Glenelg
In 1973, the quintessential 'Kerley method’ - glimpsed, perhaps, in 1964 with South Adelaide, and again with the 1969 Tigers - came at last to full fruition. Glenelg in ‘73 was, in terms of its average standard of performance, a VFL side in all but name. With [one] exception it not only never lost, it never looked like doing so - until that ‘one day in September’...
John Devaney looks back at Glenelg's SANFL history which, to many, represents a frustrating record of underachievement.
1922 Season (SAFL) Fixture
Glenelg's 1922 Fixture
Rnd |
H&A |
Club |
Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 |
S |
R |
Opponent |
Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 |
S |
Mgn |
Grd |
Date |
SC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1922-05-08 1 | A | Glenelg | 1.1 | 4.2 | 7.2 | 9.4 | 58 | LOST | North Adelaide | 4.4 | 7.6 | 10.9 | 12.11 | 83 | -25 | PRO | 1922-05-08 May 8 (Mon, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1922-05-13 2 | H | Glenelg | 2.1 | 4.4 | 5.8 | 5.11 | 41 | LOST | Norwood | 3.3 | 7.9 | 10.10 | 14.11 | 95 | -54 | GLE | 1922-05-13 May 13 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1922-05-20 3 | A | Glenelg | 3.1 | 3.4 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 31 | LOST | South Adelaide | 3.1 | 6.6 | 10.10 | 16.13 | 109 | -78 | ADO | 1922-05-20 May 20 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1922-05-27 4 | H | Glenelg | 2.1 | 3.6 | 5.8 | 6.10 | 46 | LOST | West Adelaide | 3.6 | 3.11 | 5.15 | 7.18 | 60 | -14 | GLE | 1922-05-27 May 27 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1922-06-05 5 | H | Glenelg | 3.3 | 3.4 | 5.6 | 9.6 | 60 | LOST | West Torrens | 4.0 | 8.9 | 11.10 | 14.19 | 103 | -43 | GLE | 1922-06-05 Jun 5 (Mon, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1922-06-10 6 | A | Glenelg | 0.2 | 2.6 | 4.9 | 5.11 | 41 | LOST | Port Adelaide | 5.5 | 11.8 | 14.10 | 17.13 | 115 | -74 | ALB | 1922-06-10 Jun 10 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1922-06-24 7 | A | Glenelg | 1.3 | 3.4 | 4.4 | 7.4 | 46 | LOST | Sturt | 3.2 | 10.4 | 14.6 | 20.7 | 127 | -81 | UNL | 1922-06-24 Jun 24 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1922-07-01 8 | H | Glenelg | 1.1 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 7.9 | 51 | LOST | North Adelaide | 4.3 | 5.3 | 8.11 | 12.13 | 85 | -34 | GLE | 1922-07-01 Jul 1 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1922-07-15 9 | H | Glenelg | 2.7 | 4.10 | 7.12 | 8.15 | 63 | LOST | Port Adelaide | 2.3 | 4.6 | 7.8 | 10.11 | 71 | -8 | GLE | 1922-07-15 Jul 15 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1922-07-22 10 | H | Glenelg | 1.3 | 1.5 | 3.8 | 4.10 | 34 | LOST | South Adelaide | 3.3 | 6.6 | 9.8 | 12.12 | 84 | -50 | GLE | 1922-07-22 Jul 22 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1922-07-29 11 | H | Glenelg | 2.1 | 3.3 | 5.8 | 5.10 | 40 | LOST | Sturt | 3.4 | 6.9 | 8.12 | 11.17 | 83 | -43 | GLE | 1922-07-29 Jul 29 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1922-08-05 12 | A | Glenelg | 1.3 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 27 | LOST | West Adelaide | 4.4 | 5.6 | 11.13 | 17.19 | 121 | -94 | ADO | 1922-08-05 Aug 5 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1922-08-20 13 | Glenelg | Bye | 1922-08-20 Aug 20 (Sun, 12:00) | |||||||||||||||
| 1922-09-02 14 | A | Glenelg | 1.5 | 2.5 | 6.7 | 6.10 | 46 | LOST | West Torrens | 1.3 | 8.13 | 9.14 | 13.24 | 102 | -56 | THB | 1922-09-02 Sep 2 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1922-09-09 15 | A | Glenelg | 3.1 | 3.3 | 5.7 | 7.7 | 49 | LOST | Norwood | 4.3 | 9.11 | 11.18 | 16.23 | 119 | -70 | NOR | 1922-09-09 Sep 9 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |