The pre-season Cup began as The Sun Cup in 1955, became the Ampol Cup in 1960 and finally the Buffalo Cup in 1984.
The Cup was discontinued when the NSL became a summer competition

written by John Punshon

Season	Winner				Runner-Up
1989	South Melbourne	3	-	0	Melbourne City JUST
1988	South Melbourne	3	-	0	Preston Makedonia
1987	Melbourne Croatia	2	-	0	South Melbourne
1986	Melbourne Croatia	2	-	1	Heidelberg United
1985	Heidelberg United	5	-	1	Melbourne Croatia
1984	South Melbourne	3	-	1	Melbourne Croatia
1983	Green Gully	5	-	0	Heidelberg United
1982	South Melbourne Hellas	2	-	1	Heidelberg United
1981	Green Gully	3	-	2	Croydon City
1980	Essendon Croatia	2	-	1	Heidelberg United
1979	Green Gully Green Gully won on penalties 5-3	1	-	1	Prahran Slavia
1978	Essendon Croatia Essendon Croatia won on penalties 5-4	2	-	2	Preston Makedonia
1977	Essendon Lions Essendon Lions won on penalties 5-4	0	-	0	Juventus
1976	South Melbourne Hellas	4	-	1	Footscray JUST
1975	Footscray JUST	1	-	0	South Melbourne Hellas
1974	George Cross	2	-	1	Melbourne
1973	Melbourne	3	-	2	Ringwood City
1972	Croatia	2	-	1	Footscray JUST
1971	Croatia	5	-	1	Footscray JUST
1970	South Melbourne Hellas	3	-	2	Footscray JUST
1969	South Melbourne Hellas	2	-	1	Croatia
1968	Croatia	2	-	1	Port Melbourne Slavia
1967	Port Melbourne Slavia	4	-	1	Melbourne
1966	Footscray JUST	3	-	2	South Melbourne Hellas
1965	George Cross	3	-	0	Hakoah
1964	Polonia	2	-	0	Lions
1963	Polonia	1	-	0	South Melbourne Hellas
1962	Wilhelmina	3	-	2	George Cross
1961	George Cross	2	-	1	JUST
1960	JUST	3	-	0	Wilhelmina
1959	George Cross	2	-	1	Juventus
1958	Juventus	1	-	0	JUST
1957	JUST	4	-	2	Wilhelmina
1956	JUST	5	-	1	Hakoah
1955	JUST	4	-	2	Brighton