The 1966 Match programme Transcript

According to the ship's daily programme for 22 July 1966 this annual football match had taken on a very grand title. Originally known as the Wareham & Bergen Trophies match, it has had its title extended to: “The Wareham Trophy, The Len Golding Cup and The Bergen Cup”. Quite a mouthful!

Some more research is required, particularly about Len Golding. On board Caronia, for a short time in 1954, there was a Head Waiter by the name of Leonard Golding. Was this the same guy and did he return to the ship later in his career?

I'm hoping to record just how his name became associated with this game. This particularly as there is no mention within the match programme itself.

What can be gleaned is that by 1966 the two teams were evenly matched by their results. From 1955 to date there had been 8 wins each and just one draw. So, this was probably just a bit more of a needle match than hitherto. The eagle-eyed may have noticed that the programmes had a cover price of 15 cents.

1966 Match programme

Match History to 1965

From the 1st match at Singapore on the Great World Cruise of 1955, a total of 17 matches had been played. Before finding a permanent home at Bergen in 1957, matches had also been played in Kobe, Naples, Haifa and Villefranche. The first match in Bergen was played in 1955. It only became an annual event from 1958 onward.

Out of the 17 matches, only one was a draw, the score 2 - 2 played at Bergen in 1956.
The Balmoral Rangers won the following games…

• Naples (Spring Cruise 1955) 3 - 2
• Haifa (Mediterranean Cruise 1955) 3 - 2
• Kobe (World Cruise 1957) 5 - 0
• Bergen (North Cape Cruise 1957) 5 - 0
• Bergen (North Cape Cruise 1958) 6 - 1
• Bergen (North Cape Cruise 1961) 2 - 0
• Bergen (North Cape Cruise 1964) 4 - 1
• Bergen (North Cape Cruise 1965) 4 - 0

The Sandringham Dynamos won these games…

• Singapore (World Cruise 1955) 2 - 1
• Bergen (North Cape Cruise 1955) 5 - 1
• Kobe (World Cruise 1956) 4 - 2
• Villefranche (Mediterranean Cruise 1956) 5 - 3
• Bergen (North Cape Cruise 1959) 5 - 0
• Bergen (North Cape Cruise 1960) 2 - 0
• Bergen (North Cape Cruise 1962) 7 - 4
• Bergen (North Cape Cruise 1963) 5 - 0

The Wareham Trophy was presented to the Ship by Mr. Cyril Wareham during the 1955 World Cruise and the Bergen Trophy was presented by the Bergen Ice Skating Rink.