# 1964 NSW Federation Cup

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 | Clubs remaining | Clubs advancing from previous round | New entries this 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 (div.) | Score | Team 2 (div.) |
| 1 | 29 February 1964 | Blacktown-BSK (2) | 5–3 | Manly Warringah (2) |
| 2 | 29 February 1964 | Wollongong Olympic (2) | 5–1 | Sydney Austral (2) |
| 3 | 1 March 1964 | Sutherland Shire (2) | 7–1 | Western United (2) |
| 4 | 1 March 1964 | Polonia North-Side (2) | 3–1 | Thistle (2) |

## Second Round

Concordia, Granville-AEK, Marconi and Melita Eagles enter the round after receiving a bye.
| Tie no. | Date | Team 1 (div.) | Score | Team 2 (div.) |
| 5 | 7 March 1964 | Polonia-North Side (2) | 3–2 | Concordia (2) |
| 6 | 7 March 1964 | Granville AEK (2) | 4–1 | Sutherland Shire (2) |
| 7 | 14 March 1964 | Blacktown-BSK (2) | 4–2 | Marconi (2) |
| 8 | 21 March 1964 | Wollongong Olympic (2) | 4–3 | Melita Eagles (2) |

## Third Round

First Division clubs enter this round.
| Tie no. | Date | Team 1 (div.) | Score | Team 2 (div.) |
| 9 | 11 March 1964 | South Coast United (1) | 4–2 | Granville AEK (2) |
| 10 | 11 March 1964 | Hakoah Eastern Suburbs (1) | 3–1 | Canterbury-Marrickville (1) |
| 11 | 18 March 1964 | APIA Leichhardt (1) | 5–3 | Polonia-North Side (2) |
| 12 | 18 March 1964 | Yugal Ryde (1) | 2–2 | Bankstown (1) |
| replay | 30 March 1964 | Yugal Ryde (1) | 1–2 | Bankstown (1) |
| 13 | 25 March 1964 | Budapest-St. George (1) | 4–0 | Blacktown-BSK (2) |
| 14 | 25 March 1964 | Corinthian BESC (1) | 3–1 | Croatia Maroubra (1) |
| 15 | 1 April 1964 | Auburn (1) | 4–1 | Wollongong Olympic (2) |
| 16 | 1 April 1964 | Pan Hellenic (1) | 1–0 | Prague (1) |

## 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 Warren |
| Substitutes: ||
| | 12 | Frank Lang |
| Coach: ||
| Miklos Szegedi ||
| | 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 Mayers |
| Substitutes: ||
| | | none |
| Coach: ||
| Jimmy Kelly ||
* NSW Federation Cup 1964 Champions
* Budapest-St. George First Title