1931 Chatham Cup

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1931 Chatham Cup
Tournament details
City Wellington
Venue(s) Basin Reserve
Dates12 September 1931
Teams31
Defending champions Petone FC
Final positions
Champions Tramurewa (1st title)
Runner-up Nomads
←  1930
1932  →

The 1931 Chatham Cup was the ninth annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand.

Contents

The competition was run on a regional basis, with six regional associations (Auckland, Walkato, Wellington, Manawatu, Canterbury, and Otago) each holding separate qualifying rounds. In all, 30 teams took part in the competition, [1] though some reports suggest there may have been 31 teams, [2] and for the first time the majority came from the South Island. This was an improvements over previous years, but still a tiny number considering that 514 teams were affiliated to the regional associations nationwide. [3] Participation by Auckland teams was particularly poor, with only three sides from that city taking part.

Participants

The following 31 teams are known to have taken part in the competition:

The 1931 final

The final was won by Tramurewa, a recent amalgamation of former winners Tramways and Manurewa, soon to be renamed Manurewa AFC. In all, six of Tramurewa's player had played for Tramways in the 1929 final. In the final almost all of the action occurred in the second half. A. Wilson was the first scorer for Nomads, followed two minutes later by G. Goode. Clem Bell then scored twice to leave the scores tied at 2-2. Nomads defended stoutly to keep the scores tied until full-time, but in the first period of extra time both H., Donaldson and Arthur Spong scored for the Auckland team. The goal tally was completed just before the end of the second period of extra time by Bell's third goal. [4]

Tramurewa's Clem Bell was the second player in Chatham Cup history to score a final hat-trick, and also the second player to score in two separate finals (he scored in Tramways' win in 1929). The tally of seven goals scored in the game was the highest aggregate until 1940.

Results

Quarter-finals

Otago Final
Seacliff 5 - 1 Northern
W. Hooper 2, McCormack 3 Report Smith
Logan Park , Dunedin
Referee: Mr. W. P. Smith
Westland/Canterbury Final
Dobson 5 - 5 (a.e.t.) Nomads
W. White 2 (1 pen.), Richardson, Wilson, Short Report C. Goode, F. Smith 2, F. Adams, C. Sharr
Victoria Park, Greymouth
Referee: Mr. S. Hewison
Westland/Canterbury Final
Nomads 1 - 0 (a.e.t.)
Replay		 Dobson
F. Smith Report
English Park , Christchurch
Referee: Mr. J. Cawtheray
Manawatu/Wellington Final
St. Andrews 0 - 3 Petone FC
Report Watson, A. Leslie 2
North Street Park, Palmerston North
Referee: Mr. C. E. Downes
South Auckland (Waikato)/Auckland Final
Huntly Thistle 0 - 1 Tramurewa
Report McMillan
Huntly Domain, Huntly
Referee: Mr. J. Wallace

Semi-finals ("Island finals")

1931 North Island Final
Tramurewa 2 - 0 Petone
Bell, Batty (pen.) Report
Blandford Park , Auckland
Referee: Mr. R. Nesbit
1931 South Island Final
Nomads 2 - 1 Seacliff
F, Smith, M. Wilson Report W. Hooper
English Park, Christchurch
Referee: Mr. J. Jennings

Final

1931 Chatham Cup Final
Tramurewa 5 – 2 aet Nomads
Bell 3, Spong, H. Donaldson Report Wilson, Goode
Basin Reserve, Wellington
Referee: Mr.F. Saunders

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References

  1. ↑ Papers Past — Evening Post — 20 May 1931 — THE SOCCER CODE
  2. ↑ Papers Past — Evening Post — 3 June 1931 — ASSOCIATION
  3. ↑ Papers Past — Evening Post — 10 April 1931 — SOCCER FOOTBALL
  4. ↑ Hilton, T. (1991) An association with soccer. Auckland: The New Zealand Football Association. ISBN   0-473-01291-X . p. 69
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