Wolverhampton Wanderers and Chelsea joint tour of the Caribbean 1964

Following the 1963-64 English league season, these two Division 1 clubs undertook a joint tour of the Caribbean, playing each other and local representative sides. The two Wolves-Chelsea matches in Jamaica were played for the Four Aces Trophy donated by the Machado Tobacco Company, which Chelsea won 5-4 on aggregate. The three matches in Haiti formed the triangular Tournoi Angleterre-Haiti (also referred to as the Tournoi Haiti-Chelsea-Wolverhampton) for a trophy provided by La Maison Dubonnet, which was won by the hosts' national team. It is unclear whether the matches in Barbados or Trinidad were played for any specific trophies, or whether an overall trophy was awarded for the total 5-game series between the two English clubs.


RESULTS


In Barbados:
20- 5-64  Bridgetown       Barbados     0-7  Chelsea    [Brown x3, McCreadie x2, Upton x2]
21- 5-64  Bridgetown       Wolves       3-1  Chelsea    [Le Flem, Crawford x2 / Bridges]

In Trinidad:
23- 5-64  Pointe-a-Pierre  Trinidad     0-4  Wolves     [Crawford x3, Stobart]
24- 5-64  Port of Spain    Trinidad     0-5  Chelsea    [Brown x3, R.Harris, Tambling]
25- 5-64  Port of Spain    Chelsea      3-2  Wolves     [McCreadie, Bridges, Venables pen / Le Flem, Knowles]

In Jamaica:
27- 5-64  Kingston         Wolves       4-2  Chelsea    [Crawford x2, Le Flem, Upton OG / Tambling, Venables]
29- 5-64  Kingston         Jamaica      4-8  Wolves     [Asher Welsh, Blair x2, Bartlett / Le Flem x2, Knowles, Davies, Wharton x2, Crawford, Crowe]
29- 5-64  Montego Bay      St James     0-15 Chelsea    [Tambling x5, Bridges x3, McCreadie x3, Hinton x2, Brown, Venables pen]
31- 5-64  Alligator Pond   local team*  0-12 Chelsea+
 1- 6-64  Kingston         Chelsea      3-0  Wolves     [McCreadie, Hollins, Tambling]
 2- 6-64  Kingston         Jamaica      1-4  Chelsea    [Bartlett / Brown, Tambling, McCreadie, Hollins]

 * Combined St Elizabeth & Manchester Invitational XI
 + Also reported as a combined Wolves & Chelsea XI

Four Aces Trophy
 1.Chelsea  2  1  0  1  6- 5  2
 2.Wolves   2  1  0  1  5- 6  2

In Haiti:
 4- 6-64  Port-au-Prince   Haiti        1-1  Wolves     [Calixte / Wharton]
 5- 6-64  Port-au-Prince   Chelsea      2-0  Wolves     [Venables x2]
 6- 6-64  Port-au-Prince   Haiti        2-1  Chelsea ^  [Calixte, Guy / Venables pen]

 ^ The match was abandoned at 68' due to heavy rain

Tournoi Angleterre-Haiti
 1.Haiti    2  1  1  0  3- 2  3
 2.Chelsea  2  1  0  1  3- 2  2
 3.Wolves   2  0  1  1  1- 3  1


Overall series
 1.Chelsea  5  3  0  2 11- 9  6
 2.Wolves   5  2  0  3  9-11  4

About this document

Thanks to David Instone

Sources included: Wolves Heroes, The Daily Gleaner (Kingston), La Nouvelliste (Port-au-Prince)

Prepared and maintained by Neil Morrison for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Neil Morrison
Last updated: 6 Feb 2014