SA Footy

Posted: **Fri Sep 17, 2010 4:36 am**

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

-----------------------------

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

Cheers, Easty

Posted: **Fri Sep 17, 2010 7:06 am**

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

Posted: **Fri Sep 17, 2010 5:00 pm**

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.

Code: Select all: 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

Posted: **Fri Sep 17, 2010 5:57 pm**

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

Posted: **Fri Sep 17, 2010 6:33 pm**

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.

Posted: **Fri Sep 17, 2010 9:28 pm**

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

Posted: **Fri Sep 17, 2010 9:31 pm**

Mr66 wrote: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?

Posted: **Fri Sep 17, 2010 10:57 pm**

spell_check wrote:
Mr66 wrote: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 ?

Posted: **Fri Sep 17, 2010 11:04 pm**

bayman wrote:
spell_check wrote:
Mr66 wrote: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

Posted: **Sat Sep 18, 2010 12:34 am**

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.

Posted: **Sat Sep 18, 2010 12:43 am**

Can't work that one out myself, either.

Posted: **Sat Sep 18, 2010 1:19 pm**

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!

Posted: **Sun Sep 19, 2010 5:26 pm**

bayman wrote:
spell_check wrote:
Mr66 wrote: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

SA Footy

1979 Escort Cup

1979 Escort Cup

Re: 1979 Escort Cup

Re: 1979 Escort Cup

Re: 1979 Escort Cup

Re: 1979 Escort Cup

Re: 1979 Escort Cup

Re: 1979 Escort Cup

Re: 1979 Escort Cup

Re: 1979 Escort Cup

Re: 1979 Escort Cup

Re: 1979 Escort Cup

Re: 1979 Escort Cup

Re: 1979 Escort Cup