschagne --- Wilson, James
Sat 19.05.73	Rangers	0-4	Cape Town City	11
Jingles Pereira, Ernie Yard, Gary France. Rand Stadium.
Sun 20.05.73	Durban City	1-1	Lusitano
0-1 Keith Matis 1T 1-1 Tony Coleman. New Kingsmead. Referee: Jim McCarney.
Tue 22.05.73	Durban Celtic	1-0	Cape Town City	12
1-0 Ian Bender

Week - Saturday 26.05.73

date	team 1 _________	score	team 2 _________	HT
Fri 25.05.73	Cape Town City	3-0	Germiston Callies	13
1-0 Geoff Hurst 2-0 Jingles Pereira 3-0 Ben Anderson
Fri 25.05.73	Port Elizabeth City	0-3	Durban United
Ronie Mann 2, Nalcolm Filby
Sat 26.05.73	Rangers	1-1	Hellenic	1-1
1-0 Keith East 1T 1-1 Wolfgang Geyer 1T
Sat 26.05.73	Jewish Guild	5-0	Lusitano	1-0
Billy Mail 2, Graham Catchpole 2, Chris Ballard
Sun 27.05.73	Maritzburg	2-1	Durban United
Davidson, James --- Filby
Sun 27.05.73	Durban City	1-3	Arcadia Shepherds
Wed 30.05.75	Hellenic	4-1	Arcadia Shepherds
Geyer, Gould, Pirkner, OG --- Wegerle
Wed 30.05.75	East London United	1-2	Cape Town City	14
van der Berg --- Anderson 2
Wed 30.05.73	Highlands Park	0-1	Durban United	16
Wed 30.05.73	Port Elizabeth City	0-1	Jewish Guild
0-1 Ballard

June 1973

date	team 1 _________	score	team 2 _________	HT
Sat 02.06.75	Jewish Guild	2-1	Durban City
Booysen, McIntosh --- Whittle
Sat 02.06 73	Berea Park	1-1	Rangers
Sharp, RC: Luis Dusso --- Soekoe
Sun 03.06.73	Durban United	4-1	Hellenic
Ronnie Mann 3, Farrell --- Weber
Tue 05.06.73	Arcadia Shepherds	1-0	Durban Celtic	0-0
1-0 Geoff Wegerle 50'
--- 0-.06.73	Highlands Park	4-1	Corinthinas
1-0 Martin Cohen 2-0 Craig Watson 2-1 Tony Statakis 3-1 Martin Cohen 4-1 Ricky Flynn

Round Robin 2

date	team 1 _________	score	team 2 _________	HT
Week Saturday 09.06.1973
Fri 08.06.73	Port Elizabeth City	2-2	Cape Town City	0-0
0-1 Jimmy Morrison 2T 1-1 Jackie Winspear 2T 1-2 Geoff Hurst 2T 2-2 Johnny Byrne 2T
Sat 09.06.73	Arcadia Shepherds	2-0	Berea Park
1-0 Stan Lapot 2-0 Derek Dougan
Sun 10.06.73	Durban Celtic	5-3	Durban United
Ian Bender 2, Jim McManus, Errol Mann, OG --- Ronnie Mann, Greg Farrell, Alex Morrison
--- --.06.73	Lusitano	1-1	Germiston Callies
1-0 Pinheiro --- Grainger
Week Saturday 16.06.1973
Sat?16.06.73	Hellenic	2-3	Berea Park	1-3
Geyer 2 --- Sharp 2, Toal ; Creen Point.
Sat?16.06.73	East London United	0-0	Durban United	0-0
RC: Tomy Lumsden (East London)
Sat?16.06.76	Jewish Guild	1-0	Maritzburg	0-0
1-0 Chris Ballard 58' Balfour Park.
Sat?16.06.73	Arcadia Shepherds	2-1	Lusitano
1-0 Derek Dougan 2-0 George Wegerle 2-1 George Pereiras 8-' Caledonian stadium.
Sun 17.06.73	Durban City	0-0	Highlands Park	0-0
Referee: Geoff Price (worst ever game).
Week Saturday 23.06.1973
Sat 23.06.73	Germiston Callies	2-2	Arcadia Shepherds
Viktorin, Naude --- Lapot, Hume
--- --.06.73	Highlands Park	3-1	Durban Celtic	16
Grainger, Watson, Flynn
--- --.06.73	Berea Park	1-0	Donaires
1-0 Donaires
--- --.06.73	Maritzburg	1-1	Rangers
James --- Soekoe
--- --.06.73	Durban United	1-0	Lusitano
1-0 Mulheron
--- --.06.73	Lusitano	1-1	Highlands Park	17
Pinheiro --- Grainger Referee: Stoltenfoth. Mr. Tuani and reserve player Joe Gilroy pretended to be stoned by "predominantly Portuguese" supporters of Lusitano.
Wed 27.06.73	Arcadia Shepherds	1-0	Maritzburg
1-0 Withe
Fri 29.06.73	East London United	3-2	Berea Park
van der Berg, Grant, Knutsen --- Toal, Sharp
Fri 29.06.73	Port Elizabeth City	3-2	Germiston Callies
Byrne 2, Manning --- Labuschange 2
Fri 29.06.73	Hellenic	2-1	Jewish Guild
Gould, Weber --- Booysen
Sun 01.07.73	Durban City	2-2	Cape Town City	18
Milne, Sammons --- Allen 2

July 1973

date	team 1 _________	score	team 2 _________	HT
Fri 06.07.73	British Stars	3-0	NFL XI	2-0
3-0 Roggers (Cr. Palace) 77' Hartleivale, Cape Town.
British Stars: Burns, Lees, Coleman, McLintock, McKinnon, Eastham, Armstrong, Hurst, Marsh, Roggers, Whittle.		NFL XI: Gething (Donnelly), Joubert, Delacour, Anderson, Pentecost, Weber, Hilley, Morrison, Steffenhagen, Pereira (De Bruin), Withe).
Fri 06.07.73	Port Elizabeth City	4-2	Lusitano
Manning 2, Rudham, Winspear --- Dias, Matus
Sat 07.07.73	Rangers	0-0	Jewish Guild	0-0
Sun 08.07.73	Durban United	1-2	Highlands Park	1-2 18
0-1 Freddie Kalk 1T 1-1 Brian Harmann 1T 1-2 Micky Rose 1T OG

Ranking Mon 09.07.73		pts	win	drw	lst	gf	ga	g+-	m
1.	Highlands Park	26	10	6	2	25:	8	+17	18
2.	Cape Town City	25	10	5	1	33:	10	+23	16
3.	Arcadia Shepherds	22	9	4	4	36:	21	+15	17
4.	Hellenic	22	10	2	4	31:	20	+11	16
5.	Rangers	21	6	9	1	24:	12	+12	16
6.	Jewish Guild	20	6	8	4	20:	16	+4	18
7.	Durban United	17	7	3	8	33:	20	+13	18
8.	Maritzburg	16	7	2	8	20:	23	-3	17
9.	Durban City	15	4	7	6	27:	22	+5	17
10.	East London United	15	5	5	6	20:	40	-20	16
11.	Durban Celtic	14	5	4	8	21:	28	-7	17
12.	Germiston Callies	12	4	4	9	19:	27	-8	17
13.	Berea Park	12	3	6	9	17:	33	-16	18
14.	Lusitano	9	3	5	10	19:	35	-16	18
15.	Port Elizabeth City	8	2	4	11	17:	45	-28	17

date	team 1 _________	score	team 2 _________	HT
--- --.--.73	Lusitano	1-1	East London United
Dorfel --- van der Berg
--- --.--.73	Durban City	2-2	Hellenic
Fairbrother, Bender --- Weber, Lubetzky
Fri 13.07.73	Cape Town City	5-0	Rangers	18
Jeoff Hurst, Allen, Lees, Anderson, Jingles Pereira
--- --.07.73	East London United	3-0	Port Elizabeth City
van der Berg 3
Sat 14.07.73	Jewish Guild	1-1	Durban United
Kaplan --- Dare
Sat 14.07.73	Germiston Callies	0-0	Hellenic	0-0
Sat 14.07.73	Berea Park	3-2	Lusitano
Tague, OG --- Dorfel 2, Pinheiro
--- --.07.73	Maritzburg	1-0	Durban Celtic
1-0 Keith
--- --.07.73	Durban City	2-1	East London United
Wharton, Haynes --- Knutsen
--- --.07.73	Jewish Guild	0-1	Port Elizabeth City
0-1 Rudham
--- --.07.73	Durban Celtic	2-0	Germiston Callies
1-0 Fairbrother 2-0 Bender

date	team 1 _________	score	team 2 _________	HT
Fri 20.07.73	East London United	1-2	Germiston Callies
Watt --- Oliver, J. Niblett
Fri 20.07.73	Hellenic	6-0	Port Elizabeth City
Geyer 2, de Bruin, Gould, Welsh, Steffenhagen
Sat 21.07.73	Highlands Park	1-1	Cape Town City	19
Grainger --- Geoff Hurst
Sat 21.07.73	Arcadia Shepperds	---	Berea Park
Sun 22.07.73	Durban United	1-1	Rangers
Filby --- Farrell
Sun 22.07.73	Maritzburg	3-1	East London United
Keith, Davidson, Chalmers --- Knutsen
--- --.07.73	Lusitano	2-1	Durban Celtic
Charlie Dorfel, Cesar Dias -- Kevin Kitchin. Rand Stadium.
--- --.07.73	East London United	3-1	Jewish Guild
Johnson, Bush, van der Berg --- Mail

date	team 1 _________	score	team 2 _________	HT
Fri 27.07.73	Hellenic	1-0	Durban United	0-0
Wilf de Bruin 2T
Fri 27.07.73	Port Elizabeth City	4-2	Arcadia Shepherds
Manning 2, Winspear, Rudham --- Shaw, Pelampasakis
Sat?28.07.73	Berea Park	1-1	Cape Town City
Ron Sharp -- Gary France
Sat?28.07.73	Germiston Callies	0-0	Durban City	0-0
Driehoek

Ranking 01.08.73		pts	win	drw	lst	gf	ga	g+-	m
1.	Cape Town City	29	11	7	1	41:	13	+28	19
2.	Hellenic	28	12	4	4	39:	21	+18	20
3.	Highlands Park	27	10	7	2	26:	9	+17	19
4.	Arcadia Shepherds	22	9	4	5	38:	26	+12	18
5.	Rangers	22	6	10	2	25:	19	+6	18
6.	Jewish Guild	21	6	9	6	22:	21	+1	21
7.	Maritzburg	20	9	2	8	24:	24	0	19
8.	East London United	20	7	6	9	30:	49	-19	22
9.	Durban United	19	7	5	9	35:	24	+11	21
10.	Durban City	18	5	8	6	29:	23	+6	19
11.	Durban Celtic	17	6	5	9	26:	33	-7	21
12.	Germiston Callies	16	5	6	10	22:	30	-8	21
13.	Lusitano	16	5	6	10	22:	30	-8	21
14.	Berea Park	13	3	7	10	20:	37	-17	20
15.	Port Elizabeth City	12	4	4	13	22:	56	-34	21

August 1973

date	team 1 _________	score	team 2 _________	HT
--- --.08.73	Highlands Park	2-1	Berea Park	21
Watson, Backos --- Toal
--- --.08.73	Durban United	4-2	Arcadia Shepherds
Dawkins 2, Roinnie Mann 2 --- Shaw, Withe
--- --.08.73	Port Elizabeth City	0-4	Maritzburg
0-1 Chalmers 0-2 Smutts 0-3 Scott 0-4 McGillivray
--- --.08.73	Cape Town City	3-1	Jewish Guild	21
Gary France, Jingles Pereira, Allan --- Catchpool
--- --.08.73	Berea Park	0-2	Durban United
0-1 Morrison, 0-2 Filby
--- --.08.73	Rangers	1-1	Germiston Callies
Snoyman --- Renton
--- --.08.73	Durban City	2-1	Hellenic
Stoddart, Pentecost --- Gie
--- --.08.73	Durban Celtic	3-1	East London United
Bender, OG --- Knutsen
--- --.08.73	Lusitano	1-2	Arcadia Shepherds
Dorfell --- Withe, Santoro
Fri 10.08.73	Cape Town City	1-1	Hellenic
Allan --- de Bruin
--- --.08.73	East London United	2-3	Rangers
Knutsen, Lumsden --- Snoyman, East, Mason
--- --.08.73	Port Elizabeth City	1-1	Durban Celtic
R. Gomes --- Bender
--- --.08.73	Arcadia Shepherds	1-0	Jewish Guild
1-0 Dresner
Sun 12.08.73	Durban City	1-2	Durban United
Wharton --- Filby, Farrell
--- --.08.73	Lusitano	3-1	Rangers
Dorfel 2, Donaires --- Snoyman
--- --.08.73	Berea Park	1-0	Maritzburg
1-0 Sharp
--- --.08.73	Cape Town City	1-0	East London United	23
1-0 Allan
--- --.08.73	Arcadia Shepherds	0-3	Highlands Park	22
0-1 Freddy Kalk 0-2 Grainger 0-3 Backos
--- --.08.73	Jewish Guild	0-2	Lusitano
0-1 Viljoen 0-2 Dorfel
--- --.08.73	Maritzburg	3-3	Durban City
Chalmers 2, McGillivray --- Smith, Sperlich, Hardie
--- --.08.73	Jewish Guild	0-0	Germiston Callies	0-0
Fri 24.08.73	Durban Celtic	3-2	Arcadia Shepherds
Roberts 2, McManus --- Mathews, Dresner
--- --.08.73	Highlands Park	4-0	East London United	23
Backos 2, Freddy Kalk, Cohen
--- --.08.73	Rangers	0-0	Port Elizabeth City	0-0
--- --.08.73	Hellenic	2-0	East London United
1-0 de Bruin 2-0 Steffenhagen
--- --.08.73	Highlands Park	2-0	Rangers	24
1-0 Freddy Kalk 2-0 Flynn
--- --.08.73	Berea Park	4-0	Port Elizabeth City	2-0
1-0 Mike Hugo 28' 2-0 Colin Toal 41' 3-0 Colin Toal 62' 4-0 Alex Morrison 83'
--- --.08.73	Maritzburg	0-1	Lusitano
0-1 Pinheiro
--- --.08.73	Durban United	3-0	Cape Town City	24
1-0 Malcolm Filby 2-0 Williams 3-0 McGowan
Thu 30.08.73	Lusitano	1-2	Hellenic
Dorfel --- de Bruin, Weber
--- --.08.73	Germiston Callies	2-2	Durban United
Shaw 2 --- Farrell, OG
--- --.08.73	Port Elizabeth City	3-1	Durban City
Maxwell, Cumming, Pieterse --- Coleman
--- --.08.73	Cape Town City	4-1	Maritzburg	25
Gary France 2, Jingles Pereira 2 --- Chalmers

Ranking Round 23 30.08		pts	win	drw	lst	gf	ga	g+-	m
1.	Highlands Park	35	14	7	2	37:	10	+27	24
2.	Cape Town City	34	13	8	2	46:	18	+28	23
3.	Hellenic	31	13	5	4	43:	24	+19	23
4.	Durban United	27	11	5	9	46:	27	+19	25
5.	Arcadia Shepherds	26	11	4	8	46:	37	+9	23
6.	Rangers	26	7	12	4	30:	27	+3	23
7.	Maritzburg	23	10	3	10	31:	29	+2	23
8.	Jewish Guild	22	6	10	9	23:	27	-4	25
9.	Durban Celtic	22	8	6	11	32:	42	-10	25
10.	Lusitano	22	8	6	11	32:	42	-10	25
11.	Durban City	21	6	9	7	35:	29	+6	22
12.	East London United	20	7	6	14	33:	62	-29	27
13.	Germiston Callies	18	5	8	10	23:	21	+2	23
14.	Berea Park	17	5	7	12	26:	41	-15	24
15.	Port Elizabeth City	14	4	6	15	23:	66	-43	25

September 1973

date	team 1 _________	score	team 2 _________	HT
--- --.09.73	Jewish Guild	2-1	Highlands Park	25
Woods, McIntosh --- Cohen
--- --.09.73	Arcadia Shepherds	1-2	Hellenic
Lapot --- de Bruin, Steffenhagen
Sun 02.09.73	Durban City	2-1	Durban Celtic
Sperlich, Milne --- Else
--- --.09.73	Port Elizabeth City	1-0	Highlands Park	26
1-0 Cumming
--- --.09.73	Rangers	0-1	Berea Park
0-1 Toal
--- --.09.73	East London United	1-3	Arcadia Shepherds
Holbrook --- Lapot, Mathews, Withe
Wed 05.09.73	Lusitano	1-1	Durban City
Viljoen --- Sperlich
Fri 07.09.73	Hellenic	1-3	Highlands Park
Welsh --- Freddy Kalk 2, Backos
Fri 07.09.73	Germiston Callies	2-1	Cape Town City
Hazom, Shaw --- Jingles Pereira
Sat 08.09.73	Rangers	1-0	Arcadia Shepherds
1-0 Steinhardt
Sat 08.09.73	Berea Park	0-0	Durban Celtic	0-0
___
Sun 09.09.73	Durban City	0-1	Jewish Guild	0-1
0-1 Catchpool 30'

Ranking Round 26 13.09		pts	win	drw	lst	gf	ga	g+-	m
1.	Highlands Park	37	15	7	2	41:	14	+27	26
2.	Cape Town City	36	14	8	3	51:	12	+29	25
3.	Hellenic Cape Town	35	15	5	6	48:	29	+19	26
4.	Durban United	28	11	6	9	48:	29	+19	26
5.	Rangers	28	8	12	5	31:	28	+3	25
6.	Arcadia Shepherds	28	12	4	10	49:	41	+8	26
7.	Jewish Guild	26	8	10	9	26:	28	-2	27
8.	Durban City	24	7	10	9	39:	36	+3	26
9.	Maritzburg	23	10	3	11	32:	33	-1	24
10.	Durban Celtic	23	8	7	10	34:	39	-5	26
11.	Lusitano	23	8	7	12	34:	45	-11	27
12.	Germiston Callies	21	6	9	10	27:	34	-7	25
13.	Berea Park	20	6	8	12	27:	41	-14	26
14.	East London United	20	7	6	15	33:	65	-32	28
15.	Port Elizabeth City	18	6	6	15	27:	66	-39	27

Round 29 - Sunday 16.09.1974

date	team 1 _________	score	team 2 _________	HT
--- --.09.73	Maritzburg	3-1	Germiston Callies	0-1
0-1 Colin Shaw 1T --- 1-1 Boby Chalmers 2T 2-1 Boby Chalmers 2T 3-1 Chicken Price 2T RC: Colin Shaw (Callies)
--- --.09.73	Rangers	0-4	Durban Celtic
Ian Bender 2, John Else, Lindsay Fordham Rand Stadium.
--- --.09.73	Arcadia Shepherds	0-0	Durban City	0-0
___
--- --.09.73	Cape Town City	3-2	Lusitano	27
Sandy Allan, Jingles Pereira and Gary France, --- Gomes, Gulliver OG Hartleyvale
Sat 15.09.73	Highlands Park	1-2	Germiston Callies	1-0 28
1-0 Dave Hilley 1-0 1T 1-1 Hazom Renton 2T 1-2 Hazom Renton 2T
Sun 16.09.73	Durban United	0-2	Maritzburg	0-0
0-1 Bobby Chalmers 0-2 Robie Davidson New Kingsmead (gusty conditions) 7,000. Referee: Forbes.

Ranking	Pts	Goals	M
1. Cape Town City	40	56:23	27
2. Highlands Park	37	42:16	27
3. Hellenic	35	48:29	26
4. Rangers	30	33:32	28
5. Arcadia	29	49:41	27
6. Durban United	28	48:31	27
7. Maritzburg	27	37:34	26
8. Jewish Guild	26	26:28	27
9. Durban City	25	39:38	28
10.Celtic	25	38:41	28
11.Germiston Call	23	36:38	27
12.Lusitano	23	36:48	28
13.Berea Park	20	27:41	26
14.East London	20	33:65	27
15.Port Elizabeth	18	27:66	27

Round 30 - Sunday 23.09.1974

Cape Town City clinch the Championship after beating Durban Celtic 2-0.

date	team 1 _________	score	team 2 _________	HT
--- --.09.73	Rangers	2-0	Durban City
1-0 Dave Steinhardt 2-0 Dave Steinhardt
--- --.09.73	Cape Town City	2-0	Durban Celtic	1-0 28
Championship match 1-0 Ken Scott 1T 2-0 Ernie Yard 2T night match.
--- --.09.73	Germiston Callies	1-1	Berea Park
0-1 Morrison pen. 1-1 Oliver Driehoek
Fri 21.09.73	Hellenic	4-0	Rangers
Geyer 2, Wilf de Bruin, Anderson Green Point Stadium.
Fri 21.09.73	Arcadia Shepherds	0-2	Cape Town City	29
0-1 Gary France 0-2 Yard
--- --.09.73	Jewish Guild	2-0	Berea Park	0-0
0-1 Roy Hodgson 76' 0-2 Morrison pen.
Sun 23.09.73	Durban United	3-0	Port Elizabeth City	2-0
1-0 Malcom Filby 1T 2-0 Ronnie Man 1T 3-0 Mark Tovey 2T New Kingsmead.

Ranking	Pts	Goals	M
1. Cape Town City	42	58:23	28
2. Highlands Park	37	42:16	27
3. Hellenic	37	52:29	27
4. Durban United	30	51:31	28
5. Rangers	30	33:36	28
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11.Germiston Call	24	31:39	28
12.Lusitano	23	36:48	28
13.Berea Park	23	30:43	28
14.East London	20	34:65	28
15.Port Elizabeth	18	27:69	28

date	team 1 _________	score	team 2 _________	HT
--- --.09.73	Highlands Park	1-2	Maritzburg	29
Cohen --- Geils, Davidson
--- --.09.73	Maritzburg	2-1	Hellenic
Varner 2 --- Gould

Points After Rounds

Ranking	1.	2.	3.	4.	5.	6.	7.	8.	9.	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
1. Cape Town City	2	4	6	8	10	11	12	13	15	17	19	19	21	23	24	25	27	28	29	31	32	34	34	36	36	38	40	42
2. Highlands Park	2	4	6	8	9	11	12	13	13	14	16	18	20	21	21	23	24	26	27	29	31	33	35	35	35	37	37	37
3. Hellenic	2															22				28			31			35		37
4. Maritzburg	0	0															16		20				23	23	25	27	29	31
5. Durban United	0	2																17			19				27	28		30
6. Rangers	2														20	21		22					26		28			30
7. Arcadia Shepherds	0																22	22					26			28		29
8. Jewish Guild	1	2															19	20			21				22		26	26
9. Durban City		3															15		18			21	23			24		25
10.Durban Celtic	2	4															14				17				22	23		25
11.Germiston Callies		2															12				16		18			21		24
12.Lusitano	0	0															11	11			16				22		23	23
13.Berea Park		1																12		13				17		20		23
14.East London United	1	2	2													15						20	20	20	20	20	20	20
15.Port Elizabeth City	0	0														6	8				12				14	16	18	18

Cape Town City Matches

date	team 1 _________	score	team 2 _________	HT
Fri 02.03.73	Cape Town City	3-0	Port Elizabeth City	1 2
02..73	Lusitano	2-4	Cape Town City	2 4
03..73	Cape Town City	3-1	Arcadia Shepherds	3 6
Fri 06.04.73	Cape Town City	2-1	Durban United	4 8
05..73	Cape Town City	4-0	Berea Park	5 10
06..73	Jewish Guild	0-0	Cape Town City	6 11
07..73	Maritzburg	1-1	Cape Town City	7 12
Fri 27.04.73	Cape Town City	0-0	Highlands Park	8 13
09..73	Hellenic	0-3	Cape Town City	9 15
10..73	Cape Town City	1-0	Durban City	10 17
11..73	Rangers	0-4	Cape Town City	11 19
12..73	Durban Celtic	1-0	Cape Town City	12 19
13..73	Cape Town City	3-0	Germiston Callies	13 21
14..73	East London United	1-2	Cape Town City	14 23
Fri 08.06.73	Port Elizabeth City	2-2	Cape Town City	15 24
Sun 01.07.73	Durban City	2-2	Cape Town City	16 25
Sat 28.07.73	Berea Park	1-1	Cape Town City	17 26
18..73	Cape Town City	5-0	Rangers	18 28
Sat 21.07.73	Highlands Park	1-1	Cape Town City	19 29
Fri 10.08.73	Cape Town City	1-1	Hellenic	20 30
21..73	Cape Town City	3-1	Jewish Guild	21 32
Fri 07.09.73	Germiston Callies	2-1	Cape Town City	22 32
23..73	Cape Town City	1-0	East London United	23 34
24..73	Durban United	3-0	Cape Town City	24 34
25..73	Cape Town City	4-1	Maritzburg	25 36
27..73	Cape Town City	3-2	Lusitano	26 38
28..73	Cape Town City	2-0	Durban Celtic	27 40
29..73	Arcadia Shepherds	0-2	Cape Town City	28 42

Highlands Park Matches

date	team 1 _________	score	team 2 _________	HT
01..73	Highlands Park	3-0	Arcadia Shepherds	1 2
02..73	Maritzburg	0-2	Highlands Park	2 4
03..73	Highlands Park	2-0	Lusitano	3 6
04..73	Durban Celtic	0-1	Highlands Park	4 8
05..73	East London United	0-0	Highlands Park	5 9
Fri 27.04.73	Cape Town City	0-0	Highlands Park	6 10
07..73	Highlands Park	1-1	Jewish Guild	7 11
09..73	Rangers	1-0	Highlands Park	8 11
10..73	Highlands Park	0-0	Hellenic	9 12
12..73	Highlands Park	4-1	Durban City	10 14
13..73	Berea Park	0-1	Highlands Park	11 16
14..73	Highlands Park	3-0	Port Elizabeth City	12 18
Sun 10.06.73	Germiston Callies	0-3	Highlands Park	13 20
Sun 17.06.73	Durban City	0-0	Highlands Park	14 21
16..73	Highlands Park	0-1	Durban United	15 21
17..73	Highlands Park	3-1	Durban Celtic	16 23
17..73	Lusitano	1-1	Highlands Park	17 24
Sun 08.07.73	Durban United	1-2	Highlands Park	18 26
Sat 21.07.73	Highlands Park	1-1	Cape Town City	19 27
Fri 07.09.73	Hellenic	1-3	Highlands Park	20 29
21..73	Highlands Park	2-1	Berea Park	21 31
22..73	Arcadia Shepherds	1-2	Highlands Park	22 33
23..73	Highlands Park	4-0	East London United	23 35
24..73	Highlands Park	2-0	Rangers	24 37
25..73	Jewish Guild	2-1	Highlands Park	25 37
26..73	Port Elizabeth City	1-0	Highlands Park	26 37
28..73	Highlands Park	1-2	Germiston Callies	27 37
29..73	Highlands Park	1-2	Maritzburg	28 37

No date

date	team 1 _________	score	team 2 _________	HT
--- --.--.73	Berea Park	0-2	Germiston Callies
--- --.--.73	Durban Celtic	1-2	Hellenic
--- --.--.73	Durban Celtic	1-1	Jewish Guild
--- --.--.73	Durban City	0-0	Rangers
--- --.--.73	Rangers	1-1	Lusitano

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