1964 Australia Cup

Football tournament season
1964 Australia Cup
Tournament details
Country Australia
Teams19
Final positions
ChampionsGeorge Cross (1st title)
Runner-upAPIA Leichhardt
Tournament statistics
Matches played19
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The 1964 Australia Cup was the third season of the Australia Cup, which was the main national association football knockout cup competition in Australia.[1][2]

Teams

Qualifying clubs
Australian Capital Territory ACT Canberra Juventus
New South Wales NNSW Lake Macquarie
New South Wales NSW APIA Leichhardt St George Budapest South Coast United Sydney Prague
Queensland QLD Latrobe Merton Rovers Grange Thistle Brisbane Hellenic
South Australia SA Adelaide Juventus Adelaide Budapest Seacliff Austria Adelaide Croatia
Tasmania TAS Rapid Hobart Olympia Launceston United Ulverstone
Victoria (state) VIC South Melbourne Hellas George Cross Footscray JUST Melbourne Juventus
Western Australia WA North Perth East Fremantle Tricolore Swan Valley Perth Azzurri

Quarter-finals

Footscray JUST9–1Rapid Hobart
Attendance: 2,000[2]

APIA Leichhardt4–2Latrobe
Attendance: 6,500[2]

St George Budapest6–0Adelaide Juventus
Attendance: 6,500[2]

George Cross2–0North Perth
Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
Attendance: 5,000[2]

Semi-finals

George Cross2–1Footscray JUST
Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
Attendance: 9,000[2]

APIA Leichhardt1–1 (a.e.t.)St George Budapest
Attendance: 7,013[2]

Replay

APIA Leichhardt4–1St George Budapest
Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
Attendance: 5,000[2]

Final

George Cross3–2 (a.e.t.)APIA Leichhardt
Ackerley 3' (o.g.)
Bottalico 35' (o.g.)
Campbell 117'
Reports Watkiss 15'
Jaros 44'
Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
Attendance: 15,114
Referee: Vince Dobinson (Brisbane)[2]

References

  1. ^ "The Australia Cup". goalweekly.com. Archived from the original on 26 April 2013. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Andrew Robinson (23 November 2016). "Australia Cup 1964 – Results".