South Africa 1961

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.

list of champions.

list of cup winners.


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