Australia Cup 1966 - Results

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Qualified clubs

Club	Region	Division	Placed	Notes
Hope (Croatia Deakin)	ACT	ACT Division One	1^st
Newcastle Austral	N-NSW	Northern NSW Division One	2^nd
Adamstown Rosebud	N-NSW	Northern NSW Division One	1^st
APIA Leichhardt	NSW	NSW Division One	1^st	NSW Federation Cup winner
Hakoah Eastern Suburbs	NSW	NSW Division One	2^nd
St George Budapest	NSW	NSW Division One	3^rd
South Coast United	NSW	NSW Division One	4^th
Latrobe-Western Suburbs	QLD	Brisbane Division One	1^st
West Adelaide Hellas	SA	SA Division One	1^st
Adelaide Juventus	SA	SA Division One	2^nd
Olympia Tasmania	TAS	TAS State Premiership	1^st
South Melbourne Hellas	VIC	VIC State League	1^st
Port Melbourne Slavia	VIC	VIC State League	2^nd
Melbourne Hungaria	VIC	VIC State League	3^rd
Melbourne Hakoah	VIC	VIC State League	4^th
Perth Azzurri	WA	WA State League	2^nd	Won Top Four Championship (League Basis)

Results

Round One

8 October 1966	Sydney Hakoah	(3)	6	Latrobe-Western Suburbs	(1)	2	Sydney Showgrounds
	Goals: Herbert Ninaus (2), Duffy (2), Jim Christie, Gerry Hood			Goals: Buchanan (2)			Attendance: 1,200
							Referee: D. Muir (Newcastle)
9 October 1966	St George Budapest	(2)	3	Hope (Croatia Deakin)	(0)	1	Wentworth Park, Sydney
	Goals: John Warren (2), Tibor Zuckerman			Goal: B. Piggott			Attendance: 4,500
							Referee: Roger Lamb (Victoria)
Double-header. One source awarded the B. Piggott goal to Ivan Tijan
9 October 1966	APIA Leichhardt	(1)	4	Newcastle Austral	(0)	0	Wentworth Park, Sydney
	Goals: Cliff Van Blerk (2), John Watkiss, Archibald Blue						Attendance: 4500
							Referee: Dave Maitland (Victoria)
Double-header
9 October 1966	South Coast United	(3)	3	Adamstown Rosebud	(1)	2	Speers Point, Newcastle
	Goals: Mulqueeney, Salisbury, Dickson			Goals: Ray Baartz (2)			Attendance: 3,000
							Referee: Vince Dobinson (Brisbane)
9 October 1966	South Melbourne Hellas	(1)	4	Adelaide Juventus	(0)	1	Olympic Park, Melbourne
	Goals: Leo Damainakos 18, 56, Con Nestorides 70, Ernie Ackerley 72			Goal: Steve Herczeg 65			Attendance: 8,850
							Referee: Tony Boskovic (Sydney)
9 October 1966	Perth Azzurri	(0)	1	Port Melbourne Slavia	(0)	1	Perry Lakes Stadium, Perth
	Goal: Ron Reid 88			Goal: Ian Reid			Attendance: 4,000
							Referee: Bill Hosie (Adelaide)
After extra time. No further goals were scored in extra time. Penalty Kicks: Perth Azzurri 4 Port Melbourne Slavia 3.
9 October 1966	West Adelaide Hellas	(0)	0	Melbourne Hungaria	(1)	1	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
				Goal: Bob Connelly			Attendance: 6,000
							Referee: E. Bude (WA)
9 October 1966	Melbourne Hakoah	(3)	6	Olympia	(1)	2	Olympic Park, Melbourne
	Goals: Ian Monan (2), Jim O'Neill (2), Ted Smith, Alex Purdie			Goals: Dick Girling (2)			Attendance: 2,300
							Referee: Harold Parsons (Sydney)
One source awarded the Alex Purdie goal to Hugh Murney

Quarter-Finals

15 October 1966	Melbourne Hungaria	(0)	4	Perth Azzurri	(0)	1	Olympic Park, Melbourne
	Goals: Attila Abonyi (3), Frank Stoffels			Goal: Nino Segon			Attendance: 3,126
							Referee: Grant (SA)
16 October 1966	Sydney Hakoah	(1)	4	South Coast United	(0)	0	Wentworth Park, Sydney
	Goals: Salisbury (own goal), Gerry Hood, Herbert Ninaus, Harding						Attendance: 4,563
							Referee: Geoff Harrison (Victoria)
Double-header
16 October 1966	APIA Leichhardt	(2)	2	St George Budapest	(1)	1	Wentworth Park, Sydney
	Goals: John Giacometti (2)			Goal: Noel Telfer			Attendance: 4,563
							Referee: A. Roberts (Newcastle)
Double-header
16 October 1966	South Melbourne Hellas	(2)	2	Melbourne Hakoah	(1)	1	Olympic Park, Melbourne
	Goals: Con Nestorides 14, John Anderson 32			Goal: Jim Armstrong 6			Attendance: 8,221
							Referee: Norm Jones (NSW)

Semi-Finals

23 October 1966	APIA Leichhardt	(1)	3	Melbourne Hungaria	(0)	0	Wentworth Park, Sydney
	Goals: John Giacometti (2), John Watkiss						Attendance: 4,521
							Referee: Vince Dobinson (Brisbane)
23 October 1966	South Melbourne Hellas	(1)	1	Sydney Hakoah	(3)	3	Olympic Park, Melbourne
	Goal: Con Nestorides			Goals: Gerry Hood, Jim Christie, Herbert Ninaus			Attendance: 11,500
							Referee: Bill Hosie (Adelaide)
The game was abandoned after 71 minutes due to pitch invasion. Subsequently, the game was awarded to Sydney Hakoah and South Melbourne Hellas were barred from participating in the 1967 Australia Cup.

Final

30 October 1966	APIA Leichhardt	(1)	2	Sydney Hakoah	(0)	0	Wentworth Park, Sydney
	Goals: Ricardo Campana 32, Bill Kerklaan 61						Attendance: 10,200
							Referee: Dave Maitland (Victoria)

Report on the Final

Source: Sydney Morning Herald, 31 October 1966, page 16

Sources

Soccer World Annual 1967

Editions of The Age newspaper (1966)

Editions of The Sydney Morning Herald newspaper (1966)

Editions of The Canberra Times newspaper (1966)

The Australian Player Database on ozfootball.net for checking the full names of goal scorers

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