1929 Chatham Cup

1929 Chatham Cup

Tournament details
Venue(s)	Basin Reserve, Wellington
Dates	26 August 1929
Defending champions	Petone
Final positions
Champions	Tramways (1st title)
Runner-up	Seacliff
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The 1929 Chatham Cup was the seventh annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand.

The competition was run on a regional basis, with six regional associations (Auckland, Wellington, Poverty Bay, Manawatu, Canterbury, and Otago) each holding separate qualifying rounds.

Electric Soccer

Blandford Park held Auckland's first Chatham Cup match under electric lighting in 1929. The first round fixture between Auckland Thistle and YMCA (Auckland) in extra time, was completed under floodlighting. On 12 June, in a second round fixture, Northcote were scheduled for an evening kick off against Thistle at Blandford Park at 7:30pm, ^[1] though due to bad weather the match was rescheduled ^[2] to take place on 19 June, and again was postponed due to the weather. ^[3]

On 26 June the match was again postponed due to the state of Blandford Park. ^[4] Finally on the evening of 3 July the match took place, with Thistle defeating Northcote 3–2. ^[5]

After the succession of postponements the Auckland FA petitoned the NZ council for an extension to their qualification scheduling. After being given the date of the 27th of July for the North Auckland FA decider, the Auckland FA then put the question to the remaining five clubs who decided through committee that Tramways should be awarded the position of Auckland contender. ^[6]

Teams

Otago

Seacliff

Canterbury

Christchurch Thistle, Nomads, Rangers, Western, St. Albans, New Brighton A.F.C.

Wellington

Hospital, Institute Old Boys'

Manawatu

St Andrew's, Palmerston North Returned Services Association (R.S.A.)

Poverty Bay

Gisborne Thistle

Auckland

Auckland F.A: Tramways, YMCA (Auckland), Celtic (Auckland), Auckland Thistle, Ponsonby, Onehunga, Bon Accord, Auckland Corinthians, Manurewa, Belmont, Rangers (Auckland)

South Auckland F.A: Huntly Thistle (withdrew)

North Auckland F.A: Waro Wanderers (withdrew)

The 1929 final

Seacliff's George Anderson, Bill Rogers, Bill Murray, and Bill Hooper were each playing in their fourth final, at that time record. Unfortunately for them, Tramways totally dominated the final. The only goal of the first half came from Clem Bell, though Seacliff came close to equalising before the break. In the second half, though, Seacliff were outclassed. Early on in the half Seacliff keeper T. Jackson managed to get a hand to a shot from F. Lewis but was unable to keep the ball for entering the goal (some sources name Evan Williams was the scorer of this goal). Harry Spencer added two more goals for the Aucklanders, but there was controversy when no penalty was awarded for a clear handball by a defender in front of the Tramways goal late in the match. ^{[7] : 68}

Results

Auckland Qualifiers

8 June 1929

Auckland Thistle	5-3 (a.e.t.) Final quarter of match played under floodlights	YMCA (Auckland)
Kay 2, Chalmers, Webb, Hislop	Report	Humphries 2, McAuslan

Blandford Park, Auckland

Referee: Mr. L.C.H. Dawson

8 June 1929

Celtic (Auckland)	3-1	Ponsonby
Rimmer, Watt 2	Report	Ward

Blandford Park, Auckland

Referee: Mr. A. Parkinson

8 June 1929

Onehunga	0-1	Bon Accord
	Report	Nicol

Auckland Domain, Auckland

Referee: Mr. R. H. Parfitt

8 June 1929

Corinthians	2-7	Tramways
Jones, Ahern	Report	Christie, Williams 2, Bell, Spencer, Simpson, Spong

Victoria Park, Auckland

Referee: Mr. J. Campbell

8 June 1929

Belmont	0-1	Manurewa
	Report	Williamson

Devonport, Auckland

Referee: Mr. A. Bowie

8 June 1929

Rangers (Auckland)	1-3	Northcote
	Report

Onehunga, Auckland

Referee: Mr. G. Shand

3 July 1929

Northcote	2 - 3 First ever floodlit match in New Zealand	Auckland Thistle
Pugh 2	Report	Kay 2, Rowat

Blandford Park, Auckland

Referee: Mr. A. J. Galley

11 July 1929

Celtic (Auckland)	Postponed Floodlit night match	Manurewa

Blandford Park, Auckland

North Auckland/Auckland Qualifier

27 July 1929

Tramways	w/o Tramways won by default	Waro Wanderers
	Report

Poverty Bay/South Auckland (Waikato) Qualifier

27 July 1929

Gisborne Thistle	w/o Gisborne Thistle won by default	Huntly Thistle
	Report

Canterbury Qualifiers

20 July 1929

Canterbury Semi-final

Christchurch Rangers	1 - 4 aet	Western
Sloan	Report	Brigdens, Evans, Barwell 2

English Park, Christchurch

Referee: Mr. Campbell

20 July 1929

Canterbury Semi-final

Christchurch Thistle	3 - 0	St. Albans
Trotter, G. Walker 2	Report

Spreydon Park, Christchurch

Referee: Mr. M. Wilson

Wellington Qualifiers

22 June 1929

Institute Old Boys	2 - 1	Hospital
May 2	Report

Basin Reserve, Wellington

13 July 1929

Wellington Semi-Final

Wellington Marist	3 - 4	Institute Old Boys
Marshment, Bird, Marshall	Report	Bilby, Maddocks, May, Smith

Basin Reserve, Wellington

Referee: Mr. G. Jackson

13 July 1929

Wellington Semi-Final

Petone	v Match abandoned after 30 minutes	Wellington YMCA
	Report

Petone Recreation Ground, Wellington

Referee: Mr. R. Ball

Replay

27 July 1929

Wellington Semi-Final

Petone	1 - 2	Wellington YMCA
Campbell	Report	McLeod 2

Association Park, Wellington

Referee: Mr. F. Sanders

Manawatu Qualifiers

13 July 1929

Manawatu Final

St. Andrews	5 - 0	Palmerston North Returned Services Association
McKenzie 3, Lyons, Beecham,	Report

North Street Park, Palmerston North

Referee: Mr. F. W. Ivey

Replay

20 July 1929

Manawatu Final

St. Andrews	10 - 2	Palmerston North Returned Services Association
McKenzie 4, Lyons, Corkindale 4, Beecham	Report	Baigent 2 x pen.

North Street Park, Palmerston North

Referee: Mr. H. W. Johnson

Quarter-finals

27 July 1929

Canterbury Final

Christchurch Thistle	4 – 1	Western
Trotter 3, Walker	report	Evans

English Park , Christchurch

10 August 1929

Wellington/Manawatu Final

Wellington YMCA	4 – 2	St. Andrews
Worth, Rigby, McLeod 2	Report	McSheffery, Corkindale (pen.)

Basin Reserve, Wellington

Referee: Mr. F. Sanders

10 August 1929

Auckland/Poverty Bay Final

Tramways	8 – 2	Gisborne Thistle
Spencer 3, Bell 3, Williams, Stretton	report	Watt 2

Victoria Park , Auckland

Semi-finals ("Island finals")

North Island Final

17 August 1929

Tramways	2 - 1	Wellington YMCA
Spencer 2 (1 x pen.) Stretton	Report	McLeod

Blandford Park , Auckland

Referee: Mr. E. Parkinson

South Island Final

17 August 1929

Christchurch Thistle	0 – 1 aet	Seacliff
	Report	Hooper

English Park , Christchurch

Attendance: 1000

Referee: Mr. J. Stout

Final

Teams

Tramways: Jack Batty, J. McElligott, Ernie Simpson, Jack Tinkler, Jim Christie, Joe Fyvie, A. Spong, Clem Bell, Harry Spencer, Evan Williams, F. Lewis.

Seacliff: T. Jackson, George Anderson, Bill Rogers, Bill Murray, Hugh Munsie, A. Maxwell, J. McLaughlan, W. Simmons, Bill Hooper, Tom McCormack, Rab McLean.

1929 Chatham Cup Final

26 August 1929

Tramways	4 – 0	Seacliff
Spencer 2, Bell, Lewis	report

Basin Reserve, Wellington

Referee: D. Stirratt

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• Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation New Zealand 1929 page