Victorian Dockerty Cup 1973 Results

1973 Victorian Dockerty Cup Results

Written by John Punshon

Sources: The Age, The Australian Jewish News, Il Globo, Neos Kosmos, The Sporting Globe, Sunshine-St Albans-Melton Advocate, VSF Year Book 1974.

If you can provide additional information or assist with corrections, please contact John Punshon.

Home Team v Away Team
Metropolitan Round One

Saturday, March 10, 1973.
Altona City 2 - 3 Chelsea

Saturday, March 10, 1973.
Caulfield City 3 - 7 Coburg

Saturday, March 10, 1973.
Corio 0 - 2 Heidelberg

Saturday, March 10, 1973.
Croydon 1 - 5 Doveton

Saturday, March 10, 1973.
Dandenong City 0 - 2 Richmond

Saturday, March 10, 1973.
Essendon Lions 2 - 1 Green Gully

Saturday, March 10, 1973.
Monash University 1 - 7 Eltham

Saturday, March 10, 1973.
Moreland 1 - 2 Princes Park

Saturday, March 10, 1973.
Newport 7 - 1 Doncaster Rovers

Saturday, March 10, 1973.
Rosebud 0 - 2 Bayswater

Byes: Twenty-two teams

Metropolitan Round Two

Saturday, March 17, 1973. (Probable date)
Albion Rovers 3 - 1 Preston

Saturday, March 17, 1973. (Probable date)
Ballarat 0 - 5 Mooroolbark

Saturday, March 17, 1973. (Probable date)
Bayswater 1 - 4 Essendon Lions
After Extra time

Saturday, March 17, 1973. (Probable date)
Bell Park 0 - 1 Western Suburbs
After extra time

Saturday, March 17, 1973. (Probable date)
Chelsea 3 - 1 Eltham

Saturday, March 17, 1973. (Probable date)
Ferntree Gully 1 - 0 Brighton

Saturday, March 17, 1973. (Probable date)
Heidelberg 2 - 0 Newport

Saturday, March 17, 1973. (Probable date)
Keilor City 3 - 1 Frankston City

Saturday, March 17, 1973. (Probable date)
Moorabbin 0 - 2 Richmond

Saturday, March 17, 1973. (Probable date)
Prahran City 2 - 0 Broadmeadows City

Saturday, March 17, 1973. (Probable date)
Princes Park 2 - 1 University of Melbourne

Saturday, March 17, 1973. (Probable date)
Ringwood United 3 - 0 Doveton

Saturday, March 17, 1973. (Probable date)
St Albans 3 - 0 Park Rangers

Saturday, March 17, 1973. (Probable date)
Sunshine City 4 - 2 Coburg

Saturday, March 17, 1973. (Probable date)
Waverley City 3 - 2 North Carlton

Saturday, March 17, 1973. (Probable date)
Yallourn 3 - 1 Springvale City

Metropolitan Round Three

Saturday, March 24, 1973. (Probable date)
Albion Rovers 2 - 1 Princes Park

Saturday, March 24, 1973. (Probable date)
Ferntree Gully 4 - 0 Waverley City

Saturday, March 24, 1973. (Probable date)
Keilor City 5 - 1 Prahran City

Saturday, March 24, 1973. (Probable date)
Mooroolbark 6 - 0 Essendon Lions

Saturday, March 24, 1973. (Probable date)
Ringwood United
After extra time 2 - 2 Richmond
After extra time

Saturday, March 24, 1973. (Probable date)
St Albans 2 - 1 Heidelberg

Saturday, March 24, 1973. (Probable date)
Western Suburbs 1 - 2 Sunshine City

Saturday, March 24, 1973. (Probable date)
Yallourn 6 - 1 Chelsea

Metropolitan Round Three Replay

Sunday, March 25, 1973. (Probable date)
Richmond 0 - 1 Ringwood United

Provisional League Preliminary Round

Saturday, March 24, 1973. (Probable date)
Burnley 2 - 3 Frankston Pines

Saturday, March 24, 1973. (Probable date)
Fawkner 1 - 3 Melton

Saturday, March 24, 1973. (Probable date)
Geelong 4 - 1 Hamlyn Rangers

Saturday, March 24, 1973. (Probable date)
Werribee 5 - 0 Carlton

Byes: Langwarrin, Port Melbourne

Metropolitan Round Four

Saturday, March 31, 1973.
Albion Rovers 2 - 1 Ringwood United

Saturday, March 31, 1973.
Ferntree Gully 3 - 0 Yallourn

Saturday, March 31, 1973.
Keilor City 1 - 2 St Albans
After extra time

Saturday, March 31, 1973.
Sunshine City 0 - 2 Mooroolbark

Provisional Round One

Saturday, March 31, 1973.
Langwarrin 1 - 0 Geelong

Saturday, March 31, 1973.
Frankston Pines 1 - 2 Port Melbourne

Saturday, March 31, 1973.
Melton 3 - 2 Werribee

Metropolitan & Affiliated Leagues Play-offs

Date not known (Possibly Wednesday, April 25, 1973.

Albion Rovers 5 - 1 Falcons

Date not known (Possibly Wednesday, April 25, 1973.
Langwarrin 0 - 7 Mooroolbark

Date not known (Possibly Wednesday, April 25, 1973.
Port Melbourne 0 - 1 Ferntree Gully

Date not known (Possibly Wednesday, April 25, 1973.
St Albans 1 - 0 Melton

First Main Round
State League teams enter

Monday, June 4, 1973. Middle Park Soccer Stadium, Middle Park.
Fitzroy United Alexander
After extra time
Goal: Vince Bannon 1 - 1 Albion Rovers
After extra time
Goal: Ernie Ackerley

Monday, June 4, 1973. Olympic Park, Melbourne.
Footscray JUST
Goals: Frank Micic x 2 2 - 3 Hakoah-St Kilda
Line-up included: Jim Lapish, Jim Ackers, Steve Gadsby, David Baker, Bobby Saunders, Mike Mandalis, Mike Clarey, Mike Micevski.
Goals: Mike Micevski, David Baker, Bobby Saunders

Monday, June 4, 1973. Schintler Reserve, Footscray.
George Cross 0 - 1 Keilor Austria
Goal: Dragan Jurcan 82

Monday, June 4, 1973. Olympic Park, Melbourne.
Juventus
Goals: Rajko Curcija. Hammy McMeechan 2 - 1 Prahran Slavia
Goal: Bobby Kent

Monday, June 4, 1973. Jubilee Park, Ringwood.
Melbourne
Goals: Johnny Wallace x 2, Joe Palinkas x 2, Alistair Scott 5 - 1 Mooroolbark
Goal: 1 Atkins

Monday, June 4, 1973. Schintler Reserve, Footscray.
Polonia-Maribyrnong 0 - 1 Box Hill
Goal: Boby Cox

Monday, June 4, 1973. Jubilee Park, Ringwood.
Ringwood City Wilhelmina
Goals: Brian Thom x 2, Phil Williamson 3 - 1 Ferntree Gully
Goal: Peter Rubens

Monday, June 4, 1973. Middle Park Soccer Stadium, Middle Park.
St Albans
Goals: Eric Lindberg, Spiro Fragopoulos pk 2 - 3 South Melbourne Hellas
Goals: Jim Armstrong, Nat Little, Jim Pirzas

First Main Round Replay

Wednesday, June 6, 1973. Olympic Park. Melbourne.
Albion Rovers 0 - 3 Fitzroy United Alexander
Goals: George Gillan 51, Jim Kriaris 64, Ian Gibson 67

Quarter-Finals

Saturday, June 9, 1973. Olympic Park, Melbourne. Att: 2,000 (dh). Referee: Terry Venables.
Box Hill
Harry Bauer, Frank Weimper, John Brown, Jim Young, Andy Smale, Jim Paul, Ray Taylor, Alex Crombie, David Haynes, David Thelman, Bobby Cox. 0 - 1 Keilor Austria
Fred Schul, Hans Hinze, Steve Brown, Jim Kondarios, Jock Goodwin, Graham Bibby, Jurgen Woite, Frank McColgan, Gunter Ganglmair, Ivan Turicar, Dragan Jurcan.
Goal: Hinze 20

Saturday, June 9, 1973. Olympic Park, Melbourne. Att: 2,000 (dh). Referee: Geoff Harrison.
Melbourne
Graham Morgan, Charlie Kelly, Bob Dobbing, Joe Szabo, Alistair Scott, George Kotaridis, Joe Palinkas, Johnny Wallace, Gordon Bentley, Steve Bleskany, Ian McCarthy.
Goal: Palinkas 1 - 0 Ringwood City Wilhelmina
Tom Carmichael, Mike Pye, Dick Ward, Rob McGinn, Dave Garthwaite, Bob Smith, Benny De Bruyckere (Chris Pierias), Colin Alexander, Phil Williamson, Brian Thom, Rudi Muskee.

Sunday, June 10, 1973. Olympic Park, Melbourne.
Fitzroy United Alexander
John Kennedy, Vince Bannon, Nick Racovalis, Jim Kriaris, Alex Nitsopoulos, Pat Bannon, Stratos Adamgikis, Boulis Kambouropoulos, Ian Gibson, George Gillan, Ilias Iordanis.
Goal: Gibson 70 1 - 0 Juventus
Ian Roberts, Maurice Bonfieni, Fausto Tarquinio, Pat Della Rocca, Hugh Gunn, Sandy Irvine, Sabidussi (John Vithoulkas), Rajko Curcija (Lucchesi), Keith Webster, Lucchesi.

Sunday, June 10, 1973. Olympic Park, Melbourne.
South Melbourne Hellas
Tim Auger, Jim Pirzas, Bill Hasapis, John Bedford, Steve Walker, Ian Marshall, Peter Bourne, Jim Armstrong, Billy McIntyre, John Daperis, Nat Little (Stavrou). 0 - 2 Hakoah-St Kilda
Jack Reilly, Davie Davidson, Jim Lapish, Jim Ackers, David Baker, Anton Dosen, Bobby Saunders, Mike Mandalis, Mike Clarey, Steve Gadsby, Mike Micevski.
Goals: Micevski 40, 75

Semi-Finals

Sunday, September 16, 1973. Olympic Park, Melbourne.
Fitzroy United Alexander
Line-up included: Vince Bannon, Boulis Kambouropoulos, Ian Gibson, George Gillan, Stratos Adamgikis.
Goals: Gibson 12, 47 2 - 0 Melbourne
Line-up included: Alistair Scott, Duncan Cummings, Steve Bleskany.

Sunday, September 16, 1973. Olympic Park, Melbourne.
Hakoah-St Kilda
Jack Reilly, Auchie Waaldyk, Jim Lapish, Steve Gadsby, David Baker, Anton Dosen, Ken Wheeler, Mike Mandalis, Mike Clarey, Joe Katz (Phil Hammond 46'), Mike Micevski. Subs: Henry Poznanski, Jim Ackers, Jean Durand.
Goals: Mandalis ?, 70, Micevski, Wheeler 22, Gadsby, Clarey 6 - 1 Keilor Austria
Line-up included: Fred Schul, Hans Hinze, Jock Goodwin.
Goal: Goodwin

Final

Sunday, September 23, 1973. Olympic Park, Melbourne. Referee: Jack Renshaw. Att: 6.500.
Hakoah-St Kilda
Jack Reilly, Auchie Waaldyk, Jim Lapish, Steve Gadsby, David Baker, Anton Dosen, Ken Wheeler, Mike Mandalis, Mike Clarey, Phil Hammond, Mike Micesvki. Subs: Ackers, Joe Katz, Jean Durand, Henry Poznanski.
Goal: Micevski 75 1 - 0 Fitzroy United Alexander
Line-up included: John Kennedy, Ian Gibson, Pat Bannon, Nick Racovalis, Mark Karapatsos, Vince Bannon, Alex Nitsopoulos, George Gillan, Stratos Adamgikis.

Home Team		v		Away Team
Metropolitan Round One
Saturday, March 10, 1973.
Altona City	2	-	3	Chelsea
Saturday, March 10, 1973.
Caulfield City	3	-	7	Coburg
Saturday, March 10, 1973.
Corio	0	-	2	Heidelberg
Saturday, March 10, 1973.
Croydon	1	-	5	Doveton
Saturday, March 10, 1973.
Dandenong City	0	-	2	Richmond
Saturday, March 10, 1973.
Essendon Lions	2	-	1	Green Gully
Saturday, March 10, 1973.
Monash University	1	-	7	Eltham
Saturday, March 10, 1973.
Moreland	1	-	2	Princes Park
Saturday, March 10, 1973.
Newport	7	-	1	Doncaster Rovers
Saturday, March 10, 1973.
Rosebud	0	-	2	Bayswater
Byes: Twenty-two teams
Metropolitan Round Two
Saturday, March 17, 1973. (Probable date)
Albion Rovers	3	-	1	Preston
Saturday, March 17, 1973. (Probable date)
Ballarat	0	-	5	Mooroolbark
Saturday, March 17, 1973. (Probable date)
Bayswater	1	-	4	Essendon Lions After Extra time
Saturday, March 17, 1973. (Probable date)
Bell Park	0	-	1	Western Suburbs After extra time
Saturday, March 17, 1973. (Probable date)
Chelsea	3	-	1	Eltham
Saturday, March 17, 1973. (Probable date)
Ferntree Gully	1	-	0	Brighton
Saturday, March 17, 1973. (Probable date)
Heidelberg	2	-	0	Newport
Saturday, March 17, 1973. (Probable date)
Keilor City	3	-	1	Frankston City
Saturday, March 17, 1973. (Probable date)
Moorabbin	0	-	2	Richmond
Saturday, March 17, 1973. (Probable date)
Prahran City	2	-	0	Broadmeadows City
Saturday, March 17, 1973. (Probable date)
Princes Park	2	-	1	University of Melbourne
Saturday, March 17, 1973. (Probable date)
Ringwood United	3	-	0	Doveton
Saturday, March 17, 1973. (Probable date)
St Albans	3	-	0	Park Rangers
Saturday, March 17, 1973. (Probable date)
Sunshine City	4	-	2	Coburg
Saturday, March 17, 1973. (Probable date)
Waverley City	3	-	2	North Carlton
Saturday, March 17, 1973. (Probable date)
Yallourn	3	-	1	Springvale City
Metropolitan Round Three
Saturday, March 24, 1973. (Probable date)
Albion Rovers	2	-	1	Princes Park
Saturday, March 24, 1973. (Probable date)
Ferntree Gully	4	-	0	Waverley City
Saturday, March 24, 1973. (Probable date)
Keilor City	5	-	1	Prahran City
Saturday, March 24, 1973. (Probable date)
Mooroolbark	6	-	0	Essendon Lions
Saturday, March 24, 1973. (Probable date)
Ringwood United After extra time	2	-	2	Richmond After extra time
Saturday, March 24, 1973. (Probable date)
St Albans	2	-	1	Heidelberg
Saturday, March 24, 1973. (Probable date)
Western Suburbs	1	-	2	Sunshine City
Saturday, March 24, 1973. (Probable date)
Yallourn	6	-	1	Chelsea
Metropolitan Round Three Replay
Sunday, March 25, 1973. (Probable date)
Richmond	0	-	1	Ringwood United
Provisional League Preliminary Round
Saturday, March 24, 1973. (Probable date)
Burnley	2	-	3	Frankston Pines
Saturday, March 24, 1973. (Probable date)
Fawkner	1	-	3	Melton
Saturday, March 24, 1973. (Probable date)
Geelong	4	-	1	Hamlyn Rangers
Saturday, March 24, 1973. (Probable date)
Werribee	5	-	0	Carlton
Byes: Langwarrin, Port Melbourne
Metropolitan Round Four
Saturday, March 31, 1973.
Albion Rovers	2	-	1	Ringwood United
Saturday, March 31, 1973.
Ferntree Gully	3	-	0	Yallourn
Saturday, March 31, 1973.
Keilor City	1	-	2	St Albans After extra time
Saturday, March 31, 1973.
Sunshine City	0	-	2	Mooroolbark
Provisional Round One
Saturday, March 31, 1973.
Langwarrin	1	-	0	Geelong
Saturday, March 31, 1973.
Frankston Pines	1	-	2	Port Melbourne
Saturday, March 31, 1973.
Melton	3	-	2	Werribee
Metropolitan & Affiliated Leagues Play-offs
Date not known (Possibly Wednesday, April 25, 1973.
Albion Rovers	5	-	1	Falcons
Date not known (Possibly Wednesday, April 25, 1973.
Langwarrin	0	-	7	Mooroolbark
Date not known (Possibly Wednesday, April 25, 1973.
Port Melbourne	0	-	1	Ferntree Gully
Date not known (Possibly Wednesday, April 25, 1973.
St Albans	1	-	0	Melton
First Main Round State League teams enter
Monday, June 4, 1973. Middle Park Soccer Stadium, Middle Park.
Fitzroy United Alexander After extra time Goal: Vince Bannon	1	-	1	Albion Rovers After extra time Goal: Ernie Ackerley
Monday, June 4, 1973. Olympic Park, Melbourne.
Footscray JUST Goals: Frank Micic x 2	2	-	3	Hakoah-St Kilda Line-up included: Jim Lapish, Jim Ackers, Steve Gadsby, David Baker, Bobby Saunders, Mike Mandalis, Mike Clarey, Mike Micevski. Goals: Mike Micevski, David Baker, Bobby Saunders
Monday, June 4, 1973. Schintler Reserve, Footscray.
George Cross	0	-	1	Keilor Austria Goal: Dragan Jurcan 82
Monday, June 4, 1973. Olympic Park, Melbourne.
Juventus Goals: Rajko Curcija. Hammy McMeechan	2	-	1	Prahran Slavia Goal: Bobby Kent
Monday, June 4, 1973. Jubilee Park, Ringwood.
Melbourne Goals: Johnny Wallace x 2, Joe Palinkas x 2, Alistair Scott	5	-	1	Mooroolbark Goal: 1 Atkins
Monday, June 4, 1973. Schintler Reserve, Footscray.
Polonia-Maribyrnong	0	-	1	Box Hill Goal: Boby Cox
Monday, June 4, 1973. Jubilee Park, Ringwood.
Ringwood City Wilhelmina Goals: Brian Thom x 2, Phil Williamson	3	-	1	Ferntree Gully Goal: Peter Rubens
Monday, June 4, 1973. Middle Park Soccer Stadium, Middle Park.
St Albans Goals: Eric Lindberg, Spiro Fragopoulos pk	2	-	3	South Melbourne Hellas Goals: Jim Armstrong, Nat Little, Jim Pirzas
First Main Round Replay
Wednesday, June 6, 1973. Olympic Park. Melbourne.
Albion Rovers	0	-	3	Fitzroy United Alexander Goals: George Gillan 51, Jim Kriaris 64, Ian Gibson 67
Quarter-Finals
Saturday, June 9, 1973. Olympic Park, Melbourne. Att: 2,000 (dh). Referee: Terry Venables.
Box Hill Harry Bauer, Frank Weimper, John Brown, Jim Young, Andy Smale, Jim Paul, Ray Taylor, Alex Crombie, David Haynes, David Thelman, Bobby Cox.	0	-	1	Keilor Austria Fred Schul, Hans Hinze, Steve Brown, Jim Kondarios, Jock Goodwin, Graham Bibby, Jurgen Woite, Frank McColgan, Gunter Ganglmair, Ivan Turicar, Dragan Jurcan. Goal: Hinze 20
Saturday, June 9, 1973. Olympic Park, Melbourne. Att: 2,000 (dh). Referee: Geoff Harrison.
Melbourne Graham Morgan, Charlie Kelly, Bob Dobbing, Joe Szabo, Alistair Scott, George Kotaridis, Joe Palinkas, Johnny Wallace, Gordon Bentley, Steve Bleskany, Ian McCarthy. Goal: Palinkas	1	-	0	Ringwood City Wilhelmina Tom Carmichael, Mike Pye, Dick Ward, Rob McGinn, Dave Garthwaite, Bob Smith, Benny De Bruyckere (Chris Pierias), Colin Alexander, Phil Williamson, Brian Thom, Rudi Muskee.
Sunday, June 10, 1973. Olympic Park, Melbourne.
Fitzroy United Alexander John Kennedy, Vince Bannon, Nick Racovalis, Jim Kriaris, Alex Nitsopoulos, Pat Bannon, Stratos Adamgikis, Boulis Kambouropoulos, Ian Gibson, George Gillan, Ilias Iordanis. Goal: Gibson 70	1	-	0	Juventus Ian Roberts, Maurice Bonfieni, Fausto Tarquinio, Pat Della Rocca, Hugh Gunn, Sandy Irvine, Sabidussi (John Vithoulkas), Rajko Curcija (Lucchesi), Keith Webster, Lucchesi.
Sunday, June 10, 1973. Olympic Park, Melbourne.
South Melbourne Hellas Tim Auger, Jim Pirzas, Bill Hasapis, John Bedford, Steve Walker, Ian Marshall, Peter Bourne, Jim Armstrong, Billy McIntyre, John Daperis, Nat Little (Stavrou).	0	-	2	Hakoah-St Kilda Jack Reilly, Davie Davidson, Jim Lapish, Jim Ackers, David Baker, Anton Dosen, Bobby Saunders, Mike Mandalis, Mike Clarey, Steve Gadsby, Mike Micevski. Goals: Micevski 40, 75
Semi-Finals
Sunday, September 16, 1973. Olympic Park, Melbourne.
Fitzroy United Alexander Line-up included: Vince Bannon, Boulis Kambouropoulos, Ian Gibson, George Gillan, Stratos Adamgikis. Goals: Gibson 12, 47	2	-	0	Melbourne Line-up included: Alistair Scott, Duncan Cummings, Steve Bleskany.
Sunday, September 16, 1973. Olympic Park, Melbourne.
Hakoah-St Kilda Jack Reilly, Auchie Waaldyk, Jim Lapish, Steve Gadsby, David Baker, Anton Dosen, Ken Wheeler, Mike Mandalis, Mike Clarey, Joe Katz (Phil Hammond 46'), Mike Micevski. Subs: Henry Poznanski, Jim Ackers, Jean Durand. Goals: Mandalis ?, 70, Micevski, Wheeler 22, Gadsby, Clarey	6	-	1	Keilor Austria Line-up included: Fred Schul, Hans Hinze, Jock Goodwin. Goal: Goodwin
Final
Sunday, September 23, 1973. Olympic Park, Melbourne. Referee: Jack Renshaw. Att: 6.500.
Hakoah-St Kilda Jack Reilly, Auchie Waaldyk, Jim Lapish, Steve Gadsby, David Baker, Anton Dosen, Ken Wheeler, Mike Mandalis, Mike Clarey, Phil Hammond, Mike Micesvki. Subs: Ackers, Joe Katz, Jean Durand, Henry Poznanski. Goal: Micevski 75	1	-	0	Fitzroy United Alexander Line-up included: John Kennedy, Ian Gibson, Pat Bannon, Nick Racovalis, Mark Karapatsos, Vince Bannon, Alex Nitsopoulos, George Gillan, Stratos Adamgikis.

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