1962 NSW Federation Cup

September 2023 September 2023 NSW Federation Cup 1962 Craven A Cup Australia (NSW) 16 APIA Leichhardt Canterbury-Marrickville 19 78 John Giacometti (8 goals) 1961 1963 The 1962 NSW Federation Cup was the sixth edition of the NSW Soccer Federation's premier soccer cup. With a £1000 first place prize money, the tournament was sponsored by W.D. & H.O. Wills and called the "Craven A Cup" after their popular cigarette. The cup was contested by all twelve first division clubs and four second division clubs, Balgownie, Corinthians, Croatia and Sydney Austral.https://archive.org/details/soccer-world-annual-1963/page/n17/mode/2up Soccer World Annual 1963 Soccer World 16 September 2023http://www.socceraust.co.uk/1962/NSW/Cup/fixtures.html 1962 NSW Federation Cup www.socceraust.co.uk 15 September 2023 Sydney Hakoah were the defending champions, having beaten Canterbury-Marrickville 2–0 in last year's final. They were eliminated in the first round by an avenged Canterbury-Marrickville. The final was played on 4 November 1962 between APIA Leichhardt and Canterbury-Marrickville. APIA won the match 5–1 and to claim their first title. As part of a double header, Gladesville-Ryde beat Budapest, also to a scoreline of 5–1 to claim third place. Format and clubs Round Clubsremaining Clubs advancing fromprevious round New entriesthis round Main match dates First Round 16 N/A 12 clubs from NSW First Division 4 clubs from NSW Second Division 28 Sep–17 Oct 1962 Quarter-finals 8 8 winners from First Round none 10–20 Oct 1962 Semi-finals 4 4 winners from quarter-finals none 27 Oct 1962 Third place playoff and Final 4 2 losers from semi-finals enter Third place playoff 2 winners from semi-finals enter Final none 4 Nov 1962 First Round Date Team 1 (div.) Score Team 2 (div.) Location Crowd Referee 28 September 1962 South Coast United (1) 3–3 Corinthians (2) Sydney Athletics Field 1,050 D. Buchan Prague (1) 1–1 Auburn (1) K. Lockrey 30 September 1962 Bankstown (1) 1–0 Balgownie (2) Wentworth Park 4,800 L. Wilson A.P.I.A. (1) 3–0 Croatia (2) R. Pearce 5 October 1962 Budapest (1) 1–0 Sydney Austral (2) Sydney Athletics Field 2,400 I. Timms Hakoah (1) 0–0 Canterbury-Marrickville (1) N. Jones 7 October 1962 Yugal (1) 4–1 Polonia-North Side (1) Wentworth Park 4,400 J. Ipenburg Gladesville-Ryde (1) 3–2 Pan Hellenic (1) A. Boskovic 16 October 1962 (‡) Canterbury-Marrickville (1) 4–2 Hakoah (1) Sydney Athletics Field 1,500 F. Sbisa 17 October 1962 (‡) South Coast United (1) 4–1 Corinthians (2) Sydney Athletics Field 1,200 K. Lockrey Prague (1) 5–1 Auburn (1) D. Buchan * (‡): Match replayed Finals Budapest 3 Yugal 0 A.P.I.A. 4 Bankstown 1 Gladesville-Ryde 3 Prague 0 Canterbury-Marrickville 3 South Coast Utd 2 Budapest 1 A.P.I.A. 3 Gladesville-Ryde 2 Canterbury-Marrickville 4 A.P.I.A. 5 Canterbury-Marrickville 1 Budapest 1 Gladesville-Ryde 5 Quarter-finals 12 October 1962 3–0 Budapest J. Medina (2) Schauman Yugal Sydney Athletics Field Kensington, Sydney 4,200 Keith Lockrey 12 October 1962 4–1 APA Leichhardt Bankstown Giacometti (3) Bottalico Smit Sydney Athletics Field Kensington, Sydney 4,200 Roy Pearce 20 October 1962 3–0 Gladesville-Ryde Prague J. McCann (2) Baker Wentworth Park Glebe, Sydney 2,700 Norm Jones 20 October 1962 3–2 Canterbury-Marrickville South Coast United Watkiss (2) A. Westwater D. Patterson Pat Woods Wentworth Park Glebe, Sydney 2,700 Tony Boskovic Semi-finals 27 October 1962 4–2 Canterbury-Marrickville Gladesville-Ryde Yaager Watkiss C. Lorenzo P. Keen J. McCann D. Folwell Wentworth Park Glebe 5,700 Frank Sbisa 27 October 1962 3–1 APIA Leichhardt Budapest Giacometti (3) Schauman Wentworth Park Glebe 5,700 Roy Pearce Third place playoff 4 November 1962 5–1 Gladesville-Ryde Budapest B. Lewsham (3) Ron Baker (2) Schauman Wentworth Park Glebe 8,600 John Ipenburg Final 4 November 1962 5–1 APIA Leichhardt Canterbury-Marrickville Giacometti (2) Hunter Morrow John Curry Watkiss Wentworth Park Glebe 8,600 Frank Sbisa 1 AUS Norm Hobson 2 AUS Cliff Van Blerk 3 AUS Nick Cosettini 4 AUS Pat Hughes 5 AUS Joe Marston 6 AUS Doug Fagan 7AUS Robert Hunter 8AUT Leo Baumgartner 9AUS Bruce Morrow 10 AUS Phil Bottalico 11AUS John GiacomettiManager:AUT Leo Baumgartner |style="vertical-align:top;width:50%"| 1 AUS R. Corrie 2 AUS J. Dougan 3 AUS D. Feggans 4AUS I. O'Reilly 5AUS John Curry 6 AUS G. Campbell 7AUS W. Travers 8AUS A. Westwater 9AUS Johnny Watkiss 10 AUS C. Lorenzo 11 AUS Barry SalisburyManager: NSW Federation Cup1962 ChampionsAustralia 100pxAPIA Leichhardt FCFirst Title References General and specific 1962 Federation Cup Category:1962 in Australian men's sport Category:1962 in Australian soccer Category:1962 in men's domestic association football cups