1969 Chatham Cup

1969 Chatham Cup
Dates September 6, 1969
Championship venue Basin Reserve, Wellington
Champions Eastern Suburbs (5th title)
Runners-up New Brighton
Championship match score 2 – 0

The 1969 Chatham Cup was the 42nd annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand.

Early stages of the competition were run on a regional basis. In all, 89 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 announcement of the start of the New Zealand National Soccer League in 1970 led to changes in the organisation of the Chatham Cup, and this was the last year prior to the creation of a more open draw.

The 1969 final

The last Chatham Cup to be decided on the old regional champions basis was 1969, and it again saw Eastern Suburbs reach the final, this time to face final debutants New Brighton. Despite the efforts of the southern defence, marshalled ably by keeper Derek Phillips, Suburbs had the better of the contest and scored two goals, one each from 1968 scorer John Wrathall and Billy de Graaf.[1]

Results

Third Round


Blockhouse Bay 8 – 3 Ponsonby


Canterbury University 4 – 1 Timaru City


Caversham 5 – 1 Maori Hill (Dunedin)


Christchurch City 3 – 2 Rangers (Christchurch)


Christchurch Technical 2 – 1 Western (Christchurch)


Eastern Suburbs (Auckland) 7 – 0 East Coast Bays


Hamilton 6 – 0 Huntly Thistle


Hungaria (Wellington) 4 – 3 Petone


King Edward TCOB (Dunedin) 4 – 4* HSOB (Dunedin)


Massey Rovers 1 – 0 Manurewa


Masterton United 1 – 3 Palmerston City (Palmerston North)


Miramar Rangers 4 – 0 Wellington Northern


Moturoa 1 – 1* HSOB (New Plymouth)


Napier Rovers 3 – 0 Hastings Leopard


New Brighton 4 – 1 HSOB (Christchurch)


Northern (Dunedin) 3 – 1 Saint Kilda-Mornington


North Shore United 2 – 0 Mount Albert


Roslyn-Wakari 6 – 3 Mosgiel


Seatoun 2 – 0 Wellington Marist


Stop Out (Lower Hutt) 2 – 0 Lower Hutt City


Wanganui East Athletic 3 – 0 Marton Rovers


Whangarei 5 – 0 Cruising Club

*Won on corners by KETCOB and Moturoa

Fourth Round


Christchurch City 3 – 0 Christchurch Technical


Eastern Suburbs 8 – 0 Blockhouse Bays


Invercargill Thistle 1 – 0 Invercargill United


Massey Rovers 0 – 2 Hamilton


Miramar Rangers 3 – 1 Seatoun


Nelson City 4 – 3 Richmond Athletic


Nelson United 6 – 1 Nelson Suburbs


New Brighton 3 – 1 Canterbury University


Northern 3 – 2 King Edward TCOB


North Shore United 7 – 0 Rotorua City


Palmerston City 1 – 0 Napier Rovers


Queens Park (Invercargill) 4 – 2 Waihopai (Invercargill)


Roslyn-Wakari 3 – 3* Caversham


Stop Out 2 – 1 Hungaria


Whangarei 1 – 4 Gisborne City

*Won on corners by Roslyn-Wakari

Fifth Round


Hamilton 0 – 3 Eastern Suburbs (Auckland)


Invercargill Thistle 6 – 0 Queens Park (Invercargill)


Miramar Rangers 5 – 0 Stop Out (Lower Hutt)


Nelson United 2 – 1 Nelson City


Northern (Dunedin) 5 – 0 Roslyn-Wakari


North Shore United 1 – 0 Gisborne City


Palmerston City (Palmerston North) 4 – 2 Moturoa

Quarter-finals


Invercargill Thistle 3 – 1 Northern


Miramar Rangers 3 – 1 Palmerston City

Semi-finals

Final

Sept. 6, 1969
Eastern Suburbs 2 – 0 New Brighton
Wrathall, de Graaf
Basin Reserve, Wellington
Referee: T.G. Delahunty

References

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