1957 NSW Federation of Soccer Clubs season

NSW Federation of Soccer Clubs 1957 Auburn Canterbury-Marrickville Len Quested 1958 The 1957 NSW Federation of Soccer Clubs season was the inaugural season of football in New South Wales under the administration of the federation since its breakaway from the NSW Soccer Football Association in January 1957. The season officially kicked off with the William Kennard Cup, a pre-season tournament held in Lidcombe under lights, a novelty for the time. This was the precursor to the highly successful Ampol Cup which sponsored similar cups in other federations throughout Australia. The home and away league season began in April with ten teams until Gladesville-Ryde joined after five rounds. The campaign was then rescheduled to accommodate and it also consisted of a finals series to decide the Division One champions of New South Wales. The season also held the first ever competition of the newly created Federation Cup. Canterbury-Marrickville were regular season premiers after twenty rounds of competition. Auburn however defeated Canterbury-Marrickville 4–3 in the dying stages of the grand final at the Sydney Sports Ground in front of a crowd of 8,440 to become the federation's first ever champions. Hakoah were the inaugural champions of the William Kennard Cup and Canterbury-Marrickville backed up their regular season premiership with a 4–2 win over Gladesville-Ryde in the final of the Federation Cup. Clubs Club Ground Colours App Appearance in Division One APIA Lambert Park, Leichhardt Maroon 1st Auburn Mona Park, Auburn Green and Gold 1st Bankstown Bankstown Oval, Bankstown Green and Gold 1st Canterbury Arlington Oval, Dulwich Hill Blue and Gold 1st Concord Concord Oval, Concord Black 1st Eastern Suburbs ? ? 1st Gladesville-Ryde Gladesville Sports Ground Amber and Black 1st Hakoah Sydney Athletics Field, Moore Park Sky Blue and White 1st Lane Cove Chatswood Oval, Chatswood Blue and Gold 1st Prague Sydney Athletics Field, Moore Park Sky Blue 1st Sydney Austral Sydney Cricket Ground No. 2 Red, White and Blue 1st William Kennard Cup This tournament was a pre-season cup and first official tournament of the newly created federation. It made use of night matches, the first of its kind for any code in Australia.http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/ASSH%20Bulletins/No%2024/ASSHBulletin24d.pdf A Soccer Fan's Forgotten Dream: The William Kennard Cup Hughes Anthony Hughes The Australian Society for Sports History 13 June 2023 Preliminary Rounds Team 1 Score Team 2 Sydney Austral 2–1 Auburn Hakoah 3–1 APIA Lane Cove 2–1 Bankstown Sydney Austral 3–0 Prague Finals Semi-finals Grand Final Sydney Austral 1 Lane Cove 1 Canterbury-Marrickville 4 Hakoah 5 Lane Cove 1 Hakoah 5 Semi-final Hakoah 5–4 Report Canterbury-Marrickville C. Higgins 3 H. Schussig 2 F. Hearn K. Phillip 2 B. Young D. Brown Lidcombe Oval, Lidcombe Semi-final Lane Cove 1–1 Report Sydney Austral C. Bowley K. Pronk Lidcombe Oval, Lidcombe Lane Cove advanced through corner kicks in extra time (2–0). Final Hakoah 5–1 Report Lane Cove C. Higgins 2 H. Schussig 2 F. Hearn C. Bowley Lidcombe Oval, Lidcombe Federation Premiership Table and results main WDL QR 5 2 CM Canterbury-Marrickville AUB Auburn BAN Bankstown GR Gladesville Ryde PRA Prague HAK Hakoah LC Lane Cove SA Sydney Austral APIA APIA CON Concord ES Eastern Suburbs 13 4 3 53 30 C 13 3 4 56 26 14 2 4 76 30 9 6 5 48 34 11 2 7 58 45 9 3 8 42 30 7 5 8 38 45 7 4 9 37 41 3 4 13 39 57 4 2 14 30 75 1 3 16 24 88 #D0F0C0 1957 Federation Finals NSWF NSWF NSWF NSWF black1 Team withdrew at end of season. W 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete Wayback Machine SoccerAust Finals yes Semi-finals Final Grand Final Major semi-final Minor semi-final 1 Canterbury-Marrickville 1 2 Auburn 2 3 Bankstown 3 4 Gladesville-Ryde 2 2 Canterbury-Marrickville 7 3 Bankstown 1 1 Auburn 4 2 Canterbury-Marrickville 3 Semi-finals Minor semi-final 7 September 1957 Bankstown 3–2 Report Gladesville-Ryde P. Stone C. Miller J. Buchan L. Quested 2 Arlington Oval, Dulwich Hill 3,281 Major semi-final 8 September 1957 Canterbury-Marrickville 1–2 Report Auburn K. Barnett L. Quested 2 Arlington Oval, Dulwich Hill 5,487 Final 14 September 1957 Canterbury-Marrickville 7–1 Report Bankstown B. Young R. Neal D. Brown W. Westwater R. Madden o.g. A. Smith Arlington Oval, Dulwich Hill 5,643 Grand final 22 September 1957 Auburn 4–3 Report Canterbury-Marrickville A. Henderson L. Quested A. McAlister R. Parkinson o.g. R. Neal W. Westwater B. Young Sydney Sports Ground, Sydney 8,440 Fixtures and results main FBR grey API APIA AUB Auburn BAN Bankstown CAN Canterbury-Marrickville CON Concord EST Eastern Suburbs GLR Gladesville Ryde HAK Hakoah LAC Lane Cove PRA Prague SAU Sydney Austral 2–4 1–2 1–3 4–0 2–3 1–1 2–4 2–2 4–6 0–2 3–1 4–1 1–7 3–1 7–0 1–1 3–2 5–3 0–1 1–3 1–0 1–1 2–3 8–0 3–2 0–0 2–0 4–0 4–3 3–2 5–1 0–2 1–1 1–0 7–0 2–4 3–2 5–1 1–2 3–1 2–3 2–5 2–5 0–8 3–2 1–4 2–6 5–3 2–6 0–1 2–5 2–2 2–9 0–7 1–2 3–7 2–2 0–2 1–5 1–3 2–2 0–1 2–5 0–7 4–3 4–1 3–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 4–0 0–0 1–0 1–4 5–0 4–0 3–0 1–2 1–2 2–1 4–1 0–3 1–3 3–3 2–3 1–1 2–2 1–2 3–2 2–0 4–3 1–2 1–0 3–5 2–2 7–1 6–2 1–0 1–3 3–3 3–3 2–5 0–2 1–5 2–2 4–1 2–0 1–1 1–3 5–2 complete Official Federation Soccer Yearbook 1958 via ozfootball.net Federation Cup This was the first year contesting the Federation Cup Gladesville-Ryde 2 A.P.I.A. 1 Concord 3 Prague 5 Canterbury-Marrickville 2 Hakoah 0 Bankstown 4 Eastern Suburbs 0 Gladesville-Ryde 2 Prague 1 Canterbury-Marrickville 4 Bankstown 1 Canterbury-Marrickville 4 Gladesville-Ryde 2 Source: Wayback Machine SoccerAusthttp://www.socceraust.co.uk/1957/NSW/Cup/fixtures.html NSW Federation Cup 1957 socceraust.co.uk 13 June 2023 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20230416173015/http://www.socceraust.co.uk/1957/NSW/Cup/fixtures.html 16 April 2023 References General Official Federation Soccer Yearbook 1958 http://www.ozfootball.net/museum/downloads/1958nswyearbook.pdf Federation Soccer Yearbook Sydney N.S.W. Federation of Soccer Clubs 1958 13 June 2023 http://www.socceraust.co.uk/1957/NSW/Div1/fixtures.html NSW Federation Division One 1957 socceraust.co.uk 13 June 2023 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20211005073941/http://www.socceraust.co.uk/1957/NSW/Div1/fixtures.html 5 October 2021 Specific Category:1957 in Australian sport Soccer Category:New South Wales Federation of Soccer Clubs seasons