1962 NSW Federation Cup

The 1962 NSW Federation Cup was the sixth edition of the NSW Soccer Federation's premier soccer cup. With a £1000 first place prize money, the tournament was sponsored by W.D. & H.O. Wills and called the "Craven A Cup" after their popular cigarette. The cup was contested by all twelve first division clubs and four second division clubs, Balgownie, Corinthians, Croatia and Sydney Austral.
Sydney Hakoah were the defending champions, having beaten Canterbury-Marrickville 2–0 in last year's final. They were eliminated in the first round by an avenged Canterbury-Marrickville.
The final was played on 4 November 1962 between APIA Leichhardt and Canterbury-Marrickville. APIA won the match 5–1 and to claim their first title. As part of a double header, Gladesville-Ryde beat Budapest, also to a scoreline of 5–1 to claim third place.

Format and clubs

Round	Clubs remaining	Clubs advancing from previous round	New entries this round	Main match dates
First Round	16	N/A	12 clubs from NSW First Division 4 clubs from NSW Second Division	28 Sep–17 Oct 1962
Quarter-finals	8	8 winners from First Round	none	10–20 Oct 1962
Semi-finals	4	4 winners from quarter-finals	none	27 Oct 1962
Third place playoff and Final	4	2 losers from semi-finals enter Third place playoff 2 winners from semi-finals enter Final	none	4 Nov 1962

NSW Federation Cup
1962 Champions

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