1972 Chatham Cup

November 2016 July 2026 1972 Chatham Cup 2 September 1972 (first replay 9 September, second replay 23 September) Basin Reserve, WellingtonFirst replay: English Park, ChristchurchSecond replay: Newmarket Park, Auckland Christchurch United (1st title) Mount Wellington 1971 1973 The 1972 Chatham Cup was the 45th annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand. Early stages of the competition were run on a regional basis, with the National League teams receiving a bye until the later stages of the competition. In all, 99 teams took part in the competition. Different sources give different numberings for the rounds of the competition: some start round one with the beginning of the regional qualifications; others start numbering from the first national knock-out stage. The former numbering scheme is used in this article. The final saw the end of a Chatham Cup era, being the last final to be held at the Basin Reserve until 1980. The Basin Reserve had been the host of every final since 1928. The 1972 final The 1972 final was a marathon effort, unprecedented and unequalled in Chatham Cup history. In the days before penalty shoot-outs replays were played if scores were level after extra time. The 1972 final required not one, but two replays, with the first of these being held in Christchurch (the first time that city had been host to a final match). The total aggregate of 13 goals across the three matches was a record for a final - indeed the eight goals in the first match equalled the previous record. In the first match, Christchurch United's Graham Dacombe became the first player to score four goals in one final since John Donovan in 1958. All three matches were refereed by R.W. Harries. The first match was played in typical windy conditions at Wellington. United played with the wind in the first spell and should have had the lead early on when Mount keeper Kevin Curtin appeared to step back across his goal-line when holding onto a Vic Pollard cross. The referee turned down their appeal and the goal was not given. United were soon to gain the lead, however, with the first of Dacombe's four strikes. Two goals from penalties for the Mount, both taken by Ron Armstrong, followed before Dacombe restored the balance. In the second half Brian Turner put Mount Wellington into the lead for a second time, only for Dacombe to again level before the final whistle. In extra time it was United who took the lead for a second occasion, and it required a late Earle Thomas equaliser to send the tie to a second game. The second match was played on Christchurch United's territory at English Park, the first time a final had ever been played outsider the North Island. Compared with the first match it was a dour game, with only one goal a piece and nowhere near the first tie's excitement. Dennis Tindall opened the scoring for Mount Wellington, and the only other goal of the game was the equaliser from Ian Park. The third bout took place at Mount Wellington's Newmarket Park ground, and finally it produced a result. Alan Park opened the scoring for United before the interval, followed in the second spell by Alan Marley. Armstrong pulled one back — again from the penalty spot — but that was the last of the scoring. There were vociferous protest from the Mount when substitute Dave Taylor had a late effort disallowed, but in the minds of many this was poetic justice for Pollard's denied effort in the first match. p. 76 Results Third Round #eeeeee Birkenhead United 2 – 0 East Coast Bays #eeeeee Brooklyn Northern United 3 – 2 Petone #eeeeee Claudelands Rovers 3 – 2 Cambridge #eeeeee Grosvenor Rovers (Marlborough) 1 – 6 Nelson United #eeeeee Hamilton 7 – 1 Huntly Thistle #eeeeee Leopard United (Hastings) 4 – 2 Napier City #eeeeee Kiwi United (Palmerston North) 2 – 1 Palmerston City (Palmerston North) #eeeeee Metro College (Auckland) 3 – 0 Takapuna City #eeeeee Moturoa 4 – 1 New Plymouth Old Boys #eeeeee Northern (Dunedin) 4 – 2 Mosgiel #eeeeee North Shore United 4 – 1 Ellerslie #eeeeee Papakura City 1 – 0 Courier Rangers #eeeeee Queens Park (Invercargill) 1 – 1* Invercargill United #eeeeee Roslyn-Wakari 2 – 1 Dunedin City #eeeeee Seatoun 3 – 2 Lower Hutt City #eeeeee Shamrock (Christchurch) 4 – 4* Christchurch Rangers #eeeeee Timaru City 4 – 0 Canterbury University #eeeeee Waterside (Wellington) 2 – 1 Naenae #eeeeee Western Suburbs FC (Porirua) 7 – 1 Karori Swifts * Won on penalties by Queens Park (4–3) and Rangers (6–5) Fourth Round #eeeeee Blockhouse Bay 1 – 4 Mount Wellington #eeeeee Christchurch Rangers 1 – 3 Christchurch United #eeeeee Claudelands Rovers 4 – 1 Affco Rangers (Ngaruawahia) #eeeeee Eastern Suburbs (Auckland) 6 – 1 Metro College #eeeeee Gisborne City 7 – 1 Leopard United #eeeeee Hamilton 1 – 0 Whangarei #eeeeee Kiwi United 7 – 2 Douglas Villa (Masterton) #eeeeee Moturoa 1 – 0 Western Suburbs FC #eeeeee Nelson United 1 – 0 Wellington City #eeeeee North Shore United 2 – 1 Birkenhead United #eeeeee Papakura City 0 – 2 Auckland City #eeeeee Queens Park 4 – 1 Northern #eeeeee Roslyn-Wakari 0 – 3 Caversham #eeeeee Seatoun 3 – 2 Brooklyn Northern United #eeeeee Timaru City 0 – 2 New Brighton #eeeeee Waterside 2 – 0 Stop Out (Lower Hutt) Fifth Round #eeeeee Auckland City 0 – 1 Eastern Suburbs #eeeeee Christchurch United 5 – 1 New Brighton #eeeeee Claudelands Rovers 0 – 2 North Shore United #eeeeee Moturoa 0 – 4 Gisborne City #eeeeee Mount Wellington 2 – 0 Hamilton #eeeeee Nelson United 4 – 0 Kiwi United #eeeeee Queens Park 2 – 3 Caversham #eeeeee Waterside 2 – 0 Seatoun Quarter-finals #eeeeee Caversham 0 – 7 Mount Wellington #eeeeee Christchurch United 4 – 2 Gisborne City #eeeeee Eastern Suburbs 3 – 1 North Shore United #eeeeee Waterside 3 – 1 Nelson United Semi-finals #eeeeee Eastern Suburbs 3 – 5 Christchurch United #eeeeee Waterside 1 – 5 Mount Wellington Final #eeeeee 2 September 1972 Christchurch United 4 – 4 (aet) Mount Wellington Dacombe ×4 R. Armstrong 2 (2 pens.), Turner, Thomas Basin Reserve, Wellington R.W. Harries Replays #eeeeee 9 September 1972 Christchurch United 1 – 1 (aet) Mount Wellington I. Park Tindall English Park, Christchurch R.W. Harries #eeeeee 23 September 1972 Christchurch United 2 – 1 Mount Wellington A. Park, Marley Armstrong (pen.) Newmarket Park, Auckland R.W. Harries References Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation New Zealand 1972 page UltimateNZSoccer website 1972 Chatham Cup page Category:Chatham Cup Chatham Cup Chatham Cup Category:September 1972 sports events in Oceania