Professional Rhodesia and Nyasaland Football League 1961
Inaugural Matches [Apr 9; involving South African clubs]
Salisbury XI bt Nyasa United [Glamis Ground, Salisbury]
City of Salisbury 2-8 Durban City [Glamis Ground, Salisbury]
Bulawayo XI 0-1 Highland Park [Showgrounds, Bulawayo]
NB: Salisbury XI were a combined side of Salisbury United and City of Salisbury;
Bulawayo XI were a combined side of Bulawayo City and Bulawayo United;
there also was an opening match at Scrivener Stadium, Kitwe
Round 1 [Apr 16?]
City of Lusaka 2-5 Salisbury United [Queensmead Ground, Lusaka]
Round 2 [Apr 23?]
Nyasa United (Blantyre) 0-1 City of Lusaka [Langeley Stadium, Blantyre]
NB: Nyasa United withdrew on Apr 29, 1961
Championship abandoned.
NB: Rhodesia and Nyasaland comprised the territories of current
Malawi (Nyasaland), Zambia (Northern Rhodesia) and Zimbabwe
(Southern Rhodesia).
Source: [Liw 84]
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