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 15 1965 | Venue: Newcastle Sports Ground, Newcastle | |||
| Northern N.S.W. Gabriel, Cliff Almond, Snedden, Doolan, Wellham, Ray Lloyd, Bruce Morrow, Wright (Ahrens), Robert Burgoyne, Ron Giles, Hinchcliffe; Coach: Bill Jones. |
2 | - | 6 | Chelsea (ENG) Peter Bonetti, Ken Shellito, Ron Harris, John Hollins (Frank Upton), Marvin Hinton (John Mortimore), Albert Murray, John Boyle, George Graham, Peter Osgood, Terry Venables, Bobby Tampling; Coach: Tommy Docherty. Goals: Osgood, Tambling, Murray, Graham, Venables, Almond Own Goal |
| Referee: Rudi Roth Attendance: 13,000 | ||||