1963 Chatham Cup

1963 Chatham Cup
Grand Final details
Date August 31
Venue Basin Reserve, Wellington
Winner North Shore United (3rd title)
Score 4 – 1
Runner-Up Nomads
1962
1964

The 1963 Chatham Cup was the 36th annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand.

The competition was run on a regional basis, with regional associations each holding separate qualifying rounds. Teams taking part in the final rounds are known to have included Otangarei United, Blockhouse Bay, North Shore United, Papatoetoe, Hamilton Technical Old Boys, Kahukura (Rotorua), Eastern Union (Gisborne), Moturoa, Hastings United, Wanganui United, St. Andrews (Manawatu), Wellington Marist, Nelson Rangers, Christchurch Nomads, Timaru Thistle, Northern (Dunedin), and Invercargill Thistle. It is known that unfancied side Otematata, from Otago's Maniototo district caused a surprise by reaching the last 16 stage.

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The 1963 final

During the early 1960s North Shore were by far the strongest team in the country. This was their fourth final in five years, and with the Chatham Cup they completed a treble which included the Auckland regional league and the Rothmans Cup competition. They easily accounted for the Christchurch team of Nomads in the final, and with the exception of the tail-end of the first half dominated the match. The only goal of the first period came through Shore's Middleton (some sources say winger Peter Oden), but the lead was doubled ten minutes after the break through a header from Peter Maynard. McNicholl (some sources say Oden) added a third and North Shore coasted for the remainder of the match, allowing Nomads' Robin Muirson to gain a consolation goal for the southerners.[1][2]

Results

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First Round

June 15, 1963
Caversham 4 – 5 Green Island Caledonian Ground, South Dunedin
Referee: A. Patton
[3]
June 15, 1963
Northern (Dunedin) 4 – 3 King Edward TCOB (Dunedin)
[3]
June 15, 1963
Roslyn-Wakari 4 – 0 Dunedin HSOB Gardens Corner, Dunedin North
Referee: K. Young
[3]
June 15, 1963
Saint Kilda 3 – 0 Mosgiel Tonga Park, Dunedin
Referee: J. Warner
[3]

Second Round

June 22, 1963
Roslyn-Wakari 3 – 0 Green Island Caledonian Ground, South Dunedin
Referee: N. de Meyer
Kernaghan 2, Ure [4]
June 22, 1963
Saint Kilda 2 – 8 Northern
Referee: R. MacDonald
Sepsi, Van Schraa [4] P. Little 4, G. Little, Turnhout (og), Higgins, Rae

Last 32

July 6, 1963
Otematata 7 – 1 Oamaru
[5]
June 29, 1963
Roslyn-Wakari 0 – 1 Northern Caledonian Ground, South Dunedin
Referee: K. Young
[6] Berry

Last 16

June 29, 1963
Invercargill Thistle 5 – 0 Invercargill United
July 13, 1963
Otematata 1 – 3 Northern Oamaru
Referee: W. Bamberry
Caldwell [7] Higgins, Rae (pen.), Berry

Last eight ("Zone finals")

July 27, 1963
Invercargill Thistle 1 – 4 Northern Invercargill
Frost [8] G. Little, P. Little, Greaves, Berry
July 27, 1963
Nomads (Christchurch) 3 – 1 Nelson Rangers English Park, Christchurch

Semi-finals ("Island finals")

August 10, 1963
Northern 0 – 3 Nomads Caledonian Ground, South Dunedin
Referee: T.J. Ward
[9] Muirson 2, McParland
August 10, 1963
North Shore United 9 – 2 Wellington Marist

Final

August 31, 1963
North Shore United 4 – 1 Christchurch Nomads Basin Reserve, Wellington
Referee: R.E. McDonald
Middleton, Maynard, McNicholl* [1] Muirson

Note: Some sources, such as Hilton (1991), give North Shore's goalscorers as Oden 2, Maynard.

References

  1. ^ a b Otago Daily Times, Sept 2, 1963, p. 10
  2. ^ Hilton, T. (1991) An association with soccer. Auckland: The New Zealand Football Association. ISBN 0-473-01291-X. p. 74
  3. ^ a b c d Otago Daily Times June 17, 1963. p. 8
  4. ^ a b Otago Daily Times June 24, 1963. p. 9
  5. ^ Otago Daily Times July 8, 1963. p.7
  6. ^ Otago Daily Times July 1, 1963. p.10
  7. ^ Otago Daily Times July 15, 1963. p.11
  8. ^ Otago Daily Times July 29, 1963. p. 9
  9. ^ Otago Daily Times, 12 August 1963, p. 10