1961 NSWSF season

NSW Federation of Soccer Clubs 1961 Sydney Hakoah Sydney Prague Les Schauman (28 goals) 137 568 Budapest 9–1 Sydney Austral APIA Leichhardt 1–6 Hakoah Sydney Austral 1–6 APIA LeichhardtSydney Austral 2–7 Gladesville-Ryde Hakoah 10–4 Sydney Austral 1960 1962 The 1961 New South Wales Federation of Soccer Clubs (NSWSF) season was the fifth season of football in New South Wales under the administration of the federation since its breakaway from the NSW Soccer Football Association in January of 1957. The home and away league season began on the 15th of April with twelve teams, reducing the number of teams by two compared to the previous season. Sydney Prague were Federation Premiers for a third consecutive season after finishing first on the ladder of the twenty-two round regular season. After defeating Federation Premiers, Prague, in the preliminary final, Hakoah went on to defeat reigning champions Canterbury-Marrickville 4–1 in the grand final to be crowned Federation Champions for the first time. Other tournaments held this season once again included the Ampol Cup and the Federation Cup (this year renamed the 'Craven A' Cup). Prague were the Ampol Cup winners for the second time as were Hakoah in the Federation Cup. Clubs Changes from last season Number of teams reduced from 14 to 12. Pan Hellenic were promoted into the competition from Second Division for the first time. Granville AEK, Balgownie and Manly were relegated to Second Division. Corrimal United merged with Illawarra District Soccer Association club, Woonona-Bulli to form South Coast United North Side United–E.P.T. merged with Polonia to form Polonia North Side. Club Ground Colours Founded App Appearance/(s) in NSW First Division Debut First season competed in NSW First Division Last season Result in previous season's competition ladder (finals place) A.P.I.A.-Leichhardt Lambert Park, Leichhardt Maroon and blue 1954 5th 1957 2nd (preliminary finalists) Auburn SFC Mona Park, Auburn Green and gold 1957 5th 1957 4th (minor semifinalists) Bankstown SFC Wiley Park Green and gold 1944 5th 1957 8th Budapest–South Sydney Sydney Athletics Field, Moore Park Red, white and green 1957 3rd 1959 6th Canterbury-Marrickville Arlington Oval, Dulwich Hill Blue and gold 1896As Canterbury Bankstown in 1943. As Canterbury-Marrickville in 1951. 5th 1957 3rd (winners) Gladesville-Ryde Gladesville Sports Ground, Gladesville Gold and black 1951 4th 1957 8th Hakoah Wentworth Park, Glebe Blue and white 1953 4th 1957 4th (preliminary finalists) Pan Hellenic Wentworth Park, Glebe Light blue and white 1957 1st 1961 Div. II Polonia–North Side Drummoyne Oval and North Sydney Oval Red, black and white 1961 1st 1961 North Side finished 7th in Div. I, Polonia played in Div. II South Coast United Balls Paddock, Woonona Dark blue, red and white 1958Corrimal United merged with Woonona-Bulli for 1961 season. Keeps Corrimal United's historical records 4th 1958 11th Prague Sydney Athletics Field, Moore Park Black with red, white and blue sash 1952 5th 1957 1st (runners-up) Sydney Austral Sydney Cricket Ground No. 2, Moore Park Orange, white and blue 1952 5th 1957 10th Source:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zJmdmNSArDx6TjftaXSIDLLECd5t9Bfh/view 1961 Soccer Year Book N.S.W. Federation of Soccer clubs 88–89 17 June 2024 Regular season Table and results main WDL QR 5 2 PRA Prague CAN Canterbury-Marrickville HAK Hakoah PAN Pan Hellenic PNS Polonia–North Side API APIA BUD Budapest-South Sydney BAN Bankstown AUB Auburn SCU South Coast United GLR Gladesville-Ryde SAU Sydney Austral 7 1 14 42 55 7 6 9 42 42 8 4 10 41 40 13 5 4 51 27 6 3 13 35 49 14 5 3 59 34 12 6 4 64 38 C 11 5 6 51 44 0 1 21 25 105 R 10 4 8 55 42 11 5 6 46 36 9 3 10 53 52 #D0F0C0 1961 Federation Finals NSWF NSWF NSWF NSWF #FFCCCC Relegation to NSWSF Second Division for next season. R 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete www.rsssf.org https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/aus1961.html#nsw NSW 1961 Division One www.rsssf.org 17 June 2024 Results main FBR grey API APIA AUB Auburn BAN Bankstown BUD Budapest CAN Canterbury-Marrickville GLR Gladesville Ryde HAK Hakoah PAN Pan Hellenic PNS Polonia–North Side PRA Prague SCU South Coast United SAU Sydney Austral 2–2 3–3 3–1 3–2 2–0 3–2 2–1 1–2 7–4 5–0 5–0 5–0 1–3 1–1 3–0 2–0 2–3 1–6 1–5 2–2 5–0 3–0 3–4 0–1 1–3 0–3 3–2 1–1 1–3 1–1 5–0 7–0 3–2 0–3 0–1 2–0 0–0 5–0 1–0 2–4 3–0 1–2 6–2 2–3 3–0 1–2 5–1 1–0 4–2 2–1 2–1 5–0 2–2 2–0 1–3 0–3 1–0 2–1 3–5 6–2 4–1 1–1 4–2 1–1 3–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–2 2–4 2–4 3–1 0–1 1–3 7–0 4–0 0–4 1–1 1–2 1–2 2–3 0–2 1–0 1–0 0–2 2–1 3–5 6–3 3–2 2–2 1–1 2–2 7–2 5–1 1–1 1–3 10–4 2–1 3–1 1–2 2–2 3–2 3–2 3–1 2–2 1–1 3–2 5–0 4–3 1–6 4–4 2–3 0–3 2–3 1–5 2–7 0–1 2–6 0–2 2–4 2–2 2–1 4–3 0–0 2–2 5–1 4–2 3–4 0–1 1–4 9–1 complete http://www.socceraust.co.uk/1961/NSW/Div1/matrix.html 1961 NSW Div 1 Result matrix SoccerAust 17 June 2024 Finals series yes Semi-finals Final Grand Final Major semi-final Minor semi-final 1 Prague 3 2 Canterbury 5 3 Hakoah 1 4 Pan Hellenic 0 1 Prague (0)0 3 Hakoah (0)1 2 Canterbury 1 3 Hakoah 4 Semi-finals Minor semi-final 16 September 1961 Hakoah 1–0 Reporthttps://archive.org/details/soccer-world-annual-1962/page/n13/mode/1up 1961 NSWSF Finals Series SoccerWorld 17 June 2024 Pan Hellenic Jaros Wentworth Park, Glebe 9,300 Roy Pearce Major semi-final 17 September 1961 Prague 3–5 Report Canterbury Jeffrey Ninaus Watkiss Amigo Smith Sydney Sports Ground, Moore Park 11,500 Frank Sbisa Preliminary final 24 September 1961 Prague 0–0 Report Hakoah Wentworth Park, Glebe 13,600 Roy Pearce Replay 27 September 1961 Prague 0–1 Report Hakoah Levi Redfern Oval, Redfern 6,400 Roy Pearce Grand final Grand Final 1 October 1961 Canterbury-Marrickville 1–4 Report Hakoah Watkiss Jaros Levi Neal Henson Park, Marrickville 18,432Australian attendance record Roy Pearce GK 1 AUS Ron Brown RB 2 AUS Tom North LB 3 AUS George Nuttal RH 4 AUS Don Brown CH 5 AUS John Curry LH 6 AUS Geoff Campbell OR 7ESP José "Joe" Amigo IR 8AUS Brian Smith CF 9AUS Johnny Watkiss IL 10 AUS Johnny Warren OL 11AUS Barry SalisburyCoach:AUS |style="vertical-align:top;width:50%"| GK 1 AUT Heinz Wenzl RB 2 AUT Viktor Mach LB 3 AUS Jock Aird RH 4AUS Ron Kearns CH 5AUT Adolf Handorf LH 6 AUT Adolf Blutsch OR 7AUT Peter Hrncir IR 8ISR Moshe "Gerry" Chaldi CF 9ISR Raffi Levi IL 10 AUS Ray Neal OL 11 AUT Karl JarosCoach: AUT Karl Jaros NSWSF First Division1961 PremiersAustralia 100pxHakoahFirst Title Notes Awards and statistics Top goal-scorers Rank Player Club Goals 1 Les Schauman Budapest–South Sydney 28 2 Herbert Ninaus Sydney FC Prague 24 2 V. Wentzel APIA Leichhardt 24 4 R. Levi Sydney Hakoah 22 5 Robert Burgoyne Pan Hellenic 18 Attendance Below is a list of total attendances per club in all matches, both home and away.https://archive.org/details/soccer-world-annual-1962/page/n7/mode/1up 1961 Soccer Year Book N.S.W. Federation of Soccer Clubs 17 June 2024 Club Attendance APIA Leichhardt FC 114,000 Pan Hellenic 97,000 Sydney Hakoah 96,500 Sydney FC Prague 95,000 Canterbury-Marrickville 69,000 Polonia–North Side 65,600 South Coast United 52,000 Budapest–South Sydney 50,800 Auburn SFC 49,000 Gladesville-Ryde DSFC 38,000 Bankstown SFC 36,000 Sydney Austral SFC 23,000 Other competitions Ampol Cup Originally formed in 1957 as the William Kennard Cup, this was the fourth year to be sponsored by Ampol. Final Final 9 April 1961 6–3 Prague Hakoah Reporthttp://www.socceraust.co.uk/1961/NSW/Ampol/fixtures.html 1961 Ampol Cup SoccerAust 17 June 2024 Craven A Federation Cup 1961 NSW Federation Cup This was the fifth year contesting the Federation Cup, named the Craven A for sponsorship reasons. Final Final 15 October 1961 2–0 Hakoah Canterbury-Marrickville Reporthttp://www.socceraust.co.uk/1961/NSW/Craven/fixtures.html 1961 Craven A Cup SoccerAust 17 June 2024 References Category:1961 in Australian sport Soccer Category:New South Wales Federation of Soccer Clubs seasons