1962 Australia Cup

Football tournament season
1962 Australia Cup
Tournament details
CountryAustralia
Dates2 November – 9 December 1962
Teams16
Final positions
ChampionsYugal (1st title)
Runner-upSt George-Budapest
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored67 (4.19 per match)
1963 →

The 1962 Australia Cup was the first season of the Australia Cup, which was the main national association football knockout cup competition in Australia. 16 teams from around Australia entered the competition.[1] The competition consisted of four clubs from Victoria and Sydney's competition, three from Queensland and South Australia and two from Northern New South Wales. The winner of the Australia Cup received £5,000.[1]

The inaugural season of the Cup was won by Yugal who defeated St George Budapest 8–1 at Wentworth Park in the final. The third place playoff, between Juventus (now Brunswick Zebras from Melbourne) and Juventus (now Adelaide City), was won by the South Australian team on penalty kicks.[2][3]

Teams

Qualifying clubs
New South Wales NNSW Adamstown Rosebud Awaba
New South Wales NSW St George Budapest Sydney Hakoah APIA Leichhardt Yugal
Queensland QLD Brisbane Hellenic Brisbane Azzurri Oxley United
South Australia SA Adelaide Budapest Adelaide Juventus Adelaide Croatia
Victoria (state) VIC South Melbourne Hellas Melbourne Juventus Wilhelmina Footscray JUST

First round

Brisbane Hellenic v Sydney Hakoah
2 November 1962 Brisbane Hellenic0–1 Sydney Hakoah Brisbane
Report
  • Bell 19'
 Stadium: Brisbane Exhibition Ground
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Keith Urwin
Adamstown Rosebud v Wilhelmina
2 November 1962 Adamstown Rosebud0–2 Wilhelmina Wallsend
Report
  • Stoffels ?', ?'
 Stadium: Crystal Palace
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Tony Boskovic
Adelaide Juventus v Brisbane Azzurri
3 November 1962 Adelaide Juventus 3–2Brisbane AzzurriAdelaide
 Report
Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Luigi Cadelli
South Melbourne v Yugal
4 November 1962 South Melbourne1–2 Yugal Melbourne
  • Papadopoulos 15'
 Report
  • Stojakovic 60' (pen.)
  • Schwartz 74'
 Stadium: Olympic Park
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Bill Hosie
Awaba v APIA Leichhardt
9 November 1962 Awaba1–7 APIA Leichhardt Wallsend
  • Burgoyne 85' (pen.)
 Report
  • Hitchcock 24' (o.g.)
  • Giacometti 29', 84'
  • Morrow 52', 59', 76'
  • Bottalico 80'
 Stadium: Crystal Palace
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: W. Vernon
St George-Budapest v Oxley United
10 November 1962 St George-Budapest 5–2Oxley UnitedSydney
  • Galambos 18', 34'
  • Medina 24'
  • Stegbauer 43'
  • Vasvary 50' (pen.)
 Report
Stadium: Sydney Athletic Field
Attendance: 2,125
Referee: R. Jones
Melbourne Juventus v Adelaide Croatia
11 November 1962 Melbourne Juventus 3–1Adelaide CroatiaMelbourne
  • Acunzo 19', 74'
  • Pagotto 60'
 Report
  • Turic 79'
 Stadium: Olympic Park
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Roy Pierce
Footscray JUST v Adelaide Budapest
18 November 1962 Footscray JUST1–3 Adelaide Budapest Melbourne
  • Mladenovic 14'
 Report
  • Martin 39'
  • Cseri 44'
  • Szabo 49'
 Stadium: Olympic Park
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Frank Sbisa

Quarter-finals

Sydney Hakoah v Adelaide Juventus
18 November 1962 Sydney Hakoah2–6 Adelaide Juventus Sydney
  • Jaros 11', 46'
 Report
  • Howlett 50'
  • Moriarty 65', 75', 80', 88'
  • Pegoraro 85'
 Stadium: Wentworth Park
Attendance: 4,600
Referee: Roger Lamb
Yugal v APIA Leichhardt
25 November 1962 Yugal 3–2APIA LeichhardtSydney
 Report
  • Morrow 32', 48'
 Stadium: Wentworth Park
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Luigi Cadelli
Wilhelmina v St George-Budapest
25 November 1962 Wilhelmina0–2 St George-Budapest Melbourne
Report
  • Medina 24'
  • Galambos 76'
 Stadium: Olympic Park
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Bill Hosie
Melbourne Juventus v Adelaide Budapest
25 November 1962 Melbourne Juventus 1–0Adelaide BudapestMelbourne
  • Bukkos 14'
 Report Stadium: Olympic Park
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Tony Boskovic

Semi-finals

Adelaide Juventus v St George-Budapest
1 December 1962 Adelaide Juventus0–3 St George-Budapest Adelaide
Report
  • Medina 5', 82'
  • Krgin 29'
 Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Roger Lamb
Melbourne Juventus v Yugal
2 December 1962 Melbourne Juventus1–2 Yugal Adelaide
  • Acunzo 77'
 Report
  • Nincevic 72'
  • Mucillo 87'
 Stadium: Olympic Park
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Bill Hosie

Third place play-off

Melbourne Juventus v Adelaide Juventus
9 December 1962 Melbourne Juventus1–1
(3–4 p)		 Adelaide Juventus Adelaide
  • Barbazza ?'
 Report
  • Moriarty ?'
 Stadium: Olympic Park
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Frank Sbisa

Final

Yugal8–1St George-Budapest
  • Jelisavcic ?', ?', ?', ?'
  • Schwarz ?', ?'
  • Nincevic ?'
  • Pacanin ?'
 Report
  • Buchanan ?'
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Bill Hosie

References

  1. ^ a b Australia and its Cups: Then and Now. Roy Hay, The Leopold Method, Vol. 1, No. 1, November 2014, pp. 4–20. 25 November 2014. ISBN 9781921134470. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  2. ^ "The Australia Cup". goalweekly.com. Archived from the original on 26 April 2013. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  3. ^ Andrew Robinson (8 June 2016). "Australia Cup 1962 – Results".