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South Australia Division One 1953

Fixtures and Results

Regular Season

1. Round

  Saturday, 18/04/1953       Portsmouth-Plympton - Juventus 0:3    
  Saturday, 18/04/1953       Prospect United - Sturt 5:1    
  Saturday, 18/04/1953       Port Adelaide - Birkalla Rovers 2:1    
  Saturday, 18/04/1953       Beograd - Budapest 3:1    
  Saturday, 18/04/1953       Port Thistle - Bohemians 1:1    

2. Round

  Saturday, 25/04/1953       Bohemians - Beograd 0:2    
  Saturday, 25/04/1953       Budapest - Port Adelaide 2:2    
  Saturday, 25/04/1953       Birkalla Rovers - Prospect United 4:2    
  Saturday, 25/04/1953       Sturt - Portsmouth-Plympton 3:2    
  Saturday, 25/04/1953       Juventus - Port Thistle 4:1    

3. Round

  Saturday, 02/05/1953       Juventus - Sturt 3:1    
  Saturday, 02/05/1953       Portsmouth-Plympton - Birkalla Rovers 1:1    
  Saturday, 02/05/1953       Prospect United - Budapest 1:4    
  Saturday, 02/05/1953       Port Adelaide - Bohemians 4:4    
  Saturday, 02/05/1953       Port Thistle - Beograd 1:2    

4. Round

  Saturday, 09/05/1953       Beograd - Port Adelaide 2:3    
  Saturday, 09/05/1953       Bohemians - Prospect United 5:1    
  Saturday, 09/05/1953       Budapest - Portsmouth-Plympton 4:3    
  Saturday, 09/05/1953       Birkalla Rovers - Juventus 0:6    
  Saturday, 09/05/1953       Sturt - Port Thistle 3:1    

5. Round

  Saturday, 16/05/1953       Sturt - Birkalla Rovers 1:0    
  Saturday, 16/05/1953       Juventus - Budapest 2:3    
  Saturday, 16/05/1953       Portsmouth-Plympton - Bohemians 3:3    
  Saturday, 16/05/1953       Prospect United - Beograd 3:3    
  Saturday, 16/05/1953       Port Thistle - Port Adelaide 1:2    

6. Round

  Saturday, 23/05/1953       Port Adelaide - Prospect United 4:0    
  Saturday, 23/05/1953       Beograd - Portsmouth-Plympton 0:3    
  Saturday, 23/05/1953       Bohemians - Juventus 1:4    
  Saturday, 23/05/1953       Budapest - Sturt 3:1    
  Saturday, 23/05/1953       Birkalla Rovers - Port Thistle 0:1    

7. Round

  Saturday, 30/05/1953       Birkalla Rovers - Budapest 2:4    
  Saturday, 30/05/1953       Sturt - Bohemians 2:2    
  Saturday, 30/05/1953       Juventus - Beograd 3:0    
  Saturday, 30/05/1953       Portsmouth-Plympton - Port Adelaide 1:5    
  Saturday, 30/05/1953       Port Thistle - Prospect United 0:4    

8. Round

  Saturday, 06/06/1953       Prospect United - Portsmouth-Plympton 3:1    
  Saturday, 06/06/1953       Port Adelaide - Juventus 1:4    
  Saturday, 06/06/1953       Beograd - Sturt 2:1    
  Saturday, 06/06/1953       Bohemians - Birkalla Rovers 1:2    
  Saturday, 06/06/1953       Port Thistle - Budapest 1:3    

9. Round

  Saturday, 13/06/1953       Budapest - Bohemians 4:1    
  Saturday, 13/06/1953       Birkalla Rovers - Beograd 2:2    
  Saturday, 13/06/1953       Sturt - Port Adelaide 0:5    
  Saturday, 13/06/1953       Juventus - Prospect United 5:0    
  Saturday, 13/06/1953       Portsmouth-Plympton - Port Thistle 2:0    

10. Round

  Saturday, 20/06/1953       Juventus - Portsmouth-Plympton 3:1    
  Saturday, 20/06/1953       Sturt - Prospect United 1:5    
  Saturday, 20/06/1953       Birkalla Rovers - Port Adelaide 2:6    
  Saturday, 20/06/1953       Budapest - Beograd 3:1    
  Saturday, 20/06/1953       Bohemians - Port Thistle 6:3    

11. Round

  Saturday, 27/06/1953       Beograd - Bohemians 1:7    
  Saturday, 27/06/1953       Port Adelaide - Budapest 1:1    
  Saturday, 27/06/1953       Prospect United - Birkalla Rovers 2:2    
  Saturday, 27/06/1953       Portsmouth-Plympton - Sturt 0:2    
  Saturday, 27/06/1953       Port Thistle - Juventus 0:5    

12. Round

  Saturday, 04/07/1953       Sturt - Juventus 0:3    
  Saturday, 04/07/1953       Birkalla Rovers - Portsmouth-Plympton 7:0    
  Saturday, 04/07/1953       Budapest - Prospect United 3:2    
  Saturday, 04/07/1953       Bohemians - Port Adelaide 1:2    
  Saturday, 04/07/1953       Beograd - Port Thistle 3:1    

13. Round

  Saturday, 11/07/1953       Port Adelaide - Beograd 2:1    
  Saturday, 11/07/1953       Prospect United - Bohemians 4:3    
  Saturday, 11/07/1953       Portsmouth-Plympton - Budapest 0:3    
  Saturday, 11/07/1953       Juventus - Birkalla Rovers 1:0    
  Saturday, 11/07/1953       Port Thistle - Sturt 4:3    

14. Round

  Saturday, 18/07/1953       Birkalla Rovers - Sturt 2:1    
  Saturday, 18/07/1953       Budapest - Juventus 1:4    
  Saturday, 18/07/1953       Bohemians - Portsmouth-Plympton 0:0    
  Saturday, 18/07/1953       Beograd - Prospect United 3:2    
  Saturday, 18/07/1953       Port Adelaide - Port Thistle 5:5    

15. Round

  Saturday, 25/07/1953       Prospect United - Port Adelaide 1:2    
  Saturday, 25/07/1953       Portsmouth-Plympton - Beograd 2:3    
  Saturday, 25/07/1953       Juventus - Bohemians 2:0    
  Saturday, 25/07/1953       Sturt - Budapest 1:3    
  Saturday, 25/07/1953       Port Thistle - Birkalla Rovers 0:3    

16. Round

  Saturday, 01/08/1953       Budapest - Birkalla Rovers 0:1    
  Saturday, 01/08/1953       Bohemians - Sturt 1:4    
  Saturday, 01/08/1953       Beograd - Juventus 1:1    
  Saturday, 01/08/1953       Port Adelaide - Portsmouth-Plympton 4:0    
  Saturday, 01/08/1953       Prospect United - Port Thistle 1:1    

17. Round

  Saturday, 08/08/1953       Portsmouth-Plympton - Prospect United 1:4    
  Saturday, 08/08/1953       Juventus - Port Adelaide 1:0    
  Saturday, 08/08/1953       Sturt - Beograd 3:2    
  Saturday, 08/08/1953       Birkalla Rovers - Bohemians 4:1    
  Saturday, 08/08/1953       Budapest - Port Thistle 0:1    

18. Round

  Saturday, 15/08/1953       Bohemians - Budapest 2:2    
  Saturday, 15/08/1953       Beograd - Birkalla Rovers 4:2    
  Saturday, 15/08/1953       Port Adelaide - Sturt 3:4    
  Saturday, 15/08/1953       Prospect United - Juventus 1:6    
  Saturday, 15/08/1953       Port Thistle - Portsmouth-Plympton 3:0    
P Team M. W D L Diff. Goals Pts. Home Away
1. Juventus 18 16 1 1 49 60 : 11 33 9 8 0 1 24 : 6 16 9 8 1 0 36 : 5 17
2. Port Adelaide 18 11 4 3 22 53 : 31 26 9 4 3 2 26 : 20 11 9 7 1 1 27 : 11 15
3. Budapest 18 11 3 4 15 44 : 29 25 9 5 1 3 20 : 16 11 9 6 2 1 24 : 13 14
4. Beograd 18 8 3 7 -5 35 : 40 19 9 5 1 3 19 : 21 11 9 3 2 4 16 : 19 8
5. Birkalla Rovers 18 7 3 8 0 35 : 35 17 9 4 1 4 23 : 23 9 9 3 2 4 12 : 12 8
6. Prospect United 18 6 3 9 -8 41 : 49 15 9 3 3 3 21 : 23 9 9 3 0 6 20 : 26 6
7. Sturt 18 7 1 10 -14 32 : 46 15 9 4 1 4 14 : 23 9 9 3 0 6 18 : 23 6
8. Port Thistle 18 4 3 11 -22 25 : 47 11 9 2 1 6 11 : 23 5 9 2 2 5 14 : 24 6
9. Portsmouth-Plympton 18 2 3 13 -31 20 : 51 7 9 1 2 6 10 : 24 4 9 1 1 7 10 : 27 3
10. Bohemians 18 3 6 9 -6 39 : 45 -30 9 2 2 5 17 : 20 6 9 1 4 4 22 : 25 6

Bohemians had 42 points deducted for fielding 21 ineligiible players

Portsmouth-Plympton and Bohemians are relegated to Division Two

Top four qualify for Pozza Cup Playoffs

Bohemians decided to withdrew after being relegated and thus were absent from 1954.

Prospect United became Enfield for 1954

Pozza Cup

Semi Final

1 Saturday, 12/09/1953       Juventus - Budapest 7:1      
2 Saturday, 12/09/1953       Beograd - Port Adelaide 1:0      

Final

3 Saturday, 26/09/1953       Juventus - Beograd 8:1      
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