The 1962 NSW Federation Cup was the sixth edition of the NSW Soccer Federation's premier soccer cup. With a £1000 first place prize money, the tournament was sponsored by W.D. & H.O. Wills and called the "Craven A Cup" after their popular cigarette. The cup was contested by all twelve first division clubs and four second division clubs, Balgownie, Corinthians, Croatia and Sydney Austral.
Sydney Hakoah were the defending champions, having beaten Canterbury-Marrickville 2–0 in last year's final. They were eliminated in the first round by an avenged Canterbury-Marrickville.
The final was played on 4 November 1962 between APIA Leichhardt and Canterbury-Marrickville. APIA won the match 5–1 and to claim their first title. As part of a double header, Gladesville-Ryde beat Budapest, also to a scoreline of 5–1 to claim third place.
Format and clubs
Round Clubsremaining Clubs advancing fromprevious round New entriesthis round Main match dates First Round 16 N/A 12 clubs from NSW First Division 4 clubs from NSW Second Division 28 Sep–17 Oct 1962 Quarter-finals 8 8 winners from First Round none 10–20 Oct 1962 Semi-finals 4 4 winners from quarter-finals none 27 Oct 1962 Third place playoff and Final 4 2 losers from semi-finals enter Third place playoff 2 winners from semi-finals enter Final none 4 Nov 1962
First Round Date Team 1 Score Team 2 Location Crowd Referee 28 September 1962 South Coast United 3–3 Corinthians Sydney Athletics Field 1,050 D. Buchan Prague 1–1 Auburn K. Lockrey 30 September 1962 Bankstown 1–0 Balgownie Wentworth Park 4,800 L. Wilson A.P.I.A. 3–0 Croatia R. Pearce 5 October 1962 Budapest 1–0 Sydney Austral Sydney Athletics Field 2,400 I. Timms Hakoah 0–0 Canterbury-Marrickville N. Jones 7 October 1962 Yugal 4–1 Polonia-North Side Wentworth Park 4,400 J. Ipenburg Gladesville-Ryde 3–2 Pan Hellenic A. Boskovic 16 October 1962 (‡) Canterbury-Marrickville 4–2 Hakoah Sydney Athletics Field 1,500 F. Sbisa 17 October 1962 (‡) South Coast United 4–1 Corinthians Sydney Athletics Field 1,200 K. Lockrey Prague 5–1 Auburn D. Buchan
* (‡): Match replayed
Finals
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Third place playoff
Final
1 Norm Hobson 2 Cliff Van Blerk 3 Nick Cosettini 4 Pat Hughes 5 Joe Marston 6 Doug Fagan 7 Robert Hunter 8 Leo Baumgartner 9 Bruce Morrow 10 Phil Bottalico 11 John GiacomettiManager: Leo Baumgartner |style="vertical-align:top;width:50%"| 1 R. Corrie 2 J. Dougan 3 D. Feggans 4 I. O'Reilly 5 John Curry 6 G. Campbell 7 W. Travers 8 A. Westwater 9 Johnny Watkiss 10 C. Lorenzo 11 Barry SalisburyManager:
NSW Federation Cup1962 ChampionsAPIA Leichhardt FCFirst Title
References General and specific