1968 Chatham Cup

1968 Chatham Cup
Dates September 7, 1968
Championship venue Basin Reserve, Wellington
Champions Eastern Suburbs (4th title)
Runners-up Christchurch Technical
Championship match score 2 – 0

The 1968 Chatham Cup was the 41st annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand.

Early stages of the competition were run on a regional basis. In all, 93 teams took part in the competition. Note: Different sources give different numberings for the rounds of the competition: some start round one with the beginning of the regional qualifications; others start numbering from the first national knock-out stage. The former numbering scheme is used in this article.

The 1968 final

The final was a one-sided affair, with Suburbs proving too strong for the southerners. John Wrathall scored both goals in the final, putting the ball past Tech keeper (and future national team coach) Ian Marshall. [1]

Results

Third Round


Caversham 2 – 0 King Edward TCOB


Rangers (Christchurch) 3 – 2 Christchurch City


Christchurch Technical 3 – 2 New Brighton


Eastern Suburbs 2 – 2 Mount Wellington


Eastern Suburbs (Auckland) 5 – 2 (replay) Mount Wellington


Ellerslie 5 – 0 Grey Lynn


Gisborne City 3 – 0 Riverina (Wairoa)


Hamilton 5 – 3 Claudelands Rovers


Miramar Rangers 6 – 1 Seatoun


Mosgiel 4 – 3 HSOB (Dunedin)


Moturoa 4 – 2 HSOB (New Plymouth)


Mount Albert 1 – 1* Metro College


Naenae 5 – 4 Lower Hutt City


Nelson Suburbs 3 – 2 Nelson City


Nelson United 3 – 0 Richmond Athletic


Palmerston North Thistle 3 – 0 Kiwi United


Papatoetoe 2 – 1 Massey Rovers


Roslyn-Wakari 5 – 3 Northern (Dunedin)


Saint Kilda 4 – 0 Maori Hill (Dunedin)


Waterside (Wellington) 3 – 0 Stop Out (Lower Hutt)


Wanganui Western Suburbs 2 – 0 Wanganui East Athletic


Western Suburbs FC (Porirua) 3 – 1 Victoria University


Whangarei 6 – 0 Kamo Swifts

* Mount Albert won on corners

Fourth Round


Caversham 4 – 1 Mosgiel


Christchurch Technical 3 – 0 Rangers (Christchurch)


Gisborne City 1 – 2 Eastern Suburbs (Auckland)


Invercargill United 6 – 1 Gore Wanderers


Miramar Rangers 6 – 0 Naenae


Moturoa 2 – 4 Wanganui Western Suburbs


Mount Albert 2 – 1 Ellerslie


Nelson United 2 – 1 Nelson Suburbs


Palmerston North Thistle 6 – 1 Napier Rovers


Queens Park 4 – 2 Invercargill Thistle


Roslyn-Wakari 2 – 1 Saint Kilda


Rotorua City 1 – 3 Hamilton


Waterside (Wellington) 3 – 2 Western Suburbs FC (Porirua)


Whangarei 1 – 4 Papatoetoe

Fifth Round


Eastern Suburbs (Auckland) 4 – 1 Mount Albert


Grosvenor Rovers (Marlborough) 0 – 7 Nelson United


Invercargill United 2 – 1 Queens Park (Invercargill)


Miramar Rangers 2 – 1 Waterside (Wellington)


Palmerston North Thistle 3 – 1 Western Suburbs FC (Porirua)


Papatoetoe 0 – 4 Hamilton


Roslyn-Wakari 2 – 2 (aet)* Caversham


Timaru City 0 – 2 Christchurch Technical

* Roslyn-Wakari won on corners

Quarter-finals


Hamilton 1 – 3 Eastern Suburbs


Palmerston North Thistle 3 – 0 Miramar Rangers


Roslyn-Wakari 3 – 1 Invercargill United

Semi-finals


Eastern Suburbs 6 – 2 Palmerston North Thistle

Final

References

  1. ↑ Hilton, T. (1991) An association with soccer. Auckland: The New Zealand Football Association. ISBN 0-473-01291-X. p. 75