1964 Australia Cup

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1964 Australia Cup
CountryFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Teams19
Champions George Cross (1st title)
Runners-up APIA Leichhardt
Matches played19
1963
1965

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]

Contents

Teams

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

Quarter-finals

Footscray JUST 9–1 Rapid Hobart
Melbourne Showgrounds
Attendance: 2,000 [2]

APIA Leichhardt 4–2 Latrobe
Wentworth Park, Sydney
Attendance: 6,500 [2]

St George Budapest 6–0 Adelaide Juventus
Wentworth Park, Sydney
Attendance: 6,500 [2]

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

Semi-finals

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

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

Replay

APIA Leichhardt 4–1 St George Budapest
Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
Attendance: 5,000 [2]

Final

George Cross 3–2 (a.e.t.) APIA Leichhardt
Ackerley Soccerball shade.svg3' (o.g.)
Bottalico Soccerball shade.svg35' (o.g.)
Campbell Soccerball shade.svg117'
Reports Watkiss Soccerball shade.svg15'
Jaros Soccerball shade.svg44'
Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
Attendance: 15,114
Referee: Vince Dobinson (Brisbane) [2]

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References

  1. "The Australia Cup". goalweekly.com. Archived from the original on 26 April 2013. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Andrew Robinson (23 November 2016). "Australia Cup 1964 – Results".