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.
1940 Season (SANFL) Fixture
Glenelg's 1940 Fixture
Rnd | H&A | Club | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | S | R | Opponent | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | S | Mgn | Grd | Date | SC |
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1940-04-20 1 | A | Glenelg | 2.4 | 5.6 | 6.11 | 12.15 | 87 | WON | North Adelaide | 3.3 | 6.3 | 8.9 | 9.10 | 64 | 23 | PRO | 1940-04-20 Apr 20 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
1940-04-27 2 | H | Glenelg | 4.4 | 8.8 | 9.11 | 11.16 | 82 | LOST | Norwood | 2.4 | 7.10 | 12.15 | 14.21 | 105 | -23 | GLE | 1940-04-27 Apr 27 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
1940-05-04 3 | H | Glenelg | 2.2 | 4.4 | 7.5 | 11.7 | 73 | LOST | Port Adelaide | 2.5 | 6.8 | 13.14 | 20.17 | 137 | -64 | GLE | 1940-05-04 May 4 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
1940-05-11 4 | A | Glenelg | 3.1 | 7.1 | 8.6 | 10.7 | 67 | LOST | West Torrens | 4.6 | 8.7 | 9.11 | 17.14 | 116 | -49 | THB | 1940-05-11 May 11 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
1940-05-18 5 | H | Glenelg | 3.0 | 7.5 | 10.7 | 13.11 | 89 | LOST | Sturt | 6.4 | 11.4 | 19.8 | 23.13 | 151 | -62 | GLE | 1940-05-18 May 18 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
1940-05-25 6 | A | Glenelg | 0.5 | 2.7 | 5.12 | 9.16 | 70 | LOST | South Adelaide | 6.2 | 10.8 | 14.15 | 23.20 | 158 | -88 | ADO | 1940-05-25 May 25 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
1940-06-01 7 | A | Glenelg | 4.3 | 5.6 | 9.12 | 16.13 | 109 | LOST | West Adelaide | 3.4 | 8.10 | 16.13 | 22.17 | 149 | -40 | ADO | 1940-06-01 Jun 1 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
1940-06-08 8 | A | Glenelg | 2.3 | 6.4 | 9.6 | 10.7 | 67 | LOST | Port Adelaide | 3.5 | 5.11 | 9.15 | 10.19 | 79 | -12 | ALB | 1940-06-08 Jun 8 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
1940-06-15 9 | H | Glenelg | 7.3 | 8.5 | 11.9 | 14.12 | 96 | LOST | North Adelaide | 5.2 | 9.8 | 13.11 | 16.17 | 113 | -17 | GLE | 1940-06-15 Jun 15 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
1940-06-22 10 | A | Glenelg | 8.5 | 10.8 | 12.11 | 17.12 | 114 | WON | West Torrens | 2.6 | 10.10 | 12.17 | 15.23 | 113 | 1 | THB | 1940-06-22 Jun 22 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
1940-06-29 11 | H | Glenelg | 6.3 | 10.8 | 14.8 | 18.11 | 119 | LOST | Norwood | 3.3 | 9.6 | 14.12 | 19.16 | 130 | -11 | GLE | 1940-06-29 Jun 29 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
1940-07-06 12 | H | Glenelg | 2.4 | 5.11 | 7.14 | 11.18 | 84 | LOST | South Adelaide | 6.4 | 12.9 | 17.12 | 21.19 | 145 | -61 | GLE | 1940-07-06 Jul 6 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
1940-07-20 13 | A | Glenelg | 4.3 | 7.4 | 10.7 | 11.11 | 77 | LOST | Sturt | 7.3 | 19.6 | 22.12 | 29.17 | 191 | -114 | UNL | 1940-07-20 Jul 20 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
1940-07-27 14 | H | Glenelg | 0.3 | 0.8 | 2.8 | 6.16 | 52 | LOST | West Torrens | 5.5 | 6.9 | 11.15 | 13.16 | 94 | -42 | GLE | 1940-07-27 Jul 27 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
1940-08-17 15 | A | Glenelg | 0.2 | 1.5 | 5.10 | 9.14 | 68 | LOST | Norwood | 5.6 | 13.12 | 20.14 | 24.18 | 162 | -94 | NOR | 1940-08-17 Aug 17 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
1940-08-24 16 | H | Glenelg | 0.3 | 6.12 | 9.14 | 15.18 | 108 | LOST | West Adelaide | 2.9 | 3.11 | 14.16 | 16.20 | 116 | -8 | GLE | 1940-08-24 Aug 24 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
1940-08-31 17 | H | Glenelg | 7.7 | 8.8 | 14.9 | 19.12 | 126 | WON | Sturt | 2.4 | 6.9 | 12.13 | 16.16 | 112 | 14 | GLE | 1940-08-31 Aug 31 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |