1965 Chatham Cup

The 1965 Chatham Cup was the 38th annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand.

1965 Chatham Cup
Dates4 September 1965
Championship venueBasin Reserve, Wellington
ChampionsEastern Suburbs (3rd title)
Runners-upSaint Kilda
Championship match score4 – 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 City2–1Christchurch HSOB
Claudelands Rovers (Hamilton)4–2Hamilton
Diamond (Wellington)5–2Petone
Eastern Suburbs (Auckland)7–1North Shore United
Eastern Union (Gisborne)3–1Riverina
Gore Wanderers4–2Old Boys (Invercargill)
Grey Lynn3–2East Coast Bays
Hungaria (Wellington)5–3Johnson Villa (Wellington)
Invercargill United3–1Waihopai (Invercargill)
Kahukura (Rotorua)8–1Greerton Rovers
Motueka4–2Richmond Athletic
Mount Wellington3–2Eden
Napier Rovers7–1Hastings United
Wellington Northern6–1Upper Hutt United
Otago University5–1Mosgiel
Otangarei United (Whangarei)6–2Kaikohe
Palmerston North Thistle8–1Masterton Athletic
Pukekohe Ramblers1 – 1*Manurewa
Saint Kilda3–0Northern
Waitara3–2Moturoa
Wanganui United1–0Western Suburbs FC (Wellington)
Waterside Wellington2–1Miramar Rangers
Western (Christchurch)4–1Waterside Canterbury
  • Pukekohe won on corners

Fourth round
Christchurch City2–0Western (Christchurch)
Claudelands Rovers2–5Eastern Suburbs
Wellington Diamond3–3Waterside
Wellington Diamond2 – 0 (replay)Waterside
Gore Wanderers4–3Queens Park (Invercargill)
Invercargill Thistle6–1Invercargill United
Mount Wellington8–1Grey Lynn
Nelson Rangers4–3Nelson Thistle
Nelson Suburbs3–2Motueka
Nelson Suburbs4 – 2 (replayed)Motueka
Wellington Northern5–0Hungaria
Northern Hearts (Timaru)4–3South Canterbury Thistle
Otangarei United (Whangarei)1–7Kahukura (Rotorua)
Palmerston North Thistle4–5Napier Rovers
Pukekohe Ramblers1–3Eastern Union
Saint Kilda1–0Otago University
Wanganui United1–3Waitara

Oamaru had a bye to the last 16

Fifth round
Christchurch City19–1Northern Hearts (Timaru)
Wellington Diamond4–0Wellington Northern
Eastern Suburbs8–2Kahukura
Eastern Union2–0Mount Wellington (Auckland)
Invercargill Thistle4–3Gore Wanderers
Nelson Rangers3–1Nelson Suburbs
Saint Kilda (Dunedin)8–0Oamaru
Waitara0–2Napier Rovers

Quarter-finals
Christchurch City7–0Nelson Rangers
Eastern Suburbs6–1Eastern Union
Invercargill Thistle1–3Saint Kilda
Wellington Diamond3–1Napier Rovers

Semi-finals
Eastern Suburbs4–2Wellington Diamond
Saint Kilda1–0Christchurch City

Final
Eastern Suburbs4–1Saint Kilda
T. Pugh 2, Legg 2 Slinn
Referee: R.W. Cullen

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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