1951 Chatham Cup

November 2016 April 2025 1951 Chatham Cup 8 September 1951 Basin Reserve, Wellington Eastern Suburbs (1st title) Northern 1950 1952 The 1951 Chatham Cup was the 24th annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand. The competition was run on a regional basis, with regional associations each holding separate qualifying rounds. Teams taking part in the final rounds are known to have included Eastern Suburbs (Auckland), Huntly Thistle, New Plymouth Old Boys, Napier High School Old Boys, Wanganui Old Boys, St. Andrews (Manawatu), Petone, Woodbourne (Marlborough), Riccarton, Northern (Dunedin), and Invercargill Thistle. The 1951 final Eastern Suburbs' Reg King became the sixth player – and the first since 1945 – to score a hat-trick in a Chatham Cup final. Eastern Suburbs' John Jakens set an unusual record, gaining his third consecutive winners medal, gaining those medals playing for three different teams (he had previously won with Petone in 1949 and Eden in 1950). The first half of the final was even with Northern having the better of the opening minutes and gaining the lead through Trevor McFarlane. Tony Frogley levelled the scores before the break. The second half was entirely Eastern Suburbs', despite playing much of it with ten men after Frogley left the field injured (this was in the days before substitutes were allowed). Centre-forward King put the Aucklanders ahead, and the lead was soon doubled by Jack Anderson. King scored twice more late on to complete an emphatic win. p. 71 Mr. A. Aspen of Wellington became only the third referee to officiate at more than one final, having previously controlled the 1948 final.Houston, J., (1952) Association football in New Zealand. Wellington: A.H. & A. W. Reed. p. 36. Results Quarter-Finals #eeeeee 28 July 1951 Invercargill Thistle 1–5 Northern Invercargill Showgrounds South Island Semi-Final Invercargill 4 August 1951 Christchurch Thistle 7–0 Millerton Thistle English Park South Island Semi-Final Christchurch #eeeeee 4 August 1951 Petone 8–0 Wanganui Technical Old Boys Basin Reserve North Island Semi-Final Wellington 28 July 1951 Eastern Suburbs 6–1 Huntly Thistle Blandford Park North Island Semi-Final Auckland Semi-Finals #eeeeee 15 August 1951 Eastern Suburbs 8–0 Petone Blandford Park, Auckland North Island Final #dddddd 15 August 1951 Northern 5–2 Christchurch Thistle Caledonian Park, Dunedin South Island Final Final #eeeeee 8 September 1951 Eastern Suburbs 5–1 Northern King 3, Frogley, Anderson McFarlane Basin Reserve, Wellington A. Aspen References Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation New Zealand 1951 page Category:Chatham Cup Chatham Cup Category:1951 in domestic association football cups Category:September 1951 sports events in Oceania