1979 Escort Cup

[easty01]

G'Day All

Long time lurker, first time poster here

I'm trying to put together details of the 1979 Escort Cup but seem to be missing a couple of first round games, here's what I've got so far:

Rd.1
Apr.25 at Preston - Port Adelaide d Prahran/Centrals d Preston
Apr.25 at Gabba - West Torrens d Windsor-Zillmere/South Adelaide d Western Suburbs
May 8 at Norwood - Sturt d North Adelaide/Norwood d West Adelaide
Glenelg???
Woodville???

QF
May 15 - West Torrens d Woodville (crowd unknown)
May 22 - South Adelaide d Sturt
May 29 - Glenelg d Centrals
June 5 - Norwood d Port

SF
June 12 - South Adelaide d West Torrens (crowd unknown)
June 26 - Norwood d Glenelg (scores unknown)

GF
July 10 - South Adelaide d Norwood

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I'd appreciate any info anybody can provide - especially on Glenelg and Woodville in the 1st round

Cheers, Easty

[Adelaide Hawk]

May 8: Norwood 13-16, West 11-11
June 5: Norwood 10-11, Port 8-8
June 26: Norwood 9-11, Glenelg 5-8
GF: South 7-9, Norwood 5-10

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This may look like a jumble of numbers now but if you copy and paste it into Excel, it should space out for you. If it doesn't, highlight the text, then choose Data/Text To Columns/Delimited/Space.

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   25   4   1979   1   Pra   1   2   8   3   6   24   5   8   38   6   8   44   P.A   4   3   27   6   4   40   6   5   41   13   11   89   Preston      D/H
N   25   4   1979   1   Pre   2   0   12   6   3   39   6   8   44   11   10   76   C.D   6   4   40   6   7   43   10   12   72   16   12   108   Preston   6000   D/H
   25   4   1979   1   W.D         0         0         0   9   8   62   S.A         0         0         0   17   23   125   Gabba      D/H
   25   4   1979   1   W.Z         0   2   5   17   4   6   30   12   7   79   W.T         0   10   5   65         0   20   13   133   Gabba   4000   D/H
N   8   5   1979   1   St   0   0   0   5   3   33   12   12   84   16   18   114   N.A   5   4   34   7   7   49   8   9   57   12   11   83   Norwood      D/H
N   8   5   1979   1   Nor   3   4   22   4   10   34   7   15   57   13   16   94   W.A   3   3   21   5   3   33   8   5   53   11   11   77   Norwood   5332   D/H
N   15   5   1979   QF   W.T   3   4   22   6   5   41   11   10   76   18   17   125   Wd.   2   3   15   4   5   29   8   8   56   11   12   78   Norwood   1935   
N   22   5   1979   QF   S.A   4   0   24   7   4   46   9   5   59   12   11   83   St   3   3   21   4   3   27   7   7   49   10   10   70   Norwood   1500   
N   29   5   1979   QF   Gl   2   1   13   8   5   53   10   7   67   15   11   101   C.D   2   4   16   2   5   17   9   9   63   12   11   83   Norwood   2027   
N   5   6   1979   QF   Nor   2   0   12   5   1   31   8   4   52   10   11   71   P.A   3   1   19   5   5   35   7   7   49   8   8   56   Norwood   5739   
N   12   6   1979   SF   S.A   0   0   0   6   2   38   10   2   62   12   6   78   W.T   2   2   14   2   3   15   7   5   47   9   7   61   Norwood   2676   
N   26   6   1979   SF   Nor   3   5   23   6   6   42   8   7   55   9   11   65   Gl   0   2   2   2   2   14   5   5   35   5   8   38   Norwood   4767   
N   10   7   1979   F   S.A   2   3   15   5   5   35   5   7   37   7   9   51   Nor   1   4   10   4   5   29   5   8   38   5   10   40   Norwood   12516   

[Interceptor]

What was the full list of sides competing?
Games at Preston and the Gabba??

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All the SANFL sides, plus Prahran and Preston from the VFA and Western Districts and Windsor/Zillmere from the QFL. The WAFL sides decided to play in the VFL night series.

[Mr66]

Prahran and Preston were the 1978 VFA Grand finalists
Prahran won 21.15.141 to 17.17.119 in a very spiteful game.

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Prahran and Preston were the 1978 VFA Grand finalists
Prahran won 21.15.141 to 17.17.119 in a very spiteful game.

Weren't they all spiteful matches, those VFA Grand Finals?

[bayman]

Prahran and Preston were the 1978 VFA Grand finalists
Prahran won 21.15.141 to 17.17.119 in a very spiteful game.

Weren't they all spiteful matches, those VFA Grand Finals?

who remembers port melbournes fred cook ?

[spell_check]

Prahran and Preston were the 1978 VFA Grand finalists
Prahran won 21.15.141 to 17.17.119 in a very spiteful game.

Weren't they all spiteful matches, those VFA Grand Finals?

who remembers port melbournes fred cook ?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9gBHlcqKEk

[easty01]

Great stuff, cheers for the info.

Unfortunately, Spelly, I can't return the favour and provide you with the missing scores from the games at the Gabba - the Courier Mail didn't think they were worth more than a token report so they reported final scores only.

Any ideas why Glenelg and Woodville would get a bye in the 1st round? They finished 4th and 6th in 1978 so it couldn't have been based on final placings the previous season.

[spell_check]

Can't work that one out myself, either.

[easty01]

A matchday programme from that comp might offer up a clue but I've never spotted one.

The 1976 Wills Cup line-up is strange too...

SANFL: 1975 top 4 teams
WAFL: 1975 top 3 teams
VFL: 1975 top 4 teams + Footscray (1975 7th)

Have never understood how Footscray scored an invite ahead of the WAFL's 4th placed team

Another mystery of the NFL variety!

[JamesH]

Prahran and Preston were the 1978 VFA Grand finalists
Prahran won 21.15.141 to 17.17.119 in a very spiteful game.

Weren't they all spiteful matches, those VFA Grand Finals?

who remembers port melbournes fred cook ?

Sadly Fred Cook had a substance abuse problem that probably ensured we never saw the best of him..... & he still kicked 1000+ goals

Of the interstate clubs only Preston still exists in one form or another as the Northern Bullants