1959 NSWSF season

NSW Federation of Soccer Clubs
Season1959
ChampionsSydney Prague
PremiersSydney Prague
Best PlayerBobby Young (Corrimal) and Joe Vasvary (APIA)
Top goalscorerLeo Baumgartner (29 goals)
← 1957
1960 →

The 1959 New South Wales Federation of Soccer Clubs (NSWSF) season was the third 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 home and away league season began on the 28th of March with fourteen teams, increasing its number by two clubs from the previous season. Sydney Prague were minor premiers after twenty-six rounds of competition.

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. Sydney Prague won the league double, becoming this season's champions with a 3–2 the grand final win over APIA Leichhardt FC.

Other tournaments held this season included the Ampol Cup and the third edition of the Federation Cup. Both competitions were won by Sydney Prague, meaning the club won all three competitions held by the federation.

Clubs

Changes from last season
Club Ground Colours Founded App Debut Last season
A.P.I.A. Lambert Park, Leichhardt Maroon and blue 1954 3rd 1957 8th
Auburn SFC Mona Park, Auburn Green and gold 1957 3rd 1957 3rd (runners-up)
Balgownie Rangers Judy Masters Oval, Balgownie Black and white 1889 1st 1959 2nd NSWSFA First Div.
Bankstown SFC Bankstown Oval, Bankstown Green and gold 1944 3rd 1957 7th
Budapest Sydney Athletics Field, Moore Park Red, white and green 1957 1st 1959 1st in Second Div.
Canterbury-Marrickville Arlington Oval, Dulwich Hill Blue and gold 1896[a] 3rd 1957 2nd (winners)
Concord Concord Oval, Concord Black 1949 3rd 1957 11th
Corrimal United Memorial Park, Corrimal Red and white 1958 2nd 1958 1st (preliminary finalist)
Gladesville-Ryde Gladesville Sports Ground, Gladesville Amber and black 1951 3rd 1957 6th
Granville AEK Macarthur Park, Granville Amber and black 1885 1st 1959 5th in NSWSFA First Div.
Hakoah Sydney Athletics Field, Moore Park Sky Blue and White 1953 3rd 1957 5th
North Side United Chatswood Oval, Chatswood Blue and gold 1953 3rd 1957 10th
Prague Sydney Athletics Field, Moore Park Sky Blue 1952 3rd 1957 4th (minor semi-finalist)
Sydney Austral Sydney Cricket Ground No. 2, Moore Park Red, white and blue 1952 3rd 1957 9th

Source: [1]

  1. ^ As Canterbury Bankstown in 1943. As Canterbury-Marrickville in 1951.

Regular season

Table and results

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Prague (C) 26 21 3 2 109 44 +65 45 1959 Federation Finals
2 APIA 26 19 4 3 72 33 +39 42
3 Corrimal United 26 16 4 6 66 51 +15 36
4 Hakoah 26 13 5 8 54 42 +12 31
5 Canterbury-Marrickville 26 13 3 10 56 45 +11 29
6 Auburn 26 10 6 10 70 63 +7 26
7 North Side United 26 9 8 9 50 49 +1 26
8 Gladesville-Ryde[a] 26 9 11 6 49 34 +15 25
9 Sydney Austral 26 9 5 12 39 52 −13 23
10 Granville AEK 26 7 8 11 59 62 −3 22
11 Budapest 26 7 5 14 61 86 −25 19
12 Bankstown 26 5 5 16 39 80 −41 15
13 Balgownie Rangers 26 4 5 17 37 65 −28 13
14 Concord (R) 26 2 4 20 34 89 −55 8 Relegation to NSWSF Second Division for next season.
Source: [2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
  1. ^ Deducted four points

Results

Home \ Away API AUB BAL BAN BUD CAN CON COR GLR GRN HAK NSU PRA SAU
APIA 5–4 2–0 3–1 4–0 1–0 7–1 2–3 5–0 1–0 3–2 2–1 3–4 3–0
Auburn 3–3 4–1 6–2 0–3 4–1 5–1 2–3 2–2 5–1 1–1 1–1 2–5 1–2
Balgownie Rangers 1–2 1–1 2–5 4–2 1–3 2–1 0–2 0–0 0–0 0–3 0–2 0–7 4–1
Bankstown 2–3 1–0 2–1 3–3 1–5 3–1 1–5 1–1 4–4 0–0 0–2 0–3 1–2
Budapest 2–6 4–5 5–3 7–2 2–6 2–2 1–2 3–2 4–4 0–1 1–0 3–6 2–2
Canterbury-Marrickville 1–1 1–2 2–1 3–0 1–2 1–1 3–2 2–1 2–3 0–1 1–2 2–2 1–3
Concord 1–4 1–1 3–2 0–4 4–6 2–1 1–3 2–6 2–4 1–3 1–3 0–6 1–3
Corrimal United 1–1 2–5 3–2 4–3 9–2 0–4 3–3 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 0–2 4–1
Gladesville Ryde 2–0 6–0 0–0 3–0 0–0 0–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 2–3 4–4 2–0
Granville AEK 1–3 7–1 3–0 3–1 8–1 4–5 3–1 1–2 0–3 2–5 0–6 1–2 2–2
Hakoah 1–1 2–1 3–6 3–1 3–1 0–2 4–2 2–1 1–4 0–0 4–4 2–4 5–0
North Side United 0–2 2–7 2–2 0–0 3–2 1–2 1–0 3–3 1–1 3–3 0–5 5–1 1–2
Prague 2–3 4–2 3–1 11–0 3–1 7–3 8–1 6–3 2–2 5–2 3–0 4–2 3–1
Sydney Austral 0–2 1–5 4–3 5–2 3–2 1–2 2–0 1–2 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–2
Source: [3]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Finals series

Semi-finalsFinalGrand Final
Major semi-final
1Prague11Prague3
2APIA Leichhardt03APIA Leichhardt2
2APIA Leichhardt4
Minor semi-final4Hakoah3
3Corrimal2
4Hakoah4

Semi-finals

19 September 1959 Minor semi-finalCorrimal United2–4 Hakoah
20 September 1959 Major semi-final Prague 1–0APIA Leichhardt

Final

27 September 1959 APIA Leichhardt 4–3Hakoah

Grand final

Grand Final
Prague3–2APIA Leichhardt
Report[4]
Henson Park, Marrickville
Attendance: 12,451[5]
Referee: Roy Rearce
NSWSF First Division
1959 Premiers
New South Wales
Prague
First Title

Awards and statistics

The following awards were reported on by Soccer World in the lead up to the league grand final.[6]

Other awards

Award Person
Captain of the Year Ken Hiron (Prague)
Coach of the Year G. Polgar (APIA)
Referee of the Year Roy Pearce

Teams of the Year

"A" Team Position "B" Team
K. Speigel (Hakoah) Goalkeeper W. Henderson (Auburn)
J. Prestwell (Gladesville) Right back L. Stedman (APIA)
J. Aird (Hakoah) Left back R. Hawkshaw (APIA)
Karl Jaros (Prague) Right half Phil Peters (Corrimal)
J. Curry (Canterbury) Center half J. Pettigrew (Gladesville)
Bobby Young (Corrimal) Left half Les Scheinflug (Prague)
Bruce Morrow (Auburn) Outside right A. Levinson (Hakoah)
Joe Vasvary (APIA) Inside right Walter Tamandl (Prague)
Keith Learmonth (Corrimal) Centre forward Joe Galambos (Budapest)
John Wong (North Side Utd) Inside left Andreas Saghi (Prague)
Barry Salisbury (Canterbury) Outside left Herbert Ninaus (Prague)
Club championship (unofficial)
Club Points
APIA Leichhardt 107
Canterbury-Marrickville 107
Hakoah 89
Auburn 82
Prague 80
Granville AEK 80
North Side United 74
Gladesville-Ryde 69
Bankstown 71
Sydney Austral 47
Budapest 45
Concord 37

Note: Corrimal United and Balgownie Rangers are not included as they did not field a third grade team.

Other competitions

Ampol Cup

Further information: 1959 Ampol Cup (NSW)

Originally formed in 1957 as the William Kennard Cup, this was the third year of competition and the first to be solely known as the Ampol Cup.

Final
Final
Prague7–0Auburn
[7]

Ascot Thousand Federation Cup

Further information: 1959 NSW Federation Cup

This was the third year contesting the Federation Cup, named the Ascot Thousand for sponsorship reasons.

Final
Final
Prague0–2Hakoah
[8]
Attendance: 10,500
Referee: Roy Pearce

References

  1. ^ "1959 Soccer Year Book". N.S.W. Federation of Soccer clubs. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  2. ^ "NSW Federation Division One 1959". socceraust.co.uk. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  3. ^ "1959 NSW Div 1 Result matrix". SoccerAust. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Soccer World Vol. 02, No. 33". Soccer World. 2 October 1959. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  5. ^ "Soccer World, Vol. 02, No. 34". Soccer World. 8 October 1959. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  6. ^ "Soccer World, Vol. 02, No. 33". Soccer World. 2 October 1959. p. 3. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  7. ^ "1959 Ampol Cup". SoccerAust. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  8. ^ "1959 Ascot Cup". SoccerAust. Retrieved 15 June 2024.