# 1962 NSW Federation Cup

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 | Clubs remaining | Clubs advancing from previous round | New entries this 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 (div.) | Score | Team 2 (div.) | Location | Crowd | Referee |
| 28 September 1962 | South Coast United (1) | 3–3 | Corinthians (2) | Sydney Athletics Field | 1,050 | D. Buchan |
| 28 September 1962 | Prague (1) | 1–1 | Auburn (1) | Sydney Athletics Field | 1,050 | K. Lockrey |
| 30 September 1962 | Bankstown (1) | 1–0 | Balgownie (2) | Wentworth Park | 4,800 | L. Wilson |
| 30 September 1962 | A.P.I.A. (1) | 3–0 | Croatia (2) | Wentworth Park | 4,800 | R. Pearce |
| 5 October 1962 | Budapest (1) | 1–0 | Sydney Austral (2) | Sydney Athletics Field | 2,400 | I. Timms |
| 5 October 1962 | Hakoah (1) | 0–0 | Canterbury-Marrickville (1) | Sydney Athletics Field | 2,400 | N. Jones |
| 7 October 1962 | Yugal (1) | 4–1 | Polonia-North Side (1) | Wentworth Park | 4,400 | J. Ipenburg |
| 7 October 1962 | Gladesville-Ryde (1) | 3–2 | Pan Hellenic (1) | Wentworth Park | 4,400 | A. Boskovic |
| 16 October 1962 (‡) | Canterbury-Marrickville (1) | 4–2 | Hakoah (1) | Sydney Athletics Field | 1,500 | F. Sbisa |
| 17 October 1962 (‡) | South Coast United (1) | 4–1 | Corinthians (2) | Sydney Athletics Field | 1,200 | K. Lockrey |
| 17 October 1962 (‡) | Prague (1) | 5–1 | Auburn (1) | Sydney Athletics Field | 1,200 | D. Buchan |
* (‡): Match replayed

## Finals

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| Budapest | Budapest | 3 | | | | | | |
| Yugal | Yugal | 0 | | | | | | |
| Yugal | Yugal | 0 | Budapest | Budapest | 1 | | | |
| | | | A.P.I.A. | A.P.I.A. | 3 | | | |
| A.P.I.A. | A.P.I.A. | 4 | A.P.I.A. | A.P.I.A. | 3 | | | |
| Bankstown | Bankstown | 1 | | | | | | |
| Bankstown | Bankstown | 1 | | | | A.P.I.A. | A.P.I.A. | 5 |
| | | | | | | Canterbury-Marrickville | Canterbury-Marrickville | 1 |
| Gladesville-Ryde | Gladesville-Ryde | 3 | | | | | | | Canterbury-Marrickville | Canterbury-Marrickville | 1 |
| Prague | Prague | 0 | | | |
| Prague | Prague | 0 | Gladesville-Ryde | Gladesville-Ryde | 2 | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | Canterbury-Marrickville | Canterbury-Marrickville | 4 |
| Canterbury-Marrickville | Canterbury-Marrickville | 3 | Canterbury-Marrickville | Canterbury-Marrickville | 4 | Budapest | Budapest | 1 |
| South Coast Utd | South Coast Utd | 2 | | | | Gladesville-Ryde | Gladesville-Ryde | 5 |

### 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 Giacometti |
| Manager: ||
| Leo Baumgartner ||
| | 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 Salisbury |
| Manager: ||
* NSW Federation Cup 1962 Champions
* APIA Leichhardt FC First Title