1965 Chatham Cup
The 1965 Chatham Cup was the 38th annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand.
| Dates | 4 September 1965 |
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| Championship venue | Basin Reserve, Wellington |
| Champions | Eastern Suburbs (3rd title) |
| Runners-up | Saint Kilda |
| Championship match score | 4 – 1 |
← 1964 1966 → | |
The competition was run on a regional basis, with 18 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, 104 teams took part in the competition, 33 from the South Island and 71 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.
Christchurch City's 19–1 Fifth Round demolition of Timaru's Northern Hearts was the largest known victory in any Chatham Cup match until Metro's 21–0 demolition of Norwest in 1998.
The 1965 Final
The final was played in a stiff Wellington southerly, which St. Kilda captain Alex Caldwell opted to use in the first half. Despite this advantage, the Otago side found themselves on the back foot against a far stronger Auckland team. Suburbs rebuffed St. Kilda's attacks in the first twenty minutes before moving the ball forward themselves. Centre-forward Trefor Pugh scored first for the Auckland side, though Brian Slinn levelled the scores before the break. In the second half, playing with the aid of the wind, Suburbs' class proved too much for the southerners. John Legg added a second for Suburbs 12 minutes into the second spell, and a mistimed clearance from St. Kilda keeper Malcolm Barnes found Pugh, who hit a volley into the St. Kilda goal. The fourth Eastern Suburbs goal came when a shot by John Wrathall was parried straight into the path of Legg, who hit the ball past the keeper into the net.[1]
Results
Third round
| Christchurch City | 2–1 | Christchurch HSOB |
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| Claudelands Rovers (Hamilton) | 4–2 | Hamilton |
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| Diamond (Wellington) | 5–2 | Petone |
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| Eastern Suburbs (Auckland) | 7–1 | North Shore United |
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| Eastern Union (Gisborne) | 3–1 | Riverina |
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| Gore Wanderers | 4–2 | Old Boys (Invercargill) |
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| Grey Lynn | 3–2 | East Coast Bays |
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| Hungaria (Wellington) | 5–3 | Johnson Villa (Wellington) |
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| Invercargill United | 3–1 | Waihopai (Invercargill) |
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| Kahukura (Rotorua) | 8–1 | Greerton Rovers |
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| Motueka | 4–2 | Richmond Athletic |
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| Mount Wellington | 3–2 | Eden |
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| Napier Rovers | 7–1 | Hastings United |
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| Wellington Northern | 6–1 | Upper Hutt United |
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| Otago University | 5–1 | Mosgiel |
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| Otangarei United (Whangarei) | 6–2 | Kaikohe |
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| Palmerston North Thistle | 8–1 | Masterton Athletic |
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| Pukekohe Ramblers | 1 – 1* | Manurewa |
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| Saint Kilda | 3–0 | Northern |
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| Waitara | 3–2 | Moturoa |
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| Wanganui United | 1–0 | Western Suburbs FC (Wellington) |
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| Waterside Wellington | 2–1 | Miramar Rangers |
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| Western (Christchurch) | 4–1 | Waterside Canterbury |
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- Pukekohe won on corners
Fourth round
| Christchurch City | 2–0 | Western (Christchurch) |
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| Claudelands Rovers | 2–5 | Eastern Suburbs |
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| Wellington Diamond | 2 – 0 (replay) | Waterside |
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| Gore Wanderers | 4–3 | Queens Park (Invercargill) |
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| Invercargill Thistle | 6–1 | Invercargill United |
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| Mount Wellington | 8–1 | Grey Lynn |
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| Nelson Rangers | 4–3 | Nelson Thistle |
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| Nelson Suburbs | 3–2 | Motueka |
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| Nelson Suburbs | 4 – 2 (replayed) | Motueka |
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| Wellington Northern | 5–0 | Hungaria |
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| Northern Hearts (Timaru) | 4–3 | South Canterbury Thistle |
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| Otangarei United (Whangarei) | 1–7 | Kahukura (Rotorua) |
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| Palmerston North Thistle | 4–5 | Napier Rovers |
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| Pukekohe Ramblers | 1–3 | Eastern Union |
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| Saint Kilda | 1–0 | Otago University |
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| Wanganui United | 1–3 | Waitara |
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Oamaru had a bye to the last 16
Fifth round
| Christchurch City | 19–1 | Northern Hearts (Timaru) |
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| Wellington Diamond | 4–0 | Wellington Northern |
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| Eastern Suburbs | 8–2 | Kahukura |
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| Eastern Union | 2–0 | Mount Wellington (Auckland) |
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| Invercargill Thistle | 4–3 | Gore Wanderers |
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| Nelson Rangers | 3–1 | Nelson Suburbs |
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| Saint Kilda (Dunedin) | 8–0 | Oamaru |
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| Waitara | 0–2 | Napier Rovers |
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Quarter-finals
| Christchurch City | 7–0 | Nelson Rangers |
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| Eastern Suburbs | 6–1 | Eastern Union |
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| Invercargill Thistle | 1–3 | Saint Kilda |
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| Wellington Diamond | 3–1 | Napier Rovers |
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Final
| Eastern Suburbs | 4–1 | Saint Kilda |
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| T. Pugh 2, Legg 2 | Slinn |
References
- Hilton, T. (1991) An association with soccer. Auckland: The New Zealand Football Association. ISBN 0-473-01291-X. p. 74
- Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation New Zealand 1965 page
- ultimatenzsoccer.com 1965 Chatham Cup page