New Zealand 1953 (original) (raw)

The FA Trophy, for teams representing provinces, continued to be the premier award in domestic football.

There was no national club championship but Chatham Cup, a New Zealand FA Cup style competition, was played (see below).

Provincial Leagues

"Major" Associations (listed from north to south):

Auckland

1.Eastern Suburbs AFC North Shore United AFC other participants not known

Wellington

1.Marist Brothers OB 14 20p 2.Stop Out 14 19p 3.Petone AFC 14 15p [*] 4.Seatoun AFC 14 17p
5.Hospital FC Porirua 14 12p 6.Victoria Yniversity 14 11p 7.Railways 14 11p 8.Institute Old Boys 14 7p

- It's not clear why Petone finished above Seatoun.

The full table can be found here.

Canterbury

Winner: Western

Otago

Winner: Northern

"Minor" Associations:

Bay of Plenty

Winner: Mangakino United

Hawke's Bay

Winner: Hastings Wanderers

Manawatu

Winner: Palmerston North United

Nelson

Winner: Woodbourne

Northland

Winner: Otangarei United

Poverty Bay

Winner: Eastern Union

South Canterbury

Winner: Northern Hearts

Southland

Winner: Brigadiers and Thistle [shared]

Taranaki

Winner: City

Waikato

Winner: Huntly Thistle

Wairarapa

Winner: Carterton

Wanganui

Winner: New Settlers

Chatham Cup:

Association Entries Representative

North Island: Auckland ? Eastern Suburbs Waikato ? Huntly Thistle Poverty Bay ? Eastern Union Taranaki ? New Plymouth City Hawke`s Bay ? Napier Rovers Wanganui ? Wanganui Utd Manawatu ? St Andrews Wellington ? Seatoun South Island: Nelson ? Woodbourne (Marlborough) Canterbury ? Riccarton Otago ? Northern Southland ? Invercargill Thistle

Final

[Sep-5] Basin Reserve, Wellington Eastern Suburbs 4-3 Northern of Otago [King 2, Fleet, M Anderson - McFarlane 2, Boardman]

Eastern Suburbs: Peter Risbridge, Tim Cooper, Leo Twiname, Jack Anderson, Jack Gisby, Bob McLuckie, Don Kendrick, Andy Wallace, Reg King, Ken Fleet, Murray Anderson. Northern: Jim Stephenson, Dick Naus, Bob McLean, Jim Swift, Wally Meehan, Jim Johnston, Bill Boardman, Ivan Walsh, Bill Berry, Theo Berben, Trevor McFarlane.

Referee: J.K. Wellwood (Wellington)

1952.

1954.

list of champions.

list of final tables.

all-time tables.

list of cup winners.

list of brown shield winners.

list of fa trophy winners.

About this document

Partial sources: Capital Soccer, [Smi 66], [Hil 91]

Prepared and maintained by Peter Kungler and Andre Zlotkowski for theRec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Authors: Peter Kungler (peter dot kungler at roche dot com) and Andre Zlotkowski (nzfooty@hotmail.com) Last updated: 30 May 2004