Australia Cup 1967 - Results

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Qualified clubs

Club	Region	Division in 1967	Placed	Notes
Canberra Juventus	ACT	ACT Division One	1^st
Lake Macquarie	N-NSW	Northern NSW Division One	2^nd
Newcastle Austral	N-NSW	Northern NSW Division One	1^st
APIA Leichhardt	NSW	NSW Division One	1^st	NSW Federation Cup winner
St George-Budapest	NSW	NSW Division One	2^nd
South Sydney Croatia	NSW	NSW Division One	3^rd
Pan Hellenic	NSW	NSW Division One	4^th
Latrobe-Western Suburbs.	QLD	Brisbane Division One	1^st
Adelaide Juventus	SA	SA Division One	1^st
West Adelaide Hellas	SA	SA Division One	2^nd
Launceston United	TAS	TAS State Premiership	1^st
Melbourne Hungaria	VIC	VIC State League	1^st
Melbourne Juventus	VIC	VIC State League	2^nd
Melbourne Croatia	VIC	VIC State League	3^rd
Footscray JUST	VIC	VIC State League	5^th	South Melbourne Hellas (4^th) were barred from entering
Perth Azzurri	WA	WA State League	1^st	Won Top Four Championship

Results

Round One

8 October 1967	Pan Hellenic	(1)	2	St George Budapest	(1)	1	Wentworth Park, Sydney
	Goals: John Karyannis 37, Peter Laraman 99			Goal: John Warren 23			Attendance: 5,098
							Referee: Dave Maitland (Victoria)
Double-header. After extra time
8 October 1967	APIA Leichhardt	(1)	7	Canberra Juventus	(1)	1	Wentworth Park, Sydney
	Goals: Ruben Rivero 24, 51, John Watkiss 61, 87, Archibald Blue 65, John Giacometti 67, Graeme McKinnon 85			Goal: Joe Pompor 19			Attendance: 5,098
							Referee: G. Muir
Double-header
8 October 1967	Lake Macquarie	(2)	3	South Sydney Croatia	(1)	1	Lake Macquarie, Newcastle
	Goals: Curry (own goal) 3, Hinchcliffe 41, Dunne 60			Goal: Ray Cush 16			Attendance: 4,000
							Referee: Vince Dobinson (Brisbane)
8 October 1967	Latrobe-Western Suburbs	(1)	1	Newcastle Austral	(2)	4	Exhibition Ground, Brisbane
	Goal: Tucker 58			Goals: Skelly 16, Robbards 30, 74, Lagerstrom 89			Attendance: 2,500
							Referee: Keith Lockrey (NSW)
7 October 1967	Melbourne Hungaria	(0)	2	Launceston United	(1)	1	Olympic Park, Melbourne
	Goals: Attila Abonyi 85, Frank McCann 86			Goal: Roper 10			Attendance: 1,810
							Referee: Mellings (SA)
7 October 1967	West Adelaide Hellas	(0)	0	Melbourne Croatia	(1)	2	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
				Goals: Hammy McMeechan 36, Bill McArthur 88			Attendance: 5,700
							Referee: E. Bude (WA)
8 October 1967	Melbourne Juventus	(1)	2	Footscray JUST	(1)	1	Olympic Park, Melbourne
	Goals: Eric Norman 13, Dario Epifano 66			Goal: Jake Gakovic 26			Attendance: 4,892
							Referee: Tony Boskovic (Sydney)
One source awarded the Jake Gakovic goal to Bogdan Zlatic
12 October 1967	Adelaide Juventus	(0)	3	Perth Azzurri	(0)	0	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
	Goals: Steve Herczeg 47, 49, Zamprogno 87						Attendance: 5,300
							Referee: Roger Lamb (Victoria)

Quarter-Finals

14 October 1967	Melbourne Juventus	(1)	2	Adelaide Juventus	(1)	1	Olympic Park, Melbourne
	Goals: Dari Epifano 22, Pat Della Rosca 90			Goal: Serafini 34			Attendance: 3,250
							Referee: N. Jones (Victoria)
15 October 1967	APIA Leichhardt	(2)	5	Lake Macquarie	(0)	0	Wentworth Park, Sydney
	Goals: John Watkiss 3, 54, 85, Ruben Rivero 39, Graeme McKinnon 73						Attendance: 6,750
							Referee: Lou Stafrace (Victoria)
Note: Double-header
15 October 1967	Pan Hellenic	(2)	2	Newcastle Austral	(0)	1	Wentworth Park, Sydney
	Goals: John Karyannis 17, 22			Goal: Lagerstrom 69			Attendance: 6,750
							Referee: Bob Armstrong (Victoria)
Note: Double-header
15 October 1967	Melbourne Hungaria	(2)	3	Melbourne Croatia	(0)	0	Olympic Park, Melbourne
	Goals: Frank Stoffels (2), Attila Abonyi						Attendance: 3,400
							Referee: D. Grant (SA)

Semi-Finals

22 October 1967	APIA Leichhardt	(0)	2	Pan Hellenic	(1)	1	Wentworth Park, Sydney
	Goals: Ruben Rivero 47, Ernie Campbell 105			Goal: Brian Smith 18			Attendance: 8,249
							Referee: Dave Maitland (Victoria)
After extra time
22 October 1967	Melbourne Hungaria	(0)	2	Melbourne Juventus	(0)	0	Olympic Park, Melbourne
	Goals: Colin Myers 62, Attila Abonyi 87						Attendance: 6,021
							Referee: Harold Parsons (Sydney)

Final

29 October 1967	Melbourne Hungaria	(1)	4	APIA Leichhardt	(1)	3	Olympic Park, Melbourne
	Goals: Attila Abonyi 19, 53, 95, Frank Stoffels 74			Goals: Ian Shanks (own goal) 24, John Giacometti 69, John Watkiss 83			Attendance: 11,185
							Referee: Vince Dobinson (Brisbane)
After extra time. Twenty minutes of extra time were played. One source awarded the John Giacometti goal to Archibald Blue

Report on the Final

Source: The Age, 30 October 1967, page 24

Sources

Soccer World Annual 1968

Editions of The Age newspaper (1967)

Editions of The Sydney Morning Herald newspaper (1967)

Editions of The Canberra Times newspaper (1967)

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

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