1975 Championship of Australia

The 1975 Championship of Australia was an Australian rules football tournament held in Adelaide between the 11 October and 13 October 1975.

The championship was contested by the premiers of the VFL, the SANFL, the WAFL and the Tasmanian State Premiership.

All matches were played in Adelaide, South Australia.

The final, played in front of 17,576, was won by North Melbourne by a margin of 76 points, giving North Melbourne its 1st Championship of Australia Title.^{[1] [2]}

This was the last Championship of Australia title to be held before the competition was expanded the following year, under a new format, into the NFL Wills Cup.

Participating teams

Team	League	Qualification method
North Melbourne	VFL	1975 VFL Premiers
Norwood	SANFL	1975 SANFL Premiers
West Perth	WAFL	1975 WAFL Premiers
Glenorchy	TANFL	1975 Tasmanian State Premiership Premiers

Venues

Adelaide
Football Park
Capacity: 67,000

Matches

	Semi Finals
11 October 1975	North Melbourne 12.18 (90)	def.	West Perth 7.9 (51)	Football Park (crowd: 12,266)
11 October 1975	Norwood 12.20 (92)	def.	Glenorchy 8.11 (59)	Football Park (crowd: 12,266)

	Third Place Play-off
13 October 1975	West Perth 17.17 (119)	def.	Glenorchy 13.9 (87)	Football Park (crowd: 17,576)

	Championship of Australia Final
13 October 1975	North Melbourne	def.	Norwood	Football Park (Crowd: 17,576)
	4.3 (27) 9.8 (62) 15.13 (103) 17.15 (117)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	2.3 (15) 3.7 (25) 5.7 (37) 5.11 (41)	Umpires: Ross Capes
M Blight 9 R Smith 4 G Cowton, W Schimmelbusch 2		Goals	G Turbill, G Rosser, R Dillon, R Seekamp, J Wynne 1

References

1. "Roos home in full fright". The Age. 14 October 1975.
2. "Sports Results". The Sun-Herald. 12 October 1975.