1965 Chatham Cup

November 2016 July 2026 1965 Chatham Cup 4 September 1965 Basin Reserve, Wellington Eastern Suburbs (3rd title) Saint Kilda 1964 1966 The 1965 Chatham Cup was the 38th annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand. 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. p. 74 Results Third round #eeeeee Christchurch City 2–1 Christchurch HSOB #eeeeee Claudelands Rovers (Hamilton) 4–2 Hamilton #eeeeee Diamond (Wellington) 5–2 Petone #eeeeee Eastern Suburbs (Auckland) 7–1 North Shore United #eeeeee Eastern Union (Gisborne) 3–1 Riverina #eeeeee Gore Wanderers 4–2 Old Boys (Invercargill) #eeeeee Grey Lynn 3–2 East Coast Bays #eeeeee Hungaria (Wellington) 5–3 Johnson Villa (Wellington) #eeeeee Invercargill United 3–1 Waihopai (Invercargill) #eeeeee Kahukura (Rotorua) 8–1 Greerton Rovers #eeeeee Motueka 4–2 Richmond Athletic #eeeeee Mount Wellington 3–2 Eden #eeeeee Napier Rovers 7–1 Hastings United #eeeeee Wellington Northern 6–1 Upper Hutt United #eeeeee Otago University 5–1 Mosgiel #eeeeee Otangarei United (Whangarei) 6–2 Kaikohe #eeeeee Palmerston North Thistle 8–1 Masterton Athletic #eeeeee Pukekohe Ramblers 1 – 1* Manurewa #eeeeee Saint Kilda 3–0 Northern #eeeeee Waitara 3–2 Moturoa #eeeeee Wanganui United 1–0 Western Suburbs FC (Wellington) #eeeeee Waterside Wellington 2–1 Miramar Rangers #eeeeee Western (Christchurch) 4–1 Waterside Canterbury Pukekohe won on corners Fourth round #eeeeee Christchurch City 2–0 Western (Christchurch) #eeeeee Claudelands Rovers 2–5 Eastern Suburbs #eeeeee Wellington Diamond 3–3 Waterside #eeeeee Wellington Diamond 2 – 0 (replay) Waterside #eeeeee Gore Wanderers 4–3 Queens Park (Invercargill) #eeeeee Invercargill Thistle 6–1 Invercargill United #eeeeee Mount Wellington 8–1 Grey Lynn #eeeeee Nelson Rangers 4–3 Nelson Thistle #eeeeee Nelson Suburbs 3–2 Motueka #eeeeee Nelson Suburbs 4 – 2 (replayed) Motueka #eeeeee Wellington Northern 5–0 Hungaria #eeeeee Northern Hearts (Timaru) 4–3 South Canterbury Thistle #eeeeee Otangarei United (Whangarei) 1–7 Kahukura (Rotorua) #eeeeee Palmerston North Thistle 4–5 Napier Rovers #eeeeee Pukekohe Ramblers 1–3 Eastern Union #eeeeee Saint Kilda 1–0 Otago University #eeeeee Wanganui United 1–3 Waitara Oamaru had a bye to the last 16 Fifth round #eeeeee Christchurch City 19–1 Northern Hearts (Timaru) #eeeeee Wellington Diamond 4–0 Wellington Northern #eeeeee Eastern Suburbs 8–2 Kahukura #eeeeee Eastern Union 2–0 Mount Wellington (Auckland) #eeeeee Invercargill Thistle 4–3 Gore Wanderers #eeeeee Nelson Rangers 3–1 Nelson Suburbs #eeeeee Saint Kilda (Dunedin) 8–0 Oamaru #eeeeee Waitara 0–2 Napier Rovers Quarter-finals #eeeeee Christchurch City 7–0 Nelson Rangers #eeeeee Eastern Suburbs 6–1 Eastern Union #eeeeee Invercargill Thistle 1–3 Saint Kilda #eeeeee Wellington Diamond 3–1 Napier Rovers Semi-finals #eeeeee Eastern Suburbs 4–2 Wellington Diamond #eeeeee Saint Kilda 1–0 Christchurch City Final #eeeeee 4 September 1965 Eastern Suburbs 4–1 Saint Kilda T. Pugh 2, Legg 2 Slinn Basin Reserve, Wellington R.W. Cullen References Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation New Zealand 1965 page ultimatenzsoccer.com 1965 Chatham Cup page Category:Chatham Cup Chatham Cup Chatham Cup Category:September 1965 sports events in Oceania