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{{Infobox football tournament season
| year = 1945
| title = Chatham Cup
| dates = {{nowrap|1 September 1945}}
| venue = [[Basin Reserve]], [[Wellington]]
| num_teams =
| winners = [[Western A.F.C.|Western]] (2nd title)
| second = [[Wellington Marist]]
| prev_season = [[1940 Chatham Cup|1940]]
| next_season = [[1946 Chatham Cup|1946]]
}}
The '''1945 Chatham Cup''' was the 18th nationwide knockout [[association football|football]] competition in [[Dominion of New Zealand|New Zealand]], and the first such competition after a four-year gap caused by [[World War II]].

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 [[Wellington Marist]], [[Red Sox Manawatu|St. Andrews]] (Manawatu), [[Western A.F.C.|Western]] (Christchurch), and [[Mosgiel (soccer)|Mosgiel]].

==The 1945 final==
In the final, Jack Smith scored a [[hat-trick]], including one goal from the penalty spot. [[Merv Gordon]]'s [[own goal]] is the first to be definitively recorded as such in a Chatham Cup final, though some goals in earlier finals are regarded as own goals in some publications. The game is noted as an exciting one, especially the second half. The only goal of the first half came after 17 minutes from Marist's G. Irvine. The lead became 2-0 twenty minutes into the second half through Ray Price, only for Western to score twice, the second goal coming only one minute before the whistle. In extra time Gordon's own goal was nullified by an equaliser from Ray Dowker before Smith hit the winner from the penalty spot.<ref>{{HiltonNZAssoc}} p.70</ref>

==Results==
===Quarter-finals===
{{football box
| bg =
| date = 28 July 1945
| event =
| round = South Auckland (Waikato) Final
| team1 = [[Glen Massey]]
| score = 1 - 6
| report = https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WT19450730.2.62
| team2 = [[Rotowaro|Rotowaro Tigers]]
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium = Seddon Park
| location = Hamilton
| referee =
}}
{{football box
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 11 August 1945
| event =
| round = Wellington Final
| team1 = [[Wellington Marist]]
| score = 5 - 0
| report =
| team2 = [[Stop Out Sports Club|Stop Out]]
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium = Basin Reserve
| location = Wellington
| referee =
}}
{{football box
| bg =
| date = 11 August 1945
| event =
| round = Canterbury Final
| team1 = [[Western A.F.C.|Western]]
| score = 4 - 3
| report =
| team2 = [[Christchurch Thistle]]
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium = [[Hagley Park, Christchurch|Hagley Park]]
| location = Christchurch
| referee =
| time =
| score1 =
| score2 =
| attendance =
}}
{{football box
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 11 August 1945
| event =
| round = Otago Final
| team1 = [[Roslyn-Wakari AFC|Roslyn-Wakari]]
| score = 2 - 4
| report =
| team2 = [[Mosgiel AFC|Mosgiel]]
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium = [[Kensington Oval, Dunedin|Kensington Oval]]
| location = Dunedin
| referee =
}}

===Semi-finals===
{{football box
| bg =
| date = 18 August 1945
| team1 = [[Mosgiel AFC|Mosgiel]]
| score = 3 - 7
| report =
| team2 = [[Western A.F.C.|Western]]
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium = Caledonian Park
| location = Dunedin
| referee =
| event = South Island Final
| time =
| round =
| score1 =
| score2 =
| attendance =
}}
{{football box
| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 18 August 1945
| event = North Island Final
| round =
| team1 = [[Rotowaro|Rotowaro Tigers]]
| score = 2 - 2
| report =
| team2 = [[Wellington Marist]]
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium = Blandford Park
| location = Auckland
| referee =
| time =
| score1 =
| score2 =
| attendance =
| scorenote = replayed
}}
{{football box
| bg =
| date = 21 August 1945
| event = North Island Final (replay)
| round =
| scorenote =
| team1 = [[Rotowaro|Rotowaro Tigers]]
| score = 0 - 2
| report =
| team2 = [[Wellington Marist]]
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium = [[Blandford Park]]
| location = [[Auckland]]
| referee = Mr. F. O. Green
| time =
| score1 =
| score2 =
| attendance =
}}

===Final===
{{football box
| bg =
| date = 1 September 1945
| event = 1945 Chatham Cup Final
| team1 = [[Western A.F.C.|Western]]
| score = 4 – 3 (aet)
| report =
| team2 = [[Wellington Marist]]
| goals1 = J. Smith 3 (1 pen), Dowker
| goals2 = Irvine, Price, [[Merv Gordon|Gordon]] (og)
| stadium = [[Basin Reserve]]
| location = [[Wellington]]
| referee = Mr. V. Wheeler
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}
*[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nz1945.html Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation New Zealand 1945 page]

{{Chatham Cup seasons}}

[[Category:Chatham Cup]]
[[Category:1945 in New Zealand sport|Chatham Cup]]
[[Category:1945 domestic association football cups|Chatham Cup]]
[[Category:September 1945 sports events in Oceania]]

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