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.
1926 Season (SAFL) Fixture
Glenelg's 1926 Fixture
Rnd |
H&A |
Club |
Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 |
S |
R |
Opponent |
Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 |
S |
Mgn |
Grd |
Date |
SC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1926-05-01 1 | A | Glenelg | 0.0 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 2.10 | 22 | LOST | West Torrens | 3.10 | 3.10 | 9.19 | 10.21 | 81 | -59 | THB | 1926-05-01 May 1 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1926-05-08 2 | H | Glenelg | 2.3 | 2.3 | 4.6 | 5.9 | 39 | LOST | West Adelaide | 2.2 | 4.7 | 8.9 | 11.10 | 76 | -37 | GLE | 1926-05-08 May 8 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1926-05-15 3 | A | Glenelg | 3.1 | 4.1 | 7.3 | 9.4 | 58 | LOST | Port Adelaide | 4.3 | 9.10 | 12.15 | 17.21 | 123 | -65 | ALB | 1926-05-15 May 15 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1926-05-22 4 | H | Glenelg | 4.3 | 4.5 | 6.9 | 9.10 | 64 | LOST | Sturt | 1.1 | 8.3 | 11.6 | 14.11 | 95 | -31 | GLE | 1926-05-22 May 22 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1926-05-29 5 | H | Glenelg | 0.4 | 3.7 | 5.9 | 8.12 | 60 | LOST | North Adelaide | 7.4 | 7.5 | 9.13 | 9.14 | 68 | -8 | GLE | 1926-05-29 May 29 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1926-06-05 6 | A | Glenelg | 1.2 | 4.7 | 8.7 | 12.9 | 81 | WON | South Adelaide | 4.3 | 5.5 | 8.9 | 10.11 | 71 | 10 | ADO | 1926-06-05 Jun 5 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1926-06-19 7 | H | Glenelg | 3.4 | 5.5 | 8.6 | 10.10 | 70 | WON | Norwood | 2.3 | 4.4 | 8.4 | 10.6 | 66 | 4 | GLE | 1926-06-19 Jun 19 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1926-06-26 8 | H | Glenelg | 3.2 | 4.5 | 6.7 | 7.13 | 55 | WON | West Torrens | 2.1 | 5.3 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 49 | 6 | GLE | 1926-06-26 Jun 26 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1926-07-10 9 | A | Glenelg | 2.2 | 3.2 | 6.5 | 7.7 | 49 | LOST | West Adelaide | 0.2 | 5.7 | 7.11 | 10.17 | 77 | -28 | ADO | 1926-07-10 Jul 10 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1926-07-17 10 | H | Glenelg | 2.1 | 3.2 | 8.5 | 11.5 | 71 | LOST | Port Adelaide | 1.5 | 5.12 | 6.13 | 10.17 | 77 | -6 | GLE | 1926-07-17 Jul 17 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1926-07-24 11 | H | Glenelg | 2.9 | 6.14 | 14.16 | 16.16 | 112 | WON | South Adelaide | 1.3 | 6.5 | 8.6 | 12.13 | 85 | 27 | GLE | 1926-07-24 Jul 24 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1926-08-07 12 | A | Glenelg | 1.0 | 1.1 | 3.1 | 4.3 | 27 | LOST | Sturt | 2.7 | 3.8 | 7.10 | 10.12 | 72 | -45 | UNL | 1926-08-07 Aug 7 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1926-08-14 13 | A | Glenelg | 2.1 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 9.6 | 60 | LOST | North Adelaide | 4.2 | 4.9 | 5.18 | 8.21 | 69 | -9 | PRO | 1926-08-14 Aug 14 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1926-09-04 14 | A | Glenelg | 1.2 | 4.5 | 6.7 | 9.8 | 62 | LOST | Norwood | 7.5 | 14.6 | 19.9 | 20.10 | 130 | -68 | NOR | 1926-09-04 Sep 4 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |