1974 Amco Cup

The 1974 Amco Cup was won by New South Wales Country Rugby League's Western Division team. They were coached by Johnny King and included players such as Geoff Lousick, Nelson Smith, "TV" Ted Ellery and Terry Fahey.

Format

The inaugural midweek cup operated on a straight knock-out format. 11 of the 21 teams received a first round bye.

Round 1

Date	Winner	Score	Loser	Score	Venue
10/04/74	Eastern Suburbs	22	Western Suburbs	6	Belmore Oval
17/04/74	Parramatta	39	Riverina	11	Leichhardt Oval
24/04/74	North Sydney	19	North Coast	7	Coffs Harbour
1/05/74	St George	22	Balmain	11	Leichhardt Oval
8/05/74	Penrith	18	Ryde-Eastwood	10	Leichhardt Oval

Round 2

Date	Winner	Score	Loser	Score	Venue
15/05/74	South Sydney	18	Newtown	14	Leichhardt Oval
22/05/74	Manly-Warringah	34	Parramatta	10	Leichhardt Oval
12/06/74	Western Division	13	Auckland	7	Leichhardt Oval
19/06/74	Eastern Suburbs	32	Monaro	21	Seiffert Oval (Queanbeyan)
19/06/74	Canterbury-Bankstown	22	Illawarra	19	Seiffert Oval (Queanbeyan)
26/06/74	Southern Division	15	Cronulla-Sutherland	14	Leichhardt Oval
3/07/74	Northern Division	19	North Sydney	14	Leichhardt Oval
17/07/74	Penrith	14	St George	3	Leichhardt Oval

Quarter finals

Date	Winner	Score	Loser	Score	Venue
10/07/74	Manly-Warringah	22	South Sydney	7	Leichhardt Oval
17/07/74	Western Division	12	Canterbury-Bankstown	10	Leichhardt Oval
24/07/74	Eastern Suburbs	18	Southern Division	10	Leichhardt Oval
31/07/74	Penrith	31	Northern Division	11	Leichhardt Oval

Semi finals

Date	Winner	Score	Loser	Score	Venue
7/08/74	Western Division*	12	Manly-Warringah	12	Wade Park (Orange)
14/08/74	Penrith	10	Eastern Suburbs	9	Leichhardt Oval

Final

Date	Winner	Score	Loser	Score	Venue
21/08/74	Western Division	6	Penrith	2	Leichhardt Oval

• *- advanced after a penalty count-back