1963 New South Wales Ampol Cup Results
Researched by John Punshon and Jim Jones and written by Greg Stock

1962 | Results | Index | 1964

Round | Round One | Quarter Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Final Replay | 1963 Ampol Cup Final | Third versus Fourth Play-Off

Source: Soccer World and Daily Newspapers.

Round One

Budapest St. George, Canterbury-Marrickville, Croatia Maroubra and Gladesville-Ryde - Byes

Friday February 8 1963
E.S.Marks Field, Sydney Athletic Field, Moore Park
Referee: Roy Pearce
Attendance: 7,500 (Double Header)
Yugal Ryde
Kurt Spiegel, Heinz Ringhoff, John Mucillo, Ljubissa Lazarevic, Mita Stojanovic, Ferdo Dunaj, Juan Medina, Erich Schwartz, Tony Nincevic, Tiko Jelisavljevic, V.Bozic, Slavko Pacanin
Coach: Les Lindner
Goals: Nincevic 48, 62
2 - 0 South Coast United
Wilf Billington, Pat Woods, Adrian Ringland, Jim Kelly, Klaus Wenig, George Fraser, Bernie Harris, John Brownlie, Wim Van Der Gaag, Graham Barnett, Barry Salisbury
Coach: Jimmy Kelly

Friday February 8 1963
E.S.Marks Field, Sydney Athletic Field, Moore Park
Referee: Keith Lockrey
Attendance: 7,500 (Double Header)
APIA Leichhardt
Adauto Iglesias, Cliff Van Blerk, Nino Cossettini, Pat Hughes, Joe Marston, Karl Jaros, David Fagan, John Giacometti, Leo Baumgartner, Johnny Wong, Phil Bottalico
Coach: Leo Baumgartner
Goals: Jaros 50, Giacometti 67
2 - 1 Bankstown
Ron Brown, Vince Jack, Ted West, Kevin Woods, Bob Madden, Arnold Jennings, Nelson Stiffle, Alan Westwater, Leo Bosklopper, Stan Jessup, Tommy Yates
Coach: Nelson Stiffle
Goal: Westwater 17

Friday February 15 1963
E.S.Marks Field, Sydney Athletic Field, Moore Park
Referee: Norm Jones
Attendance: 5,400 (Double Header)
Auburn
Bill Henderson, Doug Lapwood, Stuart Cousins, Bobby Hall, Jim Pretswell, Neil Townsend, Barry Staples, Len Quested, Norm Tran, Alick Jeffrey, Ron Baker
Coach: Jules Forgacs
Goals: Quested 18, 56, Tran 20, Aird 42 Own Goal, Baker 69
5 - 3 Hakoah Eastern Suburbs
Heinz Wenzl, Victor Mach, Jock Aird, Ron Kearns, Clive Thompson, Gerry Chaldi, Robert Fekete, Herbert Ninaus, Andreas Saghi, Bill Hume, Ray Neal
Coach: Gerry Chaldi
Goals: Hume 6, Saghi 8, Neal 45

Friday February 15 1963
E.S.Marks Field, Sydney Athletic Field, Moore Park
Referee: Tony Boskovic
Attendance: 5,400 (Double Header)
Prague
Ron Lord, Egvand Kristensen, John Bond, Grenville Jones, John Pettigrew, Stuart Sherwin, Roy Blitz, Brian Tristram, Norberto Badaracco, Peter Hrncir, Les Scheinflug
Coach: Walter Tamandl
Goals: Scheinflug 60, 68 pen

2 - 1 Pan Hellenic
Jim Hatzis, George Yangou, Bartolo Frlan, Con Omeros, Nilo Rusalen, John Karyannis, Angelo Romanos, Brian Smith, Charlie Perkins, Lucky Tsombaras, Dominic Gargale
Coach: Joe Vlatsis
Goal: Romanos 61

 
Quarter Finals

Friday February 22 1963
E.S.Marks Field, Sydney Athletic Field, Moore Park
Referee: Roy Pearce
Attendance: 7,300 (Double Header)
Yugal Ryde
Kurt Spiegel, Heinz Ringhoff, John Mucillo, Ljubissa Lazarevic, Mita Stojanovic, Ferdo Dunaj, Joe Alagich, Erich Schwartz, Tiko Jelisavljevic, Juan Medina, Slavko Pacanin
Coach: Les Lindner
Goals: Medina (x2), Schwartz (x2), Jelisavljevic, Dunaj
6 - 2 Croatia Maroubra
Colin Littlemore, Stipe Gavranovic, Peter Scotti, Bill McKinnon, Nick Bonazza, Ivo Tomicic, Peter Todorovic, Fred Hejtmanek, Rod Hoare, Walter Wesely, Peter Pascales
Coach: Harry Brophy
Goals: Wesely, Hoare

Friday February 22 1963
E.S.Marks Field, Sydney Athletic Field, Moore Park
Referee: Norm Jones
Attendance: 7,300 (Double Header)
APIA Leichhardt
Adauto Iglesias, Cliff Van Blerk, Nino Cossettini, Pat Hughes, Joe Marston, Phil Bottalico, Barry Ihaksi, John Giacometti, Leo Baumgartner, Karl Jaros, Johnny Wong
Coach: Leo Baumgartner
Goals: Giacometti (x2), Wong, Baumgartner
4 - 1 Gladesville-Ryde
Brian Stevens, Warren Addison, Peter Keen, George Arnott, Dick Folwell, Dick Jones, Stan Turner, Brian Lewsham, Don Sandell, George McPhail, D.Gorman
Coach: Bill Murphy
Goal: Sandell

Friday March 1 1963
E.S.Marks Field, Sydney Athletic Field, Moore Park
Referee: Tony Boskovic
Attendance: 5,000 (Double Header)
Auburn
Bill Henderson, Doug Lapwood, Stuart Cousins, Bobby Hall, Jim Pretswell, Neil Townsend, Barry Staples, Len Quested, Norm Tran, Alick Jeffrey, Ron Baker
Coach: Jules Forgacs
Goals: Staples 41, 51
2 - 1 Canterbury-Marrickville
Ron Corry, Neil Slater, Geoff Campbell, Eddie McLeod, Tom North, Ian O’Reilly, Bill Travers, Jose Amigo, Alan Hetherington, Denis Yaager, Don Brown
Coach: Denis Adrigan
Goal: Hetherington 32

Friday March 1 1963
E.S.Marks Field, Sydney Athletic Field, Moore Park
Referee: Frank Sbisa
Attendance: 5,000 (Double Header)
Prague
Ron Lord, Ken Hiron, John Bond, Grenville Jones, John Pettigrew, Stuart Sherwin, Roy Blitz, Norberto Badaracco, H.Beinroth, Peter Hrncir, Les Scheinflug
Coach: Walter Tamandl
Goals: Scheinflug 35, Hrncir 50, Beinroth 52

3 - 2 Budapest St. George
Erno Grosz, Herbert Stegbauer (Johnny Warren), Julius Gergely, Frank Lang, Petar Banicevic, Tibor Zuckerman, Mladen Krgin, Salvador Isaac, Hugo Rodriguez, Eduardo Massey, Victor Fernandez
Coach: Miklos Szegedi
Goals: Rodriguez 9, Massey 65

 
Semi-Finals

Friday March 8 1963
Redfern Oval, Redfern
Referee: Roy Pearce
Attendance: 10,400 (Double Header)
Auburn
Bill Henderson, Doug Lapwood, Stuart Cousins, Bobby Hall, Jim Pretswell, Neil Townsend, Barry Staples, Norm Tran, Len Quested, Ron Baker, Alick Jeffrey
Coach: Jules Forgacs
Goals: Baker 52, Prestwell 89
2 - 2 Prague
Ron Lord, Ken Hiron, John Bond, Grenville Jones, John Pettigrew, Stuart Sherwin, Roy Blitz, Norberto Badaracco, H.Beinroth (Stephan Dekany), Les Scheinflug, Peter Hrncir
Coach: Walter Tamandl
Goals: Scheinflug 39, Dekany 74

Friday March 8 1963
Redfern Oval, Redfern
Referee: Frank Sbisa
Attendance: 10,400 (Double Header)
Yugal Ryde
Kurt Spiegel, Heinz Ringhoff, John Mucillo, Ljubissa Lazarevic, Mita Stojanovic, Ferdo Dunaj, Joe Alagich, Juan Medina, Tiko Jelisavljevic, V.Bozic, Slavko Pacanin
Coach: Les Lindner
Goals: Jelisavljevic 56, 60, 68

3 - 1 APIA
Adauto Iglesias, Cliff Van Blerk, Nino Cossettini, Pat Hughes, Joe Marston, Phil Bottalico, Barry Ihaksi, John Giacometti, Leo Baumgartner, Karl Jaros, Johnny Wong
Coach: Leo Baumgartner
Goal: Baumgartner 69

 
Semi-Final Replay

Sunday March 10 1963
E.S.Marks Field, Sydney Athletic Field, Moore Park
Referee: Roy Pearce
Attendance: 4,500
Auburn
Bill Henderson, Doug Lapwood, Stuart Cousins, Bobby Hall, Jim Pretswell, Neil Townsend, Barry Staples, Len Quested, Norm Tran, Ron Baker, Alick Jeffrey
Coach: Jules Forgacs
Goals: Jeffrey 7, Baker 23

2 - 1 Prague
Ron Lord, Ken Hiron, John Bond, Grenville Jones, John Pettigrew, Stuart Sherwin, Roy Blitz, Luis Gauto, Norberto Badaracco, Les Scheinflug, Peter Hrncir
Coach: Walter Tamandl
Goal: Scheinflug 44

 
1963 Ampol Cup Final

Friday March 15 1963
Redfern Oval, Redfern
Referee: Frank Sbisa
Attendance: 7,000 (Double Header)
Yugal Ryde
Kurt Spiegel, Heinz Ringhoff, John Mucillo, Ljubissa Lazarevic, Mita Stojanovic, Ferdo Dunaj, Joe Alagich, Juan Medina, Tiko Jelisavljevic, V.Bozic, Slavko Pacanin
Coach: Les Lindner.
Red Card: Stojanovic
Goals: Medina 53, Pacanin 60, 71, Alagich 66, Jelisavljevic 87

5 - 3 Auburn
Bill Henderson, Doug Lapwood, Stuart Cousins, Bobby Hall, Jim Pretswell, Neil Townsend (Robert McLelland), Barry Staples, Len Quested, Norm Tran, Alick Jeffrey, Ron Baker
Coach: Jules Forgacs
Goals: Jeffrey 20, Tran 42, Baker 81

 
1963 Ampol Cup Third versus Fourth Play-Off

Friday March 15 1963
Redfern Oval, Redfern
Referee: Roy Pearce
Attendance: 7,000 (Double Header)
APIA Leichhardt
Adauto Iglesias, Cliff Van Blerk, Nino Cossettini, Karl Jaros, Joe Marston, Phil Bottalico, Barry Ihaksi, Pat Hughes, Leo Baumgartner, Johnny Wong, John Giacometti
Coach: Leo Baumgartner
Goals: Baumgartner 10, Giacometti 28, Wong 34, Hughes 68

4 - 2 Prague
Ron Lord, Ken Hiron, John Bond, Grenville Jones, John Pettigrew, Norberto Badaracco, Roy Blitz, Brian Tristram, Les Scheinflug, Stuart Sherwin, Luis Gauto
Coach: Walter Tamandl
Goals: Blitz 58, Badaracco 63

Last updated: 4 April 2026.