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South Australia Division Three 1953

Fixtures and Results

Regular Season

1. Round

  Saturday, 18/04/1953       Slovakia - Cracovia 2:0    
  Saturday, 18/04/1953       Pegasus - Norwood 6:1    
  Saturday, 18/04/1953       Phillips - Croatia 1:0    
  Saturday, 18/04/1953       Lion - Olympic (1947) 3:1    
  Saturday, 18/04/1953       Finsbury - Venta 1:1    
          British Wanderers - University      

2. Round

  Saturday, 25/04/1953       University - Finsbury 2:1    
  Saturday, 25/04/1953       Venta - Lion 0:6    
  Saturday, 25/04/1953       Olympic (1947) - Phillips 2:1    
  Saturday, 25/04/1953       Croatia - Pegasus 2:0    
  Saturday, 25/04/1953       Norwood - Slovakia 0:6    
  Saturday, 25/04/1953       Cracovia - British Wanderers 5:1    

3. Round

  Saturday, 02/05/1953       Cracovia - Norwood 9:1    
  Saturday, 02/05/1953       Slovakia - Croatia 5:0    
  Saturday, 02/05/1953       Pegasus - Olympic (1947) 3:3    
  Saturday, 02/05/1953       Phillips - Venta 1:4    
  Saturday, 02/05/1953       Lion - University 4:0    
  Saturday, 02/05/1953       British Wanderers - Finsbury 1:1    

4. Round

  Saturday, 09/05/1953       Finsbury - Lion 0:2    
  Saturday, 09/05/1953       University - Phillips 2:4    
  Saturday, 09/05/1953       Venta - Pegasus 0:1    
  Saturday, 09/05/1953       Olympic (1947) - Slovakia 0:2    
  Saturday, 09/05/1953       Croatia - Cracovia 1:0    
  Saturday, 09/05/1953       Norwood - British Wanderers 4:4    

5. Round

  Saturday, 16/05/1953       Norwood - Croatia 1:3    
  Saturday, 16/05/1953       Cracovia - Olympic (1947) 2:0    
  Saturday, 16/05/1953       Slovakia - Venta 3:0    
  Saturday, 16/05/1953       Pegasus - University 4:2    
  Saturday, 16/05/1953       Phillips - Finsbury 4:0    
  Saturday, 16/05/1953       British Wanderers - Lion 0:9    

6. Round

  Saturday, 23/05/1953       Lion - Phillips 4:1    
  Saturday, 23/05/1953       Finsbury - Pegasus 1:2    
  Saturday, 23/05/1953       University - Slovakia 1:6    
  Saturday, 23/05/1953       Venta - Cracovia 2:2    
  Saturday, 23/05/1953       Olympic (1947) - Norwood 4:2    
  Saturday, 23/05/1953       Croatia - British Wanderers 1:2    

7. Round

  Saturday, 30/05/1953       Croatia - Olympic (1947) 1:0    
  Saturday, 30/05/1953       Norwood - Venta 4:2    
  Saturday, 30/05/1953       Cracovia - University 5:0    
  Saturday, 30/05/1953       Slovakia - Finsbury 9:0    
  Saturday, 30/05/1953       Pegasus - Lion 0:3    
  Saturday, 30/05/1953       British Wanderers - Phillips 0:2    

8. Round

  Saturday, 06/06/1953       Phillips - Pegasus 0:2    
  Saturday, 06/06/1953       Lion - Slovakia 3:0    
  Saturday, 06/06/1953       Finsbury - Cracovia 4:3    
  Saturday, 06/06/1953       University - Norwood 0:1    
  Saturday, 06/06/1953       Venta - Croatia 4:3    
  Saturday, 06/06/1953       Olympic (1947) - British Wanderers 1:2    

9. Round

  Saturday, 13/06/1953       Olympic (1947) - Venta 2:0    
  Saturday, 13/06/1953       Croatia - University 1:4    
  Saturday, 13/06/1953       Norwood - Finsbury 1:3    
  Saturday, 13/06/1953       Cracovia - Lion 0:1    
  Saturday, 13/06/1953       Slovakia - Phillips 4:2    
  Saturday, 13/06/1953       British Wanderers - Pegasus 0:4    

10. Round

  Saturday, 20/06/1953       Pegasus - Slovakia 1:2    
  Saturday, 20/06/1953       Phillips - Cracovia 0:1    
  Saturday, 20/06/1953       Lion - Norwood 11:2    
  Saturday, 20/06/1953       Finsbury - Croatia 2:2    
  Saturday, 20/06/1953       University - Olympic (1947) 4:3    
  Saturday, 20/06/1953       Venta - British Wanderers 3:2    

11. Round

  Saturday, 27/06/1953       Venta - University 4:3    
  Saturday, 27/06/1953       Olympic (1947) - Finsbury 2:3    
  Saturday, 27/06/1953       Croatia - Lion 0:1    
  Saturday, 27/06/1953       Norwood - Phillips 1:5    
  Saturday, 27/06/1953       Cracovia - Pegasus 0:1    
  Saturday, 27/06/1953       British Wanderers - Slovakia 0:5    

12. Round

  Saturday, 04/07/1953       Cracovia - Slovakia 2:4    
  Saturday, 04/07/1953       Norwood - Pegasus 1:6    
  Saturday, 04/07/1953       Croatia - Phillips 3:2    
  Saturday, 04/07/1953       Olympic (1947) - Lion 0:5    
  Saturday, 04/07/1953       Venta - Finsbury 3:1    
  Saturday, 04/07/1953       University - British Wanderers 5:3    

13. Round

  Saturday, 11/07/1953       Finsbury - University 5:4    
  Saturday, 11/07/1953       Lion - Venta 3:1    
  Saturday, 11/07/1953       Phillips - Olympic (1947) 2:3    
  Saturday, 11/07/1953       Pegasus - Croatia 2:1    
  Saturday, 11/07/1953       Slovakia - Norwood 5:0    
  Saturday, 11/07/1953       British Wanderers - Cracovia 0:3    

14. Round

  Saturday, 18/07/1953       Norwood - Cracovia 0:1    
  Saturday, 18/07/1953       Croatia - Slovakia 0:3    
  Saturday, 18/07/1953       Olympic (1947) - Pegasus 0:1    
  Saturday, 18/07/1953       Venta - Phillips 3:0    
  Saturday, 18/07/1953       University - Lion 0:0    
  Saturday, 18/07/1953       Finsbury - British Wanderers 3:1    

15. Round

  Saturday, 25/07/1953       Lion - Finsbury 7:0    
  Saturday, 25/07/1953       Phillips - University 2:2    
  Saturday, 25/07/1953       Pegasus - Venta 3:1    
  Saturday, 25/07/1953       Slovakia - Olympic (1947) 5:0    
  Saturday, 25/07/1953       Cracovia - Croatia 3:0    
  Saturday, 25/07/1953       British Wanderers - Norwood 2:0    

16. Round

  Saturday, 01/08/1953       Croatia - Norwood 2:0    
  Saturday, 01/08/1953       Olympic (1947) - Cracovia 1:2    
  Saturday, 01/08/1953       Venta - Slovakia 1:2    
  Saturday, 01/08/1953       University - Pegasus 2:1    
  Saturday, 01/08/1953       Finsbury - Phillips 3:0    
  Saturday, 01/08/1953       Lion - British Wanderers 6:0    

17. Round

  Saturday, 08/08/1953       Phillips - Lion 0:3    
  Saturday, 08/08/1953       Pegasus - Finsbury 1:2    
  Saturday, 08/08/1953       Slovakia - University 0:1    
  Saturday, 08/08/1953       Cracovia - Venta 3:4    
  Saturday, 08/08/1953       Norwood - Olympic (1947) 1:0    
  Saturday, 08/08/1953       British Wanderers - Croatia 2:1    

18. Round

  Saturday, 15/08/1953       Olympic (1947) - Croatia 0:1    
  Saturday, 15/08/1953       Venta - Norwood 8:0    
  Saturday, 15/08/1953       University - Cracovia 6:4    
  Saturday, 15/08/1953       Finsbury - Slovakia 1:4    
  Saturday, 15/08/1953       Lion - Pegasus 6:0    
  Saturday, 15/08/1953       Phillips - British Wanderers 1:3    

19. Round

  Saturday, 29/08/1953       Pegasus - Phillips 3:2   Award Ann.
  Saturday, 26/09/1953       Croatia - Venta 1:2   Award Ann.
          Slovakia - Lion      
          Cracovia - Finsbury      
          Norwood - University      
          British Wanderers - Olympic (1947)      

20. Round

          Venta - Olympic (1947)      
          University - Croatia      
          Finsbury - Norwood      
          Lion - Cracovia      
          Phillips - Slovakia      
          Pegasus - British Wanderers      

21. Round

  Saturday, 12/09/1953       Slovakia - Pegasus 5:2   Award Ann.
  Saturday, 12/09/1953       Cracovia - Phillips      
  Saturday, 12/09/1953       Norwood - Lion 0:1   Award Ann.
  Saturday, 12/09/1953       Croatia - Finsbury 3:1   Award Ann.
  Saturday, 12/09/1953       Olympic (1947) - University      
  Saturday, 12/09/1953       British Wanderers - Venta      

22. Round

  Saturday, 19/09/1953       University - Venta 2:2   Award Ann.
  Saturday, 19/09/1953       Finsbury - Olympic (1947) 1:0   Award Ann.
  Saturday, 19/09/1953       Lion - Croatia 5:1   Award Ann.
  Saturday, 19/09/1953       Phillips - Norwood      
  Saturday, 19/09/1953       Pegasus - Cracovia 1:0   Award Ann.
  Saturday, 19/09/1953       Slovakia - British Wanderers      
P Team M. W D L Diff. Goals Pts. Home Away
1. Lion 18 17 1 0 72 77 : 5 35 9 9 0 0 47 : 5 18 9 8 1 0 30 : 0 17
2. Slovakia 18 16 0 2 55 67 : 12 32 8 7 0 1 33 : 3 14 10 9 0 1 34 : 9 18
3. Pegasus 18 11 1 6 11 38 : 27 23 8 4 1 3 20 : 15 9 10 7 0 3 18 : 12 14
4. Cracovia 18 9 1 8 17 45 : 28 19 9 5 0 4 29 : 12 10 9 4 1 4 16 : 16 9
5. Venta 18 8 2 8 1 41 : 40 18 10 6 1 3 28 : 20 13 8 2 1 5 13 : 20 5
6. University 17 7 2 8 -10 38 : 48 16 9 5 1 3 22 : 23 11 8 2 1 5 16 : 25 5
7. Finsbury 18 7 3 8 -18 31 : 49 16 9 4 2 3 20 : 19 10 9 3 1 5 11 : 30 7
8. Croatia 18 7 1 10 -10 22 : 32 15 9 5 0 4 11 : 12 10 9 2 1 6 11 : 20 5
9. Phillips 18 5 1 12 -12 28 : 40 11 9 2 1 6 11 : 18 5 9 3 0 6 17 : 22 6
10. British Wanderers 17 5 2 10 -31 23 : 54 11 8 2 1 5 5 : 25 5 9 3 1 5 18 : 29 7
11. Olympic (1947) 18 4 1 13 -18 22 : 40 9 10 3 0 7 12 : 19 6 8 1 1 6 10 : 21 3
12. Norwood 18 3 1 14 -57 20 : 77 7 9 2 1 6 13 : 30 5 9 1 0 8 7 : 47 2

Top four qualify for the Gregory Cup

Lion and Slovakia are promoted to Division Two

Finsbury and British Wanderers both had a point deducted

The season was ended after 18 matches. Some of the remaining games were played but did not count for the final table

Gregory Cup

Semi Finals

1 Sunday, 20/09/1953       Lion - Pegasus 0:1      
2 Sunday, 27/09/1953       Slovakia - Venta 7:1      

Final

3 Saturday, 03/10/1953       Slovakia - Pegasus 3:2      
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