1965 Australia Cup

1965 Australia Cup
Country  Australia
Teams 13
← 1964 1966 →

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

14 October 1965
St George-Budapest 6–0 Canberra Juventus
Sydney Athletic Field, Sydney
Attendance: 1,345[2]

15 October 1965
Wallsend 5–1 Brisbane Hellenic
Crystal Palace, Wallsend
Attendance: 3,000[2]

14 October 1965
Adelaide Juventus 4–2 Swan Athletic
Norwood Oval, Adelaide
Attendance: 5,400[2]

Preliminary Round 2

Quarter-finals

31 October 1965
Sydney Hakoah 4–1 St George-Budapest
Wentworth Park, Sydney
Attendance: 4,200 (double header)[2]

31 October 1965
APIA Leichhardt 2–1 South Coast United
Wentworth Park, Sydney
Attendance: 4,200 (double header)[2]

Semi-finals

First leg

7 November 1965
Sydney Hakoah 4–1 George Cross
Wentworth Park, Sydney
Attendance: 4,500[2]

Second leg

Sydney Hakoah won 6–2 on aggregate.

APIA Leichhardt won 6–3 on aggregate.

Final

21 November 1965
APIA Leichhardt 1–1 (a.e.t.) Sydney Hakoah
Jose Garcia Report Jim Christie
  Penalties  
13–13
Wentworth Park, Sydney
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

24 November 1965
Sydney Hakoah 2–1 APIA Leichhardt
David Reid
Herbert Ninaus 		Report John Wong
Sydney Showground
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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