1965 Chatham Cup

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

Chatham Cup
year =1965
date =September 4
venue=Basin Reserve, Wellington

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.

Christchurch City's 19-1 Third 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.

First Round

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team1 = Claudelands Rovers (Hamilton)
score = 2 – 5
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team2 = Eastern Suburbs (Auckland)
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team1 = Palmerston North Thistle
score = 8 – 1
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team2 = Masterton Athletic
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team1 = Pukekohe Ramblers
score = 1 – 3
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team2 = Eastern Union (Gisborne)
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econd Round

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team1 = Otangarei United (Whangarei)
score = 1 – 7
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team2 = Kahukura (Rotorua)
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team1 = Palmerston North Thistle
score = 4 – 5
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team2 = Napier Rovers
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team1 = Wanganui United
score = 1 – 3
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team2 = Waitara
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Third Round

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team1 = Christchurch City
score = 19 – 1
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team2 = Northern Hearts (Timaru)
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team1 = Eastern Suburbs
score = 8 – 2
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team2 = Kahukura
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team1 = Eastern Union
score = 2 – 0
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team2 = Mount Wellington (Auckland)
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team1 = Saint Kilda (Dunedin)
score = 8 – 0
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team2 = Oamaru
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team1 = Waitara
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Fourth Round

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team1 = Christchurch City
score = 7 – 0
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team2 = Nelson Rangers
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team1 = Eastern Suburbs
score = 6 – 1
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team2 = Eastern Union
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team1 = Invercargill Thistle
score = 1 – 3
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team1 = Wellington Diamond
score = 3 – 1
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emi-finals

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team1 = Eastern Suburbs
score = 4 – 2
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team2 = Wellington Diamond
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team1 = Saint Kilda
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team2 = Christchurch City
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Final

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date = Sept. 4, 1965
team1 = Eastern Suburbs
score = 4 – 1
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team2 = Saint Kilda
goals1 = T. Pugh 2, Legg 2
goals2 = Slinn
stadium = Basin Reserve, Wellington
referee = R.W. Cullen

References

* [http://www.rsssf.com/tablesn/nz65.html Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation New Zealand 1965 page]