1963 Chatham Cup

1963 Chatham Cup
Dates 15 June – 31 August 1963
Championship venue Basin Reserve, Wellington
Champions North Shore United (3rd title)
Runners-up Nomads
Championship match score 4 – 1

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.

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

15 June 1963
Caversham 4 – 5 Green Island
[3]
Caledonian Ground, South Dunedin
Referee: A. Patton

15 June 1963
Northern (Dunedin) 4 – 3 King Edward TCOB (Dunedin)
[3]

15 June 1963
Saint Kilda 3 – 0 Mosgiel
[3]
Tonga Park, Dunedin
Referee: J. Warner

Second Round

22 June 1963
Roslyn-Wakari 3 – 0 Green Island
Kernaghan 2, Ure [4]
Caledonian Ground, South Dunedin
Referee: N. de Meyer

22 June 1963
Saint Kilda 2 – 8 Northern
Sepsi, Van Schraa [4] P. Little 4, G. Little, Turnhout (og), Higgins, Rae

Referee: R. MacDonald

Last 32

6 July 1963
Otematata 7 – 1 Oamaru
[5]

29 June 1963
Roslyn-Wakari 0 – 1 Northern
[6] Berry

Last 16

29 June 1963
Invercargill Thistle 5 – 0 Invercargill United

13 July 1963
Otematata 1 – 3 Northern
Caldwell [7] Higgins, Rae (pen.), Berry
Oamaru
Referee: W. Bamberry

Last eight ("Zone finals")

27 July 1963
Invercargill Thistle 1 – 4 Northern
Frost [8] G. Little, P. Little, Greaves, Berry

27 July 1963
Nomads (Christchurch) 3 – 1 Nelson Rangers

Semi-finals ("Island finals")

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

Final

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

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

References

  1. 1 2 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. 1 2 3 4 Otago Daily Times 17 June 1963. p. 8
  4. 1 2 Otago Daily Times 24 June 1963. p. 9
  5. Otago Daily Times 8 July 1963. p.7
  6. Otago Daily Times 1 July 1963. p.10
  7. Otago Daily Times 15 July 1963. p.11
  8. Otago Daily Times 29 July 1963. p. 9
  9. Otago Daily Times, 12 August 1963, p. 10


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