1964 NSW First Division season

NSW First Division
Season1964
ChampionsAPIA Leichhardt FC
PremiersAPIA Leichhardt FC
Matches132
Goals532 (4.03 per match)
Best PlayerTrevor Edwards
Top goalscorerJohnny Watkiss (24)
← 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 formed App Debut Last season
(Finals)
A.P.I.A.Lambert Park
Sydney Sports Ground		19548th19572nd (RU)
BankstownBankstown Oval19448th195710th
BudapestHurstville Oval19576th19596th
Canterbury-MarrickvilleArlington Oval1896[a]8th19577th
Corinthian BESCNo fixed ground19571st1964Div. II
CroatiaArlington Oval19582nd196311th
Cumberland UnitedMona Park19641st1964[b]
HakoahWentworth Park19398th19579th
Pan HellenicWentworth Park19574th19614th (SF)
PragueSydney Athletics Field19508th19571st (PF)
South Coast UnitedWoonona Oval1958[c]7th19583rd (W)
YugalSydney Athletics Field19613rd19628th

Notes

  1. ↑ reformed in 1943 and 1951
  2. ↑ Auburn were placed 12th and Gladesville-Ryde were placed 5th
  3. ↑ 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 A.P.I.A. (C) 22 14 3 5 59 35 +24 31 Qualification for Finals series
2 St. George-Budapest 22 12 4 6 53 34 +19 28
3 South Coast United 22 11 6 5 39 28 +11 28
4 Prague 22 13 1 8 50 32 +18 27
5 Yugal-Ryde 22 12 3 7 49 47 +2 27
6 Pan Hellenic 22 12 1 9 49 44 +5 25
7 Hakoah 22 11 2 9 44 40 +4 24
8 Cumberland United 22 9 4 9 53 40 +13 22
9 Croatia Maroubra 22 6 6 10 36 44 −8 18
10 Bankstown (R) 22 6 5 11 35 47 −12 17 Relegated to Second Division
11 Corinthian BESC (R) 22 3 4 15 39 62 −23 10
12 Canterbury-Marrickville (R) 22 3 1 18 26 79 −53 7
Source: [1]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

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

Finals series

Semi-finals
30 Aug.–6 Sep.		Preliminary final
13 Sep.		Grand final
20 September
Major Semifinal
1A.P.I.A.02Budapest2
2Budapest33A.P.I.A.7
1A.P.I.A.2
Minor Semifinal3South Coast1
3South Coast2
4Prague1

Semi-finals

30 August 1964 Minor semi-final South Coast United 2–1 Prague Moore Park, Sydney
 Report[3] Blitz 74' Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground
Attendance: 11,018
Referee: Jack Scarborough
6 September 1964 Major semi-final A.P.I.A. 0–3 Budapest Moore Park, Sydney
Report[4]
Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground
Attendance: 13,916
Referee: Hank Eilerts

Preliminary final

13 September 1964 A.P.I.A. 2–1 South Coast United Moore Park, Sydney
 Report[5]
  • J. Harris
Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground
Attendance: 13,783
Referee: Keith Lockrey

Grand Final

Budapest2–7A.P.I.A.
Attendance: 22,366
Referee: Tony Boskovic
NSWSF First Division
1964 Premiers
Australia
A.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:[6]

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:[6]

PlayerTeamGoals
Johnny WatkissAPIA24
Joe GalambosBudapest20
Doug LoganPan Hellenic17
Graham BarnettSouth Coast United15
Herbert NinausHakoah
Tony NincevichYugal-Ryde14
Jim RichardsonCumberland United
Brian TristramPrague13
Peter BarnesCorinthian BESC11
Vic FernandezBudapest
B. KellyCumberland United
Les ScheinflugPrague

Attendances

Below is a list of attendances by club:[6]

RankClubAttendance
1APIA150,000
2Pan Hellenic133,000
3South Coast United84,000
4Hakoah79,500
5Prague78,500
6SSC Yugal77,000
7Budapest66,000
8Croatia64,000
9Cumberland United54,500
10Canterbury-Marrickville40,500
11Bankstown38,000
12Corinthian BESC33,500

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.[7]

Finals series

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
      
Budapest 3
South Coast 0
Budapest 1
A.P.I.A. 2
A.P.I.A. 3
Yugal 2
A.P.I.A. 1
Prague 2
Croatia 5
Pan Hellenic 3
Croatia 1 Third place playoff
Prague 2
Prague 3 Budapest 4
Hakoah 0 Croatia 1

Final

APIA1–2Prague
  • Sinclair
Report[7]
Attendance: 8,400
Referee: Tony Boskovic

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Australia 1964". rsssf.org. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  2. ↑ "1964 NSW Div1 Matrix". www.socceraust.co.uk. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
  3. ↑ "Soccer World Newspaper, Vol.07, No. 34". Soccer World. 4 September 1964. p. 4. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  4. ↑ "Soccer World Newspaper, Vol. 07, No. 35". 11 September 1964. p. 4. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  5. ↑ "Soccer World Annual". NSW Federation of Soccer Clubs. p. 8. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  6. 1 2 3 "Soccer World, Vol.07, No.34". Soccer World. 4 September 1964. p. 7. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
  7. 1 2 "Soccer World Annual 1965". Soccer World. 1965. p. 22–23. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
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