1927 Chatham Cup

New Zealand football competition November 2016 July 2026 1927 Chatham Cup 1927 09 24 y Newtown Park, Wellington Ponsonby (1st title) Northern 1926 1928 The 1927 Chatham Cup was the fifth annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand. The competition was run on a regional basis, with five regional associations (Auckland, Wellington, Manawatu, Canterbury, and Otago) each holding separate qualifying rounds. Teams taking part in the final rounds included Ponsonby (who defeated Auckland Thistle in the Auckland regional final),Thistle minus sting https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19270811.2.74.4 8 June 2021 NZ Truth paperspast.natlib.govt.nz 1132 11 August 1927 15 St. Andrews (Manawatu), Northern (Dunedin), Nomads (Christchurch), and Wellington Marist (who defeated YMCA in the Wellington regional final).Charity Cup https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19270818.2.68.10 8 June 2021 NZ Truth paperspast.natlib.govt.nz 1133 18 August 1927 14 Teams Auckland Waro Wanderers, Ponsonby, Northcote, Royal New Zealand Navy, Auckland Thistle, Auckland YMCA, Onehunga., Tramways, North Shore, Huntly, Huntly Thistle, Rotowaro, Pukemiro. Wellington Hospital, Welgasco, Wellington Marist, Diamond, Wellington YMCA, Swifts, Johnsonville, South Wellington, Institute Old Boys', Petone FC, Wellington Thistle. Canterbury Nomads, Christchurch Thistle, Western, Christchurch Technical Old Boys. Manawatu St. Andrews, Palmerston North Athletic Otago Northern Sunnyside The 1926 champions Sunnyside, as a result of a disagreement with the Canterbury Football Association (C.F.A.) regarding fixtures, withdrew from all competitions in April 1927. A request was made to the C.F.A. to schedule three home games a month for Sunnyside owing to an allowance of only one Saturday per month leave for staff from the hospital, it was explained by the secretary of Sunnyside, Mr. Iain McLeod in a letter to the Christchurch Star. McLeod reinforced to the paper that the purpose of the team was for entertainment of the patients and now the hospital had begun negotiations with the rugby football union to switch codes. A £41 payment to Sunnyside by the N.Z.F.A via the C.F.A. was also clarified by McLeod after reimbursement of 3s 8d had been received by the champion players after an expense of £4/player to travel to Dunedin and Wellington in 1926. The sum forward to the club by the N.Z.F.A for the Chatham Cup win, raised questions in the papers prior to McLeod disclosing a considerable deduction of more than £32 by the C.F.A. due to prior arrangement. A number of Sunnyside players joined alternate association clubs in Christchurch after the decision to withdraw.17 June 2021 C.F.A. & Sunnyside https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19270602.2.25.4 live Papers Past https://web.archive.org/web/20210624201123/https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19270602.2.25.4 24 June 2021 17 June 2021 Sunnyside Withdraws https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/SUNAK19270422.2.76 live Papers Past https://web.archive.org/web/20210624200422/https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/SUNAK19270422.2.76 24 June 2021 17 June 2021 C.F.A. and Sunnyside https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19270526.2.57 live Papers Past https://web.archive.org/web/20210624195754/https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19270526.2.57 24 June 2021 The 1927 final The final was played at Newtown Park, Wellington - the second of three finals to be held at that venue. In 1928 the final moved to the Basin Reserve, a venue which was used regularly until the 1970s; Newtown Park was not to host the final again until 1989. In the final, which was noted by contemporary sources as being a dour match, Ponsonby made good use of a stiff Wellington wind in the first half, with goals from Gerry Hunter, Bob Innes, and J. Adshead. In the second half, the wind favoured Northern, who pulled two goals back through A. McDowell and A. McTavish. Northern pressed for the equaliser, spending long periods close to Ponsonby's goalmouth, but the Auckland side's defence held and the survived to win 3–2.Hilton Tony Smith Barry An Association with Soccer: The NZFA Celebrates Its First 100 Years 1991 New Zealand Football 978-047301291568 Northern protest On returning to Dunedin from Wellington, the Northern club officials made the decision to protest the result of the final, on the grounds of an oversight of the rules regarding player eligibility and was not prepared to accept the N.Z.F.A. decision. It was also agreed by the Northern club that unless the matter was reconsidered by the N.Z.F.A. the case and the whole facts governing it would be set in motion to be placed before the Football Association in England. A football contributor to the Otago Daily Times had even gone so far as to claim the "Ponies" sportsmanship was poor. New Zealand representative Tom McCormack had travelled with the Northern side to Wellington, but prior to the match commencing McCormack was deemed injured. A twelfth player selected by the Otago Association, Tom Ruddiman, a member of Northern for the last decade, was available to replace McCormack, but the N.Z.F.A. declared this a breach of the cup rules. The captain of Ponsonby Bob Innes stated he was bound by the cup rules and did not have any power to agree to any infringement. The rule in question read as follows, "In the competition proper each player, except a player who has played for his club in the previous season, and has never played for any other club, must have played twice for his club in the current season seven days at least previous to the match." Ruddiman had not met these stipulations, though he had played for Northern in the 1927 season. To file the protest with the N.Z.F.A. cost Northern a £2 2s fee, a reply was received late in 1927 dismissing the protest and retaining the fee.20 June 2021 Chatham Cup Final Otago's Soccer Wail Ponsonby "Poor Sports" https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/SUNAK19271010.2.103.7 Papers Past20 June 2021 Soccer Dispute https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19271027.2.163 Papers Past20 June 2021 Chatham Cup Dispute https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ESD19271026.2.28 live https://web.archive.org/web/20210624202821/https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ESD19271026.2.28 24 June 2021 Results Auckland Qualifiers #eeeeee 3 June 1927 Ponsonby 2-1 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19270604.2.128 Northcote Bell, Hunter Williams Blandford Park Mr. G.T. Lee Auckland Round One Auckland 4 June 1927 Auckland Thistle 4-1 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19270606.2.139.7 Auckland YMCA Kay ×2, og W. Lewis, D. Stewart, Humphreys Blandford Park Mr. J. S. McMillan Auckland Round One Auckland #eeeeee 4 June 1927 Onehunga 5-3 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19270606.2.139.7 Navy Cheeseman, Miller, Rivers, Knott, Terry Gilmore, Walker, Nimmo Onehunga Mr. A. Parkinson Auckland Round One Auckland 4 June 1927 Tramways 1-1 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19270606.2.139.7 North Shore Spencer Baxter Blandford Park Mr. J. Low Auckland Round One Auckland #eeeeee 18 June 1927 Tramways 0-1 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19270620.2.146 North Shore Simpson (og) Blandford Park Replay Auckland Round One Auckland 16 July 1927 Auckland Thistle 2-0 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19270718.2.146.8 North Shore J. Stewart, Gerrard og. Victoria Park Mr. L. W. Tuttle Auckland semi-final Auckland #eeeeee 16 July 1927 Ponsonby 4-3 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19270718.2.146.8 Onehunga Hunter, Ahern, Mooney, Wright Mellor ×2, Cheeseman Victoria Park Mr. J. Low Auckland semi-final Auckland 6 August 1927 Auckland Thistle 0-1 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19270808.2.143.8 Ponsonby Tomilty Blandford Park Mr. J. T. Jennings Auckland Final Auckland #eeeeee 25 June 1927 Pukemiro 0-1 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/SUNAK19270628.2.132 Huntly Thistle Pukemiro Mr. J. Wallace South Auckland Qualifier 25 June 1927 Rotowaro 4-2 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/SUNAK19270628.2.132 Huntly McCullum ×2, P. Hunter, Dodds Evans, Hall Rotowaro Mr. J. Bate South Auckland Qualifier #eeeeee 30 July 1927 Huntly Thistle 0 - 2 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/SUNAK19270802.2.72 Rotowaro Recreation Park Mr. Jas. Wallace South Auckland District Final Huntly 20 August 1927 Ponsonby 5-0 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/SUNAK19270822.2.67 Waro Wanderers Innes ×2, Bell, Tomilty, Hunter Blandford Park Auckland - North Auckland District Final Auckland 1000 #eeeeee 27 August 1927 Rotowaro 0-4 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19270829.2.144.5 Ponsonby Innes ×2, Adshead, Hunter Recreation Park Auckland-South Auckland Final Huntly Wellington Qualifiers 11 June 1927 Hospital 7-1 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19270613.2.112.1 Welgasco Porirua Hospital Mr. G. Jackson Wellington Round One Wellington #eeeeee 11 June 1927 Wellington Marist 4-2 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19270613.2.112.2 Diamond Condon ×2, McElligott, Thomas Hearne ×2 Basin Reserve Mr. G.V. Hills Wellington Round One Wellington 11 June 1927 Wellington YMCA 8-0 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19270613.2.112.3 Swifts Ballard, Rigby, Trott, Worth. (unknown individual scorers) Kelburn Park Mr. E. Watts Wellington Round One Wellington Wellington teams: Institute, Thistle, Petone, Johnsonville and South Wellington first round byes.15 June 2021 Association https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19270610.2.16.3 live Papers Past https://web.archive.org/web/20210615012401/https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19270610.2.16.3 15 June 2021 #eeeeee 18 June 1927 Institute Old Boys 3-1 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19270620.2.150.1 Wellington Thistle Basin Reserve Mr. E. Ormrod Wellington Round Two Wellington 18 June 1927 Hospital 0-6 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19270620.2.150.1 Petone Porirua Hospital Mr. G. Goffin Wellington Round Two Wellington #eeeeee 18 June 1927 Wellington Marist 1-0 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19270620.2.146 Johnsonville Kelburn Park Mr. G. V. Hill Wellington Round Two Wellington Match abandoned Match abandoned due to weather * 15 June 2021 A Surprise https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19270620.2.150.1 live https://web.archive.org/web/20210616043231/https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19270620.2.150.1 16 June 2021 18 June 1927 Wellington YMCA 8-0 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19270625.2.139.2 South Wellington Basin Reserve Mr. C. Ward Wellington Round Two Wellington #eeeeee 6 August 1927 Wellington YMCA 3-1 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19270813.2.192.2 Petone Rigby ×2, ? Cordinor Basin Reserve Wellington semi-final Wellington 6 August 1927 Wellington Marist 5-0 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19270808.2.29.5 Johnsonville Condon ×2, McElligott, Hickey, Thomas Basin Reserve Mr. E. Watts Wellington semi-final Wellington #eeeeee 27 August 1927 Wellington Marist 8-0 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19270829.2.30.2 Wellington YMCA Barton ×3, McElligott, Cudby ×2, Marshment ×2 Basin Reserve Mr. G. Jackson Wellington Final Wellington 20 August 1927 St. Andrews 6-2 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MT19270822.2.11 Palmerston North Athletic Birch, Brookfield, McNab, Davis, Coombs ×2 Whitehouse ×2 North Street Park Mr. H. Crouch Manawatu District Final Palmerston North #eeeeee 3 September 1927 Wellington Marist 4-0 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19270905.2.9.1 St. Andrews Marchment, Condon ×2, McElligott Basin Reserve, Wellington Mr. G. Goffin Manawatu-Wellington Final 4 0 Canterbury Qualifiers #eeeeee 16 July 1927 Nomads 5-0 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19270716.2.73 Christchurch Thistle Wilson, Trotter, Bryan, Speirs, Thompson Richmond Park Mr. M. Thornley Canterbury Round One Christchurch 16 July 1927 Technical Old Boys 2-0 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19270716.2.73 Western Harbutt, Barwell English Park Mr. H. Smyth Canterbury Round One Christchurch #eeeeee 30 July 1927 Nomads 3-1 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19270801.2.128 Western Trotter ×2, J. Thompson, Clements English Park Mr. M. Thornley Canterbury Final Christchurch Semi-finals (Island finals) #eeeeee 10 September 1927 Ponsonby 2-1 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19270912.2.142.4 Wellington Marist Innes, Tomilty Thomas Blandford Park North Island Final Auckland 27 August 1927 Nomads 1-2 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19270829.2.28 Northern Trotter McTavish, McLean English Park Mr. Thornley South Island Final Christchurch Final Teams Ponsonby: H. Watts, M. Williams, T. Pickett, John Morrison, George Wright, J. Mooney, Gerry Hunter, Clem Bell, Bob Innes, J. Tomilty, J. Adshead Northern: A. McQuarrie, L. Coates, Jim Scoular, Alex Perry, Hugh Munsie, Reg Cherry, A. McDowell, Tom McHugh, A. McTavish, Tom McCormack, Rab McLean #eeeeee 24 September 1927 Ponsonby 3 – 2 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19270927.2.166 Northern Hunter, Innes, Adshead McDowell, McTavish Newtown Park G. Jackson 1927 Final Wellington References Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation New Zealand 1927 page Category:Chatham Cup Chatham Cup Chatham Cup Category:September 1927 sports events in Oceania