State Team Matches
Wednesday May 10 1961 Sydney Sports Ground, Moore Park Referee: Attendance: 7,759
NEW SOUTH WALES Ron Lord, Erwin Ninaus, Stuart Sherwin, Walter Tamandl, John Curry, Len Quested (c), Joe Galeczka, Vernon Wentzel, Herbert Ninaus, Alick Jeffrey, Karl Jaros Coach: Not Known Goals: H.Ninaus (x4), Jeffrey (x2), Galeczka, Tamandl, Hakim Dean Own Goal	9	-	2	Fiji Lineup Included; Mohammed Hakim Dean, Satish Chandra Dutta Coach: Sashi M.Singh Goals: Chandra Dutta (x2)
The national team of Fiji toured New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory during 1961. Australia was suspended by FIFA but the Fijian tour fell outside their control as neither Australia nor Fiji was a FIFA member at the time.
Sunday July 30 1961 Exhibition Ground, Brisbane Referee: Morrison Attendance: 8,000
Queensland Brian Topfer, Derek Clarke, Duncan McKenna, Graham Kathage, Les McCrea, Lance Petie, Gordon Nunn, Pat Woods, Colin Kitching (c), Cliff Sander, Brian Vogler Goals: Kitching 44, Woods 76 pen	2	-	3	NEW SOUTH WALES Jan Bout, Adrian Ringland, Jules Gergely, Jimmy Kelly, Stan Sklarek, Phil Botallico, Barry Wainwright, Vernon Wentzel, Joe Galeczka, Leo Baumgartner, Johnny Wong Goals: Baumgartner 19, 30, Wentzel 50
Saturday November 18 1961 Thebarton Oval, Torrensville, Adelaide Referee: Not Known Attendance: 5,000
South Australia Charlie Horvath, Charlie Di Bartolo, Denis Harlow, Arnold Jennings, S.Szabo, Kurt Leitner, E.Gramann, D.Turic, Edmund Kreft, John Moriarty, J.Van Dyk Goals: Scorers Not Known	2	-	2	NEW SOUTH WALES Heinz Wenzl, Victor Mach, Stan Sklarek, Jimmy Kelly, Erwin Ninaus, Len Quested, Vernon Wentzel, John Watkiss, Raffi Levi, Karl Jaros, Les Schaumann Goals: Levi, Schaumann

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