# 1957 NSW Federation of Soccer Clubs season

The 1957 NSW Federation of Soccer Clubs season was the inaugural season of football in New South Wales under the administration of the federation since its breakaway from the NSW Soccer Football Association in January 1957. The season officially kicked off with the William Kennard Cup, a pre-season tournament held in Lidcombe under lights, a novelty for the time. This was the precursor to the highly successful Ampol Cup which sponsored similar cups in other federations throughout Australia. The home and away league season began in April with ten teams until Gladesville-Ryde joined after five rounds. The campaign was then rescheduled to accommodate and it also consisted of a finals series to decide the Division One champions of New South Wales. The season also held the first ever competition of the newly created Federation Cup.
Canterbury-Marrickville were regular season premiers after twenty rounds of competition. Auburn however defeated Canterbury-Marrickville 4–3 in the dying stages of the grand final at the Sydney Sports Ground in front of a crowd of 8,440 to become the federation's first ever champions.
Hakoah were the inaugural champions of the William Kennard Cup and Canterbury-Marrickville backed up their regular season premiership with a 4–2 win over Gladesville-Ryde in the final of the Federation Cup.

## Clubs

| Club | Ground | Colours | App |
| APIA | Lambert Park, Leichhardt | Maroon | 1st |
| Auburn | Mona Park, Auburn | Green and Gold | 1st |
| Bankstown | Bankstown Oval, Bankstown | Green and Gold | 1st |
| Canterbury | Arlington Oval, Dulwich Hill | Blue and Gold | 1st |
| Concord | Concord Oval, Concord | Black | 1st |
| Eastern Suburbs | ? | ? | 1st |
| Gladesville-Ryde | Gladesville Sports Ground | Amber and Black | 1st |
| Hakoah | Sydney Athletics Field, Moore Park | Sky Blue and White | 1st |
| Lane Cove | Chatswood Oval, Chatswood | Blue and Gold | 1st |
| Prague | Sydney Athletics Field, Moore Park | Sky Blue | 1st |
| Sydney Austral | Sydney Cricket Ground No. 2 | Red, White and Blue | 1st |

## William Kennard Cup

This tournament was a pre-season cup and first official tournament of the newly created federation. It made use of night matches, the first of its kind for any code in Australia.

### Preliminary Rounds

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Sydney Austral | 2–1 | Auburn |
| Hakoah | 3–1 | APIA |
| Lane Cove | 2–1 | Bankstown |
| Sydney Austral | 3–0 | Prague |

### Finals

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Grand Final | Grand Final | Grand Final |
| Sydney Austral | Sydney Austral | 1 | | | |
| Lane Cove | Lane Cove | 1 | | | |
| Lane Cove | Lane Cove | 1 | Lane Cove | Lane Cove | 1 |
| | | | Hakoah | Hakoah | 5 |
| Canterbury-Marrickville | Canterbury-Marrickville | 4 | Hakoah | Hakoah | 5 |
| Hakoah | Hakoah | 5 | | | |

## Federation Premiership
### Table and results

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Canterbury-Marrickville | 20 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 76 | 30 | +46 | 30 | 1957 Federation Finals |
| 2 | Auburn (C) | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 53 | 30 | +23 | 30 | 1957 Federation Finals |
| 3 | Bankstown | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 56 | 26 | +30 | 29 | 1957 Federation Finals |
| 4 | Gladesville Ryde | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 48 | 34 | +14 | 24 | 1957 Federation Finals |
| 5 | Prague | 20 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 58 | 45 | +13 | 24 | |
| 6 | Hakoah | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 42 | 30 | +12 | 21 | |
| 7 | Lane Cove | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 38 | 45 | −7 | 19 | |
| 8 | Sydney Austral | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 37 | 41 | −4 | 18 | |
| 9 | APIA | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 39 | 57 | −18 | 10 | |
| 10 | Concord | 20 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 30 | 75 | −45 | 10 | |
| 11 | Eastern Suburbs | 20 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 24 | 88 | −64 | 5 | Team withdrew at end of season. |

### Finals

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final | Grand Final | Grand Final | Grand Final |
| Major semi-final | Major semi-final | Major semi-final | | | | | | |
| 1 | Canterbury-Marrickville | 1 | | | | 1 | Auburn | 4 |
| 2 | Auburn | 2 | | | | 2 | Canterbury-Marrickville | 3 |
| | | | 2 | Canterbury-Marrickville | 7 | | | |
| Minor semi-final | Minor semi-final | Minor semi-final | 3 | Bankstown | 1 | | | |
| 3 | Bankstown | 3 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Gladesville-Ryde | 2 | | | | | | |

#### Grand final
### Fixtures and results

| Home \ Away | API | AUB | BAN | CAN | CON | EST | GLR | HAK | LAC | PRA | SAU |
| APIA | | 2–4 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 4–6 | 0–2 |
| Auburn | 3–1 | | 4–1 | 1–7 | 3–1 | 7–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 5–3 | 0–1 | 1–3 |
| Bankstown | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 2–3 | 8–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 4–3 | 3–2 |
| Canterbury-Marrickville | 5–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 7–0 | 2–4 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 |
| Concord | 2–3 | 2–5 | 2–5 | 0–8 | | 3–2 | 1–4 | 2–6 | 5–3 | 2–6 | 0–1 |
| Eastern Suburbs | 2–5 | 2–2 | 2–9 | 0–7 | 1–2 | | 3–7 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 1–3 |
| Gladesville Ryde | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–5 | 0–7 | 4–3 | 4–1 | | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Hakoah | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| Lane Cove | 4–1 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 3–3 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | | 3–2 | 2–0 |
| Prague | 4–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–5 | 2–2 | 7–1 | 6–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | | 3–3 |
| Sydney Austral | 3–3 | 2–5 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 5–2 | |

## Federation Cup

This was the first year contesting the Federation Cup
| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| Gladesville-Ryde | Gladesville-Ryde | 2 | | | | | | |
| A.P.I.A. | A.P.I.A. | 1 | | | | | | |
| A.P.I.A. | A.P.I.A. | 1 | Gladesville-Ryde | Gladesville-Ryde | 2 | | | |
| | | | Prague | Prague | 1 | | | |
| Concord | Concord | 3 | Prague | Prague | 1 | | | |
| Prague | Prague | 5 | | | | | | |
| Prague | Prague | 5 | | | | Canterbury-Marrickville | Canterbury-Marrickville | 4 |
| | | | | | | Gladesville-Ryde | Gladesville-Ryde | 2 |
| Canterbury-Marrickville | Canterbury-Marrickville | 2 | | | | | | | Gladesville-Ryde | Gladesville-Ryde | 2 |
| Hakoah | Hakoah | 0 | | | | | | |
| Hakoah | Hakoah | 0 | Canterbury-Marrickville | Canterbury-Marrickville | 4 | | | |
| | | | Bankstown | Bankstown | 1 | | | |
| Bankstown | Bankstown | 4 | Bankstown | Bankstown | 1 | | | |
| Eastern Suburbs | Eastern Suburbs | 0 | | | | | | |
Source: Wayback Machine SoccerAust