1964 Australia Cup

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
Teams	19
Final positions
Champions	George Cross (1st title)
Runners-up	APIA Leichhardt
Tournament statistics
Matches played	19
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Teams

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

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

17 October 1964

Footscray JUST	9–1	Rapid Hobart

Melbourne Showgrounds

Attendance: 2,000^[2]

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18 October 1964

APIA Leichhardt	4–2	Latrobe

Wentworth Park, Sydney

Attendance: 6,500^[2]

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18 October 1964

St George Budapest	6–0	Adelaide Juventus

Wentworth Park, Sydney

Attendance: 6,500^[2]

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18 October 1964

George Cross	2–0	North Perth

Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne

Attendance: 5,000^[2]

Semi-finals

25 October 1964

George Cross	2–1	Footscray JUST

Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne

Attendance: 9,000^[2]

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25 October 1964

APIA Leichhardt	1–1 (a.e.t.)	St George Budapest

Wentworth Park, Sydney

Attendance: 7,013^[2]

Replay

28 October 1964

APIA Leichhardt	4–1	St George Budapest

Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne

Attendance: 5,000^[2]

Final

1 November 1964

George Cross	3–2 (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]