Written and Researched by Greg Stock.
| The English club side Chelsea toured Australia in May and June 1965. Fresh from the 1964/5 English First Division season, Chelsea came to Australia with a full strength side that included the likes of English international Barry Bridges and a 22 year old Terry Venables who would go onto be Australian National Team coach for the ill fated 1998 World Cup campaign. | ||||
| Played: Saturday May 8 1965 | Venue: Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | |||
| New South Wales Ron Corry, Trevor Edwards, Pat Woods, Pat Hughes, Mita Stojanovic, Ferdo Dunaj, Roy Blitz, John Giacometti, Herbert Ninaus, Les Scheinflug, Vic Reynolds; Coach: Stefan Cambal. |
0 | - | 5 | Chelsea (ENG) Peter Bonetti, Marvin Hinton, Ron Harris, Frank Upton, John Hollins, John Mortimore, Albert Murray, George Graham, Peter Osgood, Terry Venables, Bobby Tampling; Coach: Tommy Docherty. Goals: Tambling (x2), Upton, Osgood, Murray |
| Referee: Tony Boskovic Assistant Referees: Les Rae and Dave Buchan Attendance: 25,116 | ||||