1958 NSW Federation of Soccer Clubs season

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NSW Federation of Soccer Clubs
Season1958
Champions Canterbury-Marrickville
Premiers Corrimal United
1957
1959

The 1958 NSW Federation of Soccer Clubs season was the second season of football in New South Wales under the administration of the federation since its breakaway from the NSW Soccer Football Association in January of 1957. The season once again kicked off with the preseason tournament in Lidcombe under lights, now jointly sponsored by Ampol and officially called the Ampol-Kennard Cup. The home and away league season began on the 5th of April with twelve teams, increasing its number by one this season. From the previous year, Eastern Suburbs withdrew and Lane Cove became North Side United. Corrimal United and Villawood were new entrants into the top tier. Once again a finals series was used decide the First Division champions of New South Wales in the format of a four team page playoff system. The season also held the second edition of the newly created Federation Cup.

Contents

Corrimal United were regular season premiers after twenty-two rounds of competition. Canterbury-Marrickville would avenge the previous season's grand final defeat by winning 2–1 over newly formed rivals Auburn at the ES Marks Athletics Field in front of a crowd of 8,840 to become the federation's second championship-winning team.

Hakoah were unable to back up their victory of the inaugural Ampol-Kennard Cup losing 3–4 to Canterbury-Marrickville in the final. Canterbury-Marrickville made it a treble winning season with a 3–2 win over Prague in the final of the Federation Cup.

Clubs

Changes from last season
ClubGroundColoursAppDebutLast season
A.P.I.A. Lambert Park, LeichhardtMaroon2nd19579th
AuburnMona Park, AuburnGreen and Gold2nd19572nd, champions
Bankstown Bankstown Oval, BankstownGreen and Gold2nd19573rd, preliminary finalists
Canterbury Arlington Oval, Dulwich HillBlue and Gold2nd19571st, runners-up
Corrimal United Memorial Park, CorrimalRed and White1st19581st in Association First Division
Concord Concord Oval, ConcordBlack2nd195710th
Gladesville-RydeGladesville Sports GroundAmber and Black2nd19574th, minor semi-finalists
Hakoah Sydney Athletics Field, Moore ParkSky Blue and White2nd19576th
North Side United Chatswood Oval, ChatswoodBlue and Gold2nd19577th
Prague Sydney Athletics Field, Moore ParkSky Blue2nd19575th
Sydney Austral Sydney Cricket Ground No. 2, Moore ParkRed, White and Blue2nd19578th
Villawood Jensen Oval, Regent's ParkGreen1st19571st in NSW Federation Second Division

Source: [1]

Ampol-Kennard Cup

The season began with this pre-season cup. Australian fuel company Ampol joined on as sponsors for this night competition, donating £500 as prize money for the series. The tournament was a straight knock-out competition run over six nights culminating with a final and third-place playoff matches. The aggregate of spectators for the tournament totalled 34,371. [1]

First round Second round Semifinals Finals
        
Prague 2
Gladesville Ryde 1
Prague 2
Canterbury 4
Sydney Austral 1
Canterbury (a.e.t.) 1
Canterbury 8
Concord 1
Concord2
APIA Leichhardt 0
Canterbury 4
Hakoah 3
Hakoah 3
Bankstown 1
Hakoah 3
Corrimal United 2
Villawood 1 Third place
Corrimal United 5
Corrimal United 4 Corrimal Utd (a.e.t.) 4
Auburn 2 Prague 4
Auburn2
North Side United 0

Round 1

Canterbury 1–1 Sydney Austral Lidcombe Oval, Lidcombe
Young Soccerball shade.svg report Soccerball shade.svg W. Vrolyks
Note: Canterbury advanced to the next round by winning corner kicks 1–0 in extra time.
Concord 2–0 APIA Leichhardt Lidcombe Oval, Lidcombe
A. Bilbey 2 Soccerball shade.svg report
Corrimal United 5–1 Villawood Lidcombe Oval, Lidcombe
  • R. Bignell Soccerball shade.svg
  • J. Beveridge Soccerball shade.svg
  • E. Drain Soccerball shade.svg
  • W. Kerr Soccerball shade.svg
  • K. Learmonth Soccerball shade.svg
report Soccerball shade.svg H. Schaefer
Auburn 2–0 North Side United Lidcombe Oval, Lidcombe
report

Round 2

Hakoah 3–1 Bankstown Lidcombe Oval, Lidcombe
  • H. Schussig 2 Soccerball shade.svg
  • C. Higgins Soccerball shade.svg
report Soccerball shade.svg A. Smith
Prague 2–1 Gladesville-Ryde Lidcombe Oval, Lidcombe
  • H. Vollman Soccerball shade.svg
  • M. Mueller Soccerball shade.svg
report Soccerball shade.svg R. Foster
Corrimal 4–2 Auburn Lidcombe Oval, Lidcombe
  • E. Drain 3 Soccerball shade.svg
  • K. Learmonth Soccerball shade.svg
report
Canterbury-Marrickville 8–1 Concord Lidcombe Oval, Lidcombe
report
  • Soccerball shade.svg J. Cusick

Semi-finals

Hakoah 3–2 Corrimal Lidcombe Oval, Lidcombe
  • H. Schussig 2 Soccerball shade.svg
  • J. Forgacs Soccerball shade.svg
report
  • Soccerball shade.svg K. Learmonth
  • Soccerball shade.svg(o.g.) W. Walsh

Finals

2 April 1958Third place playoff Corrimal 4–4 Prague Lidcombe Oval, Lidcombe
  • K. Learmonth 2 Soccerball shade.svg
  • E. Drain 2 Soccerball shade.svg
report
Note: Corrimal won the match by winning corner kicks 4–0 in extra time.
2 April 1958Final Canterbury-Marrickville 4–3 Hakoah Lidcombe Oval, Lidcombe
  • B. Young 3 Soccerball shade.svg
  • B. Salisbury Soccerball shade.svg
report
  • Soccerball shade.svg H. Schussig
  • Soccerball shade.svg C. Higgins
  • Soccerball shade.svg F. Hearn
Attendance: 8,028

Source: [1] [2]

Federation Premiership

Table and results

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Corrimal United 2217236929+4036 1958 Federation Finals
2 Canterbury-Marrickville (C)2214356631+3531
3Auburn2213545535+2031
4 Prague 2213365635+2129
5 Hakoah 2212465739+1828
6Gladesville-Ryde229675134+1724
7Bankstown2210485046+424
8 APIA 2274114141018
9Sydney Austral22811338511317
10North Side United2264125157616
11Concord2215164070307
12Villawood221120141201063Relegation to NSW Federation of Soccer Clubs Division Two for next season.
Source: [3]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Finals

Semi-finalsFinalGrand Final
Major semi-final
1 Corrimal 12 Canterbury-Marrickville 2
2 Canterbury 33Auburn1
1 Corrimal 4
Minor semi-final3Auburn (a.e.t.)5
3Auburn2
4 Prague 1

Semi-finals

6 September 1958Minor semi-final Auburn 2–1 Prague ES Marks Athletics Field, Sydney
Report Soccerball shade.svg M. Mueller
7 September 1958Major semi-final Canterbury-Marrickville 3–1 Corrimal ES Marks Athletics Field, Sydney
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg K. Learmonth

Final

14 September 1958 Corrimal 4–5 (a.e.t.) Auburn ES Marks Athletics Field, Sydney
  • W. Williams Soccerball shade.svgSoccerball shade.svg
  • R. Burns Soccerball shade.svgSoccerball shade.svg
  • K. Learmonth Soccerball shade.svg
  • E. Drain Soccerball shade.svg
Report
Attendance: 6,617

Grand final

21 September 1958 Canterbury-Marrickville 2–1Auburn ES Marks Athletics Field, Sydney
  • R. Neal Soccerball shade.svg
  • B. Young Soccerball shade.svg
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg R. Hall
Attendance: 8,840

Source: [2]

Fixtures and results

Home \ Away API AUBBAN CAN CON COR GLR HAK NSU PRA SAUVIL
APIA 2–30–25–02–22–01–51–12–21–31–07–0
Auburn3–21–61–12–04–11–10–44–25–22–16–1
Bankstown1–10–02–20–35–20–71–02–40–24–0
Canterbury-Marrickville 4–21–14–14–11–30–14–14–03–14–214–0
Concord2–31–41–23–40–30–31–71–33–52–38–1
Corrimal United 1–00–01–21–06–32–13–37–32–12–18–2
Gladesville Ryde3–22–25–10–12–11–23–43–11–12–34–2
Hakoah 3–00–11–63–12–21–42–07–32–21–42–0
North Side United4–21–43–22–23–31–31–11–22–40–16–0
Prague 0–21–04–24–66–21–20–01–02–01–05–0
Sydney Austral1–00–52–00–22–12–72–21–21–50–71–2
Villawood1–31–40–40–51–10–70–91–21–80–11–2
Source: [2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Federation Cup

This was the second year contesting the Federation Cup

First round Second round Semifinals Finals
        
Canterbury 7
Pan Hellenic 1
Canterbury 4
Concord 3
Concord 3
Corrimal 2
Canterbury 5
APIA Leichhardt 2
APIA Leichhardt 4
Villawood 1
APIA Leichhardt 3
Bankstown 2
Bankstown
Bye
Canterbury 3
Prague 2
Prague 4
St. George 0
Prague 3
Hakoah 0
Hakoah 3
Sydney Austral 1
Prague 5
North Side United 0
Auburn 0
North Side United 1
North Side United 7
Gladesville-Ryde 1
Gladesville-Ryde 9
Polonia 0

Source: [2] [4]

Semi-finals

24 August 1958 Canterbury-Marrickville 5–2 APIA Leichhardt ES Marks Athletics Field, Sydney
  • B. Young 2 Soccerball shade.svg
  • R. Neal 2 Soccerball shade.svg
  • B. Salisbury Soccerball shade.svg
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg I. Vasvary
  • Soccerball shade.svg(o.g.) J. Curry
31 August 1958 Prague 5–0North Side United ES Marks Athletics Field, Sydney
Report

Final

Source: [2]

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