1962 Chatham Cup
Tournament details
Venue(s)Basin Reserve, Wellington
Dates9 June – 1 September 1962
Final positions
ChampionsHamilton Technical Old Boys (1st title)
Runner-upNorthern

The 1962 Chatham Cup was the 35th annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand.

The competition was run on a regional basis, with regional associations each holding separate qualifying rounds. Other teams known to have taken part in the final rounds included North Shore United, Blockhouse Bay, Eastern Suburbs, Mt Wellington (Auckland) Kahukura (Rotorua), Whakatane Town, Riverina (Gisborne), Hastings City, Wanganui Athletic, St. Andrews (Manawatu), Moturoa AFC (New Plymouth), Seatoun AFC, Northern (Wellington), Nelson Rangers, Western AFC (Christchurch), Northern AFC, Timaru Thistle, Invercargill Thistle.

The 1962 final

Hamilton Technical Old Boys, captained by Arthur Leong, became the first team from outside the four main centres to win the cup. Technical Old Boys road to the 1962 final saw wins against Huntly Thistle 2 - 1, Whakatane Town 11 - 2, Kahukura Crusaders 8 - 1, North Shore United 4 - 2 and Moturoa 4 - 0.

The Northern side contained three brothers - George, John, and Phillip Little. Northern goalkeeper Jim Stephenson became the first person to play in six Chatham Cup finals, a feat which was to eventually be surpassed by Tony Sibley in 1982.

The match is regarded as the best final of the 1960s - and one of the best finals ever.[1] George Little opened the scoring for Northern after just four minutes adding to goals he had scored in the 1958 and 1961 finals, but Paul Nevison equalised within seconds. The Hamilton side were 2-1 up after just seven minutes, with a goal by Trevor Jones. Jones added a second in the 37th minute, and the scoring was completed by a second Nevison strike seven minutes into the second period.[2]

Results

Second round

Dunedin HSOB3 – 2Mosgiel
Canadzich, Cross, Sutcliffe [3] Thomson 2
Referee: L. Rutherford
King Edward TCOB (Dunedin)3 – 1Caversham
McFarlane, Conlon, Elmes [3] Churchill
Referee: R.McDonald
Northern (Dunedin)2 – 1Maori Hill (Dunedin)
G. Little, Campbell [3] Ferguson
Ellis Park, Kaikoprai Valley, Dunedin
Referee: L. Burgess
Saint Kilda1 – 1 (aet)*Roslyn-Wakari
Van Schraa (pen.) [3] Kernaghan
Caledonian Ground, South Dunedin
Referee: M. Laing
* Won on corners by St. Kilda

Third round

King Edward TCOB4 – 1Dunedin HSOB
Elmes 2, Conlon, Connor [4] Cross
Caledonian Ground, South Dunedin
Referee: A. Patton
Northern6 – 3Saint Kilda
G.Little 3, P.Little, Campbell, Berry [4] Turnhout 2, Durst
Caledonian Ground, South Dunedin
Referee: A. Williams
Moturoa AFC1 – 0Wanganui Athletic
E Meuli
Western Park, New Plymouth

Last 16

Western (Christchurch)4 – 0Timaru Thistle
Caldwell 2, Clements 2 [5]
English Park, Christchurch
King Edward TCOB0 – 3Northern
[6] P. Little, G. Little, Rae (pen.)
Caledonian Ground, South Dunedin
Referee: W. Bamberry
Moturoa AFC6 – 1St. Andrews (Manawatu)
A. Varga 3, M. Fugett, J. Marshall, L. Varga M. Beatty
Western Park, New Plymouth
Referee: Mr. R. Harker (Wanganui)

Last eight ("Zone finals")

Moturoa AFC3 - 1Seatoun AFC
L. Varga, A. Varga 2 (1 pen.) R. O'Brien
Western Park, New Plymouth
Referee: Mr. E. E. Saker (Hawkes Bay)
Northern2 – 1 (aet)Invercargill Thistle
Ferguson 2 (1 pen.) [7] Bennie
Queens Park, Mosgiel; (original venue was the Caledonian Ground)[8]
Referee: W. Bamberry. Linesmen: D. Welham, A. Williams
Nelson Rangers2 – 2 (aet)*Western
McMillan, Bajema Clements, Frost

*Won on corners by Nelson

Hamilton Technical Old Boys4 – 2North Shore United
Galloway Park, Hamilton

Semi-finals ("Island finals")

Nelson Rangers1 – 2Northern
McWilliam [9] Ferguson, Thomas (og)
Referee: L. Coffman
Hamilton Technical Old Boys4 – 0Moturoa AFC
Dekkers, Feenstra, Jones, K. Poelmann
Attendance: 2000
Referee: Mr. T. Smith (Wellington)

Final

Hamilton Technical Old Boys4 – 1Northern
Jones 2, Nevison, Feenstra G. Little
Referee: C. Dickie

References

  1. ↑ Hilton, T. (1991) An association with soccer. Auckland: The New Zealand Football Association. ISBN 0-473-01291-X. p. 73
  2. ↑ Hilton, T. (1991) An association with soccer. Auckland: The New Zealand Football Association. ISBN 0-473-01291-X. pp. 73-4
  3. 1 2 3 4 Otago Daily Times, 11 June 1962. p.2
  4. 1 2 Otago Daily Times, 18 June 1962. p.8
  5. ↑ Otago Daily Times, 30 July 1962. p.2
  6. ↑ Otago Daily Times, 25 June 1962. p.9
  7. ↑ Otago Daily Times (6 August 1962) p. 9
  8. ↑ Official Weekly Programme and Magazine (Saturday, August 4, 1962) Otago Football Association (Inc.)
  9. ↑ Otago Daily Times (20 August 1962), p. 2


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