1962 Chatham Cup

1962 Chatham Cup

Tournament details
Venue(s)	Basin Reserve, Wellington
Dates	June 9 – September 1, 1962
Final positions
Champions	Hamilton Technical Old Boys (1st title)
Runner-up	Northern

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, Kahukura (Rotorua), Riverina (Gisborne), Hastings City, Wanganui Athletic, and St. Andrews (Manawatu).

The 1962 final

Hamilton Technical Old Boys became the first team from outside the four main centres to win the cup. 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. 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.

Results

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Second Round

Dunedin HSOB v Mosgiel

June 9, 1962

Dunedin HSOB	3 – 2	Mosgiel
Canadzich, Cross, Sutcliffe		Thomson 2

Gardens Corner, Dunedin North Referee: L. Rutherford

King Edward TCOB (Dunedin) v Caversham

June 9, 1962

King Edward TCOB (Dunedin)	3 – 1	Caversham
McFarlane, Conlon, Elmes		Churchill

Caledonian Ground, South Dunedin Referee: R.McDonald

Northern (Dunedin) v Maori Hill (Dunedin)

June 9, 1962

Northern (Dunedin)	2 – 1	Maori Hill (Dunedin)
G. Little, Campbell		Ferguson

Ellis Park, Kaikoprai Valley, Dunedin Referee: L. Burgess

Saint Kilda v Roslyn-Wakari

June 9, 1962

Saint Kilda	1 – 1 (aet)*	Roslyn-Wakari
Van Schraa (pen.)		Kernaghan

Caledonian Ground, South Dunedin Referee: M. Laing

* Won on corners by St. Kilda

Third Round

King Edward TCOB v Dunedin HSOB

June 16, 1962

King Edward TCOB	4 – 1	Dunedin HSOB
Elmes 2, Conlon, Connor		Cross

Caledonian Ground, South Dunedin Referee: A. Patton

Northern v Saint Kilda

June 16, 1962

Northern	6 – 3	Saint Kilda
G.Little 3, P.Little, Campbell, Berry		Turnhout 2, Durst

Caledonian Ground, South Dunedin Referee: A. Williams

Last 16

Western (Christchurch) v Timaru Thistle

July 28, 1962

Western (Christchurch)	4 – 0	Timaru Thistle
Caldwell 2, Clements 2

English Park, Christchurch

King Edward TCOB v Northern

July 28, 1962

King Edward TCOB	0 – 3	Northern
		P. Little, G. Little, Rae (pen.)

Caledonian Ground, South Dunedin Referee: W. Bamberry

Last eight ("Zone finals")

Moturoa v Seatoun

August 4, 1962

Moturoa	3 – 1	Seatoun

Western Park, New Plymouth

Northern v Invercargill Thistle

August 4, 1962

Northern	2 – 1 (aet)	Invercargill Thistle
Ferguson 2 (1 pen.)		Bennie

Queen's Park, Mosgiel Referee: W. Bamberry

Nelson Rangers v Western

August 4, 1962

Nelson Rangers	2 – 2 (aet)*	Western
McMillan, Bajema		Clements, Frost

Nelson

*Won on corners by Nelson

Semi-finals ("Island finals")

Nelson Rangers v Northern

Nelson Rangers	1 – 2	Northern
McWilliam		Ferguson, Thomas (og)

Trafalgar Park, Nelson Referee: L. Coffman

Hamilton Technical Old Boys v Moturoa

August 18, 1962

Hamilton Technical Old Boys	4 – 0	Moturoa
Dekkers, Feenstra, Jones, K. Poelmann

Seddon Park, Hamilton

Final

Hamilton Technical Old Boys v Northern

Sept. 1, 1962

Hamilton Technical Old Boys	4 – 1	Northern
Jones 2, Nevison, Feenstra		G. Little

Basin Reserve, Wellington Referee: C. Dickie

References

• Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation New Zealand 1962 page