1964 NSW First Division season

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NSW First Division
Season1964
Champions APIA Leichhardt FC
Premiers APIA Leichhardt FC
Matches played132
Goals scored532 (4.03 per match)
Best Player Trevor Edwards
Top goalscorer Johnny Watkiss (24)
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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.

Contents

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:

ClubGroundYear formedAppDebutLast season
(Finals)
A.P.I.A. Lambert Park
Sydney Sports Ground 		19548th19572nd (RU)
Bankstown Bankstown Oval 19448th195710th
Budapest Hurstville Oval 19576th19596th
Canterbury-Marrickville Arlington Oval 1896 [lower-alpha 1] 8th19577th
Corinthian BESCNo fixed ground19571st1964 Div. II
Croatia Arlington Oval 19582nd196311th
Cumberland UnitedMona Park19641st1964 [lower-alpha 2]
Hakoah Wentworth Park 19398th19579th
Pan Hellenic Wentworth Park 19574th19614th (SF)
Prague Sydney Athletics Field 19508th19571st (PF)
South Coast United Woonona Oval 1958 [lower-alpha 3] 7th19583rd (W)
Yugal Sydney Athletics Field 19613rd19628th

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

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 A.P.I.A. (C)2214355935+2431 Qualification for Finals series
2 St. George-Budapest 2212465334+1928
3 South Coast United 2211653928+1128
4 Prague 2213185032+1827
5 Yugal-Ryde 2212374947+227
6 Pan Hellenic 2212194944+525
7 Hakoah 2211294440+424
8Cumberland United229495340+1322
9 Croatia Maroubra 2266103644−818
10 Bankstown (R)2265113547−1217Relegated to Second Division
11Corinthian BESC (R)2234153962−2310
12 Canterbury-Marrickville (R)2231182679−537
Source: [1]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away API BAN BUD CAN CRO CORCUM HAK PAN PRA SCU YUG
APIA 1–14–24–06–04–11–12–16–21–32–01–3
Bankstown 0–11–32–31–11–20–43–31–33–11–30–3
Budapest-St George 2–11–16–22–23–02–14–21–21–00–24–2
Canterbury-Marrickville 2–40–31–31–62–20–41–33–11–22–31–3
Croatia Maroubra 2–41–11–10–22–21–50–12–32–10–13–1
Corinthian BESC2–52–30–24–02–30–20–32–33–52–53–3
Cumberland United1–23–24–45–03–15–32–21–23–22–22–3
Hakoah 2–50–22–13–12–14–23–03–11–31–23–1
Pan Hellenic 6–25–11–25–02–42–03–20–42–10–12–2
Prague 2–30–24–35–01–04–01–05–12–14–21–2
South Coast United 0–03–51–05–01–11–13–12–00–30–02–3
Yugal-Ryde 2–04–10–66–41–30–63–22–04–01–30–0
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
1 A.P.I.A. 02 Budapest 2
2 Budapest 33 A.P.I.A. 7
1 A.P.I.A. 2
Minor Semifinal3 South Coast 1
3 South Coast 2
4 Prague 1

Semi-finals

30 August 1964Minor semi-final South Coast United 2–1 Prague Moore Park, Sydney
Report [3] Blitz Soccerball shade.svg74'Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground
Attendance: 11,018
Referee: Jack Scarborough
6 September 1964Major 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]
Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground
Attendance: 13,783
Referee: Keith Lockrey

Grand Final

Budapest 2–7 A.P.I.A.
Sydney Sports Ground , Moore Park, Sydney
Attendance: 22,366
Referee: Tony Boskovic
NSWSF First Division
1964 Premiers
Flag of Australia (converted).svg
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 Watkiss APIA 24
Joe Galambos Budapest 20
Doug Logan Pan Hellenic 17
Graham Barnett South Coast United 15
Herbert Ninaus Hakoah
Tony Nincevich Yugal-Ryde 14
Jim Richardson Cumberland United
Brian Tristram Prague 13
Peter Barnes Corinthian BESC11
Vic Fernandez Budapest
B. KellyCumberland United
Les Scheinflug Prague

Attendances

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

RankClubAttendance
1 APIA 150,000
2 Pan Hellenic 133,000
3 South Coast United 84,000
4 Hakoah 79,500
5 Prague 78,500
6 SSC Yugal 77,000
7 Budapest 66,000
8 Croatia 64,000
9Cumberland United54,500
10 Canterbury-Marrickville 40,500
11 Bankstown 38,000
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

APIA 1–2 Prague
  • SinclairSoccerball shade.svg
Report [7]
Attendance: 8,400
Referee: Tony Boskovic

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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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