1963 NSW First Division season

NSW First Division 1963 South Coast United Prague Jim Kelly Brian Tristram (32) 138 591 APIA 8–1 Yugal South Coast 7–0 Auburn Auburn 9–2 Yugal Croatia 0–8 South Coast Auburn 9–2 Yugal 1962 1964 The 1963 NSW First Division season was the seventh season of soccer in New South Wales under the administration of the NSW Federation of Soccer Clubs since its breakaway from the NSW Soccer Football Association in January 1957. The home and away regular season began March and ended in August after 22 rounds. Prague once again finished first on the ladder to become regular season premiers for a fourth time in five years. The finals series began in September with a four-team playoff series. Third placed team South Coast United defeated second placed APIA Leichhardt 4–0 to become grand final champions for a first time. Once again, the pre-season Ampol Cup was held with SSC Yugal picking up their first trophy. Clubs Changes from last season: Polonia–North Side were relegated to Second Division. Croatia were promoted from Second Division. Club Ground Colours Year formedApp Appearance(s) in First Division A.P.I.A. Lambert Park, Leichhardt Maroon shirts, white shorts 1954 7th Auburn Mona Park, Auburn Green and gold shirts, white shorts 1957 7th Bankstown Bankstown Oval, Bankstown Gold and green trim shirts, white shorts 1944 7th Budapest–St George Hurstville Oval, Hurstville Red shirts, white shorts 1957 5th Canterbury-Marrickville Arlington Oval, Dulwich Hill Blue and gold trim shirts, white shorts 1896reformed in 1943 and 1951 7th Croatia Arlington Oval, Dulwich Hill 1958 1st Gladesville-Ryde Gladesville Sports Ground, Gladesville Yellow shirts with black "V" and black shorts 1919 7th Hakoah Wentworth Park, Glebe Blue shirts, white shorts 1939 7th Pan Hellenic Wentworth Park, Glebe Blue and white striped shirts, white shorts 1957 3rd Prague Sydney Athletics Field, Moore Park White shirts, blue shorts 1950 7th South Coast United Woonona Oval, Woonona Blue with red and white trim shirts, white with red and blue trim shorts 1958Amalgamated with IDSA club Woonona-Bulli. Continues Corrimal United history 5th Yugal Sydney Athletics Field, Moore Park Blue shirts, white shorts 1961 2nd Notes Table and results main WDL 5 2 complete https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/aus1963.html#nsw Australia 1963 rsssf.org 22 June 2024 PRA Prague API A.P.I.A. SCU South Coast United PAN Pan Hellenic GLA Gladesville-Ryde BUD St. George-Budapest CAN Canterbury-Marrickville YUG Yugal-Ryde HAK Hakoah BAN Bankstown CRO Croatia AUB Auburn 17 2 3 75 30 14 3 5 70 38 13 4 5 55 31 C 12 6 4 56 37 11 4 7 44 37 8 5 9 41 39 7 6 9 37 45 9 1 12 45 64 3 8 11 41 59 7 0 15 36 60 4 4 14 35 60 5 1 16 33 68 R F F F F R QR green1 Qualification for Finals series red1 Relegated to Second Division Results main FBR grey API APIA AUB Auburn BAN Bankstown BUD Budapest-St George CAN Canterbury-Marrickville CRO Croatia Maroubra GLR Gladesville-Ryde HAK Hakoah PAN Pan Hellenic PRA Prague SCU South Coast United YUG Yugal-Ryde 3–5 1–2 4–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–2 3–0 1–4 3–1 1–4 0–2 4–1 1–2 3–3 1–1 3–3 2–2 1–1 1–5 4–5 1–1 3–2 4–1 3–2 3–1 7–3 3–0 5–4 2–2 3–6 8–1 1–1 1–3 2–0 2–3 1–0 3–1 3–5 2–1 3–1 3–1 1–6 3–4 3–2 4–1 4–0 4–1 3–4 2–1 5–0 6–1 2–0 3–1 1–1 1–4 0–2 0–0 1–3 2–4 2–4 5–2 0–1 1–5 1–0 0–5 3–2 4–1 4–1 2–3 1–1 1–1 1–3 2–1 2–4 3–2 2–0 1–0 7–0 3–2 2–1 1–0 3–3 3–2 1–0 3–1 3–3 3–2 0–5 1–3 1–5 1–2 2–1 1–0 0–5 4–5 9–2 0–3 1–4 2–0 5–0 1–3 3–0 1–0 2–1 3–3 2–2 1–2 1–2 0–0 1–1 5–2 1–5 2–1 1–3 2–3 1–1 2–1 2–5 0–4 2–1 0–4 2–2 1–4 1–1 0–8 2–3 3–0 4–5 1–0 4–3 2–3 complete www.socceraust.co.ukhttp://www.socceraust.co.uk/1963/NSW/Div1/matrix.html 1963 NSW Div1 Matrix www.socceraust.co.uk 22 June 2024 Finals series yes yes Semi-finals 1–15 September Major Semifinal 1 Prague (2)(2)1 2 A.P.I.A. (2)(2)2 Minor Semifinal 3 South Coast 7 4 Pan Hellenic 1 Preliminary final 18 September 1 Prague 2 3 South Coast 3 Grand final 22 September 2 A.P.I.A. 0 3 South Coast 4 Semi-finals Minor semi-final 1 September 1963 7–1 South Coast United Barnett Johnson B. Harris Doherty Pan Hellenic C. Perkins Sydney Sports Ground Moore Park, Sydney 13,465 Tony Boskovic Major semi-final 8 September 1963 2–2 Prague Tristram APIA Leichhardt Wong Moore Park, Sydney Sydney Sports Ground 18,503 Roy Pearce (replay) 11 September 1963 2–2 yes Prague Gauto Tran-Bich-The APIA Leichhardt Baumgartner Giacometti Moore Park, Sydney Sydney Sports Ground 11,800 Roy Pearce (replay) 15 September 1963 2–1 Prague Les Scheinflug APIA Leichhardt Wong Giacometti Moore Park, Sydney Sydney Sports Ground 18,921 Roy Pearce Preliminary final Preliminary final 18 September 1963 2–3 Prague Hrncir Tristram South Coast United Barnett Johnson Doherty Moore Park, Sydney Sydney Sports Ground 11,387 Tony Boskovic Grand Final 22 September 1962 0–4 APIA Leichhardt South Coast United Johnson Brownlie McKellar o.g. Moore Park, Sydney Sydney Sports Ground 30,158 Tony Boskovic GK 1 ESP Adauto Iglesias RB 2 AUS Jim Sambrook LB 3 AUS Robert Murua RH 4 AUT Karl Jaros CH 5 AUS Joe Marston LH 6 AUS Pat Hughes OR 7AUS B. Ihaksi IR 8AUS R. McKellar CF 9AUT Leo Baumgartner IL 10 AUS Johnny Wong OL 11AUS John GiacomettiCoach:AUT Leo Baumgartner |style="vertical-align:top;width:50%"| GK 1 ENG Wilf Billington RB 2 AUS Barry Salisbury LB 3 NIR Adrian Ringland RH 4ENG Jim Kelly CH 5SCO Jim Harris LH 6 AUS Max Tolson OR 7AUS Bernie Harris IR 8ENG Mike Johnson CF 9AUS John Brownlie IL 10 ENG Graham Barnett OL 11 AUS Dennis PattersonCoach: ENG Jim Kelly NSWSF First Division1963 PremiersAustralia 100pxSouth Coast UnitedFirst Title Statistics and awards Stars of 1963 Soccer World reporters awarded stars out of six to players throughout the 22 rounds. The player with the highest stars was Jim Kelly with 4.38. Only 12 players average four points or more. South Coast United had four players, Prague had three players, Pan Hellenic two players, Budapest, Canterbury and APIA all had one player that averaged four points or more. Below left is the list of all twelve players and below right is the team of the year:https://archive.org/details/soccer-world-1963/Soccer%20World%2C%20Vol.%2006%2C%20No.%2030%2C%20Friday%20August%2023rd%201963/page/n6/mode/1up?view=theater Soccer World, Vol.06, No.30 7 Soccer World 23 August 1963 23 June 2024 Player Team Rating Jim Kelly South Coast United 4.38 Ron Lord Sydney FC Prague 4.32 Nilo Rusalen Pan Hellenic 4.26 Petar Banicevic Budapest 4.21 Ron Corry Canterbury-Marrickville 4.18 John Doherty South Coast United 4.18 G. Jones Prague 4.18 Brian Smith Pan Hellenic 4.14 Luis Gauto Prague 4.10 Jim Harris South Coast United 4.05 Joe Marston APIA Leichhardt 4.05 Pat Woods South Coast United 4.00 left 240 R. Lord(Prague) P. Woods(SCU) A. Ringland(SCU) Kelly(SCU) N. Rusalen(Pan Hellenic) G. McPhail(G'ville-Ryde) B. Smith(Pan Hellenic) V. Fernandez(Budapest) R. Blitz(Prague) L. Gauto(Prague) J. Doherty(SCU) 1963 Team of the Year Top scorers Brian Tristram was the recipient of the Marcel Nagy Trophy for the season's top goalscorer. Below is a list of the top ten goalscorers for the season: Player Team Goals Brian Tristram Prague 32 Leo Baumgartner APIA 20 John Giacometti APIA Herbert Ninaus Hakoah Graham Barnett South Coast United 18 Tiko Jelisavčić Yugal-Ryde 16 John Doherty South Coast United 13 Sotiris Patrinos Pan Hellenic Les Schauman Croatia Maroubra Les Scheinflug Prague Attendances Below is a list of attendances by club: Rank Club Attendance 1 APIA 164,000 2 Pan Hellenic 161,000 3 Prague 105,000 4 SSC Yugal 88,000 5 Budapest–St George 83,000 6 South Coast United 79,000 7 Hakoah 73,000 8 Croatia Maroubra 61,000 9 Canterbury-Marrickville 49,00010 Gladesville-Ryde 43,50011 Auburn 39,50012 Bankstown 34,500 Other competitions Ampol Cup The season began with the seventh edition of the floodlight pre-season night series (sixth as the Ampol Cup) on 8 February 1963, culminating with the double-header third place playoff and Final on Friday, 15 March 1962 at the Redfern Oval in front of 7,000 spectators. Finals series no yes Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals Grand Final Third place playoff Yugal-Ryde 6 Hakoah 2 A.P.I.A. 4 Gladesville 1 Auburn 2 Canterbury-Marrickville 1 Prague 3 Budapest 2 Yugal-Ryde 3 A.P.I.A. 1 Auburn 2(2) Prague 2(1) Yugal-Ryde 5 Auburn 3 A.P.I.A. 4 Prague 2 NB: Replay scores in brackets. Final 15 March 1963 Redfern, Sydney Yugal-Ryde 5–3 Reporthttps://archive.org/details/soccer-world-annual-1964/page/n12/mode/1up?view=theater Soccer World Annual 1964 25 Soccer World 24 June 2024 Auburn Pacanin Medina J. Medina Jelisavcic Alagich Jeffrey A. Jeffrey Tran N. Tran Baker R. Baker Redfern Oval 7,000 Frank Sbisa See also 1963 in Australian soccer 1963 NSWSF season 1963 NSW Federation Cup References Category:New South Wales Federation of Soccer Clubs seasons NSWSF First Division season NSWSF First Division season