1958 NSW Federation of Soccer Clubs season

Football league season
NSW Federation of Soccer Clubs
Season1958
ChampionsCanterbury-Marrickville
PremiersCorrimal United
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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.

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
  • Lane Cove became North Side United.
  • Eastern Suburbs withdrew, leaving ten teams in the division.
  • Villawood was promoted from Second Division and Corrimal United joined the federation after winning the Association First Division, creating twelve teams in the division.
Club Ground Colours App Debut Last season
A.P.I.A. Lambert Park, Leichhardt Maroon 2nd 1957 9th
Auburn Mona Park, Auburn Green and Gold 2nd 1957 2nd, champions
Bankstown Bankstown Oval, Bankstown Green and Gold 2nd 1957 3rd, preliminary finalists
Canterbury Arlington Oval, Dulwich Hill Blue and Gold 2nd 1957 1st, runners-up
Corrimal United Memorial Park, Corrimal Red and White 1st 1958 1st in Association First Division
Concord Concord Oval, Concord Black 2nd 1957 10th
Gladesville-Ryde Gladesville Sports Ground Amber and Black 2nd 1957 4th, minor semi-finalists
Hakoah Sydney Athletics Field, Moore Park Sky Blue and White 2nd 1957 6th
North Side United Chatswood Oval, Chatswood Blue and Gold 2nd 1957 7th
Prague Sydney Athletics Field, Moore Park Sky Blue 2nd 1957 5th
Sydney Austral Sydney Cricket Ground No. 2, Moore Park Red, White and Blue 2nd 1957 8th
Villawood Jensen Oval, Regent's Park Green 1st 1957 1st 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
Concord 2
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
Auburn 2
North Side United 0

Round 1

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

Round 2

Hakoah v Bankstown
Hakoah 3–1 Bankstown Lidcombe Oval, Lidcombe
  • H. Schussig 2
  • C. Higgins
report A. Smith
Prague v Gladesville-Ryde
Prague 2–1 Gladesville-Ryde Lidcombe Oval, Lidcombe
  • H. Vollman
  • M. Mueller
report R. Foster
Corrimal v Auburn
Corrimal 4–2 Auburn Lidcombe Oval, Lidcombe
  • E. Drain 3
  • K. Learmonth
report
Canterbury-Marrickville v Concord
Canterbury-Marrickville 8–1 Concord Lidcombe Oval, Lidcombe
  • J. Moore 3
  • Young 2
  • W. Williams
  • R. Warren (o.g.)
  • P. McAdam (o.g.)
 report
  • J. Cusick

Semi-finals

Canterbury-Marrickville v Prague
Canterbury-Marrickville 4–2 Prague Lidcombe Oval, Lidcombe
  • B. Salisbury 2
  • R. Neal 2
report
Hakoah v Corrimal
Hakoah 3–2 Corrimal Lidcombe Oval, Lidcombe
  • H. Schussig 2
  • J. Forgacs
report
  • K. Learmonth
  • (o.g.) W. Walsh

Finals

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

Source: [1][2]

Federation Premiership

Table and results

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Corrimal United 22 17 2 3 69 29 +40 36 1958 Federation Finals
2 Canterbury-Marrickville (C) 22 14 3 5 66 31 +35 31
3 Auburn 22 13 5 4 55 35 +20 31
4 Prague 22 13 3 6 56 35 +21 29
5 Hakoah 22 12 4 6 57 39 +18 28
6 Gladesville-Ryde 22 9 6 7 51 34 +17 24
7 Bankstown 22 10 4 8 50 46 +4 24
8 APIA 22 7 4 11 41 41 0 18
9 Sydney Austral 22 8 1 13 38 51 −13 17
10 North Side United 22 6 4 12 51 57 −6 16
11 Concord 22 1 5 16 40 70 −30 7
12 Villawood 22 1 1 20 14 120 −106 3 Relegation 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
1Corrimal12Canterbury-Marrickville2
2Canterbury33Auburn1
1Corrimal4
Minor semi-final3Auburn (a.e.t.)5
3Auburn2
4Prague1

Semi-finals

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

Final

Corrimal v Auburn
14 September 1958 Corrimal4–5 (a.e.t.) Auburn ES Marks Athletics Field, Sydney
  • W. Williams
  • R. Burns
  • K. Learmonth
  • E. Drain
Report
Attendance: 6,617

Grand final

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

Source: [2]

Fixtures and results

Home \ Away API AUB BAN CAN CON COR GLR HAK NSU PRA SAU VIL
APIA 2–3 0–2 5–0 2–2 2–0 1–5 1–1 2–2 1–3 1–0 7–0
Auburn 3–2 1–6 1–1 2–0 4–1 1–1 0–4 4–2 5–2 2–1 6–1
Bankstown 1–1 – 0–0 2–2 0–3 5–2 0–7 1–0 2–4 0–2 4–0
Canterbury-Marrickville 4–2 1–1 4–1 4–1 1–3 0–1 4–1 4–0 3–1 4–2 14–0
Concord 2–3 1–4 1–2 3–4 0–3 0–3 1–7 1–3 3–5 2–3 8–1
Corrimal United 1–0 0–0 1–2 1–0 6–3 2–1 3–3 7–3 2–1 2–1 8–2
Gladesville Ryde 3–2 2–2 5–1 0–1 2–1 1–2 3–4 3–1 1–1 2–3 4–2
Hakoah 3–0 0–1 1–6 3–1 2–2 1–4 2–0 7–3 2–2 1–4 2–0
North Side United 4–2 1–4 3–2 2–2 3–3 1–3 1–1 1–2 2–4 0–1 6–0
Prague 0–2 1–0 4–2 4–6 6–2 1–2 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 5–0
Sydney Austral 1–0 0–5 2–0 0–2 2–1 2–7 2–2 1–2 1–5 0–7 1–2
Villawood 1–3 1–4 0–4 0–5 1–1 0–7 0–9 1–2 1–8 0–1 1–2
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

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

Final

Canterbury-Marrickville v Prague
17 September 1958 Canterbury-Marrickville 3–2PragueSydney Sports Ground, Sydney
 Report

Source: [2]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Official Federation Soccer Yearbook 1958" (PDF). Federation Soccer Yearbook. Sydney: N.S.W. Federation of Soccer Clubs. 1958. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Official N.S.W. Federation of Soccer Clubs Year Book 1959". Federation Soccer Yearbook. Sydney: N.S.W. Federation of Soccer Clubs via Robworth Publishing Consultants. 1959.
  3. ^ "NSW Federation Division One 1958". socceraust.co.uk. Archived from the original on 5 October 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  4. ^ "NSW Federation Cup 1958". socceraust.co.uk. Archived from the original on 15 April 2023. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
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