1924 Chatham Cup
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The 1924 Chatham Cup was the second annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand.
The competition was run on a regional basis, with the numerous local associations being grouped in with the four major regional associations (Auckland, Wellington, Canterbury, and Otago) in qualifying, with each of these four regions being represented in semi-finals by one team, followed by northern and southern semi-finals and a national final.{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=NZTR19240322.2.62.7&srpos=80&e=--1923---1932--10--71----2%22Chatham+Cup%22-all |title=Papers Past — NZ Truth — 22 March 1924 — SOCCER SIDELIGHTS |publisher=Paperspast.natlib.govt.nz |date=1924-03-22 |accessdate=2010-09-11}} Ten teams from the Wellington region took part,{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19240501.2.122&srpos=16&e=--1924---1924--10--11-byDA---2%22Chatham+Cup%22-- |title=Papers Past — Evening Post — 1 May 1924 — SOCCER CONTROL |publisher=Paperspast.natlib.govt.nz |date=1924-05-01 |accessdate=2010-09-11}} and it is known that Seacliff were the only Otago entrants (North Otago, the home of Oamaru Rangers, being counted as a separate region).{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19240516.2.118&srpos=17&e=--1924---1924--10--11-byDA---2%22Chatham+Cup%22-- |title=Papers Past — Evening Post — 16 May 1924 — ASSOCIATION |publisher=Paperspast.natlib.govt.nz |date=1924-05-16 |accessdate=2010-09-11}} {{Infobox football tournament season
| year = 1924
| title = Chatham Cup
| dates = 26 April – {{nowrap|27 September 1924}}
| venue = Athletic Park, Wellington
| num_teams =
| winners = Auckland Harbour Board (1st title)
| second = Seacliff
| prev_season = 1923
| next_season = 1925
|defending_champions=Seacliff}}
In the Waikato region (South Auckland FA) there were four entries from Pukemiro, Rotowaro, Junction Athletic (Pukemiro Junction) and Glen Massey.{{Cite news |date=11 June 1924 |title=Association Football - South Auckland Body |pages=2 |work=Waikato Times |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WT19240611.2.8 |access-date=8 August 2023}} The South Auckland Football Association initially ran its cup qualifiers in conjunction with its local northern league fixtures eventually resulting in all four clubs being tied on the same points.{{Cite news |date=5 July 1924 |title=Association Football |pages=16 |work=Waikato Times |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WT19240705.2.100.4 |access-date=8 August 2023}} The NZFA was consulted on a ruling which was then left in the hands of the South Auckland FA.{{Cite news |date=8 July 1924 |title=Association Football - South Auckland Meeting |pages=2 |work=Waikato Times |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WT19240708.2.13 |access-date=8 August 2023}} The qualifying matches, without Rotowaro, were then rescheduled by the South Auckland FA in late July.{{Cite news |date=23 July 1924 |title=The Association Game - South Auckland Doings |pages=6 |work=New Zealand Herald |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19240723.2.15.1 |access-date=8 August 2023}} Glen Massey then protested the arranged fixture at Pukemiro but the South Auckland FA chose not to act.{{Cite news |date=30 July 1924 |title=Association Football - South Auckland Doings |pages=6 |work=New Zealand Herald |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19240730.2.19.1 |access-date=8 August 2023}} The sole fixture for qualification from the South Auckland FA was played at Pukemiro on 28 July between Pukemiro and Pukemiro Junction Athletic.{{Cite news |date=29 July 1924 |title=Association Football - The Chatham Cup |pages=4 |work=New Zealand Herald |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19240729.2.8.6 |access-date=8 August 2023}}
Whakatu was the sole entry from Hawke's Bay. Hastings United intimated to the NZFA about joining the competition but the application was too late.{{Cite news |date=7 June 2023 |title=Football - Association Football |pages=11 |work=Hawke's Bay Tribune |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HBTRIB19240607.2.81.1 |access-date=8 August 2023}}{{Cite news |date=14 June 1924 |title=Football - Association Football |pages=11 |work=Hawke's Bay Tribune |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HBTRIB19240614.2.86.1 |access-date=8 August 2023}}
The Auckland representative for the competition was not chosen via a knock-out competition. This raised concerns in some quarters that the rules of the competition were not being adhered to.{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19240905.2.30&srpos=66&e=--1924---1924--10--61-byDA---2%22Chatham+Cup%22-- |title=Papers Past — Evening Post — 5 September 1924 — ASSOCIATION |publisher=Paperspast.natlib.govt.nz |date=1924-09-05 |accessdate=2010-09-11}}{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19240816.2.168.2&srpos=57&e=--1924---1924--10--51-byDA---2%22Chatham+Cup%22-- |title=Papers Past — Evening Post — 16 August 1924 — SOCCER |publisher=Paperspast.natlib.govt.nz |date=1924-08-16 |accessdate=2010-09-11}} This was rectified in July when the Auckland Football Association decided to have a play-off between Harbour Board, the Auckland first division champions and YMCA the second division champions for both the Auckland championship title and the right to represent Auckland in the Chatham Cup.{{Cite news |date=19 July 1924 |title=Soccer Contests - Senior League Title |pages=14 |work=New Zealand Herald |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19240719.2.136.3 |access-date=9 August 2023}}
The 1924 final
The final was played in sodden conditions at Wellington. Seacliff took an early lead through W. Simmons, holding on to it until half-time. Harbour Board's Bill Palmer equalised with a header in the second half, and H.M. Margison scored two further goals, one in each half of extra time.{{cite book |last1=Hilton |first1=Tony |last2=Smith |first2=Barry |title=An Association with Soccer: The NZFA Celebrates Its First 100 Years |year=1991 |publisher=New Zealand Football |isbn=978-0473012915}}{{rp|67}} The trophy was awarded to the winning team by Wellington Mayor Robert Wright.Otago Daily Times (29 September 1924), p.10. The losing semi-finalists contested a Charity Cup during the same weekend at the same venue, the match finishing in a 2–2 draw.{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=NZTR19241004.2.60.1&srpos=81&e=--1923---1932--10--81----2%22Chatham+Cup%22-all |title=Papers Past — NZ Truth — 4 October 1924 — SOCCER |publisher=Paperspast.natlib.govt.nz |date=1924-10-04 |accessdate=2010-09-11}}
Results
=Manawatu Qualifiers=
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| date = 26 April 1924
| team1 = Dawbers
| score = 2 - 1
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| team2 = Palmerston North Returned Services Association
| goals1 = Travers (pen.), Chapman
| goals2 = Bell
| stadium = North Street Park
| location = Palmerston North
| referee = Mr. Forbes
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| date = 26 April 1924
| team1 = St. Andrews
| score = w/o
| scorenote = Foxton won by default
| report = https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MT19240428.2.46
| team2 = Foxton
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| stadium = North Street Park
| location = Palmerston North
| referee = Mr. Crouch
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| date = 3 May 1924
| team1 = Foxton
| score = 0 - 5
| report = https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MS19240505.2.5.2
| team2 = Dawbers
| goals1 =
| goals2 = Hearsey 2, Tracey, Chapman 2
| stadium = Foxton
| location = Foxton
| referee = Mr. C. W. Duncumb
| event = Manawatu Final
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| date = 19 July 1924
| team1 = Dawbers
| score = 5 – 1
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| team2 = Whakatu
| goals1 = Travers snr. 3, Chapman, Davies
| goals2 = J. Martin
| stadium = North Street Park
| referee = Mr. Crouch
| event = Manawatu/Hawkes Bay Final
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=Wellington Qualifiers=
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| date = 10 May 1924
| team1 = Brooklyn
| score = 2 - 5
| report = https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTIM19240512.2.119
| team2 = Diamond
| goals1 = Pridmore, Anton (pen.)
| goals2 = McLeod, Daniels, Findlay, Bolt, McKee
| stadium = Wakefield Park
| location = Wellington
| referee = Mr. W. Press
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| date = 10 May 1924
| team1 = Welgasco
| score = 1 - 7
| report = https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTIM19240512.2.119
| team2 = Waterside
| goals1 = Frame
| goals2 = Case 2, Patterson 2, Gilbertson 2, Nicolls, Dickinson
| stadium = Newtown Park
| location = Wellington
| referee = Mr. T. L. Meehan
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| date = 10 May 1924
| team1 = Wellington Marist
| score = 4 - 1
| report = https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTIM19240512.2.119
| team2 = Wellington Thistle
| goals1 = McElligott, Barton 2, Fitzgerald
| goals2 = Hickey (og)
| stadium = Association Park
| location = Wellington
| referee = Mr. C. F. Ward
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| date = 10 May 1924
| team1 = Scottish Wanderers
| score = 0 - 1
| report = https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTIM19240512.2.119
| team2 = Institute Old Boys
| goals1 =
| goals2 = Rusterholtz
| stadium = Association Park
| location = Wellington
| referee = Mr. E. Ormrod
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| date = 10 May 1924
| team1 = Wellington YMCA
| score = 5 - 1
| report = https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTIM19240512.2.119
| team2 = South Wellington
| goals1 = Campbell 2, Phillips 2, Trott
| goals2 = (pen.)
| stadium = Kelburn Park
| location = Wellington
| referee = Mr. G. Arnold
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| date = 17 May 1924
| team1 = Hospital
| score = 4 – 3
| report = https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTIM19240519.2.99
| team2 = Diamond
| goals1 = Gibbs, McDonald, Lambert 2
| goals2 = R. McGee, Findlay, Guest
| stadium = Porirua Hospital
| referee = Mr. E. Windley
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| date = 17 May 1924
| team1 = Waterside
| score = 2 – 1
| report = https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTIM19240519.2.99
| team2 = Wellington YMCA B
| goals1 = Gilbertson, Nicholls
| goals2 = Mitchell
| stadium = Kilbirnie Park
| referee = Mr. I. Wilson
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| date = 17 May 1924
| team1 = Institute Old Boys
| score = 5 – 2
| report = https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTIM19240519.2.99
| team2 = Swifts
| goals1 = Jeffereys, Dempster, Reid, Barnes, N. Smith
| goals2 = Elliott, Thomas
| stadium = Kelburn Park
| referee = Mr. B. L. Salmon
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| date = 17 May 1924
| team1 = Wellington YMCA A
| score = 2 – 2 (aet)
| report = https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTIM19240519.2.99
| team2 = Wellington Marist
| goals1 = Barity, Hindmarsh
| goals2 = Barton, Costello
| stadium = Association Park
| referee = Mr. F. Campbell
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| date = 14 June 1924
| team1 = Wellington Marist
| score = 2 – 1
| report = https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTIM19240616.2.123.2
| team2 = Wellington YMCA A
| goals1 = Barton 2
| goals2 = McGirr
| stadium = Basin Reserve
| scorenote = Replay
| referee = Mr. F. Campbell
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| date = 28 June 1924
| team1 = Wellington Marist
| score = 3 – 2 (aet)
| report = https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTIM19240630.2.93
| team2 = Institute Old Boys
| goals1 = Pope 2, Burke
| goals2 = Reid, Dempster
| stadium = Basin Reserve, Wellington
| referee = G. Goffin
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| date = 28 June 1924
| team1 = Hospital
| score = 2 – 1
| report = https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTIM19240630.2.93
| team2 = Waterside
| goals1 = Greenaway, Gibb
| goals2 = Hughes
| stadium = Porirua Hospital
| referee = Mr. B. Martin
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| date = 7 July 1924
| team1 = Wellington Marist
| score = 3 – 1
| team2 = Hospital
| goals1 = Cudby, Costello, Barton
| goals2 = Ferguson
| stadium = Basin Reserve, Wellington
| referee = Mr. S. Wilson
| event = Wellington Final
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| date = 2 August 1924
| team1 = Dawbers
| score = 2 – 5
| report = https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MS19240804.2.85.3
| team2 = Wellington Marist
| goals1 = Chapman, Hearsey
| goals2 = Pope 2, McElligott 2, Costello
| stadium = Foxton
| location = Foxton
| referee = Mr. Connolly (Wellington)
| event = Manawatu/Wellington Final
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| attendance = 400
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=Otago Qualifier=
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| date = 19 July 1924
| team1 = Oamaru Rangers
| score = 0 - 4
| report = https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19240721.2.115
| team2 = Seacliff
| goals1 =
| goals2 = Hanlin, Simmons, Burns, Murray
| stadium = Takaro Park
| referee = Mr. Fogarty
| event = Otago/North Otago Final
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= Auckland Qualifiers =
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| date = 19 July 1924
| team1 = Auckland Harbour Board
| score = 5 - 0
| report = https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19240721.2.129
| team2 = Auckland YMCA
| goals1 = Jones, Bell, Palmer, Margison, Tocker
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| stadium = Auckland Domain
| referee = Mr. L. Dawson
| event = Auckland Final
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| date = 28 July 1924
| team1 = Pukemiro
| score = 0 - 2
| report = https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19240729.2.8.6
| team2 = Pukemiro Junction Athletic
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| stadium = Pukemiro
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| event = South Auckland Final
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| location = Huntly
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| date = 23 August 1924
| team1 = Pukemiro Junction Athletic
| score = 0 – 3
| report = https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WT19240825.2.3.3
| team2 = Auckland Harbour Board
| goals1 =
| goals2 = Jones 2 (1 pen.), Liddel
| stadium = Seddon Park
| referee = Mr. J.M. Downie
| event = South Auckland (Waikato)/Auckland Final
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| location = Hamilton
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Sunnyside qualified as Canterbury Football Association representative after leading the Christchurch club league after the first round.
=Semi-finals ("Island finals")=
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| date = 2 August 1924
| team1 = Sunnyside
| score = 1 – 1 (aet)
| report = https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19240804.2.21
| team2 = Seacliff
| goals1 = McLachlan
| goals2 = Hooper
| stadium = Culling Park
| referee = Mr. McCallum
| event = South Island Final
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| location = Dunedin
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| date = 31 August 1924
| team1 = Auckland Harbour Board
| score = 2 – 0
| report = https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19240901.2.128
| team2 = Wellington Marist
| goals1 = Margison 2
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| stadium = Auckland Domain
| referee = Mr. Masters
| event = North Island Final
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| date = 24 September 1924
| team1 = Seacliff
| score = 4 – 2 (aet)
| report = https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19240925.2.33
| team2 = Sunnyside
| goals1 = W. Simmons, W. Hamlin 3
| goals2 = H. Gibson 2
| stadium = English Park
| referee = Mr. W. Ainsworth
| event = South Island Final Replay
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| location = Christchurch
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=Final=
Teams
Auckland Harbour Board: Jack Batty, W. Mitchell, G.S. Brittain, J. Worthington, R.I. Bell, Dan Jones, J.H. Tocker, Bill Palmer, Herbert.M. Margison, Murray Heyes, C. DraytonHouston, J., (1952) Association football in New Zealand. Wellington: A.H. & A. W. Reed. p. 34.
Seacliff: Charlie Rivers, George Anderson, Bill Murray, H. Cox, Alex Waugh, Bill Rogers, Malcolm MacDougall, W. Simmons, Bill Hooper, J. Baillie, Wattie Hanlin
{{football box
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| date = 27 September 1924
| team1 = Auckland Harbour Board
| score = 3 – 1 (aet)
| report = https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19240929.2.76
| team2 = Seacliff
| goals1 = Palmer, Margison 2
| goals2 = Simmons
| stadium = Athletic Park
| referee = Mr. A. E. Wells
| event = 1924 Chatham Cup Final
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| location = Wellington
| attendance = 2000
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References
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- [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nz1924.html Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation New Zealand 1924 page]
{{Chatham Cup seasons}}