1964 NSW Federation Cup explained

NSW Federation Cup
Year:	1964
Country:	(NSW)
Num Teams:	24
Defending Champions:	Hakoah
Winners:	Budapest-St. George
Second:	South Coast United
Matches:	25
Prev Season:	1963
Next Season:	1965

The 1964 NSW Federation Cup was the eighth edition of the NSW Soccer Federation's premier soccer cup. The federation offered £1000 prize money for the tournament to try attract more support which had been falling in previous years. It was also renamed the Henry Seamonds Trophy to commemorate the late Australian and NSW Federation president. The cup was open to all clubs in the first and second divisions for the first time.^[1] The Federation also decided that the winner of the cup would automatically qualify as a representative for the Australia Cup.^[2]

Sydney Hakoah were the defending champions, but were eliminated in a quarter-finals replay 4–3 by South Coast United.

The final was played on 27 September 1964 between Budapest-St. George and South Coast United, with Budapest winning the match 4–3 after extra time to claim their first Federation Cup title.^[3]

Format and clubs

Round	Clubs remaining	Clubs advancing from previous round	New entries this round	Main match dates
First Round	24 → 20	N/A	8 clubs from NSW Second Division	from 29 February 1964
Second Round	20 → 16	4 winners from First Round	4 clubs from NSW Second Division	from 7 March 1964
Third Round	16 → 8	4 winners from Second Round	12 clubs from NSW First Division	from 11 March 1964
Quarter-finals	8 → 4	8 winners from Third Round	none	from 15 April 1964
Semi-finals	4 → 2	4 winners from quarter-finals	none	from 23 September 1964
Final	2 → 1	2 winners from semi-finals	none	27 September 1964

First Round

Tie no.	Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2
1	29 February 1964	bgcolor=#CFC	Blacktown-BSK	5–3
2	29 February 1964	bgcolor=#cfc		5–1	Sydney Austral
3	1 March 1964	bgcolor=#CFC		7–1	Western United
4	1 March 1964	bgcolor=#CFC		3–1	Thistle

Second Round

Concordia, Granville-AEK, Marconi and Melita Eagles enter the round after receiving a bye.

Tie no.	Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2
5	7 March 1964	bgcolor=#CFC		3–2	Concordia
6	7 March 1964	bgcolor=#cfc	Granville AEK	4–1
7	14 March 1964	bgcolor=#CFC	Blacktown-BSK	4–2
8	21 March 1964	bgcolor=#CFC		4–3

Third Round

First Division clubs enter this round.

Tie no.	Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2
9	11 March 1964	bgcolor=#CFC		4–2	Granville AEK
10	11 March 1964	bgcolor=#cfc		3–1
11	18 March 1964	bgcolor=#CFC		5–3
12	18 March 1964		2–2
replay	30 March 1964		1–2	bgcolor=#cfc
13	25 March 1964	bgcolor=#cfc		4–0	Blacktown-BSK
14	25 March 1964	bgcolor=#cfc	Corinthian BESC	3–1
15	1 April 1964	bgcolor=#cfc		4–1
16	1 April 1964	bgcolor=#cfc		1–0

Final

	1	Mel Clarke
	2	Salvador Isaac
	3	Tibor Zuckerman
	4	Manfred Schaefer
	5	Petar Banicevic
	6	Hugo Rodriguez
	7	Alf Stokes
	8	Johnny Warren
	9	Joe Galambos
	10	Vic Fernandez
	11	Geoff Warren
Substitutes:
	12	Frank Lang
Coach:
Miklos Szegedi

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	1	Brian Rhodes
	2	Barry Salisbury
	3	Adrian Ringland
	4	Jimmy Kelly
	5	Jim Harris
	6	Casey De Bruyn
	7
	8	Cecil Sharpley
	9	John Doherty
	10	Graham Barnett
	11	Derek Mayers
Substitutes:
		none
Coach:
Jimmy Kelly

NSW Federation Cup 1964 Champions
Budapest-St. George First Title

References

General and specific

Notes and References

1. Web site: Soccer World Annual 1965. Soccer World. 16 September 2023.
2. Web site: Soccer World Vol. 07, No. 06. Soccer World. 21 February 1964. 12 November 2023. 3.
3. Web site: NSW Federation Cup 1964. www.socceraust.co.uk. 16 September 2023.