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)

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]

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

RoundClubs
remaining		Clubs advancing from
previous round		New entries
this round		Main match dates
First Round16N/A
  • 12 clubs from NSW First Division
  • 4 clubs from NSW Second Division
 28 Sep–17 Oct 1962
Quarter-finals8
  • 8 winners from First Round
 none 10–20 Oct 1962
Semi-finals4
  • 4 winners from quarter-finals
 none 27 Oct 1962
Third place playoff and Final4
  • 2 losers from semi-finals enter Third place playoff
  • 2 winners from semi-finals enter Final
 none 4 Nov 1962

First Round

DateTeam 1 (div.)ScoreTeam 2 (div.)LocationCrowdReferee
28 September 1962 South Coast United (1) 3–3Corinthians (2) Sydney Athletics Field 1,050 D. Buchan
Prague (1) 1–1Auburn (1) K. Lockrey
30 September 1962 Bankstown (1) 1–0Balgownie (2) Wentworth Park 4,800 L. Wilson
A.P.I.A. (1) 3–0Croatia (2) R. Pearce
5 October 1962 Budapest (1) 1–0Sydney Austral (2) Sydney Athletics Field 2,400 I. Timms
Hakoah (1) 0–0Canterbury-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

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

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

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

Third place playoff

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

Final

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

References

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.
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