1961 NSWSF season

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The 1961

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,

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

Hakoah
in the Federation Cup.

Clubs

Changes from last season
  • Number of teams reduced from 14 to 12.
  • Second Division
    for the first time.
  • Granville AEK,
    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 Debut Last season
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 1896[a] 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 [b]
South Coast United
 Balls Paddock,
Woonona
 Dark blue, red and white 1958[c] 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: [1]

  1. ^ As Canterbury Bankstown in 1943. As Canterbury-Marrickville in 1951.
  2. ^ North Side finished 7th in Div. I, Polonia played in Div. II
  3. ^ Corrimal United merged with Woonona-Bulli for 1961 season. Keeps Corrimal United's historical records

Regular season

Table and results

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Prague 22 14 5 3 59 34 +25 33 1961 Federation Finals
2
Canterbury-Marrickville
 22 13 5 4 51 27 +24 31
3 Hakoah (C) 22 12 6 4 64 38 +26 30
4
Pan Hellenic
 22 11 5 6 46 36 +10 27
5 Polonia–North Side 22 11 5 6 51 44 +7 27
6 APIA 22 10 4 8 55 42 +13 24
7 Budapest-South Sydney 22 9 3 10 53 52 +1 21
8 Bankstown 22 8 4 10 41 40 +1 20
9 Auburn 22 7 6 9 42 42 0 20
10 South Coast United 22 7 1 14 42 55 −13 15
11 Gladesville-Ryde 22 6 3 13 35 49 −14 15
12 Sydney Austral (R) 22 0 1 21 25 105 −80 1 Relegation to
NSWSF Second Division
for next season.
Source: www.rsssf.org[2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away API AUB BAN BUD
CAN
 GLR HAK
PAN
 PNS PRA SCU SAU
APIA 5–0 1–3 3–0 1–1 2–3 1–6 3–0 1–5 2–2 2–0 5–0
Auburn 3–4 0–1 3–2 1–3 1–1 1–3 0–3 1–1 5–0 3–2 7–0
Bankstown 0–3 0–1 2–3 2–0 1–0 2–4 0–0 3–0 1–2 5–0 6–2
Budapest 2–2 2–1 4–3 0–0 4–2 3–4 2–2 0–1 1–4 5–1 9–1
Canterbury-Marrickville
 3–0 1–2 5–1 1–3 2–1 2–1 1–0 5–0 2–2 4–2 2–0
Gladesville Ryde 0–4 1–1 1–2 3–5 1–2 1–0 2–3 1–0 0–2 0–2 2–1
Hakoah 6–3 3–2 2–2 2–1 1–1 5–1 2–2 1–1 1–3 7–2 10–4
Pan Hellenic
 0–3 1–0 2–1 2–0 3–5 4–1 1–1 4–2 1–1 6–2 3–1
Polonia–North Side 3–1 1–2 2–2 4–3 3–2 2–2 1–1 3–2 3–2 3–1 5–0
Prague 2–2 3–3 3–1 5–0 3–2 2–1 1–2 2–0 7–4 3–2 5–0
South Coast United 2–0 1–1 1–0 4–0 0–2 2–4 3–1 2–4 0–1 1–3 7–0
Sydney Austral 1–6 4–4 2–3 2–4 0–3 2–7 0–1 2–3 2–6 0–2 1–5
Source: [3]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Finals series

Semi-finalsFinalGrand Final
Major semi-final
1
Pan Hellenic
0

Semi-finals

16 September 1961 Minor semi-final
Pan Hellenic
Wentworth Park, Glebe
  • Jaros
 Report[4] Attendance: 9,300
Referee: Roy Pearce
17 September 1961 Major semi-final
Canterbury
Sydney Sports Ground, Moore Park
 Report[4]
Attendance: 11,500
Referee: Frank Sbisa

Preliminary final

24 September 1961
Hakoah
Wentworth Park, Glebe
Report[4] Attendance: 13,600
Referee: Roy Pearce
27 September 1961 Replay
Hakoah
Redfern Oval, Redfern
Report[4] Levi Attendance: 6,400
Referee: Roy Pearce

Grand final

Grand Final
Hakoah
 Report[4]
Henson Park, Marrickville
Attendance: 18,432[a]
Referee: Roy Pearce
NSWSF First Division
1961 Premiers
Australia
Hakoah

First Title
Notes
  1. ^ Australian attendance record

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.[5]

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

Further information: 1961 Ampol Cup (NSW)

Originally formed in 1957 as the William Kennard Cup, this was the fourth year to be sponsored by Ampol.

Final

Final
Hakoah
Report[6]

Craven A Federation Cup

Further information: 1961 NSW Federation Cup

This was the fifth year contesting the Federation Cup, named the Craven A for sponsorship reasons.

Final

Final
Canterbury-Marrickville
Report[7]

References

  1. ^ "1961 Soccer Year Book". N.S.W. Federation of Soccer clubs. p. 88–89. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  2. ^ "NSW 1961 Division One". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  3. ^ "1961 NSW Div 1 Result matrix". SoccerAust. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  4. ^ a b c d e "1961 NSWSF Finals Series". SoccerWorld. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  5. ^ "1961 Soccer Year Book". N.S.W. Federation of Soccer Clubs. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  6. ^ "1961 Ampol Cup". SoccerAust. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  7. ^ "1961 Craven A Cup". SoccerAust. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
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