Football tournament season
1925 Chatham CupTournament details |
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Venue(s) | Newtown Park, Wellington |
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Dates | 30 May – 19 September 1925 |
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Defending champions | Auckland Harbour Board |
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Final positions |
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Champions | Wellington YMCA (1st title) |
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Runner-up | Seacliff |
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The 1925 Chatham Cup was the third annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand.
The competition was run on a regional basis. Each region held its own contest to find a regional champion, with these then being grouped into four regional associations (Auckland, Wellington, Canterbury, and Otago), each of which was represented in semi-finals by one team, followed by northern and southern semi-finals and a national final.
Entrants
In all, 30 teams took part in the competition, though some contemporary reports say there were 29.[1] Ten of these teams were from the Wellington area, nine from Auckland, and three from Christchurch.[2] Confusion is caused by some contemporary reports which list the Pukemiro team as "Huntly", despite these being two separate sides from the same area.
- Auckland
- Auckland Harbour Board
- Auckland Thistle
- Auckland YMCA
- Hellabys
- Northcote
- North Shore
- Ponsonby
- Royal Navy
- Tramways
- South Auckland (Waikato)
- Frankton Railways
- Huntly
- Pukemiro
- Rotowaro
- Hawke's Bay
| - Manawatu
- Palmerston North Returned Services Association
- Palmerston North Rangers
- Palmerston North Athletic
- Foxton
- St. Andrews
- Wellington
| - Canterbury
- North Otago
- Otago
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The 1925 final
The final was played at Newtown Park, Wellington, a change of venue from the previous finals which had been at Athletic Park. This new venue was to host the final again in 1927, with the Basin Reserve being preferred as a permanent venue from 1928 after its use in 1926. The 1925 final was part of an unusual double-bill, the ground also being used on the same day for a rugby league match between the New Zealand team and a touring Queensland representative XIII.[3]
The final was the first re-match of two teams who had previously contested a final; six Seacliff players and four YWCA players played in both the 1923 and 1925 finals. The game was described in The Dominion as entertaining with a number of chances, as was reflected by the scoreline, which was 2–2 at full time. The first goal came from Stewart Dempster for YMCA, but Wattie Hanlin equalised before the half-time interval. In the second half Seacliff went into the lead through Bill Hooper, who became the first player to score in two separate finals, having previously scored in Seacliff's 1923 win. this time it was YMCA who equalised with a second goal from Dempster. Dave Halley grabbed the winner for the Wellington side early in the first period of extra time.[4]: 67
Results
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Qualifying Rounds
Auckland Qualifiers
Blandford Park, Auckland
Attendance: 2000
Referee: Mr. S. Masters
Attendance: 3000
Referee: Mr. P. Marsh
Ponsonby | 3 – 1 | Tramways |
Kennedy 2, Innes | Report | Lewis |
Victoria Park, Auckland
Referee: Mr. F. Knightley
Blandford Park, Auckland
Referee: Mr. L. Parkinson
Auckland Semi Final
Hellabys | 1 – 2 | Ponsonby |
Margison | Report | Christie, Adshead |
Blandford Park, Auckland
Referee: Mr. G. T. Lee
Auckland Semi Final
Blandford Park, Auckland
Referee: Mr. J. Ball
Auckland Final
Attendance: 7000
Referee: Mr. F. Marsh
Wellington Qualifiers
Association Park, Wellington
Referee: Mr. L. F. C. Cooper
Wellington Thistle | 4 – 2 | Waterside |
Logan 3, Wallace | Report | Stanbridge 2 |
Hospital | 6 – 2 | Johnsonville |
Smith, Mullins, Hughes 2, Simmons, Ring (Johnsonville) og. | Report | McFarlane, Gibbs (Hospital) og. |
Wellington Thistle | 3 – 2 | Diamond |
Wallace 2, Logan | Report | J. McLeod, R. McLeod |
Association Park, Wellington
Referee: Mr. A.E. Wells
Association Park, Wellington
Referee: Mr. L. F. C. Cooper
Wellington YMCA | 3 – 0 | Brooklyn |
Ballard, Campbell, Eton | Report | |
Kelburn Park, Wellington
Referee: Mr. C. Udy
Wellington Semi Final
Hospital | 0 - 1 | Scottish Wanderers |
| Report | Golbright |
Wellington Semi Final
Wellington YMCA | 2 – 1 | Wellington Thistle |
Dempster, Nicolle | Report | Lennox ![Red card](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Red_card.svg/10px-Red_card.svg.png) |
Association Park, Wellington
Referee: Mr. E. Ormrod
Wellington Final
Wellington YMCA | 2 – 0 | Scottish Wanderers |
Dempster, Ballard | Report | |
Basin Reserve, Wellington
Referee: Mr. G. Goffin
South Auckland (Waikato) Qualifiers
South Auckland (Waikato) Semi Final
South Auckland (Waikato) Semi Final
Huntly Recreation Ground, Huntly
Referee: Mr. G. Shand
South Auckland (Waikato) Semi Final Replay
Huntly Recreation Ground, Huntly
Referee: Mr. R. J. Brookes (Auckland)
South Auckland (Waikato) Final
Huntly Recreation Ground,
Huntly Referee: Mr. J. Wallace
Manawatu Qualifiers
St. Andrews | v RSA won by default | Palmerston North Returned Services Association |
| Report | |
North Street Park, Palmerston North
St. Andrews continued to question the Manawatu Football Association's decision into mid July 1925.[5]
Palmerston North Athletic | 3 - 0 aet | Foxton |
Hearsey 2, Wheeler | Report | |
North Street Park, Palmerston North
Referee: Mr. J. Forbes
Palmerston North Returned Services Association | 2 - 0 | Palmerston North Rangers |
Contaur, Baigent | Report | |
North Street Park #2, Palmerston North
Referee: Mr. Duncumb
Manawatu Final
Palmerston North Returned Services Association | 4 - 2 | Palmerston North Athletic |
Stevens 2, Baigent 2 | Report | Hearsey, Fitzgerald |
Manawatu/Hawkes Bay Final
Hastings United | v RSA won by default | Palmerston North Returned Services Association |
| Report | |
Canterbury Qualifiers
Canterbury Semi Final
English Park, Christchurch
Referee: Mr. Stout
Canterbury Semi Final Replay
English Park
Referee: Mr. W. Smythe
Quarter-finals
Auckland/South Auckland (Waikato) Final
Pukemiro | 0 - 4 | Ponsonby |
| Report | Innes 2, Neesham, Kennedy |
Attendance: 1000
Referee: Mr. J. Wallace
Wellington/Manawatu Final
Wellington YMCA | 5 – 0 | Palmerston North Returned Services Association |
Dempster 3, Campbell 2 | Report | |
Semi-finals ("Island finals")
South Island Final
Attendance: 2000
Referee: Mr. W. Campbell
North Island Final
Ponsonby | 1 – 2 | Wellington YMCA |
Cheeseman | Report | Dempster, Campbell |
Final
Teams
Wellington YMCA: Albert Bentley, Horrie Prince, Les McGirr, W. Pearson, Neil MacArthur, Charlie Trott, Billy Nichols, Stewart Dempster, Dave Holly (or Halley), Charles Ballard, George Campbell.[6]
Seacliff: R. Gwilliam, George Anderson, Bill Rogers, Alex Waugh, Wattie Cooper, Bill Murray, D. Milne, Malcolm Macdougall, Bill Hooper, Wattie Hanlin, J. Baillie.
1925 Chatham Cup Final
Wellington YMCA | 3 – 2 (aet) | Seacliff |
Dempster 2, Halley | Report | Hanlin, Hooper |
Referee: Mr. E. Thornley (Christchurch)
References
- ^ "SOCCER". NZ Truth. No. 1020. 13 June 1925. p. 8. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
- ^ "SOCCER CONTROL". Evening Post. No. 130. 5 June 1925. p. 4. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
- ^ Papers Past — Evening Post — 17 September 1925 — LEAGUE FOOTBALL
- ^ Hilton, Tony; Smith, Barry (1991). An Association with Soccer: The NZFA Celebrates Its First 100 Years. New Zealand Football. ISBN 978-0473012915.
- ^ "Soccer Dispute Over Forfeited Game". Manawatu Standard. 15 July 1925. p. 8. Retrieved 7 August 2023 – via Papers Past.
- ^ Houston, J., (1952) Association football in New Zealand. Wellington: A.H. & A. W. Reed. p. 34.
- Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation New Zealand 1925 page
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