1961 Chatham Cup

1961 Chatham Cup
Dates 6 May –
26 August 1961
Championship venue Basin Reserve, Wellington
Champions Northern (2nd title)
Runners-up North Shore United
Championship match score 2 – 0
← 1960
1962 →

The 1961 Chatham Cup was the 34th annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand.

The competition was run on a regional basis, with regional associations each holding separate qualifying rounds.

Other teams known to have taken part in the final rounds included Otangarei United (Whangarei), Hamilton Technical Old Boys, Kahukura (Rotorua), Eastern Union (Gisborne), Moturoa, Napier Rovers, Wanganui United, Kiwi United (Manawatu), and Timaru Thistle.

The 1961 final

Northern won the cup for a second time, having previously been champions in 1959; North Shore United made their third consecutive finals appearance, having won the cup in 1960. The match was thus both a match between the two previous winners and also a rematch of the 1959 final, with the same team winning on both occasions. Seven Northern players and six North Shore players played in both finals, these six latter players - among them England and New Zealand international Ken Armstrong - also having played in the winning side of 1960. The final was a free flowing affair, but no goals came until the half hour mark, when Northern took the lead through George Little. The score remained 1-0 until two minutes from the end of the match, when Bruce Campbell doubled Northern's lead.[1]

Results

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Second Round

Saint Kilda 7 – 3 Mosgiel
Durst 3, Van Schraa 2 (1 pen.), Smolders, Stoove [2] Downie 2 (1 pen.), Thompson
Referee: D. Welham

Third Round

Caversham 3 – 2 Green Island
Hornby 3 [3] Hay 2
Ellis Park, Dunedin
Referee: M. Laing
King Edward TCOB 2 – 1 Saint Kilda
Paul 2 [3] Van Schraa
Referee: A. Williams
Maori Hill 1 – 5 Northern
Roberts [3] G. Little 3, Rae, P. Little
Culling Park, Dunedin
Referee: R. McDonald
Roslyn-Wakari 5 – 3 Dunedin HSOB
Walker 2, Smillie, Imman, Sanctuary [3] Morris (pen.), Cross, Hilliker
Tonga Park, Dunedin
Referee: D. Welham

Fourth Round

King Edward TCOB 1 – 0 Caversham
Cunningham [4]
Referee: R.E. McDonald
Northern 3 – 0 Roslyn-Wakari
Berry 2, G. Little [4]
Referee: W. Bamberry

Fifth Round

Invercargill Thistle 4 – 0 Rovers (Invercargill)

Quarter-finals

Invercargill Thistle 3 – 5 Northern
Steel 2, Frost [5] G. Little 2, McVey, Rae (pen.), Berry
Invercargill
Western 6 – 2 Nelson Thistle
Christchurch

Semi-finals ("Island finals")

Northern 3 – 1 Western
G. Little 2, J. Little [6] Newsome
Referee: T. Griggs
North Shore United 6 – 1 Miramar Rangers
Auckland

Final

Northern 2 – 0 North Shore United
G. Little, Campbell [7]
Referee: C. Anderson

References

  1. ↑ Hilton, T. (1991) An association with soccer. Auckland: The New Zealand Football Association. ISBN 0-473-01291-X. p.73
  2. ↑ Otago Daily Times, 8 May 1961, p. 8
  3. 1 2 3 4 Otago Daily Times, 29 May 1961, p. 12
  4. 1 2 Otago Daily Times, 19 June 1961, p. 6
  5. ↑ Otago Daily Times, 17 July 1961, p. 11
  6. ↑ Otago Daily Times, 7 August 1961, p. 6
  7. ↑ Otago Daily Times (28 August 1961), p. 5


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