1964 NSW First Division season

NSW First Division 1964 APIA Leichhardt FC APIA Leichhardt FC Trevor Edwards Johnny Watkiss (24) 132 532 1963 1965 The 1964 NSW First Division season was the eighth 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. APIA Leichhardt FC finished first on the ladder to become regular season premiers for the first time in its history with the federation. The finals series was primarily held throughout September with a four-team playoff series. After two previous defeats in grand finals, regular season premiers APIA Leichhardt recorded their first championship with a 7–2 victory over Budapest in the grand final. The pre-season Ampol Cup was won for a fourth time by Sydney FC Prague. Clubs Changes from last season: Auburn and Gladesville-Ryde merged to form Cumberland United (therefore no team was relegated to Second Division). Corinthian BESC were promoted from Second Division. Club Ground Year formedApp Total appearance(s) in First Division Debut First season in NSW First Division Last season(Finals) Position in last season's NSW First Division (finals place in parenthesis) A.P.I.A. Lambert Park Sydney Sports Ground 1954 8th 1957 2nd (RU) Bankstown Bankstown Oval 1944 8th 1957 10th Budapest Hurstville Oval 1957 6th 1959 6th Canterbury-Marrickville Arlington Oval 1896reformed in 1943 and 1951 8th 1957 7th Corinthian BESC No fixed ground 1957 1st 1964 Div. II Croatia Arlington Oval 1958 2nd 1963 11th Cumberland United Mona Park 1964 1st 1964 Auburn were placed 12th and Gladesville-Ryde were placed 5th Hakoah Wentworth Park 1939 8th 1957 9th Pan Hellenic Wentworth Park 1957 4th 1961 4th (SF) Prague Sydney Athletics Field 1950 8th 1957 1st (PF) South Coast United Woonona Oval 1958Amalgamated with IDSA club Woonona-Bulli. Continues Corrimal United history 7th 1958 3rd (W) Yugal Sydney Athletics Field 1961 3rd 1962 8th Notes Table and results main WDL 5 2 complete https://rsssf.org/tablesa/aus1964.html#nsw Australia 1964 rsssf.org 3 July 2024 API A.P.I.A. BUD St. George-Budapest SCU South Coast United PRA Prague YUG Yugal-Ryde PAN Pan Hellenic HAK Hakoah CUM Cumberland United CRO Croatia Maroubra BAN Bankstown COR Corinthian BESC CAN Canterbury-Marrickville 14 3 5 59 35 C 12 4 6 53 34 11 6 5 39 28 13 1 8 50 32 12 3 7 49 47 12 1 9 49 44 11 2 9 44 40 9 4 9 53 40 6 6 10 36 44 6 5 11 35 47 R 3 4 15 39 62 R 3 1 18 26 79 R F F F F R R R QR green1 Qualification for Finals series red1 Relegated to Second Division Results main FBR grey API APIA BAN Bankstown BUD Budapest-St George CAN Canterbury-Marrickville CRO Croatia Maroubra COR Corinthian BESC CUM Cumberland United HAK Hakoah PAN Pan Hellenic PRA Prague SCU South Coast United YUG Yugal-Ryde 2–1 2–1 1–1 6–2 0–2 3–0 4–2 2–2 1–0 4–2 1–2 2–5 3–0 0–2 3–1 1–2 2–1 4–2 2–1 1–3 3–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 4–0 2–0 6–0 4–1 2–1 4–2 1–3 1–3 6–2 2–0 3–2 4–1 6–4 0–0 0–6 2–0 1–3 1–3 0–6 4–0 2–3 1–0 0–2 5–0 4–2 1–0 4–0 5–1 1–2 4–3 2–1 0–1 0–4 2–3 1–3 1–1 1–2 3–3 0–3 3–1 1–3 1–3 6–2 3–2 5–1 5–0 0–1 2–4 2–0 0–4 2–1 2–2 1–2 0–0 3–1 3–5 5–0 1–1 2–3 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–3 1–2 1–2 3–2 5–0 2–2 3–1 5–3 2–2 2–3 3–2 4–4 2–5 0–2 2–3 4–0 2–5 2–3 0–3 2–3 3–5 3–3 0–2 2–4 0–4 0–3 3–1 1–3 2–2 1–3 1–3 1–2 2–3 1–6 2–4 1–5 1–1 0–2 0–1 2–2 0–1 2–3 2–1 3–1 1–1 complete www.socceraust.co.ukhttp://www.socceraust.co.uk/1964/NSW/Div1/matrix.html 1964 NSW Div1 Matrix www.socceraust.co.uk 22 June 2024 Finals series yes yes Semi-finals 30 Aug.–6 Sep. Major Semifinal 1 A.P.I.A. 0 2 Budapest 3 Minor Semifinal 3 South Coast 2 4 Prague 1 Preliminary final 13 Sep. 1 A.P.I.A. 2 3 South Coast 1 Grand final 20 September 2 Budapest 2 3 A.P.I.A. 7 Semi-finals Minor semi-final 30 August 1964 2–1 Reporthttps://archive.org/details/soccer-world-1964/Soccer%20World%2C%20Vol.%2007%2C%20No.%2034%2C%20Friday%20September%204th%201964/page/n3/mode/1up?view=theater Soccer World Newspaper, Vol.07, No. 34 Soccer World 4 4 September 1964 3 July 2024 South Coast United Barnett 32 Handorf 68 o.g. Prague Blitz 74 Sydney Sports Ground Moore Park, Sydney 11,018 Jack Scarborough Major semi-final 6 September 1964 0–3 Reporthttps://archive.org/details/soccer-world-1964/Soccer%20World%2C%20Vol.%2007%2C%20No.%2035%2C%20Friday%20September%2011th%201964/page/4/mode/1up?view=theater Soccer World Newspaper, Vol. 07, No. 35 11 September 1964 4 3 July 2024 A.P.I.A. Budapest J. Warren 65 86 Stokes 9 Moore Park, Sydney Sydney Sports Ground 13,916 Hank Eilerts Preliminary final 13 September 1964 2–1 Reporthttps://archive.org/details/soccer-world-annual-1965/page/n8/mode/1up Soccer World Annual 8 NSW Federation of Soccer Clubs 3 July 2024 A.P.I.A. Giacometti South Coast United J. Harris Moore Park, Sydney Sydney Sports Ground 13,783 Keith Lockrey Grand Final 20 September 1964 2–7 Budapest Hughes o.g. Galambos A.P.I.A. Watkiss (x5) Giacometti Wong Moore Park, Sydney Sydney Sports Ground 22,366 Tony Boskovic GK 1 AUS Mel Clarke RB 2 AUT Herbert Stegbauer LB 3 HUN Tibor Zuckermann RH 4 AUS Manfred Schaefer CH 5 YUG Peter Banicevic LH 6 AUS Hugo Rodriguez OR 7ENG Alfie Stokes IR 8AUS Johnny Warren CF 9AUS Joe Galambos IL 10 ARG Vic Fernandez OL 11AUS L. HerediaCoach:HUN Laurie Hegyes |style="vertical-align:top;width:50%"| GK 1 ESP Adauto Iglesias RB 2 AUS Cliff van Blerk LB 3 ENG Stan Ackerley RH 4SCO Pat Hughes CH 5AUS R. Murua LH 6 AUS Phil Bottalico OR 7AUS Duncan Falconer IR 8AUS John Giacometti CF 9AUS Johnny Watkiss IL 10 AUS Johnny Wong OL 11 AUS Karl JarosCoach: HUN Gyula Polgár NSWSF First Division1964 PremiersAustralia 100pxA.P.I.A.First Title Statistics and awards Stars of 1964 Soccer World reporters awarded stars out of six to players throughout the 22 rounds. The player with the highest stars was Trevor Edwards with 4.23 (from 17 matches). Only 11 players average four points or more. South Coast United and Sydney Croatia both had three players, Prague had three players, whilst Hakoah, APIA, Pan Hellenic, Canterbury and Prague all had one player that averaged four points or more. Below left is the list of all eleven players and below right is the team of the year:https://archive.org/details/soccer-world-1964/Soccer%20World%2C%20Vol.%2007%2C%20No.%2034%2C%20Friday%20September%204th%201964/page/n6/mode/1up?view=theater Soccer World, Vol.07, No.34 7 Soccer World 4 September 1964 20 September 2024 Player Team Rating Trevor Edwards Hakoah 4.23 Pat Woods South Coast United 4.21 Alan Hetherington Croatia 4.09 Pat Hughes A.P.I.A. 4.09 Noberto Bischoff Croatia 4.05 Omar Collazo Croatia 4.05 Brian Smith Pan Hellenic 4.05 Ron Corry Canterbury-Marrickville 4.00 Fred Falzon Prague 4.00 Jim Harris South Coast United 4.00 Brian Rhodes South Coast United 4.00 left 240 Collazo(Croatia) Edwards(Hakoah) Ackerley(APIA) Hughes(APIA) Hetherington(Croatia) Bischoff(Croatia) B. Smith(SCU) Wong(APIA) Turner(Cumberland) Pearson(Pan Hellenic) Massey(Croatia) 1964 Team of the Year Top scorers Johnny Watkiss was the season's top goalscorer with 24 goals, recording the lowest tally for a top goalscorer since the inception of the league in 1957. Below is a list of the top ten goalscorers for the season: Player Team Goals Johnny Watkiss APIA 24 Joe Galambos Budapest 20 Doug Logan Pan Hellenic 17 Graham Barnett South Coast United 15 Herbert Ninaus Hakoah Tony Nincevich Yugal-Ryde 14 Jim Richardson Cumberland United Brian Tristram Prague 13 Peter Barnes Corinthian BESC 11 Vic Fernandez Budapest B. Kelly Cumberland United Les Scheinflug Prague Attendances Below is a list of attendances by club: Rank Club Attendance 1 APIA 150,000 2 Pan Hellenic 133,000 3 South Coast United 84,000 4 Hakoah 79,500 5 Prague 78,500 6 SSC Yugal 77,000 7 Budapest 66,000 8 Croatia 64,000 9 Cumberland United 54,50010 Canterbury-Marrickville 40,50011 Bankstown 38,00012 Corinthian BESC 33,500 Other competitions Ampol Cup The season began with the eighth edition of the floodlight pre-season night series (seventh as the Ampol Cup) on Friday 31 January 1964, culminating with the double-header third place playoff and Final on Friday, 6 March 1964 in front of 8,400 spectators. https://archive.org/details/soccer-world-annual-1965/page/n12/mode/1up?view=theater Soccer World Annual 1965 20 September 2024 22–23 Soccer World 1965 Finals series no yes Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals Grand Final Third place playoff Budapest 3 South Coast 0 A.P.I.A. 3 Yugal 2 Croatia 5 Pan Hellenic 3 Prague 3 Hakoah 0 Budapest 1 A.P.I.A. 2 Croatia 1 Prague 2 A.P.I.A. 1 Prague 2 Budapest 4 Croatia 1 Final 6 March 1964 Sydney APIA 1–2 Report Prague Sinclair W. Sinclair Tristram Blitz 8,400 Tony Boskovic See also 1964 in Australian soccer 1964 NSWSF season 1964 NSW Federation Cup References Category:New South Wales Federation of Soccer Clubs seasons NSW First Division season NSW First Division season