1965 Australia Cup

1965 Australia Cup
Country  Australia
Teams 13
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The 1965 Australia Cup was the fourth season of the Australia Cup, which was the main national association football knockout cup competition in Australia. Thirteen clubs from around Australia qualified to enter the competition.[1][2]

Preliminary Round 1

St George-Budapest 6–0 Canberra Juventus
Sydney Athletic Field, Sydney
Attendance: 1,345[2]
Wallsend 5–1 Brisbane Hellenic
Crystal Palace, Wallsend
Attendance: 3,000[2]
Adelaide Juventus 4–2 Swan Athletic
Attendance: 5,400[2]

Preliminary Round 2

St George-Budapest 3–0 Wallsend
Attendance: 1,000[2]

Quarter-finals

George Cross 3–1 Melbourne Juventus
Attendance: 5,500[2]
Sydney Hakoah 4–1 St George-Budapest
Attendance: 4,200 (double header)[2]
APIA Leichhardt 2–1 South Coast United
Attendance: 4,200 (double header)[2]

Semi-finals

First leg

Sydney Hakoah 4–1 George Cross
Attendance: 4,500[2]
South Melbourne Hellas 2–2 APIA Leichhardt
Attendance: 12,000[2]

Second leg

George Cross 1–2 Sydney Hakoah
Attendance: 7,000[2]

Sydney Hakoah won 6–2 on aggregate.

APIA Leichhardt 4–1 South Melbourne Hellas
Attendance: 7,400[2]

APIA Leichhardt won 6–3 on aggregate.

Final

APIA Leichhardt 1–1 (a.e.t.) Sydney Hakoah
Jose Garcia Report Jim Christie
Penalties
13–13
Attendance: 5,900[2]
Referee: Tony Boskovic

After each team had taken 15 penalties, the shootout was abandoned in favour of a replay, due to diminishing light.[3]

Replay

Sydney Hakoah 2–1 APIA Leichhardt
David Reid
Herbert Ninaus 		Report John Wong
Attendance: 3,500[2]
Referee: Tony Boskovic

References

  1. ↑ "1966 South Australian Soccer Yearbook". South Australian Soccer Federation: 52.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Andrew Robinson (11 June 2016). "Australia Cup 1965 – Results".
  3. ↑ "Australia and its Cups: Then and Now". Roy Hay. Leopold Method. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
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