Northern Districts v F.K.Austria (AUT)

Northern Districts v F.K.Austria (AUT)

Written by Alan Garside


The Austrian club side F.K.Austria toured Australia in 1957 and played a match against the Northern Districts representative side in Newcastle.
Played : Wednesday July 3 1957 Venue : Cessnock, Newcastle
Northern Districts
David Bone, John Pettigrew, Ray Atkinson, Jack O'Brien, Kevin O'Neill (c), Johnny Barr, Bruce Morrow, Norm Lott, Jack Drinkwater, Jack Lennard, Alan Thomas.
Goal : Drinkwater
1 - 4 F.K.Austria (AUT)
Julius Ondriecska, Oscar Fischer, Franz Swoboda, Walter Tamandl, Karl Kowanz (c), Hans Loser, Imre Mathesz, Alfred Malik, Horst Nemec (Leo Baumgartner), Rudolf Sabetzer, Tibor Szalay.
Goals : Sabetzer, Szalay, Nemec, Baumgartner
Half-Time : 0-3
Attendance : 3,000
Coach : Zrare Vogel (F.K.Austria)