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

New Zealand

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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

North Shore United

North Shore United is a semi-professional football club based in North Shore, Auckland, New Zealand. They compete in the Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Division 2.Their home ground, Allen Hill Stadium, is located in the suburb of Devonport.-History:...

, Papatoetoe

Papatoetoe (soccer)

Papatoetoe AFC is a semi-professional football club based in Papatoetoe, New Zealand. They compete in the Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Division 1.Former club coaches include current All Whites coach Ricki Herbert.-History:...

, Hamilton Technical Old Boys, Kahukura (Rotorua), Eastern Union (Gisborne), Moturoa, Hastings United

Hastings United AFC

Hastings United was a association football club from Hastings, New Zealand. The club was founded in 1947 as the result of a merger of several older clubs, one of which was also called Hastings United. This older side was one of Hawke's Bay's stronger sides, reaching the quarter-finals of the 1928...

, Wanganui United, St. Andrews (Manawatu), Wellington Marist

Wellington Marist

Wellington Marist AFC is an association football club in Wellington, New Zealand. The team is based at Kilbirnie Park in Kilbirnie.They won the Chatham Cup in 1932 and 1946, and were runners-up in 1945.-External links:***...

, Nelson Rangers, Christchurch Nomads

Nomads United

Nomads United is a association football club based in Harewood, Christchurch, New Zealand. They currently compete in the Robbie's Premier Football League.-Club history:...

, Timaru Thistle

Timaru Thistle

-Competed:* 1961 Chatham Cup* 1962 Chatham Cup* 1963 Chatham Cup...

, Northern

Northern (soccer)

Northern AFC is a semi-professional association football club in North East Valley, Dunedin, New Zealand. They are currently competing in the ODT FootballSouth Premier League.The club is based at The Gardens Ground, North East Valley, Dunedin....

 (Dunedin), and Invercargill Thistle

Invercargill Thistle

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. It is known that unfancied side Otematata, from Otago

Otago

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's Maniototo

Maniototo

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 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.

First Round

Second Round

Last 32

Last 16

Last eight ("Zone finals")

Semi-finals ("Island finals")

Final

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