1965 NSW Federation Cup

Football tournament season

1965 NSW Federation Cup
Tournament details
Country	Australia (NSW)
Teams	22
Defending champions	St. George-Budapest
Final positions
Champions	Hakoah
Runner-up	Pan Hellenic
Tournament statistics
Matches played	21
Goals scored	115 (5.48 per match)
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The 1965 NSW Federation Cup was the ninth edition of the NSW Soccer Federation's premier soccer cup. Also named the Henry Seamonds Trophy, the cup was open to all clubs in the first and second divisions. The winners would qualify as the federation's number one seed for the 1965 Australia Cup.^[1]

St. George-Budapest were the defending champions, but were eliminated in a quarter-finals by a 4–2 scoreline to APIA Leichhardt.

The final was played on 16 October 1965 between Hakoah and Pan Hellenic, with Hakoah winning the match 3–1 to claim their fourth Federation Cup title.^[1]^[2]

Format and clubs

Round	Clubs remaining	Clubs advancing from previous round	New entries this round	Main match dates
First Round	22 → 18	N/A	12 clubs from NSW Second Division	from 6 March 1965
Second Round	16 → 8	6 winners from First Round	10 clubs from NSW First Division	from 13 March 1965
Quarter-finals	8 → 4	8 winners from Second Round	none	from 24 April 1965
Semi-finals	4 → 2	4 winners from quarter-finals	none	from 3 October 1965
Final	2 → 1	2 winners from semi-finals	none	16 October 1965

First Round

The First Round saw all twelve Second Division clubs playoff against each other.

Tie no.	Date	Team 1 (div.)	Score	Team 2 (div.)
1	6 March 1965	Sutherland Shire (2)	3–2	Marconi (2)
2	6 March 1965	Corinthian BESC (2)	12–1	Thistle (2)
3	7 March 1965	Wollongong Olympic (2)	0–0 (a.e.t.) (9–8 pens.)	Melita Eagles (2)
4	7 March 1965	Canterbury-Marrickville (2)	7–1	Concordia (2)
5	7 March 1965	Bankstown (2)	4–0	Sydney Austral (2)
6	7 March 1965	Western United (2)	3–2	Granville-AEK (2)

Second Round

The ten First Division clubs entered the Second Round, directly playing winners from the First Round. Four First Division teams would play off against each other, Hakoah against Polonia-North Side and South Coast United against Prague.

Tie no.	Date	Team 1 (div.)	Score	Team 2 (div.)
7	13 March 1965	Cumberland United (1)	9–1	Sutherland Shire (2)
8	13 March 1965	Hakoah (1)	5–0	Polonia-North Side (1)
9	14 March 1965	South Coast United (2)	3–2	Prague (1)
10	14 March 1965	Pan Hellenic (1)	5–1	Corinthian BESC (2)
11	27 March 1965	Yugal (1)	7–0	Wollongong Olympic (2)
12	27 March 1965	Metropolitan Adriatic (1)	2–1	Canterbury-Marrickville (2)
13	28 March 1965	St. George-Budapest (1)	12–2	Western United (2)
14	28 March 1965	A.P.I.A. Leichhardt (1)	2–0	Bankstown (2)

Quarter-finals

Hakoah v Cumberland United

24 April 1965	Hakoah	3–0	Cumberland United
	D. Edwards Marnock Hood			Attendance: 2,400 Referee: H. Parsons

Metropolitan Adriatic v Yugal

24 April 1965	Metropolitan Adriatic	0–6	Yugal
			Vicevic Nincevic Lilac	Attendance: 2,400 Referee: D. Buchan

St. George-Budapest v A.P.I.A. Leichhardt

25 April 1965	St. George-Budapest	2–4	A.P.I.A. Leichhardt
	G. Yardley J. Warren		J. Wong Giacometti Jaros	Attendance: 8,200 Referee: J. Scarborough

Pan Hellenic v South Coast United

5 May 1965	Pan Hellenic	3–2	South Coast United
	Xanthopoulos B. Smith J. Smith		Holder Woods	Attendance: 3,133 Referee: Anton Boskovic
Note: Match originally began on 25 April 1965 but was abandoned due to a pitch invasion with Pan Hellenic leading 1–0.^[1]

Semi-finals

Hakoah v Yugal

3 October 1965	Hakoah	1–0	Yugal
	J. Christie			Attendance: 7,200 Referee: H. Eilerts

Pan Hellenic v A.P.I.A. Leichhardt

3 October 1965	Pan Hellenic	2–1	A.P.I.A. Leichhardt
	Fernie Karyannis		McKinnon	Attendance: 7,200 Referee: H. Parsons

Final

16 October 1965

Hakoah (1)	3–1	Pan Hellenic (1)
Gerry Hood 10', 25' Jim Christie 30'	Report	John Demos 59'

Wentworth Park, Glebe, Sydney

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: A. R. Brown


	1	Peter Fuzes
	2	Trevor Edwards
	3	Ian Hillsdon
	4	Danny Walsh
	5	Alan Marnock
	6	David Edwards
	7	Robert Fekete
	8	Jim Christie
	9	Herbert Ninaus
	10	Gerry Hood
	11	Doug Holden
Coach:
Tiko Jelisavcic


	1	Ron Corry
	2	George Yangou
	3	Douglas Wright
	4	David Johnston
	5	John Cole
	6	Johnny Sanchez
	7	John Demos
	8	Jim Fernie
	9	George McCulloch
	10	Doug Logan
	11	Jim Pearson
Coach:
Walter Tamandl

NSW Federation Cup 1965 Champions

Hakoah Fourth Title

References

General and specific

^ ^a ^b ^c "Soccer World Annual 1966". Soccer World. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
^ "NSW Federation Cup 1965". www.socceraust.co.uk. Retrieved 20 September 2023.

"1965 Federation Cup Final". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 20 September 2023.

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