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1947 Chatham Cup
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1947 Chatham Cup 23 August 1947 Basin Reserve, Wellington Waterside (Wellington) (4th title) Technical Old Boys 1946 1948
The 1947 Chatham Cup was the 20th 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 North Shore United (Auckland), Waterside (Wellington) Wanganui Technical Old Boys (Whanganui), St. Andrews (Manawatu), Technical Old Boys (Christchurch), Northern Hearts (Timaru), Mosgiel (Dunedin), and Invercargill Thistle (Southland).
The 1947 final
The 1947 final was played in ideal conditions in front of 6000 spectators at the Basin Reserve in Wellington. After the match the cup was awarded to the Waterside captain by the Governor-General of New Zealand of the time, Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg VC.3 January 2022 'Chatham Cup won by Wellington team' https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ESD19470825.2.113 live Papers Past https://web.archive.org/web/20220103080609/https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ESD19470825.2.113 3 January 2022
Bob Bolton, Toby Janes, and Tom Walker became the first players to play in four winning sides, having previously played for Waterside in the 1938, 1939, and 1940 finals. Waterside dominated the final, but no goals were scored in the first period. In the second half, Mark Bell scored for Waterside, only to have Colin Bailey equalise before the final whistle. The only goal of extra time came through Waterside's Toby Janes. p. 70 Mr. J. Sanderson of Wellington became only the second referee (after G. Jackson) to officiate at two finals, having also been in charge in the 1933 final.Houston, J., (1952) Association football in New Zealand. Wellington: A.H. & A. W. Reed. p. 36.
Results
#eeeeee 3 August 1947 Wanganui Technical Old Boys 0 – 4 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19470804.2.61 Waterside (Wellington) Janes, Mildenhall, Bell, Walker Cooks Gardens, Wanganui North Island semi final
#eeeeee 9 August 1947 Technical Old Boys 9 - 0 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19470811.2.53 Northern Hearts Grieve 4, Bailey 2, Thomas 2, Smith English Park Mr. T. Gottermeyer South Island semi final
#eeeeee 9 August 1947 North Shore United 2 – 3 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19470811.2.154 Waterside (Wellington) Richards, Robinson Walker, Powell, (Valentine og.) Blandford Park, Auckland North Island Final
#eeeeee 16 August 1947 Mosgiel AFC 3 – 4 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ESD19470818.2.108 Technical Old Boys McCloy, Davidson, Upland Thomas, Storer, Grieve, Bailey Caledonian Ground, Dunedin Mr. L. Swanson South Island Final
23 August 1947 Waterside (Wellington) 2 – 1 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ESD19470825.2.113 Technical Old Boys Bell, Janes Bailey Basin Reserve Mr. J. Sanderson Final 6000 Wellington
References
Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation New Zealand 1947 page
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