1963 NSW First Division season

NSW First Division
Season1963
ChampionsSouth Coast United
PremiersPrague
Matches138
Goals591 (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 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.

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

Changes from last season:

Club Ground Colours Year formed App
A.P.I.A.Lambert Park, LeichhardtMaroon shirts, white shorts19547th
AuburnMona Park, AuburnGreen and gold shirts, white shorts19577th
BankstownBankstown Oval, BankstownGold and green trim shirts, white shorts19447th
Budapest–St GeorgeHurstville Oval, HurstvilleRed shirts, white shorts19575th
Canterbury-MarrickvilleArlington Oval, Dulwich HillBlue and gold trim shirts, white shorts1896[a]7th
CroatiaArlington Oval, Dulwich Hill19581st
Gladesville-RydeGladesville Sports Ground, GladesvilleYellow shirts with black "V" and black shorts19197th
HakoahWentworth Park, GlebeBlue shirts, white shorts19397th
Pan HellenicWentworth Park, GlebeBlue and white striped shirts, white shorts19573rd
PragueSydney Athletics Field, Moore ParkWhite shirts, blue shorts19507th
South Coast UnitedWoonona Oval, WoononaBlue with red and white trim shirts, white with red and blue trim shorts1958[b]5th
YugalSydney Athletics Field, Moore ParkBlue shirts, white shorts19612nd

Notes

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

Table and results

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

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

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

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

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

Grand Final

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

Statistics and awards

Stars of 1963

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

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]

PlayerTeamGoals
Brian TristramPrague32
Leo BaumgartnerAPIA20
John GiacomettiAPIA
Herbert NinausHakoah
Graham BarnettSouth Coast United18
Tiko JelisavčićYugal-Ryde16
John DohertySouth Coast United13
Sotiris PatrinosPan Hellenic
Les SchaumanCroatia Maroubra
Les ScheinflugPrague

Attendances

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

RankClubAttendance
1APIA164,000
2Pan Hellenic161,000
3Prague105,000
4SSC Yugal88,000
5Budapest–St George83,000
6South Coast United79,000
7Hakoah73,000
8Croatia Maroubra61,000
9Canterbury-Marrickville49,000
10Gladesville-Ryde43,500
11Auburn39,500
12Bankstown34,500

Other competitions

Ampol Cup

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

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

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

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Australia 1963". rsssf.org. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
  2. ↑ "1963 NSW Div1 Matrix". www.socceraust.co.uk. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 "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.
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