1940 Chatham Cup

November 2016 July 2026 1940 Chatham Cup 24 August 1940 Basin Reserve, Wellington 27 Waterside (3rd title) Mosgiel 1939 1945 The 1940 Chatham Cup was the 17th annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand, and the last such competition before the suspension of the Chatham Cup due to World War II. The competition resumed in 1945 as hostilities were drawing to a close. The competition was run on a regional basis, with regional associations each holding separate qualifying rounds. Teams taking part in the final rounds included Ponsonby, Comrades (Auckland), Glen Massey, Waterside, Hamilton Wanderers, Nomads, Millerton Thistle and Mosgiel. The Canterbury Football Association sought an explanation in August 1940 from the Buller Football Association after the Buller/Canterbury final played at Millerton recorded an expenditure of 5 shillings for ball boys at the Millerton Domain. In reply the Buller FA stated, "The field at Millerton was on a mountainside. If the ball went off the field at one end it would bounce down a three-mile truck line from the mine through tunnels down to Granity. If it went off on another side it would bounce over hill and dale down to Granity. On the other side it would bounce down either to Millerton or Granity. There remained only one end which could safely bound the field. It was therefore necessary to employ the services of an unusually large number of ball boys who were paid on the basis of 3d for every ball they prevented going down to Granity".7 August 1940 Local and General 6 Greymouth Evening Star https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GEST19400807.2.31 23 August 2023 The 1940 final Waterside successfully defended the trophy for a second consecutive time, becoming the first team to win the trophy three times. The final also saw the first re-match since 1925, with the two teams having previously met in the 1938 final. Eight Waterside players (Sid Ward, Bob Bolton, Fred Hazel, Colin McCarthy, Tom Walker, Sonny Ward, Alf Longbottom, and Toby Janes) played in all three finals, and eight Mosgiel players played in both the 1938 and 1940 finals. Bolton, Janes, and Walker were each to gain a fourth final win in 1947. Sonny Ward scored in the third consecutive final, taking his tally of cup final goals to four, and McCarthy added a hat-trick to his two goals in the previous season's final to take his overall total to a then-record five. The final was played in front of a record crowd of 8,000 spectators. Contemporary reports say that the final was the most one-sided in the cup's history up to that time. Despiute this, Mosgiel took an early lead with a second-minute goal from A. Sharpe. The equaliser came from Sonny Ward after 25 minutes, and from that point it became one-way traffic. Walker put Waterside into the lead and McCarthy added another only two minutes later. McCarthy added a further goal to give the Wharfies a 3–1 half-time lead. In the second half McCarthy added his third and then crossed the ball from a corner which Longbottom headed in for Waterside's sixth. Mosgiel gained a late consolation goal through W. Rogers. p. 70 The aggregate of eight final goals remains a record, though it has been equaled on five occasions, in 1955, 1958, 1960, 1989, and in the first final of 1972 (a year in which the final required two replays). Results 29 June 1940 Auckland Qualifier Abel's 1 - 2 Auckland Thistle Devonport Domain Auckland 29 June 1940 Auckland Qualifier Ponsonby 2 - 6 Comrades Blandford Park Auckland 29 June 1940 Auckland Qualifier Auckland YMCA 2 - 4 Metro College Victoria Park Auckland 15 June 1940 South Auckland (Waikato) Qualifier Hamilton Wanderers 0 - 2 Glen Massey Seddon Park Hamilton 29 June 1940 Wellington Qualifier Hospital 5 - 1 Wellington Technical Old Boys Basin Reserve Wellington 29 June 1940 Wellington Qualifier Seatoun 6 - 2 Swifts Basin Reserve Wellington 29 June 1940 Wellington Qualifier Wellington Marist 3 - 1 Petone Kelburn Park Wellington 22 June 1940 Canterbury Qualifier Christchurch Thistle 5 - 2 Nomads English Park Christchurch 6 July 1940 Otago Qualifier Northern 5 - 4 Caversham Logan Park Dunedin 13 July 1940 Auckland Qualifier Metro College 3 - 4 Comrades Blandford Park Auckland 13 July 1940 Auckland Qualifier Auckland Thistle 1 - 3 Mt. Albert Grammar Old Boys Blandford Park Auckland #eeeeee 29 June 1940 South Auckland (Waikato) Final Glen Massey 4 - 1 Rotowaro Seddon Park Hamilton 29 June 1940 Canterbury Semi-final St. Albans 0 - 10 Western Malvern Park Christchurch 29 June 1940 Canterbury Semi-final Christchurch Thistle 1 - 1 Christchurch Technical Old Boys English Park Christchurch replayed #eeeeee 6 July 1940 Canterbury Semi-final replay Christchurch Thistle 7 - 0 Christchurch Technical Old Boys English Park Christchurch 7 July 1940 Buller Final Millerton Thistle 1 - 1 Ngakawau Millerton Domain Millerton 13 July 1940 Buller Final Replay Millerton Thistle 3 - 0 Ngakawau Millerton Domain Millerton 13 July 1940 Wellington Semi-final Waterside 7 - 1 Hospital Basin Reserve Wellington #eeeeee 13 July 1940 Wellington Semi-final Wellington Marist 7 - 1 Seatoun Basin Reserve Wellington 13 July 1940 Otago Final Mosgiel 8 - 1 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ESD19400715.2.91 Northern W. Rogers ×4, J. Skinner, A. Davidson, W. Steven ×2 MacFarlane Logan Park Dunedin Mr. W. M. Smith #eeeeee 20 July 1940 Buller/Westland Final Millerton Thistle 2 - 1 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GRA19400722.2.29 Runanga A. Plummer, J. Tiplady Crowe Millerton Domain Millerton Mr. O. Steel 20 July 1940 Auckland Final Comrades 3 - 1 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19400722.2.16 Mt. Albert Grammar Old Boys M. Francis, Walters, Fincham Hopkinson Blandford Park Auckland Mr. R. C. Brighton Quarter-finals #eeeeee 13 July 1940 Canterbury Final Western 3 - 3 aet https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19400715.2.34 Christchurch Thistle G. Smith, R. Smith ×2 McCann ×2, McLennan English Park Christchurch Mr. R. C. Neville replayed 20 July 1940 Wellington Final Waterside 1 - 0 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19400722.2.111.2 Wellington Marist G. Walker Basin Reserve Wellington Mr. G. Jackson #eeeeee 27 July 1940 Canterbury Final Replay Western 3 - 1 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19400729.2.36 Christchurch Thistle G. Smith, R. Smith, J. Druker M. White, W. Sutherland English Park Christchurch Mr. R. C. Neville 27 July 1940 Auckland/South Auckland (Waikato) Final Glen Massey 1 - 2 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WT19400729.2.16 Comrades Gorman Masters, M. Francis Seddon Park Hamilton Mr. T. Chalkin 1 - 2 #eeeeee 3 August 1940 Canterbury/Buller Final Millerton Thistle 2 - 0 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/IT19400805.2.12 Western P. Taylor ×2 Millerton Domain Millerton Mr. J. Robertson (Stockton) Semi-finals (Island finals) #eeeeee 3 August 1940 Comrades 1 - 2 North Island Final https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19400805.2.126 Waterside J. Walters R. F. Ward ×2 Blandford Park Auckland Mr. R. C. Brighton 17 August 1940 Mosgiel 7 - 1 South Island Final https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ESD19400817.2.139.37 Millerton Thistle J. Skinner ×4, A. Davidson ×2, W. Rogers P. Taylor Logan Park Dunedin Mr. W. M. Smith Final #eeeeee 24 August 1940 Waterside 6 – 2 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ESD19400824.2.144.30 Mosgiel McCarthy ×3, Sonny Ward, Walker, Longbottom Sharpe, Rogers Basin Reserve Mr. J. W. Graham 1940 Chatham Cup Final 8000 Wellington 1941 to 1944 Owing to World War II, competition for the Chatham Cup was shelved from 1941 to 1944. Major reasons were the commitments of players to the war effort and the use of fuel to carry teams between game venues at a time when the use of fuel was severely restricted. In announcing the suspension of the competition in April 1941, NZFA chairman Frank Campbell stated: "The council is reluctant to see the Chatham Cup competition stopped, but in all the circumstances considers the postponement of the competition for this season in the best interests of the country and the game."Papers Past — Evening Post — 30 April 1941 — F.A. TROPHY GAMES The question of reviving the competition was put to the council each year during the war, but it was not until 1945 that it was revived. In 1944, a junior competition for schoolboys, known as the N.Z. Boys' Chatham Cup and run on similar regional lines to the senior competition, was contested by 13 teams. References Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation New Zealand 1940 page Category:Chatham Cup Chatham Cup Chatham Cup Chatham Cup