1964 Australia Cup

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1964 Australia Cup
Tournament details
CountryFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Teams19
Final positions
Champions George Cross (1st title)
Runner-up APIA Leichhardt
Tournament statistics
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

Bracket

Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
George Cross 2
Melbourne Juventus 0 George Cross 2
North Perth 0
George Cross 2
Footscray JUST 2 Footscray JUST 1
South Melbourne Hellas 0 Footscray JUST 9
Rapid Hobart 3 Rapid Hobart 1
Launceston United 0 George Cross (a.e.t.)3
APIA Leichhardt 6 APIA Leichhardt 2
Sydney Prague 2 APIA Leichhardt 4
Latrobe 4 Latrobe 2
Merton Rovers 0 APIA Leichhardt (replay)1 (4)
St George Budapest 3 St George Budapest 1 (1)
South Coast United 0 St George Budapest 6
Adelaide Juventus 3 Adelaide Juventus 0
Adelaide Budapest 1

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".