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. The Federation also decided that the winner of the cup would automatically qualify as a representative for the Australia Cup.
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.
Format and clubs
Round Clubsremaining Clubs advancing fromprevious round New entriesthis 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 Blacktown-BSK 5–3 Manly Warringah 2 29 February 1964 Wollongong Olympic 5–1 Sydney Austral 3 1 March 1964 Sutherland Shire 7–1 Western United 4 1 March 1964 Polonia North-Side 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 Polonia-North Side 3–2 Concordia 6 7 March 1964 Granville AEK 4–1 Sutherland Shire 7 14 March 1964 Blacktown-BSK 4–2 Marconi 8 21 March 1964 Wollongong Olympic 4–3 Melita Eagles
Third Round First Division clubs enter this round. Tie no. Date Team 1 Score Team 2 9 11 March 1964 South Coast United 4–2 Granville AEK 10 11 March 1964 Hakoah Eastern Suburbs 3–1 Canterbury-Marrickville 11 18 March 1964 APIA Leichhardt 5–3 Polonia-North Side 12 18 March 1964 Yugal Ryde 2–2 Bankstown replay 30 March 1964 Yugal Ryde 1–2 Bankstown 13 25 March 1964 Budapest-St. George 4–0 Blacktown-BSK 14 25 March 1964 Corinthian BESC 3–1 Croatia Maroubra 15 1 April 1964 Auburn 4–1 Wollongong Olympic 16 1 April 1964 Pan Hellenic 1–0 Prague
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
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 WarrenSubstitutes: 12 Frank LangCoach: Miklos Szegedi |style="vertical-align:top;width:50%"| 1 Brian Rhodes 2 Barry Salisbury 3 Adrian Ringland 4 Jimmy Kelly 5 Jim Harris 6 Casey De Bruyn 7 Peter Beattie 8 Cecil Sharpley 9 John Doherty 10 Graham Barnett 11 Derek MayersSubstitutes: noneCoach: Jimmy Kelly
NSW Federation Cup1964 ChampionsBudapest-St. GeorgeFirst Title
References General and specific