South State Premiership
Final Table:
1. Granville 18 10 6 2 40-20 26 NSW State Finals
2. Leichhardt Annandale 18 11 3 4 44-28 25 NSW State Finals
3. Auburn 18 10 3 5 44-26 23 Playoff
4. Corrimal Rangers 18 10 3 5 44-36 23 Playoff
5. Bankstown 18 9 5 4 39-26 23 Playoff
6. Canterbury-Marrickville 18 6 6 6 39-39 18
7. Gladesville Ryde 18 4 6 8 29-30 14
8. Woonona-Bulli 18 4 2 12 28-55 10
9. Balgownie Rangers 18 3 3 12 22-37 9
10. North Shore 18 4 1 13 24-56 9
Playoff against Fifth Place
Auburn 5-1 Bankstown
Corrimal Rangers 5-1 Bankstown
North State Premiership
Final Table:
1. East Lakes 18 11 5 2 56-28 27 NSW State Finals
2. Wallsend 18 11 4 3 51-34 26 NSW State Finals
3. Cessnock 18 9 4 5 52-36 22 NSW State Finals
4. Lake Macquarie 18 6 7 5 36-34 19 Playoff
5. West Wallsend 18 7 5 6 40-32 19 Playoff
6. Cardiff 18 7 5 6 44-43 19 Playoff
7. Mayfield United 18 7 4 7 38-36 18
8. Weston 18 4 5 9 39-55 13
9. Adamstown Rosebud 18 3 6 9 32-44 12
10. Greta Austral 18 1 3 14 29-75 5
Playoff Fourth Place
Lake Macquarie 4-2 Cardiff
Lake Macquarie 3-2 West Wallsend
NSW State Finals
Quarterfinals
East Lakes 2-2 Cessnock
Leichhardt Annandale 3-0 Corrimal Rangers
Auburn 2-1 Granville
Lake Macquarie 2-2 Wallsend
Quarterfinal Replays
Cessnock 3-2 East Lakes
Wallsend 5-3 Lake Macquarie [aet]
Semifinals
Auburn 3-1 Leichhardt Annandale
Wallsend 4-1 Cessnock
Final
Wallsend 1-0 Auburn
Minor Final (between two regular season winners)
East Lakes 1-1 Granville
Minor Final Replay
Granville 4-2 East Lakes
Grand Final (between winners NSW State Finals and winners Minor Final)
Wallsend 2-1 Granville
Division Two South
Final Table:
1. Lane Cove 18 15 0 3 47-21 30 Playoff, Finals Series
2. St.George 18 15 0 3 67-28 30 Playoff, Finals Series
3. NSW Police 18 12 3 3 54-25 27 Finals Series
4. Sydney Austral 18 11 4 3 57-35 26 Finals Series
5. Regents Park 18 7 2 9 44-43 16
6. Concord 18 6 3 9 44-56 15
7. Europa 18 5 3 10 40-51 13
8. St.Peters 18 3 4 11 46-73 10
9. Guildford 18 4 1 13 35-67 9
10. Pyrmont Balmain 18 1 2 15 26-61 4
Playoff First Place
Lane Cove 4-1 St.George
Finals Series
Semifinals
Sydney Austral 2-4 Lane Cove
St.George 1-1 NSW Police
Semifinal Replay
NSW Police 4-1 St.George
Final
Lane Cove 1-5 NSW Police
NB: as regular season winners ("minor premiers"), Lane Cove had the
right to challenge finals series winner NSW Police for the championship
Grand Final
NSW Police 1-1 Lane Cove
Grand Final Replay
NSW Police 2-1 Lane Cove
Brisbane Division One Final Table: 1. Blackstone Rovers 18 14 2 2 62-30 30 Champions 2. Thistle 17 8 5 4 49-33 21 3. Caledonians 17 7 4 6 52-47 18 4. Bundamba Rangers 18 7 3 8 47-48 17 5. Easts United 18 6 5 7 49-58 17 6. Dinmore Bush Rats 17 7 2 8 44-37 16 7. YMCA 18 5 5 8 38-47 15 8. St.Helens 17 7 1 9 39-54 15 9. Bulimba Rangers 17 7 0 10 43-55 14 10. Corinthians 17 5 1 11 33-47 11 NB: remaining matches not played. Brisbane Division Two Table: 1. Oxley United 18 15 1 2 66-24 31 2. White Stars 16 11 2 3 70-25 24 3. Merton Rovers 18 10 2 6 65-51 22 4. Latrobe 18 7 6 5 47-46 20 5. Bardon 17 7 3 7 49-47 17 6. Shafston Rovers 18 7 1 10 50-57 15 7. Hellenic 18 7 1 10 44-51 15 8. Toowong 17 4 6 7 33-48 14 9. YMCA B 18 4 2 12 43-85 10 10. Mitchelton 18 2 4 12 33-66 8 Brisbane Division Three Table: 1. RAAF Amberley 7 7 0 0 54- 6 14 2. Azzurri 6 6 0 0 38- 1 12 3. Wilston United 6 4 0 2 31-16 8 4. White Stars B 5 4 0 1 15-12 8 5. Pannonia 6 3 0 3 28-14 6 6. Merton Rovers B 6 3 0 3 25-29 6 7. Redland Bay 7 2 0 5 11-20 4 8. Redcliffe 7 2 0 5 8-41 4 9. Carina 7 1 0 6 21-39 2 10. Annerley 7 0 0 7 4-57 0 Brisbane Division Four Table: 1. Postal Institute 11 11 0 0 66-10 22 2. Sherwood 10 5 1 4 37-20 11 3. Toowong B 8 4 1 3 20-20 9 4. Oxley United B 7 4 0 3 17-14 8 5. Excelsior Rovers 5 0 0 5 8-32 0 6. RAAF Flying School 5 0 0 5 7-33 0 7. Annerley B 4 0 0 4 1-27 0
Division One Final Table: 1. Juventus 18 16 1 1 60-11 33 Champions 2. Port Adelaide 18 11 4 3 53-31 26 3. Budapest 18 11 3 4 44-29 25 4. Beograd 18 8 3 7 35-40 19 5. Birkalla Rovers 18 7 3 8 35-35 17 6. Prospect United 18 6 3 9 41-49 15 7. Sturt 18 7 1 10 32-46 15 8. Port Thistle 18 4 3 11 25-47 11 9. Portsmouth-Plympton 18 2 3 13 20-51 7 10. Bohemians 18 3 6 9 39-45 -30 [-42] NB: Bohemians 42 points deducted for fielding 21 ineligible players. Division Two Final Table: 1. Vytis 18 16 1 1 108-20 33 2. Cumberland United 18 14 3 1 61-17 31 3. Polonia 18 14 1 3 73-24 29 4. Kingswood 18 9 3 6 49-38 21 5. West Torrens 18 9 1 8 42-46 19 6. South Australia Railway 18 9 1 8 42-50 19 7. South Adelaide 18 3 3 12 29-72 9 8. Woodville United 18 2 2 14 30-82 6 9. Thebarton 18 3 2 13 20-68 6 [-2] 10. Colonel Light Gardens 18 2 1 15 35-72 5 Division Three Table: 1. Lion 18 17 1 0 77- 5 35 2. Slovakia 18 16 0 2 67-12 32 3. Pegasus 18 11 1 6 38-27 23 4. Cracovia 18 9 1 8 45-28 19 5. Venta 18 8 2 8 41-40 18 6. University 17 7 2 8 38-48 16 7. Finsbury 18 7 3 8 31-49 16 [-1] 8. Croatia 18 7 1 10 22-32 15 9. Phillips 18 5 1 12 28-40 11 10. British Wanderers 17 5 2 10 23-54 11 [-1] 11. Olympic 18 4 1 13 22-40 9 12. Norwood 18 3 1 14 20-77 7
North Division One Table: 1. South Launceston 10 8 1 1 26- 7 17 2. Invermay United 9 5 2 2 16-11 12 3. Patons and Baldwin 10 3 1 6 12-16 7 4. Waterside Workers 9 0 2 7 6-26 2 South Division One Final Table: 1. Caledonians 15 11 2 2 59-22 24 2. South Hobart 15 10 3 2 42-25 23 3. Metro 15 10 2 3 57-25 22 4. Bronte Park 15 6 1 8 35-40 13 5. Sandy Bay 15 3 1 11 15-50 7 6. ANM 15 0 1 14 13-59 1 NB: Sandy Bay withdrew after the season. North West League Table: 1. APPM 11 6 3 2 26-10 15 2. Penguin 12 6 2 4 18-14 14 3. Burnie Celtic 11 5 3 3 18-14 13 4. Tocal 12 1 2 9 12-36 4 Championship Playoff Semifinal South Launceston 1-0 APPM Final Caledonians 3-1 South Launceston South Division Two Table: 1. South Hobart B 14 12 0 2 57-22 24 2. Mt.Nelson 14 10 0 4 51-19 20 3. Caledonians B 14 9 1 4 45-24 19 4. Zinc Works 14 4 3 7 27-40 11 5. Metro B 14 2 2 10 24-51 6 6. University 14 2 0 12 14-62 4
NB: see also Victoria 1953 Division One Final Table: 1. Juventus 18 13 3 2 56-20 29 Champions 2. Hakoah 18 13 2 3 66-27 28 3. JUST 18 13 0 5 61-34 26 4. Moreland 18 9 2 7 47-31 20 5. Brighton 18 9 1 8 45-46 19 6. Prahran City 18 8 2 8 55-57 18 7. Box Hill 18 5 3 10 36-59 13 8. Footscray City 18 6 1 11 28-54 13 9. Yallourn 18 5 2 11 30-48 12 10. Park Rangers 18 1 0 17 22-70 2 Division Two Final Table: 1. South Yarra 18 14 3 1 64-19 31 2. Polonia 18 13 4 1 66-16 30 3. South Melbourne United 18 10 0 8 59-43 20 4. White Eagles 18 8 3 7 40-41 19 5. Geelong 18 7 3 8 33-39 17 6. Sunshine United 18 6 4 8 28-40 16 7. Preston 18 7 2 9 32-55 16 8. Sunshine City 18 6 3 9 35-40 15 9. Sandringham City 18 3 2 13 31-64 8 10. Flinders Naval Depot 18 2 4 12 24-55 8 NB: International Harvester were renamed Geelong. Division Three Final Table: 1. Maccabi 18 12 3 3 45-25 27 2. George Cross 18 11 4 3 52-25 26 3. Northcote 18 11 3 4 49-30 25 4. Fairfield 18 10 2 6 50-36 22 5. Dandenong Rovers 18 8 4 6 43-24 20 6. Moorabbin City 18 9 2 7 55-38 20 7. Frankston 18 6 6 6 50-41 18 8. Williamstown 17 3 5 9 28-45 11 9. Coburg United 18 3 3 12 33-55 9 10. University of Melbourne 17 0 0 17 6-92 0 NB: Northcote withdrew after the season.
NB: see also Western Australia 1953 Division One Final Table: 1. Azzurri 18 13 5 0 70-20 31 Champions 2. North Perth 18 9 8 1 46-20 26 3. Swan Athletic 18 9 3 6 43-24 21 4. Swan Valley 18 9 2 7 36-42 20 5. Perth City 18 8 3 7 38-37 19 6. Sokol 18 7 4 7 49-45 18 7. South Perth 18 5 7 6 30-35 17 8. Subiaco City 18 5 5 8 39-51 15 9. Victoria Park 18 3 3 12 35-72 9 10. Spearwood Rovers 18 1 2 15 32-72 4 Division Two Table: 1. Caledonian 17 15 2 0 101-16 32 2. Maccabeans 18 14 1 3 60-26 29 3. Pannonia 18 11 5 2 73-40 27 4. Cracovia 18 7 5 6 42-42 19 5. Fremantle City 18 8 3 7 71-54 17 [-2] 6. Cottesloe 18 8 1 9 34-37 17 7. Mount Hawthorn 18 7 2 9 48-67 16 8. Balmoral 17 5 4 8 29-59 16 9. Queens Park 18 1 1 16 18-83 3 10. Midland Wanderers 18 1 0 17 21-73 2 Division Three Final Tables: North 1. Shamrock Rovers 11 8 2 1 27-13 18 2. Wexcombe 11 4 6 1 19- 9 14 3. Windmills 11 5 3 3 37-14 13 4. Canning 11 4 4 3 14-16 12 5. Kiev 11 4 1 6 16-34 9 6. Wundowie 6 1 1 4 4- 8 3 7. South Belmont 11 0 3 8 7-30 3 -. Darling Rangers withdrew NB: Wundowie withdrew during the season. South 1. South Fremantle 12 10 2 0 71- 3 22 2. Tricolore 12 8 3 1 36-17 19 3. East Claremont 12 6 2 4 45-21 14 4. Thames Athletic 12 3 3 6 16-29 9 5. Athena 12 2 4 6 12-48 8 6. Alexander 12 3 1 8 16-57 7 7. Avala 12 2 1 9 15-36 5 -. Perth Corinthians withdrew
1952.
1954.
Sources included: History of Soccer in New South Wales (http://melbournesoccer.blogspot.com/), https://www.elitetograssroots.net/qbst/
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