1962 NSW Federation Cup

The 1962 NSW Federation Cup was the sixth edition of the NSW Soccer Federation's premier soccer cup. With a £1000 first place prize money, the tournament was sponsored by W.D. & H.O. Wills and called the "Craven A Cup" after their popular cigarette. The cup was contested by all twelve first division clubs and four second division clubs, Balgownie, Corinthians, Croatia and Sydney Austral.[1][2]

1962 NSW Federation Cup
Craven A Cup
Tournament details
Country Australia (NSW)
Teams16
Defending championsSydney Hakoah
Final positions
ChampionsAPIA Leichhardt
Runner-upCanterbury-Marrickville
Tournament statistics
Matches played19
Goals scored78 (4.11 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)John Giacometti (8 goals)
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Sydney Hakoah were the defending champions, having beaten Canterbury-Marrickville 2–0 in last year's final. They were eliminated in the first round by an avenged Canterbury-Marrickville.

The final was played on 4 November 1962 between APIA Leichhardt and Canterbury-Marrickville. APIA won the match 5–1 and to claim their first title. As part of a double header, Gladesville-Ryde beat Budapest, also to a scoreline of 5–1 to claim third place.

Format and clubs

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Round Clubs
remaining
Clubs advancing from
previous round
New entries
this round
Main match dates
First Round 16 N/A
  • 12 clubs from NSW First Division
  • 4 clubs from NSW Second Division
28 Sep–17 Oct 1962
Quarter-finals 8
  • 8 winners from First Round
none 10–20 Oct 1962
Semi-finals 4
  • 4 winners from quarter-finals
none 27 Oct 1962
Third place playoff and Final 4
  • 2 losers from semi-finals enter Third place playoff
  • 2 winners from semi-finals enter Final
none 4 Nov 1962

First Round

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Date Team 1 (div.) Score Team 2 (div.) Location Crowd Referee
28 September 1962 South Coast United (1) 3–3 Corinthians (2) Sydney Athletics Field 1,050 D. Buchan
Prague (1) 1–1 Auburn (1) K. Lockrey
30 September 1962 Bankstown (1) 1–0 Balgownie (2) Wentworth Park 4,800 L. Wilson
A.P.I.A. (1) 3–0 Croatia (2) R. Pearce
5 October 1962 Budapest (1) 1–0 Sydney Austral (2) Sydney Athletics Field 2,400 I. Timms
Hakoah (1) 0–0 Canterbury-Marrickville (1) N. Jones
7 October 1962 Yugal (1) 4–1 Polonia-North Side (1) Wentworth Park 4,400 J. Ipenburg
Gladesville-Ryde (1) 3–2 Pan Hellenic (1) A. Boskovic
16 October 1962 (‡) Canterbury-Marrickville (1) 4–2 Hakoah (1) Sydney Athletics Field 1,500 F. Sbisa
17 October 1962 (‡) South Coast United (1) 4–1 Corinthians (2) Sydney Athletics Field 1,200 K. Lockrey
Prague (1) 5–1 Auburn (1) D. Buchan

* (‡): Match replayed

Finals

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
         
Budapest 3
Yugal 0
Budapest 1
A.P.I.A. 3
A.P.I.A. 4
Bankstown 1
A.P.I.A. 5
Canterbury-Marrickville 1
Gladesville-Ryde 3
Prague 0
Gladesville-Ryde 2 Third place
Canterbury-Marrickville 4
Canterbury-Marrickville 3 Budapest 1
South Coast Utd 2 Gladesville-Ryde 5

Quarter-finals

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Budapest3–0Yugal
  • J. Medina (2)  
  • Schauman  
Attendance: 4,200
Referee: Keith Lockrey
APA Leichhardt4–1Bankstown
Smit  
Attendance: 4,200
Referee: Roy Pearce
Gladesville-Ryde3–0Prague
  • J. McCann (2)  
  • Baker  
Attendance: 2,700
Referee: Norm Jones
Canterbury-Marrickville3–2South Coast United
  • D. Patterson  
  • Pat Woods  
Attendance: 2,700
Referee: Tony Boskovic

Semi-finals

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Canterbury-Marrickville4–2Gladesville-Ryde
  • J. McCann  
  • D. Folwell  
Attendance: 5,700
Referee: Frank Sbisa
APIA Leichhardt3–1Budapest
Attendance: 5,700
Referee: Roy Pearce

Third place playoff

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Gladesville-Ryde5–1Budapest
  • B. Lewsham (3)  
  • Ron Baker (2)  
Attendance: 8,600
Referee: John Ipenburg

Final

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APIA Leichhardt5–1Canterbury-Marrickville
Attendance: 8,600
Referee: Frank Sbisa
NSW Federation Cup
1962 Champions
 
APIA Leichhardt FC
First Title

References

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General and specific
  1. ^ "Soccer World Annual 1963". Soccer World. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  2. ^ "1962 NSW Federation Cup". www.socceraust.co.uk. Retrieved 15 September 2023.