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.
1923 Season (SAFL) Fixture
Glenelg's 1923 Fixture
Rnd |
H&A |
Club |
Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 |
S |
R |
Opponent |
Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 |
S |
Mgn |
Grd |
Date |
SC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1923-05-05 1 | A | Glenelg | 1.0 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 34 | LOST | Port Adelaide | 4.2 | 5.6 | 7.8 | 10.15 | 75 | -41 | ALB | 1923-05-05 May 5 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1923-05-12 2 | A | Glenelg | 2.2 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 4.10 | 34 | LOST | South Adelaide | 3.7 | 8.11 | 10.18 | 13.22 | 100 | -66 | ADO | 1923-05-12 May 12 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1923-05-19 3 | H | Glenelg | 1.4 | 2.4 | 5.4 | 6.7 | 43 | LOST | North Adelaide | 1.2 | 4.8 | 7.14 | 9.17 | 71 | -28 | GLE | 1923-05-19 May 19 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1923-05-26 4 | H | Glenelg | 0.4 | 1.7 | 3.12 | 6.16 | 52 | LOST | Norwood | 2.5 | 9.8 | 12.13 | 14.18 | 102 | -50 | GLE | 1923-05-26 May 26 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1923-06-02 5 | A | Glenelg | 1.6 | 1.10 | 2.11 | 3.14 | 32 | LOST | Sturt | 2.4 | 4.11 | 9.13 | 12.17 | 89 | -57 | UNL | 1923-06-02 Jun 2 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1923-06-16 6 | A | Glenelg | 1.3 | 1.5 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 31 | LOST | West Adelaide | 0.8 | 4.12 | 4.17 | 8.19 | 67 | -36 | ADO | 1923-06-16 Jun 16 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1923-06-23 7 | A | Glenelg | 1.1 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 7.7 | 49 | LOST | West Torrens | 3.2 | 4.5 | 10.11 | 13.13 | 91 | -42 | THB | 1923-06-23 Jun 23 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1923-07-07 8 | H | Glenelg | 0.1 | 3.5 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 33 | LOST | Port Adelaide | 4.9 | 7.9 | 11.12 | 14.15 | 99 | -66 | GLE | 1923-07-07 Jul 7 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1923-07-14 9 | H | Glenelg | 3.3 | 6.8 | 7.12 | 8.12 | 60 | LOST | South Adelaide | 4.4 | 7.4 | 9.7 | 17.13 | 115 | -55 | GLE | 1923-07-14 Jul 14 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1923-07-28 10 | H | Glenelg | 0.0 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 4.10 | 34 | LOST | Sturt | 4.4 | 7.6 | 10.12 | 10.12 | 72 | -38 | GLE | 1923-07-28 Jul 28 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1923-08-04 11 | A | Glenelg | 0.1 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 6.9 | 45 | LOST | Norwood | 2.10 | 3.13 | 5.20 | 8.23 | 71 | -26 | NOR | 1923-08-04 Aug 4 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1923-08-11 12 | A | Glenelg | 1.2 | 3.6 | 4.9 | 6.10 | 46 | LOST | North Adelaide | 2.4 | 8.4 | 12.8 | 15.10 | 100 | -54 | PRO | 1923-08-11 Aug 11 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1923-08-25 13 | H | Glenelg | 2.1 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 6.5 | 41 | LOST | West Torrens | 6.2 | 11.8 | 13.15 | 16.21 | 117 | -76 | GLE | 1923-08-25 Aug 25 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1923-09-08 14 | H | Glenelg | 5.0 | 7.3 | 8.4 | 9.6 | 60 | LOST | West Adelaide | 2.3 | 4.5 | 7.9 | 10.13 | 73 | -13 | GLE | 1923-09-08 Sep 8 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |