| | Final played at Rand Stadium. |  | date | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT |  | Mon 01.10.73 | Highlands Park | 1-0 | Florida Albion II) | 1-0 |  |  1-0 Freddy Kalk 48' Referee: George Cox. Attendance (Paid): 26,349. Gate: R43,325. Match at Sat 29.09.1973 was washed out. |  | Highlands Park: Hogan, Joubert, Gough, Howe, Kalk, Luke, Watson, Hilley, Backos, Hepplewhite, Cohen. | Florida Albion: Baard, Webster, Beukes, Lilley, Brink, Amos, Howieson, Walker, Connor, Nash, Watson. | 
 | R30,000 Castle Cup. |  |  |  | Two legged. | 
 | date | team 1 ____________ | score | team 2 ____________ | HT | DN |  | --- --.0-.73 | Highlands Park | 2-0 | Germiston Callies |  | 1. |  |  1-0 Cohen  2-0 Gough |  | --- --.0-.73 | Germiston Callies | 1-1 | Highlands Park |  | 1. |  |  | Flynn  |  | --- --.0-.73 | Port Elizabeth City | 0-1 | Florida Albion (II) |  | 2. |  | 0-1  Walker |  | Sat --.0-.73 | Florida Albion (II) | 2-0 | Port Elizabeth City |  | 2. |  |  1-0 Walker  2-0 Stewart Trezona Park. | 
 | date | team 1 ____________ | score | team 2 ____________ | HT | DN |  | --- 2-.07.73 | Highlands Park | 2-1 | Wits University (II) |  | 4. |  |  Craig Watson pen.,  Dave Hilley -- Mann  |  | --- 2-.07.73 | Germiston Callies | 1-1aet | Jewish Guild | 0-0 | 2. |  | 0-1  Spencer Leggatt ET  1-1 Richard Kellett 116' |  | --- --.0-.73 | Jewish Guild | 0-3 | Germiston Callies |  | 2. |  | 0-1  J. Niblett 0-2  Oliver 0-3  Renton |  | Tue 24.07.73 | Port Elizabeth City | 3-1 | Cape Town City | 1-0 | 1. |  |  1-0 Johnny Byrne 1T  2-0 Johnny Byrne 2T  3-0 Roy Rudham 2T | 3-1  Gary France 2T Crusader ground. |  | Sat 28.07.73 | Florida Albion (II) | 1-0 | Maritzburg | 0-0 | 3. |  |  1-0 Sean Conner 87' | 
 | date | team 1 ____________ | score | team 2 ____________ | HT | DN |  | --- --.0-.73 | Highlands Park | 4-1 | Arcadia Shepherds |  | 8. |  |   Grainger 2,  Kalk,  Flynn --- Matthews  |  | --- --.0-.73 | Southern Suburbs (II) | 1-4 | Wits University (II) |  | 6. |  | Sat?16.06.73 | Germiston Callies | 1-0 | Parthenon (II) | 0-0 | 3. |  |  1-0 George Armstrong 64'; Drihoek. |  | Wed 04.07.73 | Jewish Guild | 1-0 | Berrea Park |  | 4. |  |  1-0 Richard Kellett 55' Balfour Park. |  | --- --.0-.73 | Cape Town City | 1-0 | Hellenic |  | 2. |  |  1-0 Anderson |  | Sat?16.06.73 | Port Elizabeth City | 2-1 | Rangers |  | 1. |  |  Johnny Byrne  Roy Rudham ; Dennis Snoyman  |  | Sun 08.07.73 | Maritzburg | 4-0 | Vaal United (II) | 3-0 | 5. |  | Bobby Chalmers 2, Jim Scott, Charlie Smith -- |  | --- --.0-.73 | Florida Albion (II) | 2-0 | Viktoria (II) |  | 7. |  |  1-0 Nash  2-0 Connor | 
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 |  |  | Teams from NFL Division I and Division II started. Durban Deep Twenty, Sparta, Crescent East London and Belville from Preliminary Round. | 
 | date | team 1 ____________ | score | team 2 ____________ | HT | DN |  | Highlands Park path |  | --- --.0-.73 | Corinthians (II) | 1-4 | Highlands Park |  | 14. |  | Cohen   , Watson  , Flynn  |  | --- --.0-.73 | Arcadia Shepherds | 4-0 | Durban Deep Twenty (A) |  | 1. |  |   Dresner 2,  Withe,  Tocknell |  | Fri 01.06.73 | Lusitano | 0-4 | Wits University (II) |  | 6. |  | Sat 02.06.73 | Southern Suburbs (II) | 3-2 | Boksburg (II) |  | 15. |  |  Ernie Phthian,  Kale Burger,  Brian Uunningham --- Plank 2   |  | --- --.0-.73 | Windhoek Cty (II) | 1-1 | Germiston Callies |  | 4. |  | --- Labuschagne  |  | --- --.0-.73 | Germiston Callies | 3-1 | Windhoek City (II) |  | 4. |  | 0-1  Jim McAvoy  1-1 Brian Stoddart pen.  2-1 Charlie Naude 83'  3-1 Derek Renton 86' Drienhoek. |  | Sat 02.06.73 | Parthenon (II) | 2-1 | Koedhoe Park (II) |  | 10. |  | --- --.0-.73 | Jewish Guild | 5-1 | Shamrocks (II) |  |  |  |   Booysen 2,  Delacour,  Kellett,  OG -- Pomroy  |  | Wed 06.06.73 | Durban United | 0-1 | Berea Park | 0-0 | 12. |  | 0-1  Colin Toal 76' All three Durban clubs were eliminated in R1 Maritzburg left |  | Florida Albion path |  | Fri?08.06.73 | Hellenic | 10-1 | Crescent East London (A) |  | 13. |  |    Pirkner 3,   Weber 2,  Patzke  ,  de Bruin,  O'Grady,  Steffenhagen,  OG --- Willem van der Berg  Greenpoint (misty conditions). |  | Fri 01.06.73 | Cape Town City | 3-0 | East London United |  | 3. |  |  1-0 Morrison  2-0 Allan  3-0 Forrest |  | Wed 30.05.73 | Durban City | 1-2 | Rangers |  | 2. |  |  Wharton --- Woshalo  , Frewin  |  | --- --.0-.73 | Port Elizabeth City | 7-1 | Belville (A) |  | 7. |  |     Rudham 4,   Winspear 2,  OG |  | --- --.0-.73 | Vaal Inited (II) | 3-3 | Sparta (A) | R250 | 5. |  | --- --.0-.73 | Sparta (A) | 2-1 | Vaal Inited (II) |  | 5. |  | Fri 01.06.73 | Maritzburg | 3-2 | Durban Celtic | 3-0 | 11. |  |  1-0 Davidson 1T  2-0 Chalmers 1T  3-0 Price 1T 3-1  McManus 2T 3-2  Fairbrother 2T |  | Sat 02.06.73 | Germiston Primrose (II) | 0-0 | Viktoria (II) | 0-0 | 9. |  | --- --.0-.73 | Viktoria (II) | 2-1aet | Germiston Primrose (II) |  | 9. |  |  Derek Arthur,  Goetz Guntherhoner --- Ivan Mason  |  | Sat 02.06.73 | Bloemfontein Ramblers (II) | 0-5 | Florida Albion (II) |  | 8. |  | Nash    3, Watson   2 | 
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 |  |  | Durban Deep Twenty, Sparta, Crescent East London and Belville. 11 matches for 4 places in the last 32 teams. | 
 | date | team 1 __________ | score | team 2 __________ | HT | DN |  | Sat 05.05.73 | G.R.I. | 3-4aet | Welcom |  |  |  | Germiston. Referee: Manuel da Silva (beaten spent a night in Benoni Nursing Home). |  | Sat 05.05.73 | Berea Park (am.) | 7-0 | West Vaal |  |  |  | Sat 05.05.73 | Wanderers | 1-2 | Sparts |  |  |  | Sat 05.05.73 | Robertsham | 4-0 | Kempton Park |  |  |  | Sat 05.05.73 | Olympia Fiat | 2-0 | Atlas |  |  |  | Sat 05.05.73 | Emdeen | 1-2 | Durban Deep |  |  |  | Sat 05.05.73 | Iscor van der Bijl | 4-2 | Bedford View Polys |  |  |  | ------------------- |  | Sat 12.05.73 | Welkom | 1-2 | Vereening District | 1-0 |  |  |  1-0 Greenlees 1P 1-1  Spirides 2T 1-2  McLellan 2T |  | Sat 12.05.73 | Durban Deep 20's | 3-1 | Olympians |  |  |  | Sat 12.05.73 | Sparta | 7-2 | Balfour Park |  |  |  | Sat 12.05.73 | Robertsham | 4-1 | Iscor-Vanderbijl |  |  |  | --- --.0-.73 | Crescent East London (A) | 1-1 | Virginia United Durban |  |  |  | --- --.0-.73 | Virginia United Durban | 1-2 | Crescent East London (A) |  |  | 
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