1957 NSW Federation of Soccer Clubs season

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NSW Federation of Soccer Clubs
Season1957
Champions Auburn
Premiers Canterbury-Marrickville
Best Player Len Quested
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The 1957 NSW Federation of Soccer Clubs season was the inaugural season of football in New South Wales under the administration of the federation since its breakaway from the NSW Soccer Football Association in January 1957. The season officially kicked off with the William Kennard Cup, a pre-season tournament held in Lidcombe under lights, a novelty for the time. [1] This was the precursor to the highly successful Ampol Cup which sponsored similar cups in other federations throughout Australia. The home and away league season began in April with ten teams until Gladesville-Ryde joined after five rounds. The campaign was then rescheduled to accommodate and it also consisted of a finals series to decide the Division One champions of New South Wales. The season also held the first ever competition of the newly created Federation Cup.

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Canterbury-Marrickville were regular season premiers after twenty rounds of competition. Auburn however defeated Canterbury-Marrickville 4–3 in the dying stages of the grand final at the Sydney Sports Ground in front of a crowd of 8,440 to become the federation's first ever champions.

Hakoah were the inaugural champions of the William Kennard Cup and Canterbury-Marrickville backed up their regular season premiership with a 4–2 win over Gladesville-Ryde in the final of the Federation Cup.

Clubs

ClubGroundColoursApp
APIA Lambert Park, Leichhardt Maroon1st
AuburnMona Park, Auburn Green and Gold1st
Bankstown Bankstown Oval, BankstownGreen and Gold1st
Canterbury Arlington Oval, Dulwich Hill Blue and Gold1st
Concord Concord Oval, Concord Black1st
Eastern Suburbs??1st
Gladesville-RydeGladesville Sports GroundAmber and Black1st
Hakoah Sydney Athletics Field, Moore Park Sky Blue and White1st
Lane Cove Chatswood Oval, Chatswood Blue and Gold1st
Prague Sydney Athletics Field, Moore ParkSky Blue1st
Sydney Austral Sydney Cricket Ground No. 2 Red, White and Blue1st

William Kennard Cup

This tournament was a pre-season cup and first official tournament of the newly created federation. It made use of night matches, the first of its kind for any code in Australia. [1]

Preliminary Rounds

Team 1ScoreTeam 2
Sydney Austral2–1Auburn
Hakoah 3–1 APIA
Lane Cove2–1Bankstown
Sydney Austral3–0Prague

Finals

Semi-finals Grand Final
      
Sydney Austral 1
Lane Cove1
Lane Cove 1
Hakoah 5
Canterbury-Marrickville 4
Hakoah 5
Semi-final Hakoah 5–4 Canterbury-Marrickville Lidcombe Oval, Lidcombe
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  • H. Schussig 2 Soccerball shade.svg
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 Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg K. Phillip 2
  • Soccerball shade.svg B. Young
  • Soccerball shade.svg D. Brown
Semi-final Lane Cove 1–1 (a.e.t.)Sydney Austral Lidcombe Oval, Lidcombe
C. Bowley Soccerball shade.svg Report Soccerball shade.svg K. Pronk
Note: Lane Cove advanced through corner kicks in extra time (2–0).
Final Hakoah 5–1Lane Cove Lidcombe Oval, Lidcombe
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  • H. Schussig 2 Soccerball shade.svg
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  • Soccerball shade.svg C. Bowley

Federation Premiership

Table and results

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Canterbury-Marrickville 2014247630+4630 1957 Federation Finals
2Auburn (C)2013435330+2330
3Bankstown2013345626+3029
4Gladesville Ryde209654834+1424
5 Prague 2011275845+1324
6 Hakoah 209384230+1221
7Lane Cove207583845−719
8Sydney Austral207493741−418
9 APIA 2034133957−1810
10Concord2042143075−4510
11Eastern Suburbs2013162488−645Team withdrew at end of season.
Source: Wayback Machine SoccerAust
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Finals

Semi-finalsFinalGrand Final
Major semi-final
1 Canterbury-Marrickville 11Auburn4
2Auburn22 Canterbury-Marrickville 3
2 Canterbury-Marrickville 7
Minor semi-final3Bankstown1
3Bankstown3
4Gladesville-Ryde2

Semi-finals

7 September 1957Minor semi-final Bankstown 3–2Gladesville-Ryde Arlington Oval, Dulwich Hill
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 Report Soccerball shade.svg L. Quested 2Attendance: 3,281
8 September 1957Major semi-final Canterbury-Marrickville 1–2 Auburn Arlington Oval, Dulwich Hill
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  • Soccerball shade.svg L. Quested 2
Attendance: 5,487

Final

14 September 1957 Canterbury-Marrickville 7–1Bankstown Arlington Oval, Dulwich Hill
  • B. Young Soccerball shade.svgSoccerball shade.svg
  • R. Neal Soccerball shade.svgSoccerball shade.svg
  • D. Brown Soccerball shade.svg
  • W. Westwater Soccerball shade.svg
  • R. Madden Soccerball shade.svg(o.g.)
 Report Soccerball shade.svg A. SmithAttendance: 5,643

Grand final

22 September 1957 Auburn 4–3 Canterbury-Marrickville Sydney Sports Ground, Sydney
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  • L. Quested Soccerball shade.svg
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  • R. Parkinson Soccerball shade.svg(o.g.)
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  • Soccerball shade.svg R. Neal
  • Soccerball shade.svg W. Westwater
  • Soccerball shade.svg B. Young
Attendance: 8,440

Fixtures and results

Home \ Away API AUBBAN CAN CONESTGLR HAK LAC PRA SAU
APIA 2–41–21–34–02–31–12–42–24–60–2
Auburn3–14–11–73–17–01–13–25–30–11–3
Bankstown1–01–12–38–03–20–02–04–04–33–2
Canterbury-Marrickville 5–10–21–11–07–02–43–25–11–23–1
Concord2–32–52–50–83–21–42–65–32–60–1
Eastern Suburbs2–52–22–90–71–23–72–20–21–51–3
Gladesville Ryde2–20–12–50–74–34–13–11–02–02–0
Hakoah 4–00–01–01–45–04–03–01–21–22–1
Lane Cove4–10–31–33–32–31–12–21–23–22–0
Prague 4–31–21–03–52–27–16–21–01–33–3
Sydney Austral3–32–50–21–52–24–12–01–11–35–2
Source: Official Federation Soccer Yearbook 1958 via ozfootball.net
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Federation Cup

This was the first year contesting the Federation Cup

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
         
Gladesville-Ryde 2
A.P.I.A. 1
Gladesville-Ryde 2
Prague 1
Concord 3
Prague 5
Canterbury-Marrickville 4
Gladesville-Ryde 2
Canterbury-Marrickville 2
Hakoah 0
Canterbury-Marrickville 4
Bankstown 1
Bankstown 4
Eastern Suburbs 0

Source: Wayback Machine SoccerAust [2]

References

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Specific
  1. 1 2 Hughes, Anthony Hughes. "A Soccer Fan's Forgotten Dream: The William Kennard Cup" (PDF). The Australian Society for Sports History. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  2. ↑ "NSW Federation Cup 1957". socceraust.co.uk. Archived from the original on 16 April 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
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