1924 Chatham Cup
The 1924 Chatham Cup was the second annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand.
Dates | 17 May – 27 September 1924 |
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Championship venue | Athletic Park, Wellington |
Champions | Auckland Harbour Board (1st title) |
Runners-up | Seacliff |
Championship match score | 3 – 1 (aet) |
← 1923 1925 → |
The competition was run on a regional basis, with the numerous local associations being grouped in with the four major regional associations (Auckland, Wellington, Canterbury, and Otago) in qualifying, with each of these four regions being represented in semi-finals by one team, followed by northern and southern semi-finals and a national final.[1] Ten teams from the Wellington region took part,[2] and it is known that Seacliff were the only Otago entrants (North Otago, the home of Oamaru Rangers, being counted as a separate region).[3]
The Auckland representative for the competition was not chosen via a knock-out competition. This raised concerns in some quarters that the rules of the competition were not being adhered to.[4][5]
The 1924 final
The final was played in sodden conditions at Wellington. Seacliff took an early lead through W. Simmons, holding on to it until half-time. Harbour Board's Bill Palmer equalised with a header in the second half, and H.M. Margison scored two further goals, one in each half of extra time.[6] The trophy was awarded to the winning team by Wellington Mayor R.A. Wright.[7] The losing semi-finalists contested a Charity Cup during the same weekend at the same venue, the match finishing in a 2–2 draw.[8]
Results
First Round
Hospital (Porirua) | 4 – 3 | Diamonds (Wellington) |
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[9] |
Waterside | 2 – 1 | Wellington YMCA B |
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[9] |
Wellington Institute | 5 – 2 | Swifts (Wellington) |
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[9] |
Wellington YMCA A | 2 – 2 (aet) | Wellington Marist |
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[9] |
Replay
Wellington Marist | 2 – 1 | Wellington YMCA |
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Barton 2 | [10] | McGirr |
Second Round
Wellington Marist | 3 – 2 (aet) | Wellington Institute |
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Pope 2, Burke | [11] | Reid, Dempster |
Hospital | 2 – 1 | Waterside |
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Greenaway, Gibb | [11] | Hughes |
Third Round
Dauber's Motor Depot (Foxton) | 5 – 1 | Whakatu |
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[12] |
Oamaru Rangers | 0 – 4 | Seacliff |
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[12] |
Wellington Marist | 3 – 1 | Hospital |
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Cudby, Costello, Barton | [13] | Ferguson |
- Auckland Harbour Board qualified as Auckland champions by winning the regional club league competition.
Quarter-finals
Dauber's Motor Depot | 2 – 5 | Wellington Marist |
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Huntly Pukemiro | 0 – 3 | Auckland Harbour Board |
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[14] | Jones, Liddel, Innes |
Semi-finals ("Island finals")
Auckland Harbour Board | 2 – 0 | Wellington Marist |
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Margison 2 | [16] |
Final
Auckland Harbour Board | 3 – 1 (aet) | Seacliff |
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Palmer, Margison, Heyes[18] | [7] | Simmons |
References
- "Papers Past — NZ Truth — 22 March 1924 — SOCCER SIDELIGHTS". Paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 22 March 1924. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
- "Papers Past — Evening Post — 1 May 1924 — SOCCER CONTROL". Paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 1 May 1924. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
- "Papers Past — Evening Post — 16 May 1924 — ASSOCIATION". Paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 16 May 1924. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
- "Papers Past — Evening Post — 5 September 1924 — ASSOCIATION". Paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 5 September 1924. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
- "Papers Past — Evening Post — 16 August 1924 — SOCCER". Paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 16 August 1924. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
- Hilton, T. (1991) An association with soccer. Auckland: The New Zealand Football Association. ISBN 0-473-01291-X. p. 67
- Otago Daily Times (29 September 1924), p.10.
- "Papers Past — NZ Truth — 4 October 1924 — SOCCER". Paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 4 October 1924. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
- "Papers Past — Evening Post — 19 May 1924 — CHATHAM, CHARITY, AND CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES". Paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 19 May 1924. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
- "Papers Past — NZ Truth — 21 June 1924 — SOCCER". Paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 21 June 1924. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
- "Papers Past — NZ Truth — 5 July 1924 — SOCCER". Paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 5 July 1924. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
- "Papers Past — Evening Post — 21 July 1924 — CHATHAM CUP". Paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 21 July 1924. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
- "Papers Past — NZ Truth — 12 July 1924 — SOCCER". Paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 12 July 1924. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
- "Papers Past - Auckland Star - 25 August 1924 - ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL". paperspast.natlib.givt.nz. 25 August 1924. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
- "Papers Past — Evening Post — 9 August 1924 — SOCCER". Paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 9 August 1924. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
- "Papers Past — NZ Truth — 6 September 1924 — CHATHAM CUP". Paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 6 September 1924. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
- "Papers Past — Evening Post — 25 September 1924 — CHATHAM CUP SEMI-FINAL". Paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 25 September 1924. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
- Other contemporary reports, e.g. , list the scorers as Margison 2, Palmer