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]

1964 Australia Cup
Tournament details
Country Australia
Teams19
Final positions
ChampionsGeorge Cross (1st title)
Runner-upAPIA Leichhardt
Tournament statistics
Matches played19
← 1963
1965 →

Teams edit

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

Quarter-finals edit

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

Semi-finals edit

George Cross2–1Footscray JUST

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

Replay edit

Final edit

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

References edit

  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".