1963 NSW First Division season

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.

NSW First Division
Season1963
ChampionsSouth Coast United
PremiersPrague
Matches played138
Goals scored591 (4.28 per match)
Best PlayerJim Kelly
Top goalscorerBrian Tristram (32)
Biggest home winAPIA 8–1 Yugal
South Coast 7–0 Auburn
Auburn 9–2 Yugal
Biggest away winCroatia 0–8 South Coast
Highest scoringAuburn 9–2 Yugal
1962
1964

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

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Changes from last season:

Club Ground Colours Year formed App
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 1896[a] 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 1958[b] 5th
Yugal Sydney Athletics Field, Moore Park Blue shirts, white shorts 1961 2nd

Notes

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  1. ^ reformed in 1943 and 1951
  2. ^ Amalgamated with IDSA club Woonona-Bulli. Continues Corrimal United history

Table and results

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Prague 22 17 2 3 75 30 +45 36 Qualification for Finals series
2 A.P.I.A. 22 14 3 5 70 38 +32 31
3 South Coast United (C) 22 13 4 5 55 31 +24 30
4 Pan Hellenic 22 12 6 4 56 37 +19 30
5 Gladesville-Ryde 22 11 4 7 44 37 +7 26
6 St. George-Budapest 22 8 5 9 41 39 +2 21
7 Canterbury-Marrickville 22 7 6 9 37 45 −8 20
8 Yugal-Ryde 22 9 1 12 45 64 −19 19
9 Hakoah 22 3 8 11 41 59 −18 14
10 Bankstown 22 7 0 15 36 60 −24 14
11 Croatia 22 4 4 14 35 60 −25 12
12 Auburn (R) 22 5 1 16 33 68 −35 11 Relegated to Second Division
Source: [1]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

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Home \ Away API AUB BAN BUD CAN CRO GLR HAK PAN PRA SCU YUG
APIA 3–2 4–1 2–2 3–2 7–3 3–0 5–4 1–1 3–6 3–1 8–1
Auburn 0–5 1–5 1–4 1–2 1–0 0–5 4–5 1–3 0–3 2–1 9–2
Bankstown 1–4 0–2 1–0 0–0 2–4 2–4 5–2 0–5 1–5 1–3 0–1
Budapest-St George 3–5 1–2 4–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 1–2 1–4 1–4 2–1 3–1
Canterbury-Marrickville 1–1 5–2 1–5 1–3 2–1 2–3 1–1 2–1 2–5 0–4 2–1
Croatia Maroubra 0–4 2–2 1–4 2–3 1–1 2–3 3–0 4–5 1–0 0–8 4–3
Gladesville-Ryde 2–0 5–0 1–3 0–0 3–0 2–1 3–3 2–2 1–2 1–0 1–2
Hakoah 0–2 4–1 1–2 1–1 3–3 3–3 2–2 1–1 1–5 1–1 4–5
Pan Hellenic 3–2 4–1 4–1 2–0 2–3 1–1 1–3 2–1 2–4 1–1 3–2
Prague 3–2 4–1 4–0 3–1 4–1 2–1 5–0 6–1 1–1 3–4 2–0
South Coast United 1–0 7–0 3–2 3–1 2–1 1–0 3–2 1–0 3–2 3–3 3–3
Yugal-Ryde 1–3 2–0 2–3 1–6 1–0 3–1 3–5 2–1 3–4 3–1 3–1
Source: www.socceraust.co.uk[2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Finals series

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Semi-finals
1–15 September
Preliminary final
18 September
Grand final
22 September
Major Semifinal
1Prague(2)(2)12A.P.I.A.0
2A.P.I.A.(2)(2)23South Coast4
1Prague2
Minor Semifinal3South Coast3
3South Coast7
4Pan Hellenic1

Semi-finals

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1 September 1963 Minor semi-final South Coast United 7–1 Pan Hellenic Moore Park, Sydney
C. Perkins   Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground
Attendance: 13,465
Referee: Tony Boskovic
8 September 1963 Major semi-final Prague 2–2 APIA Leichhardt Moore Park, Sydney
Tristram    Wong    Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground
Attendance: 18,503
Referee: Roy Pearce
11 September 1963 (replay) Prague 2–2 (a.e.t.) APIA Leichhardt Moore Park, Sydney
  • Gauto  
  • Tran-Bich-The  
Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground
Attendance: 11,800
Referee: Roy Pearce
15 September 1963 (replay) Prague 2–1 APIA Leichhardt Moore Park, Sydney
Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground
Attendance: 18,921
Referee: Roy Pearce

Preliminary final

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18 September 1963 Preliminary final Prague 2–3 South Coast United Moore Park, Sydney
Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground
Attendance: 11,387
Referee: Tony Boskovic

Grand Final

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APIA Leichhardt0–4South Coast United
Attendance: 30,158
Referee: Tony Boskovic
NSWSF First Division
1963 Premiers
 
South Coast United
First Title

Statistics and awards

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Stars of 1963

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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:[3]

Top scorers

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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:[3]

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

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Below is a list of attendances by club:[3]

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 49,000
10 Gladesville-Ryde 43,500
11 Auburn 39,500
12 Bankstown 34,500

Other competitions

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Ampol Cup

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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

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Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
      
Yugal-Ryde 6
Hakoah 2
Yugal-Ryde 3
A.P.I.A. 1
A.P.I.A. 4
Gladesville 1
Yugal-Ryde 5
Auburn 3
Auburn 2
Canterbury-Marrickville 1
Auburn 2(2) Third place playoff
Prague 2(1)
Prague 3 A.P.I.A. 4
Budapest 2 Prague 2
  • NB: Replay scores in brackets.

Final

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Yugal-Ryde5–3Auburn
Report[4]
  • Jeffrey  
  • Tran  
  • Baker  
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Frank Sbisa

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Australia 1963". rsssf.org. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
  2. ^ "1963 NSW Div1 Matrix". www.socceraust.co.uk. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
  3. ^ a b c "Soccer World, Vol.06, No.30". Soccer World. 23 August 1963. p. 7. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Soccer World Annual 1964". Soccer World. p. 25. Retrieved 24 June 2024.