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

1962 | Results | Index | 1964

Round | First Round | First Round Replays | Quarter Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Final Replays | 1963 Federation Cup Final | Third versus Fourth Play-Off

Source: Soccer World and Daily Newspapers.

Knockout competition sponsored by a tobacco company featuring all the teams from the First Division and the two top teams from the Second Division in Corinthians BESC, Balgownie, Sydney Austral and Polonia North Side in a knockout format.

Round One

Saturday August 24 1963
Wentworth Park, Glebe
Referee: Not Recorded
Attendance: (Double Header)
Croatia Maroubra
Lineup Not Known
Coach: Eduardo Massey
Goals: Goalscorers Not Known
3 - 1 Corinthians BESC (Second Division)
Lineup Not Known
Coach: Not Known
Goal: Goalscorer Not Known

Saturday August 24 1963
Wentworth Park, Glebe
Referee: Not Recorded
Attendance: (Double Header)
Prague
Lineup Not Known
Coach: Walter Tamandl
Goal: Goalscorer Not Known
1 - 4 Canterbury-Marrickville
Lineup Not Known
Coach: Denis Adrigan
Goals: Goalscorers Not Known

Saturday August 24 1963
Woonona Oval, Woonona
Referee: Frank Sbisa
Attendance: 500 (Double Header)
Auburn
Bill Henderson, Stuart Clousins, P.Victor, Neil Townsend, Jim Pretswell, Ron Baker, Fred Murray, Bobby Hall, Ian Scott, Norm Tran, Alick Jeffrey
Coach: Robert McLelland
0 - 1 Polonia North Side (Second Division)
H.Gronowski, Fred Rosa, Jerzy Czebula, Zdislav Nowacki, Brian Boland, Ken Adamson, Anthony Woodward, Bruno Hajduk, R.Gronowski, Kaz Witczak, B Rosik
Coach: R.Gronowski
Goal: Witczak 58

Saturday August 24 1963
Woonona Oval, Woonona
Referee: Tony Boskovic
Attendance: 500 (Double Header)
South Coast United
Wilf Billington, Barry Salisbury, Adrian Ringland, Jimmy Kelly, Phil Carr, Max Tolston, Bernie Harris, Mike Johnson, John Brownlie, Graham Barnett, Dennis Paterson
Coach: Jimmy Kelly
Goals: Johnson 4, 52, Barnett 50, 65, 75
5 - 1 Budapest St. George
Nick Sokoloff, David Buchanan, Petar Banicevic, Manfred Schaefer, Charlie Kangyar, Salvador Isaac, Mladen Krgin, Johnny Warren, Hugo Rodriguez, Lorenzo Heredia, Tibor Zuckerman (Joe Vasvary)
Coach: Miklos Szegedi
Goal: Krgin 6

Sunday August 25 1963
Wentworth Park, Glebe
Referee: Norm Jones
Attendance: 6,000 (Double Header)
Hakoah Eastern Suburbs
Robert McGuire, Victor Mach, Jock Aird, Robbie McKnight, Matt Woods, Harry Maxwell, Robert Fekete, Raffi Levi, Herbert Ninaus, Andreas Saghi, Bernie Gold
Coach: Matt Woods
Goals: Saghi 20, Levi 50, 62, Gold 72, 73
5 - 0 Sydney Austral (Second Division)
H.Reckenrich, Carl De Looper, I.Csosz, Ron Ferguson, L.Van Haaren, Kees Pronk, J.Vuesting, Jack Van Der Wall, R.McRitchie, R.Koens, Joe Stoove
Coach: Jack Van Der Wall

Sunday August 25 1963
Wentworth Park, Glebe
Referee: Roy Pearce
Attendance: 6,000 (Double Header)
Pan Hellenic
Jan Bout, George Yangou, Con Omeros, Angelo Romanos, Nilo Rusalen, Sot Patrinos, Doug Logan, Brian Smith, George Eleftheriadis, Jimmy Pearson, Chris Ambos
Coach: Joe Vlatsis
0 - 2 Yugal Ryde
Zvonko Katnic, Heinz Ringhoff, John Mucillo, Ljubissa Lazarevic, Mita Stojanovic, Ferdo Dunaj, Joe Alagich, Erich Schwartz, Tony Nincevic, Juan Medina, Slavko Pacanin
Coach: Tiko Jelisavljevic
Goals: Nincevic 32 pen, 60

Sunday August 25 1963
Woonona Oval, Woonona
Referee: Hank Eilerts
Attendance: 2,000 (Double Header)
Bankstown
Bill Rorke, Ron McNeil, Ted West, Roger Cowling, Stuart Devlin, Kevin Woods, Ray Neal, Gary Oberman, Nelson Stiffle, Roger Marklew, Tommy Yates
Coach: Nelson Stiffle
Goal: Marklew 60
1 - 2 Balgownie (Second Division)
Peter Delhaus, Gordon Soldi, Herman Egbers, Phil Peters, Alex Cristlo, Neville Ryan, W.Edwards, N.Trotter, R.Niperess, Jim Niperess, Eddie Tolhurst
Coach: Phil Peters
Goals: Tolhurst 26, Edwards 68

Sunday August 25 1963
Woonona Oval, Woonona
Referee: Stan Pundyk
Attendance: 2,000 (Double Header)
APIA Leichhardt
Adauto Iglesias, Cliff Van Blerk, Roberto Murua, Bob McKellar, Joe Marston, Pat Hughes, Barry Ihaksi, Antonio D’Ercole, Leo Baumgartner, Johnny Wong, Karl Jaros
Coach: Leo Baumgartner
Goals: McKellar 28, Wong 53

2 - 3 Gladesville-Ryde
Brian Stevens, Dick Jones, Peter Keen, George Arnott, Warren Addison, Dick Folwell, Stan Turner, Bernie Kelly, Bill Hume, Brian Lewsham, Vic Reynolds
Coach: Bill Murphy
Goals: Lewsham 16, Hume 76 pen, 87

 
Quarter Finals

Wednesday October 2 1963
E.S.Marks Field, Sydney Athletic Field, Moore Park
Referee: Not Known
Attendance: 1,700 (Double Header)
Polonia North Side (Second Division)
Lineup Included; Bruno Hajduk
Coach: R.Gronowski
Goal: Hajduk
1 - 2 Canterbury-Marrickville
Lineup Included; John Watkiss, John Galambos
Coach: Denis Adrigan
Goals: Watkiss, Galambos

Wednesday October 2 1963
E.S.Marks Field, Sydney Athletic Field, Moore Park
Referee: Not Known
Attendance: 1,700 (Double Header)
Yugal Ryde
Lineup Not Known
Coach: Tiko Jelisavljevic
0 - 2 Hakoah Eastern Suburbs
Lineup Included; Bernie Gold, Raffi Levi
Coach: Matt Woods
Goals: Gold, Levi

Sunday October 6 1963
Woonona Oval, Woonona
Referee: Not Known
Attendance: 1,700 (Double Header)
Gladesville-Ryde
Lineup Included; Stan Turner, Bernie Kelly
Coach: Bill Murphy
Goals: Turner (x2), Kelly
3 - 0 Croatia Maroubra
Lineup Not Known
Coach: Eduardo Massey

Sunday October 6 1963
Woonona Oval, Woonona
Referee: Not Known
Attendance: 1,700 (Double Header)
South Coast United
Lineup Included; Mike Johnson, John Brownlie
Coach: Jimmy Kelly
Goals: Johnson, Brownlie

2 - 1 Balgownie (Second Division)
Lineup Included; E.Trotter
Coach: Phil Peters
Goal: Trotter

 
Semi-Finals

Friday October 11 1963
E.S.Marks Field, Sydney Athletic Field, Moore Park
Referee: Not Known
Attendance: 2,100 (Double Header)
Gladesville-Ryde
Lineup Included; Stan Turner
Coach: Bill Murphy
Goal: Turner
1 - 1 South Coast United
Lineup Included; Graham Barnett
Coach: Jimmy Kelly
Goal: Barnett

Friday October 11 1963
E.S.Marks Field, Sydney Athletic Field, Moore Park
Referee: Not Known
Attendance: 2,100 (Double Header)
Hakoah Eastern Suburbs
Lineup Included; Bernie Gold
Coach: Matt Woods
Goal: Gold

1 - 1 Canterbury-Marrickville
Lineup Included; George Galbraith
Coach: Denis Adrigan
Goal: Galbraith

 
Semi-Final Replays

Sunday October 20 1963
Wentworth Park, Glebe
Referee: Frank Sbisa
Attendance: 3,100 (Double Header)
Gladesville-Ryde
Brian Stevens, Warren Addison, Peter Keen, George Arnott, Dick Folwell, George McPhail, Stan Turner, Brian Lewsham, Bill Hume, Bernie Kelly, Vic Reynolds
Coach: Bill Murphy
0 - 1 South Coast United
Wilf Billington, Barry Salisbury, Adrian Ringland, Jimmy Kelly, Jim Harris, Max Tolston, John Brownlie, Mike Johnson, John Doherty, Graham Barnett, Dennis Paterson
Coach: Jimmy Kelly
Goal: Brownlie 73

Sunday October 20 1963
Wentworth Park, Glebe
Referee: Roy Pearce
Attendance: 3,100 (Double Header)
Hakoah Eastern Suburbs
Robert McGuire, Bruce McGuire, Harry Maxwell, Ron Kearns, Matt Woods, Gerry Chaldi, Bob Fekete, Andreas Saghi, Mike Bell, Leo Bosklopper, Bernie Gold
Coach: Matt Woods
Goals: Bosklopper 3, Saghi 37 pen, Fekete 43

3 - 1 Canterbury-Marrickville
Max Lemon, John Dougan, George Nuttall, Brian Senior, Jack Curry, Eddie McLeod, Bill Travers, John Galambos, John Watkiss, George Galbraith, Dennis Yaager
Coach: Denis Adrigan
Goal: Galbraith 49

 
1963 Federation Cup Final

Friday October 25 1963
E.S.Marks Field, Sydney Athletic Field, Moore Park
Referee: Roy Pearce
Attendance: 2,200 (Double Header)
Hakoah Eastern Suburbs
Robert McGuire, Bruce McGuire, Harry Maxwell, Ron Kearns, Matt Woods, Gerry Chaldi, Raffi Levi, Andreas Saghi, Michael Bell, Herbert Ninaus, Bernie Gold
Coach: Matt Woods
Goals: Gold 44, Ninaus 52

2 - 1 South Coast United
Wilf Billington, Barry Salisbury, Adrian Ringland, Jimmy Kelly, Phil Carr, Max Tolston, John Brownlie, Mike Johnson, John Doherty, Graham Barnett, Dennis Paterson
Coach: Jimmy Kelly
Goal: Johnson 58

 
1963 Federation Cup Third versus Fourth Play-Off

Friday October 25 1963
E.S.Marks Field, Sydney Athletic Field, Moore Park
Referee: Frank Sbisa
Attendance: 2,200 (Double Header)
Canterbury-Marrickville
Gary King, John Dougan, George Nuttall, Eddie McLeod, Jack Curry, Brian Senior, Bill Travers, John Galambos, John Watkiss, George Galbraith, Pat Munster
Coach: Dennis Adrigan
Goals: Watkiss 35, Galambos 50, 57, 66, Munster 79

5 - 2 Gladesville-Ryde
Brian Stevens, Warren Addison, Peter Keen, George Arnott, Dick Folwell, P.Zieman, Stan Turner, Bernie Kelly, Don Sandell, George McPhail, Vic Reynolds
Coach: Bill Murphy
Goals: McPhail 26, Reynolds 69

Last updated: 18 April 2026.