NFL League (for whites) Final Table: 1.Durban City 30 22 5 3 127- 52 49 2.Highlands Park 30 19 5 6 86- 38 43 3.Germiston Callies 30 17 4 9 74- 47 38 4.Benoni United 30 18 2 10 79- 62 38 5.Rangers 30 17 3 10 68- 60 37 6.Boksburg 30 15 6 9 83- 59 36 7.Southern Suburbs 30 13 9 8 74- 59 35 8.Durban United 30 15 3 12 74- 61 33 9.Ramblers 30 13 6 11 62- 61 32 10.Arcadia Shepherds 30 11 4 15 53- 81 26 11.Brothers 30 10 3 17 64- 71 23 12.Brakpan United 30 9 5 16 62- 89 23 13.Berea Park 30 9 3 18 55- 85 21 14.Randfontein 30 6 6 18 48- 87 18 15.ISCOR Pretoria 30 6 4 20 49- 71 16 16.Johannesburg City 30 4 4 22 38-113 12 Relegated ISCOR = Iron & Steel Corporation Promoted: Cape Town City, Addington, Wanderers; Randfontein apparently renamed West Rand United for 1962. (Cape Town City were voted into the First Division at a special general meeting and started First Division football in 1962.) Relegated Team: Johannesburg City NB: Wanderers (Johannesburg) won the Transvaal section of the NFL Second Division ahead of Vereeniging Athletic; also Corinthians played in this section. Leading Goal-scorer: L.Salton (Durban City) 60, (46 in League) Fred Zackey (Durban United) 37 Roy Coverley (Brakpan United) 27 UCT Bowl Quarter Final Rangers 3-0 Addington Germiston Callies 1-0 Wanderers Durban City 6-0 Boksburg Semi Final Germiston Callies 0-1 Durban City Highlands Park 1-0 Rangers U.T.C. Bowl Final 1961 [at Rand Stadium, Johannesburg] Durban City 4-2 Highlands Park; att: 31,331 [Le Roux, Salton, Varner, G. Barratt; Pegado (2)] Castle Cup Quarter Final Brakpan United 0-3 Durban United Boksburg 2-3 Rangers Highlands Park 3-1 Ramblers (Jhb) Durban City 10-0 G.R.I. Semifinals Highlands Park 2-1 Rangers Durban City 3-1 Durban United Final [Oct 21, Rand Stadium Johannesburg; att: 33,023] Highlands Park 3-2 Durban City [Koplow, Scott, Banducci; Salton, G. Barratt] [Highlands Park: Tyrrell; W. Kalk, Hammer; Scott, Jacobitz, Rufus; H. Hill, Pegado, Banducci, Koplow, R. Hill; Durban City: Ryder; Kidd, L. Williams; B. Barratt, Denysschen, Schafter; Le Roux, Varner, Salton, Deetliffs, G. Barratt] T.N.S.C. 1961 "Champion of Champions" [Rand Stadium Johannesburg] Highlands Park 1-1 Durban City Second Division Leagues: League North: Winners: Wanderers; 48pts runners-up: Vereeniging Athletic 39pts Third: Olympia 35pts [Sep} Wanderers 4-0 Corinthians League Natal: Winners; Addington 31pts runners-up: Hoy Park 30pts Third: Queens Park 29pts Natal Cup Final 1961 [Kingsmead, Durban] Hoy Park 3-1 Queen's Park [Baxter (2), Harper - Ingle] National Second and Third Divisions' Cup: Winners: Addington runners-up: Wanderers Third Division: Winners: G.R.I runners-up: Germiston City Promoted Teams: G.R.I. and Germiston City, Relegated Team: Nil Touring Matches Durban City 0-2 Leicester City S.Transvaal 1-1 Leicester City SASL (South African Soccer League) (for coloureds, first season) Final Table: 1.Transvaal United 10 6 2 2 31- 23 14 2.Aces United 10 5 3 2 30- 21 13 3.Moroka Swallows 10 6 1 3 59- 26 13 4.Blackpool United 10 3 2 5 24- 29 8 5.Berea 10 3 1 6 17- 28 7 6.Avalon Athletic 10 2 1 7 18- 31 5 NB: total goal difference +21; Moroka Swallows' goal record presumably erroneous. Levy Cup First Leg in Bulawayo Southern Rhodesia 5-0 Northern Rhodesia [Laing (2), McGuigan (2), Smith] Second Leg in Salisbury Northern Rhodesia 4-2 Southern Rhodesia [Lawther (2), Stevenson, Simpson [og] - Chalmers, Laing] Average crowds of about 12,500 watched each match. Northern Rhodesia 1-3 Rhodesian and Nyasaland Football League XI [Pengally - Cravetti, Bresani, Thomas] [at Scrivener Stadium, Kitwe 13,000] Northern Rhodesia side which competed in a four-cornered tournament in Lusaka with sides from Katanga, R.N.F.I. and the Lusaka professional club, City Of Lusaka. City Of Lusaka reached the first Rhodesia Castle Cup Final when they became the first Rhodesian side this season to beat Sailsbury City. In the Semi-Final in Lusaka they won 2-1. They will now meet Bulawayo City in the final in Salisbury.1960.
Source: [Lit 65], [Gra 65], [Ws]
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