South Africa 1963 (original) (raw)

NFL League (for whites)

Final Table:

1.Addington 34 22 8 4 112- 58 52 2.Highlands Park 34 21 7 6 91- 44 49 3.Durban City 34 20 7 7 102- 53 47 4.Southern Suburbs 34 19 8 7 89- 66 46 5.Rangers 34 21 3 10 91- 45 45 6.Durban United 34 18 6 11 92- 74 42 7.Arcadia United 34 15 8 11 92- 60 38 [former Arcadia Shepherds] 8.Germiston Callies 34 16 3 15 71- 65 35 9.Boksburg 34 15 5 14 74- 78 35 10.Cape Town City 34 13 6 15 58- 62 32 11.Brothers 34 11 7 16 73- 83 29 12.Wanderers 34 11 7 16 74- 92 29 13.Brakpan United 34 11 6 17 63- 82 28 [*] 14.Berea Park 34 12 2 20 55- 84 26 15.Bloemfontein City 34 8 7 19 56- 84 23 16.West Rand United 34 8 7 19 64-116 23 Relegated 17.Benoni United 34 7 6 21 50- 93 20 Relegated 18.Durban Ramblers 34 6 2 26 53-121 14 Relegated

[*] disbanded at the end of the season

Promoted: Hellenic, Port Elizabeth City, East Rand United

Topscorer: 56 V.Wentzel (Addington) [46 in League]

UTC Bowl 1963

Quarterfinals Highlands Park 4-0 Hellenic Addington 2-5 Durban United Southern Suburbs 7-3 Durban City Rangers 4-2 Port Elizabeth City

Semifinals Durban United 2-4 Highlands Park Southern Suburbs 5-1 Rangers

Final Southern Suburbs 3-1 Highlands Park [Louw (2), Kalk; Carroll]

Castle Cup 1963

Round 1 [Jun ?] Durban City 14-1 Kimberley United Hellenic 1-0 Wanderers Benoni United 4-1 West Rand United Westview Park 5-2 Jewish Guild Addington 3-1 G.R.I. Highlands Park 3-1 Germiston Callies Rangers 7-1 Johannesburg City Southern Suburbs 8-1 Port Elizabeth United Arcadia United 5-3 Bloemfontein City Durban Ramblers 3-1 Klerksdorp Town Durban United 1-3 Cape Town City Pt Elizabeth City 3-6 Welkom United Brakpan United 7-4 Olympia Berea Park 2-7 Brothers Boksburg bye Pretoria Suburbs bye

1/8 Finals Highlands Park 3-4 Addington Boksburg 2-0 Rangers Hellenic 2-4 Durban City Westview Park 2-5 Benoni United Brakpan United 3-1 Marist Brothers Welkom United 3-1 Pretoria Suburbs
Durban Ramblers 2-0 Cape Town City Arcadia United 0-1 Southern Suburbs

Quarterfinals Addington 2-0 Boksburg Benoni United 0-2 Durban City Welkom United 2-1 Brakpan United Southern Suburbs 3-0 Ramblers (Dbn)

Semifinals Addington 1-1 Durban City Southern Suburbs 3-1 Welkom United

Semifinal Replay Durban City 3-4 Addington

Final [Oct 12, Rand Stadium Johannesburg; att: 25,361] Addington 5-2 Southern Suburbs [Wentzel (2), Borland, McGuigan, Hauser; Mason, Kalk] [Addington: Hartman; Green, Jacobsen; H. Hauser, Spencely, Simpson; Borland, Grove, Wentzel, McGuigan, Walters; Southern Suburbs: O'Keefe; Leisching, Wilson; F. Kalk, Howe, Louw; Wells, James, C. Neal, Mason, Coverley]

T.N.S.C. "Champion of Champions" 1963 Addington 5-4 Southern Suburbs (played home and away on goal aggregate in February, 1964)

Promotion Playoff

1.Port Elizabeth City 4 3 1 0 11- 4 7 Promoted 2.Hellenic 4 2 2 0 8- 2 6 Promoted 3.Durban Municipals 4 2 1 1 10- 7 5 4.West Rand United 3 0 0 3 5- 15 0 5.Vereeniging Athletic 3 0 0 3 1- 7 0

NB: East Rand United apparently earned promotion as winners of the Transvaal league (while Vereeniging Athletic from the same league entered the above playoff)

NFL Division II (Cape Eastern)

1.Port Elizabeth City 18 15 1 2 89- 18 31 Promotion Playoff 2.East London City 18 14 2 2 65- 29 30 3.Port Elizabeth United 18 11 2 5 71- 41 24 4.Westview Park 18 10 2 6 41- 28 22 5.Callies 18 9 2 7 51- 44 20 6.East London United 18 7 4 7 41- 60 18 7.Newton Park 18 3 5 10 38- 50 11 8.Drostdy Park 18 4 3 11 26- 63 11 9.Saints 18 2 4 12 39- 69 8 10.Humewood 18 2 1 15 30- 89 5

NFL Division II (Cape Western)

1.Hellenic 20 16 1 3 65- 25 33 Promotion Playoff 2.Hibernian 20 13 2 5 52- 35 28 3.Marist 20 11 3 6 53- 43 25 4.Wynberg 20 9 4 7 50- 41 22 5.Camps Bay 20 10 2 8 37- 34 22 6.Tramway 20 9 2 9 43- 43 20 7.St. Agnes 20 8 2 10 61- 52 18 8.Liesbeek Park 20 6 2 12 36- 70 14 9.Caledonian 20 4 5 11 34- 42 13 10.University of Cape Town 20 4 5 11 29- 48 13 11.Peninsula 20 5 2 13 30- 57 12

NFL Division II (North)

1.Vereeniging Athletic 46 2.Olympia 44 3.Corinthians 37

NFL Division II (Natal)

1.Municipals 29 2.Parkhill 27 3.Umbilo 25

National Second and Third Divisions' Cup Winners: Port Elizabeth City (5) Runners-Up: Corinthians (1)

NFL Division III (Transvaal)

1.Wits University 20 15 3 2 98- 36 33 Promoted 2.Powerlines 20 13 2 5 51- 27 28 3.Cedar Athletic 20 12 3 5 56- 30 27 4.Croatia 20 10 6 4 53- 30 26 5.DFK 20 12 2 6 48- 34 26 6.Koedoe Park 20 11 2 7 56- 41 24 7.Hillex 20 8 6 6 45- 40 22 8.Old Marists 20 7 0 13 49- 59 14 9.ADO United 20 6 0 14 46- 63 12 10.Goldfields West 20 1 2 17 25- 72 4 11.Coalfields 20 2 0 18 28-123 4

NB: only third level league at the time; Klerksdorp Town were relegated from the 2nd level to Division III

Information on touring club sides

guests hosts venue

Tottenham Hotspur 5-1 National League XI Cape Town Tottenham Hotspur 5-2 National League XI Durban Tottenham Hotspur 3-1 South Africa XI Johannesburg

Dundee United 2-1 Combined Transvaal Dundee United 1-2 Western Province Dundee United 4-2 Natal

Cerro (Uruguay) 2-1 Durban City Cerro 4-1 Western Province Cerro 2-2 South Africa XI Johannesburg

About this document

Thanks to Angus Gordon-Farleigh

Sources: [Gra 65], [Lit 65], [Raa 02]

Prepared and maintained by John van Enckevort and Ian King for theRec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Authors: John van Enckevort and Ian King Last updated: 16 Mar 2023