1961 Northern New South Wales State Representative Team Results
Researched by Doug Butcher and written by Greg Stock

Source: Soccer World and Daily Newspapers.

State Team Matches

Saturday May 27 1961
Adamstown Oval, Adamstown
Referee: Harold Lonsdale
Attendance: 5,500
NORTHERN DISTRICTS
Robert Cairns, M.Willoughby, Bob Markwell, Z.Jurak, Archie Lambkin, Jack O'Brien (c), Brian Lewsam, Erich Schwartz, Albert Simmonds, Klaus Runkel, John Sheen
Coach: Alf Quill
Goals: Lewsam 30, 48, _, Sheen 38, Simmonds (x2), Schwartz
7 - 2 Fiji
Lineup Included; Sohan Lal, Hari Narayan, Vinod Lal, Chandra Bhan Singh (c), Bala Krishna, John Lal, Mohammed Hakim Dean, Satish Chandra Dutta, Perumal Naidu; Substitute: Zikar Ali
Coach: Sashi M.Singh
Goals: Krishna, Ali

The national team of Fiji toured New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory during 1961. Australia was suspended by FIFA but the Fijian tour fell outside their control as neither Australia nor Fiji was a FIFA member at the time.



Last updated: 14 December 2025.