| Final Ranking | pts | win | drw | lst | gf | ga | g+- | m |  | 1. | Durban City | 49 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 127: | 52 | +75 | 30 |  | 2. | Highlands Park | 43 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 86: | 38 | +48 | 30 |  | 3. | Germiston Callies | 38 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 74: | 47 | +27 | 30 |  | 4. | Benoni United | 38 | 18 | 2 | 10 | 79: | 62 | +17 | 30 |  | 5. | Rangers | 37 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 68: | 60 | +8 | 30 |  | 6. | Boksburg | 36 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 83: | 59 | +24 | 30 |  | 7. | Southern Suburbs | 35 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 74: | 59 | +15 | 30 |  | 8. | Durban United | 33 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 74: | 61 | +13 | 30 |  | 9. | Ramblers | 32 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 62: | 61 | +1 | 30 |  | 10. | Arcadia United | 26 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 53: | 81 | -28 | 30 |  | 11. | Brothers | 23 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 64: | 71 | -7 | 30 |  | 12. | Brakpan United | 23 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 62: | 89 | -27 | 30 |  | 13. | Berea Park | 21 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 55: | 85 | -30 | 30 |  | 14. | Randfontein | 18 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 48: | 87 | -39 | 30 |  | 15. | Iscor Pretoria | 16 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 49: | 71 | -22 | 30 |  | 16. | Johannesburg City | 12 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 38: | 113 | -75 | 30 |   
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| _ 1961 Castle Cup: Highlands Park 3-2 Durban City |  | _ 1961 UTC Bowl: Durban City 4-2 Highlands Park  |  | Champion of Champions: Durban City 1-0 Highlanders Park |  | 14 Transvaal and 2 Natal teams. |  | _ Goalscorers: 1. Salton (Durban City) 46 goals. |  | Johannesburg City was relegated and replaced by Addington next season 1962. |  | Promotion: 10.09.61 Addington 3-2 Hoy Park |  | T.N.S.C. Cup: Durban City. U.T.C. Bowl: Durban City. Dugson Contest: Durban City |  | Division II North: Wanderers, Division II South: Addington. Natal Cup: Hoy Park. Divison III North: G.R.I. |  | "Miss National League: Miss Meryl Lemarque. |  | Division I attendance plus match between Natal and Transvaal: 708,283. |  | Castle Cup: 140,000. U.T.C. Bowl: 86,070. Tree matches against Leicester City: 5,000 (Est.) |  | NFL Division II: 27,288. Total: 1,016,641. |  | 7th September NFL Clubs vote Cape Town City into First Division for 1962 season. |   
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| Team | High | Arca | Beno | Bere | Boks | Brot | DuCi | DuUn | Germ | JoCt | Ramb | Rand | Rang | Sout | Isco | Brak |  | Highlands Park | --- | 9:0 | 1:1 |  2:0 |  5:2 |  3:0 | 2:1 |  3:1 | 2:1 |  7:0 | 1:1 | 4:1 | 2:1 | 2:2 |  6:2 | 2:3 |  | Arcadia Shepherds |  2:2 | --- |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | - |   |   |   |  0:4 |   |   |  | Benoni United | 0:5 |   | --- |   |   |   |   |   |   |  4:0 |   |   |   |   |   |   |  | Berea Park | 1:2 |   |   | --- |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  | Boksburg | 3:0 |   |   | 9:4 | --- |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  | Brothers | 2:1 |   |   |   |   | --- |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  3:3 |  | Durban City |  3:1 |   |   |   | 2:1 | 2:0 | --- |   |   | 17:3 |   | 6:1 | 1:1 |   |   |   |  | Durban United | 1:3 | 2:1 |   |   |   |   |   | --- |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  | Germiston Callies |  0:3 |   |   |   |   | 3:4 | 7:3 | 3:1 | --- |   |   |   |   |   |  2:0 |   |  | Johannesburg City | 1:2 | 1:4 |   |   |   |   | 1:1 |   |   | --- |   |   |   |   |   |   |  | Ramblers |  1:0 |   |   |   |  1:2 |   | 1:1 |   |   |   | --- |   |   |   |   |   |  | Randfontein |  3:3 | 2:4 |   |  0:4 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | --- |   |   |   |   |  | Rangers |  3:2 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | --- |   |   | 4:2 |  | Southern Suburbs |  1:3 |   | 1:1 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | --- |   |   |  | Iscor Pretoria | 1:2 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | 0:0 |   |   |   |   |   | --- |   |  | Brakpan United |  0:6 |   |   |   |   |   | - |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | --- |  | Team | High | Arca | Beno | Bere | Boks | Brot | DuCi | DuUn | Germ | JoCt | Ramb | Rand | Rang | Sout | Isco | Brak |   
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| date | team 1 _________ | score | team 2 _________ | HT |  | Sat 04.03.61 | Benoni United | 0-5 | Highlands Park |   |    --- Scott   2, Banducci , H. Hill , R. Hill . Willowmore Park. |  | Sat 04.03.61 | Boksburg | 9-4 | Berea Park |   |       Clifford 3,   Bell 2,   Skinner 2,  Smith,  Bjournstad --- Robertson   2, van Roon , Laybourne  OG. Caledonian Ground. |  | Sat 04.03.61 | Germiston Callies | 3-4 | Brothers |   |        B Ching 2,  Slabbert --- Mitchley   2, Selley , Daniels . Driehoek. |  | Sat 04.03.61 | Johannesburg Ramblers | 1-1 | Durban City |   |     Laing --- Le Roux . Sturrock Park. |  | Sat 04.03.61 | Randfontein | 2-4 | Arcadia Shepherds |   |      Gibson 2 --- Goosen , J. Johnson ,  B. Johnson,  Collier. Homelake. |  | Sat 04.03.61 | Rangers | 4-2 | Brakpan United |   |      Neal 2,  James,  Fourie --- Dolphin , Burns . Wembley. |   
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| date | team 1 _________ | score | team 2 _________ | HT |  | Sat 11.03.61 | Germiston Callies | 3-1 | Durban United |   |  |   Driehoek. |  | Sat 11.03.61 | Iscor Pretoria | 1-2 | Highlands Park | Ý |   
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| date | team 1 _________ | score | team 2 _________ | HT |  | Sat 18.03.61 | Highlands Park | 4-1 | Randfontein |   |  |   Balfour Park. |   
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| date | team 1 _________ | score | team 2 _________ | HT |  | Qua 22.03.61 | Berea Park | 1-2 | Highlands Park |   |   
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| date | team 1 _________ | score | team 2 _________ | HT |  | Sat 01.04.61 | Highlands Park | 2-1 | Rangers |   |  |   Balfour Park. |   
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| date | team 1 _________ | score | team 2 _________ | HT |  | Sat 08.04.61 | Highlands Park | 2-1 | Germiston Callies |   |   
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| date | team 1 _________ | score | team 2 _________ | HT |  | Sat 15.04.62 | Johannesburg City | 1-2 | Highlands Park |   |   
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| date | team 1 _________ | score | team 2 _________ | HT |  | Sat 22.04.61 | Highlands Park | 2-1 | Durban City |   |  |   Balfour Park |   
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| date | team 1 _________ | score | team 2 _________ | HT |  | Sat 29.04.22 | Boksburg | 3-0 | Highlands Park |   |   
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| date | team 1 _________ | score | team 2 _________ | HT |  | Sat 06.05.61 | Highlands Park | 2-3 | Durban City |   |   
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| date | team 1 _________ | score | team 2 _________ | HT |  | Sun 14.05.61 | Durban United | 1-3 | Highlands Park |   |   
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| date | team 1 _________ | score | team 2 _________ | HT |  | Sat 20.05.61 | Highlands Park | 2-2 | Southern Suburbs |   |   
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| date | team 1 _________ | score | team 2 _________ | HT |  | Sat 27.05.61 | Brothers | 2-1 | Highlands Park |   |   
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| date | team 1 _________ | score | team 2 _________ | HT |  | Sat 10.06.61 | Highlands Park | 9-0 | Arcadia United |   |   
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| date | team 1 _________ | score | team 2 _________ | HT |  | Sat 17.06.61 | Highlands Park | 1-1 | Johannesburg Ramblers |   |   
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| date | team 1 _________ | score | team 2 _________ | HT |  | Sat 24.06.61 | Highlands Park | 2-0 | Berea Park |   |   
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| date | team 1 _________ | score | team 2 _________ | HT |  | Sat 01.07.61 | Rangers | 3-2 | Highlands Park |   |   
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| date | team 1 _________ | score | team 2 _________ | HT |  | Sat 15.07.61 | Germiston Callies | 0-3 | Highlands Park |   |  |   Driehoek. Round Robin 2. |   
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| date | team 1 _________ | score | team 2 _________ | HT |  | Sat 22.07.61 | Highlands Park | 7-0 | Johannesburg City |   |   
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| date | team 1 _________ | score | team 2 _________ | HT |  | Sun 30.07.61 | Durban City | 3-1 | Highlands Park |   |  |  Kinsmead at 10:45 |   
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| date | team 1 _________ | score | team 2 _________ | HT |  | Sat 05.08.61 | Highlands Park | 5-2 | Boksburg |   |   
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| date | team 1 _________ | score | team 2 _________ | HT |  | Sat 12.08.61 | Brakpan United | 0-6 | Highlands Park |   |  |   postponed and played later - 0-4? |  | Sat 12.08.61 | Arcadia Shepherds | --- | Johannesburg City |   |  |   postponed to Sat 14.10.61. |   
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| date | team 1 _________ | score | team 2 _________ | HT |  | Sat 19.08 61 | Highlands Park | 3-1 | Durban United | 0-1 |   0-1  Zackey 1T  1-2 Williams  2-1 H. Hills 2T  3-1 Banducci 2T |  | Sat 19.08 61 | Rambllers | 1-2 | Boksburg | 0-2 |    0-1  McKenzie 1T 0-2  Neal 1T  1-2 Grove 2T  |  | Sat 19.08 61 | Benoni United | 4-0 | Johannesburg City | 0-2 |      Moore 2,   Giovannoni 2 |  | Sat 19.08 61 | Brothers | 3-3 | Brakpan United | 1-1 |       Montgomery 3 --- Coetzee , Coverley , Scott  |  | Sat 19.08 61 | Germiston Callies | 2-0 | Iscor Pretoria | 0-0 |     1-0 Evans 1T  2-0 Tod 2T |  | Sat 19.08 61 | Arcadia Shepperds | 0-4 | Southern Suburbs | 0-2 |    Kalk    3, Aitchson  |  | Sat 19.08 61 | Randfontein | 0-4 | Berea Park | 0-3 |    Slabbert   2, Miller , Van Roon  |  | Sun 20.08.61 | Durban City | 1-1 | Rangers |   |   
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| Ranking Round 23 19.08 | pts | win | drw | lst | gf | ga | g+- | m |  | 1. | Durban City | 34 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 89: | 40 | +49 | 21 |  | 2. | Highlands Park | 32 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 64: | 28 | +36 | 22 |  | 3. | Benoni United | 27 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 61: | 45 | +16 | 21 |  | 4. | Southern Suburbs | 27 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 54: | 38 | +16 | 21 |  | 5. | Germiston Callies | 27 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 54: | 37 | +17 | 23 |  | 6. | Boksburg | 26 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 64: | 44 | +20 | 22 |  | 7. | Rangers | 24 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 48: | 49 | -1 | 21 |  | 8. | Ramblers | 23 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 46: | 42 | +4 | 22 |  | 9. | Brothers | 20 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 56: | 51 | +5 | 21 |  | 10. | Durban United | 19 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 54: | 54 | 0 | 22 |  | 11. | Arcadia United | 19 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 31: | 57 | -16 | 21 |  | 12. | Berea Park | 18 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 44: | 65 | -21 | 24 |  | 13. | Brakpan United | 17 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 50: | 66 | -16 | 21 |  | 14. | Randfontein | 16 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 38: | 55 | -17 | 22 |  | 15. | Iscor Pretoria | 14 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 40: | 56 | -16 | 23 |  | 16. | Johannesburg City | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 28: | 94 | -66 | 21 |   
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| date | team 1 _________ | score | team 2 _________ | HT |  | Sat 02.09.61 | Highlands Park | 3-0 | Brothers |   |  | Sun 03.09.61 | Durban City | 6-1 | Randfontein |   |   
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| date | team 1 _________ | score | team 2 _________ | HT |  | Sat 09.09.61 | Ramblers | 1-3 | Highlands Park |   |   
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| date | team 1 _________ | score | team 2 _________ | HT |  | Sat 16.09.61 | Randfontein | 3-3 | Highlands Park |   |   
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| date | team 1 _________ | score | team 2 _________ | HT |  | Sat 23.09.61 | Arcadia United | 2-2 | Highlands Park |   |   
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| date | team 1 _________ | score | team 2 _________ | HT |  | Sat 30.09.61 | Highlands Park | 1-1 | Benoni United |   |   
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| date | team 1 _________ | score | team 2 _________ | HT |  | Fri 13.10.61 | Benoni United | --- | Southern Suburbs |   |  | Sat 14.10.61 | Highlands Park | 6-2 | Iscor Pretoria |   |  |   Balfour Park. |  | Sat 14.10.61 | Brakpan United | --- | Durban City |   |  | Sat 14.10.61 | Arcadia Shepherds | --- | Johannesburg City |   |  |   Pretoria. Referee: R. Stringer. |  | Sun 15.10.61 | Durban United | --- | Germiston Callies |    |  |   Durban |   
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| date | team 1 _________ | score | team 2 _________ | HT |  | RR1 | Johannesburg City | 1-4 | Arcadia Shepherds |    |  | RR1 | Iscor Pretoria | 1-2 | Highlands Park |   |  | RR1 | Southern Suburbs | 1-1 | Benoni United |   |  |   | Durban United | 2-1 | Arcadia Shepherds |    |     2-1 Brian Peterson. New Kingsmead. |   
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| date | team 1 _________ | score | team 2 _________ | HT |  |   | Durban City | 17-3 | Johannesburg City |   |            Les Salton 8,    Dan Le Roux 3 goal was scored every four-and-a-half minutes. |  |   | Rangers | 2-1 | Boksburg | 1-2 |     1-? Percy Owen 1T  2-2 Percy Owen 2T Wembley Stadium. |  |   | Rangers | --- | Boksburg |   |  |   Wembley Stadium 9,000. Stanley Matthews player-coach for Rangers. |  |   | Germiston Callies | 7-3 | Durban City |   |  |   | Arcadia United | 6-1 | Brothers |   |  |   | Benoni United | 0-5 | Highlands Park |   |  |   | Durban City | 2-0 | Brothers |   |  |   | Johannesburg City | 1-1 | Durban City |   |  |   | Johannesburg Ramblers | 1-1 | Durban City |    |  |   Sturrock Park |   
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| Goalscorers | Total | Leag | Cast | Bowl | Oth |  | 1. Salton (Durban City) | 60 | 46 | 9 | 3 | 2 |  | 2. Zackey (Durban Ufd) | 37 | 33 | 4 |   |   |  | 3. Coverley (Brakpan (Utd) | 27 | 21 | 6 |   |   |   
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