1973 Championship of Australia

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1973 Championship of Australia
Winfield Cup - 1973 Champions of Australia Series
Tournament details
City	Adelaide
Dates	6–8 October 1973
Teams	4
Venue(s)	1
Final positions
Champions	Richmond (2nd title)
Runners-up	Subiaco
Third place	Glenelg
Fourth place	Scottsdale
Tournament statistics
Matches played	4
Attendance	43,595 (10,899 per match)
← 1972 1974 →

The 1973 Championship of Australia was the 17th edition of the Championship of Australia, an ANFC-organised national club Australian rules football tournament between the champion clubs from the VFL, the SANFL, the WANFL and the Tasmanian State Premiership.

Qualified Teams

Team	Nickname	League	Qualification	Participation (bold indicates winners)
Richmond	Tigers	VFL	Winners of the 1973 Victorian Football League	2nd (Previous: 1969)
Glenelg	Tigers	SANFL	Winners of the 1973 South Australian National Football League	1st
Subiaco	Lions	WANFL	Winners of the 1973 Western Australian National Football League	1st
Scottsdale	Magpies	NTFA	Winners of the 1973 Tasmanian State Premiership	1st

SF #1 6 October 1973	Subiaco	110-78	Scottsdale	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
	16.14 (110)		11.12 (78)	Attendance: 34,104

SF #2 6 October 1973	Richmond	130-115	Glenelg	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
	19.16 (130)	Report	16.19 (115)	Attendance: 34,104

Third Place 8 October 1973	Glenelg	201-68	Scottsdale	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
	29.27 (201)		10.8 (68)	Attendance: 9,491

Final 8 October 1973	Richmond	92-79	Subiaco	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
	2.1 (13) 5.7 (37) 7.16 (58) 12.20 (92)	Report	7.4 (46) 8.10 (58) 9.16 (70) 10.19 (79)	Attendance: 9,491 Umpires: Murray Ducker
		Goals
	R Hunt 4 D Cumming 3 K Morris, N Balme 2 K Bartlett 1		K Ash, M Malone, N Randall, R Bayens 2 K Watt, P Burton 1

v t e Championship of Australia
Bodies	Victorian Football League South Australian National Football League Australian National Football Council
Seasons	1888 1890 1893 1896 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1913 1914 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975
Winners	Carlton Collingwood Essendon Hawthorn North Adelaide North Melbourne Norwood Port Adelaide Richmond South Melbourne West Adelaide
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