1967 Chatham Cup

The 1967 Chatham Cup was the 40th annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand.

1967 Chatham Cup
Dates2 September 1967
Championship venueBasin Reserve, Wellington
ChampionsNorth Shore United (4th title)
Runners-upChristchurch City
Championship match score2 – 1
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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, 95 teams took part in the competition, 32 from the South Island and 63 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 1967 final

North Shore United returned to the final, this time with former international Ken Armstrong as coach. In the final they met Christchurch City - soon to change its name to Christchurch United, a recently amalgamated team featuring players who had previously been with several strong southern sides, among them future internationals Terry Haydon and Tony Gowans. The game was an exciting one. The Christchurch side dominated for the entire first half, but a combination of missed chances, the woodwork, a disallowed goal, and heroics from Shore keeper Dennis Mack kept the first half scoreless. In the second spell, Billy Rimmer scored for the Aucklanders early but the lead was soon cancelled out by a strike from Haydon. A late penalty for City was missed by Gowans, and Shore made the most of their chance by stealing a late winner through Ian Campbell.[1]

Results

Third round
Blockhouse Bay3 – 0Lynndale (Auckland)
Christchurch City2 – 0Christchurch Technical
Dunedin HSOB3 – 0Caversham
Eastern Union (Gisborne)3 – 2Riverina (Wairoa)
Hamilton5 – 1Claudelands Rovers
Hungaria (Wellington)3 – 0Johnson Villa (Wellington)
Maori Hill (Dunedin)2 – 1Saint Kilda
Miramar Rangers2 – 1Stop Out (Lower Hutt)
Napier Rovers6 – 2Moturoa
Nelson Thistle2 – 2*Nelson Suburbs
New Brighton4 – 0Christchurch HSOB
Northern (Dunedin)5 – 2Mosgiel
North Shore United1 – 1†Mount Wellington
Palmerston North Thistle3 – 1Kiwi United
Petone3 – 3¶Western Suburbs FC (Wellington)
Papatoetoe6 – 1Massey Rovers
Queens Park (Invercargill)6 – 0Old Boys (Invercargill)
Richmond Athletic1 – 0Nelson Rangers
Roslyn-Wakari2 – 1Otago University
Shirley-Nomads2 – 1Rangers (Christchurch)
Waterside (Wellington)5 – 2Lower Hutt City
Western (Christchurch)7 – 0Christchurch Celtic
Western Suburbs FC (Wellington)4 – 2Wanganui East Athletic

* Won by Suburbs on toss of coin
† Won by North Shore on corners
¶ Won by Western Suburbs on corners

Fourth round
Christchurch City7 – 2Shirley-Nomads
Dunedin HSOB1 – 0Maori Hill
Eastern Union (Gisborne)3 – 1Blockhouse Bay
Gore Wanderers2 – 1Queens Park
Invercargill Thistle3 – 2Invercargill United
Miramar Rangers3 – 1Hungaria
Nelson Suburbs1 – 0Richmond Athletic
New Brighton2 – 0Western
Northern4 – 0Roslyn-Wakari
North Shore United2 – 1Papatoetoe (soccer)
Palmerston North Thistle2 – 1Napier Rovers
Rotorua City5 – 0Hamilton
Waterside (Wellington)3 – 0Petone
Western Suburbs FC (Wellington)12 – 1Masterton Athletic
Whangarei8 – 0Kamo Swifts

Fifth round
Christchurch City2 – 1New Brighton
Eastern Union2 – 0Whangarei
Invercargill Thistle9 – 0Gore Wanderers
Miramar Rangers1 – 0Waterside (Wellington)
Nelson Suburbs2 – 3 (aet)Grosvenor Rovers (Marlborough)
Northern1 – 0Dunedin HSOB
North Shore United3 – 2Rotorua City
Palmerston North Thistle5 – 0Western Suburbs FC (Wellington)

Quarter-finals
Christchurch City12 – 1Grosvenor Rovers
Eastern Union0 – 1 (aet)North Shore United
Invercargill Thistle3 – 2Northern (Dunedin)
Miramar Rangers2 – 1Palmerston North Thistle

Semi-finals
Invercargill Thistle1 – 4Christchurch City
North Shore United1 – 0 (aet)*Miramar Rangers

* some sources give the result as 2-1 aet

Final
North Shore United2 – 1Christchurch City
Rimmer, Campbell Haydon
Referee: D.W. Grant

References
  1. Hilton, T. (1991) An association with soccer. Auckland: The New Zealand Football Association. ISBN 0-473-01291-X. pp. 74-5
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