1966 Chatham Cup

1966 Chatham Cup
Dates 3 September 1966
Championship venue Basin Reserve, Wellington
Champions Miramar Rangers (1st title)
Runners-up Western
Championship match score 1 – 0
← 1965
1967 →

The 1966 Chatham Cup was the 39th annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand.

The competition was run on a regional basis, with 17 regional associations holding separate qualification rounds. The winners of each of these qualification tournaments, along with the second-placed team from Auckland, qualified for the competition proper. In all, 91 teams took part in the competition, 32 from the South Island and 59 from the North Island. Note: Different sources record different numbers for the rounds of this competition, with some confusion caused by differing numbers of rounds in regional qualification.

The 1966 final

The final was the first since 1962 to feature no Auckland teams. Rangers had the stronger of the two finalist sides, with strong players such as goalkeeper Peter Whiting and brothers Les and Barry Taylor. In a gritty but largely uninspiring final, Western had most of the play, coming close to scoring on several occasions, with one goal disallowed and another shot hitting the woodwork. As the game progressed Rangers came into their own, taking the lead through a Les Taylor shot which hit the upright before ricocheting into the net. The ball had been the result of a parried clearance by Western keeper David Smith of a Stef Billing header.[1]

Results

Third round

Christchurch City 5 – 0 Rangers (Christchurch)
Eastern Suburbs (Auckland) 3 – 2 East Coast Bays
Eastern Union (Gisborne) 2 – 0 Riverina (Wairoa)
Kahukura (Rotorua) 4 – 0 Rotorua Rangers
Maori Hill (Dunedin) 2 – 0 Caversham
Napier Rovers 4 – 2 Napier HSOB
Northern (Dunedin) 3 – 0 Roslyn-Wakari
Wellington Northern 4 – 3 Stop Out (Lower Hutt)
Otangarei United (Whangarei) 3 – 2 Kamo Swifts
Papatoetoe 3 – 1 Pukekohe Ramblers
Saint Kilda 4 – 2 Mosgiel
Seatoun 1 – 0 Waterside (Wellington)
Western (Christchurch) 12 – 2 Northern Hearts (Timaru)

*match won by Wanganui East on corners

Fourth round

Blenheim Athletic 5 – 2 Grosvenor Rovers
Eastern Suburbs (Auckland) 7 – 1 Kahukura (Rotorua)
Hamilton 2 – 1 Eastern Union (Gisborne)
Invercargill Thistle 7 – 3 Gore Wanderers
Moturoa 5 – 2 Masterton Athletic
Otangarei United (Whangarei) 1 – 2 Papatoetoe
Queens Park 2 – 1 Invercargill United
Saint Kilda 3 – 1 King Edward TCOB

Fifth round

Blenheim Athletic 0 – 9 Nelson Rangers
Ponsonby 4 – 1 Hamilton
Saint Kilda 3 – 1 Northern

Quarter-finals

Nelson Rangers 0 – 2 Western (Christchurch)
Saint Kilda 4 – 1 Invercargill Thistle

Semi-finals

Western 1 – 1 (aet) Saint Kilda

Replay

Saint Kilda 1 – 3 Western

Final

Miramar Rangers 1 – 0 Western
L. Taylor
Referee: Les Coffman

References

  1. ↑ Hilton, T. (1991) An association with soccer. Auckland: The New Zealand Football Association. ISBN 0-473-01291-X. p. 74
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