1925 Chatham Cup

The 1925 Chatham Cup was the third annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand.

1925 Chatham Cup
Dates13 June – 19 September 1925
Championship venueNewtown Park, Wellington
ChampionsWellington YMCA (1st title)
Runners-upSeacliff
Championship match score3 – 2 (aet)
← 1924
1926 →

The competition was run on a regional basis. Each region held its own contest to find a regional champion, with these then being grouped into four regional associations (Auckland, Wellington, Canterbury, and Otago), each of which was represented in semi-finals by one team, followed by northern and southern semi-finals and a national final.

Entrants

In all, 30 teams took part in the competition, though some contemporary reports say there were 29.[1] Ten of these teams were from the Wellington area, nine from Auckland, and three from Christchurch.[2] Confusion is caused by some contemporary reports which list the Pukemiro team as "Huntly", despite these being two separate sides from the same area.

The 1925 final

The final was played at Newtown Park, Wellington, a change of venue from the previous finals which had been at Athletic Park. This new venue was to host the final again in 1927, with the Basin Reserve being preferred as a permanent venue from 1928 after its use in 1926. The 1925 final was part of an unusual double-bill, the ground also being used on the same day for a rugby league match between the New Zealand team and a touring Queensland representative XIII.[3]

The final was the first re-match of two teams who had previously contested a final; six Seacliff players and four YWCA players played in both the 1923 and 1925 finals. The game was described in The Dominion as entertaining with a number of chances, as was reflected by the scoreline, which was 2-2 at full time. The first goal came from Stewart Dempster for YMCA, but Wattie Hanlin equalised before the half-time interval. In the second half Seacliff went into the lead through Bill Hooper, who became the first player to score in two separate finals, having previously scored in Seacliff's 1923 win. this time it was YMCA who equalised with a second goal from Dempster. Dave Halley grabbed the winner for the Wellington side early in the first period of extra time.[4]

Results
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First Round
Diamond3 –1Wellington Institute
Association Park
North Shore3 –1Northcote
Palmer 2, Woolley [5] W. Knott (pen.)
Blandford Park
Wellington Thistle4 – 2Waterside
Logan 3, Wallace [6] Stanbridge 2
Newtown Park
Referee: C. Kelly

Second Round
Hospital6 – 2Johnsonville
Hospital Ground
Referee: C. Kelly
Wellington Thistle3 – 2Diamond
Wallace 2, Logan [7] McLeod 2
Association Park
Referee: A.E. Wells
Scottish Wanderers2 – 1Wellington Marist
Lothian, McDougall [8] Costello
Association Park
Referee: L.C. Cooper
Wellington YMCA3 – 0Brooklyn
Kelburn Park
Referee: C. Uddy
Auckland Thistle3 – 2Royal Navy
Blandford Park
Referee: Mr. Marsh
Ponsonby3 – 1Tramways
Auckland Domain
Referee: Mr. Lee
Hellabys1 – 0North Shore
Victoria Park
Referee: Mr. Knightley
Auckland YMCA5 – 1Auckland Harbour Board
Blandford Park
Referee: Mr. Parkinson

Third Round
Scottish Wanderers1 – 0Hospital
[9]
Wellington YMCA2 – 1Wellington Thistle
Dempster, Nicolle [9] Lennox
Association Park
Referee: E. Ormrod
Frankton Railways0 – 3Rotowaro
Oliver 2, Buller
Hamilton
Huntly0 – 2Pukemiro
Drinnan 2
Huntly
Hellabys1 – 2Ponsonby
Margison [10] Christie, Adshead
Blandford Park
Auckland Thistle6 – 1Auckland YMCA
Humphries 5, Dunsmore [10] Marshall
Blandford Park

Fourth Round
Wellington YMCA2 – 0Scottish Wanderers
[11]
Basin Reserve
Referee: G. Goffin
Ponsonby? – ?Auckland Thistle
Hastings United? – ?Palmerston North RSA
Hastings
Pukemiro2 – 1Rotowaro
Drinnan, Black Garrick (pen.)
Huntly
Referee: J. Wallace

See note below quarter-finals.

Quarter-finals
Ponsonby? – ?Pukemiro
Huntly
Wellington YMCA5 – 0Palmerston North RSA
Dempster 3, Campbell 2 [12]
Basin Reserve
Seacliff7 – 0Oamaru Rangers

The fourth quarter-final would have been between Nomads and either Rangers or Sunnyside. Two of these three teams would have previously met in the fourth round.


Semi-finals ("Island finals")
Nomads0 – 2Seacliff
[13]
Christchurch
Ponsonby1 – 2Wellington YMCA
report Dempster, Campbell

Final
Wellington YMCA3 – 2 (aet)Seacliff
Dempster 2, Halley report Hanlin, Hooper
Referee: M. Thornley

References
  1. Papers Past — NZ Truth — 13 June 1925 — SOCCER
  2. Papers Past — Evening Post — 5 June 1925 — SOCCER CONTROL
  3. Papers Past — Evening Post — 17 September 1925 — LEAGUE FOOTBALL
  4. Hilton, T. (1991) An association with soccer. Auckland: The New Zealand Football Association. ISBN 0-473-01291-X. p. 67
  5. New Zealand Herald, 1 June 1925, p. 12
  6. Papers Past — Evening Post — 15 June 1925 — NO CHANGE IN POSITIONS
  7. Papers Past — Evening Post — 29 June 1925 — THISTLE WIN AGAIN
  8. Papers Past — Evening Post — 29 June 1925 — WANDERERS DEFEAT MARIST
  9. Papers Past — Evening Post — 11 July 1925 — SOCCER
  10. New Zealand Herald, 13 July 1925
  11. Papers Past — Evening Post — 20 July 1925 — Y.M.C.A. WIN BY TWO GOALS
  12. Papers Past — Evening Post — 3 August 1925 — THE CHATHAM CUP
  13. Papers Past — Evening Post — 8 August 1925 — SOCCER
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