Football league season
The 1957 NSW Federation of Soccer Clubs season was the inaugural season of football in New South Wales under the administration of the federation since its breakaway from the NSW Soccer Football Association in January 1957. The season officially kicked off with the William Kennard Cup, a pre-season tournament held in Lidcombe under lights, a novelty for the time.[1] This was the precursor to the highly successful Ampol Cup which sponsored similar cups in other federations throughout Australia. The home and away league season began in April with ten teams until Gladesville-Ryde joined after five rounds. The campaign was then rescheduled to accommodate and it also consisted of a finals series to decide the Division One champions of New South Wales. The season also held the first ever competition of the newly created Federation Cup.
Canterbury-Marrickville were regular season premiers after twenty rounds of competition. Auburn however defeated Canterbury-Marrickville 4–3 in the dying stages of the grand final at the Sydney Sports Ground in front of a crowd of 8,440 to become the federation's first ever champions.
Hakoah were the inaugural champions of the William Kennard Cup and Canterbury-Marrickville backed up their regular season premiership with a 4–2 win over Gladesville-Ryde in the final of the Federation Cup.
Clubs
William Kennard Cup
This tournament was a pre-season cup and first official tournament of the newly created federation. It made use of night matches, the first of its kind for any code in Australia.[1]
Preliminary Rounds
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Sydney Austral | 2–1 | Auburn |
| Hakoah | 3–1 | APIA |
| Lane Cove | 2–1 | Bankstown |
| Sydney Austral | 3–0 | Prague |
Finals
Lane Cove v Sydney Austral | Semi-final | Lane Cove | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Sydney Austral | Lidcombe Oval, Lidcombe |
| C. Bowley  | Report | K. Pronk | |
| Note: Lane Cove advanced through corner kicks in extra time (2–0). |
Federation Premiership
Table and results
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Canterbury-Marrickville | 20 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 76 | 30 | +46 | 30 | 1957 Federation Finals |
| 2 | Auburn (C) | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 53 | 30 | +23 | 30 |
| 3 | Bankstown | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 56 | 26 | +30 | 29 |
| 4 | Gladesville Ryde | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 48 | 34 | +14 | 24 |
| 5 | Prague | 20 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 58 | 45 | +13 | 24 | |
| 6 | Hakoah | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 42 | 30 | +12 | 21 |
| 7 | Lane Cove | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 38 | 45 | −7 | 19 |
| 8 | Sydney Austral | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 37 | 41 | −4 | 18 |
| 9 | APIA | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 39 | 57 | −18 | 10 |
| 10 | Concord | 20 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 30 | 75 | −45 | 10 |
| 11 | Eastern Suburbs | 20 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 24 | 88 | −64 | 5 | Team withdrew at end of season. |
Source: Wayback Machine SoccerAust
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Finals
Semi-finals
Bankstown v Gladesville-Ryde | 7 September 1957 Minor semi-final | Bankstown | 3–2 | Gladesville-Ryde | Arlington Oval, Dulwich Hill |
| - P. Stone
- C. Miller
- J. Buchan
| Report | L. Quested 2 | Attendance: 3,281 |
Final
Grand final
Fixtures and results
| Home \ Away | API | AUB | BAN | CAN | CON | EST | GLR | HAK | LAC | PRA | SAU |
| APIA | | 2–4 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 4–6 | 0–2 |
| Auburn | 3–1 | | 4–1 | 1–7 | 3–1 | 7–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 5–3 | 0–1 | 1–3 |
| Bankstown | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 2–3 | 8–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 4–3 | 3–2 |
| Canterbury-Marrickville | 5–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 7–0 | 2–4 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 |
| Concord | 2–3 | 2–5 | 2–5 | 0–8 | | 3–2 | 1–4 | 2–6 | 5–3 | 2–6 | 0–1 |
| Eastern Suburbs | 2–5 | 2–2 | 2–9 | 0–7 | 1–2 | | 3–7 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 1–3 |
| Gladesville Ryde | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–5 | 0–7 | 4–3 | 4–1 | | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Hakoah | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| Lane Cove | 4–1 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 3–3 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | | 3–2 | 2–0 |
| Prague | 4–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–5 | 2–2 | 7–1 | 6–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | | 3–3 |
| Sydney Austral | 3–3 | 2–5 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 5–2 | |
Source: Official Federation Soccer Yearbook 1958 via ozfootball.net
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Federation Cup
This was the first year contesting the Federation Cup
Source: Wayback Machine SoccerAust [2]
References
- General
- "Official Federation Soccer Yearbook 1958" (PDF). Federation Soccer Yearbook. Sydney: N.S.W. Federation of Soccer Clubs. 1958. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
- "NSW Federation Division One 1957". socceraust.co.uk. Archived from the original on 5 October 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
- Specific
- ^ a b Hughes, Anthony Hughes. "A Soccer Fan's Forgotten Dream: The William Kennard Cup" (PDF). The Australian Society for Sports History. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
- ^ "NSW Federation Cup 1957". socceraust.co.uk. Archived from the original on 16 April 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
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