1955 Chatham Cup

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1955 Chatham Cup
Tournament details
Venue(s) Basin Reserve, Wellington
Dates3 September 1955
Final positions
Champions Western (4th title)
Runner-up Eastern Suburbs
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The 1955 Chatham Cup was the 28th annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand.

Contents

The competition was run on a regional basis, with regional associations each holding separate qualifying rounds.

Teams taking part in the final rounds are known to have included Eastern Suburbs (Auckland), Huntly Thistle (Waikato), Eastern Union (Gisborne), New Plymouth Old Boys (Taranaki) Napier Rovers (Hawkes Bay), Wanganui Athletic (Whanganui), Kiwi United (Manawatu), Masterton Athletic (Wairarapa) Victoria University (Wellington), Western (Christchurch), and Roslyn-Wakari (Dunedin).

The 1955 final

In the final, winger Peter Saunderson became the seventh player to score a finals hat-trick. Western's total of six goals equalled Waterside's tally from the 1940 final, and the aggregate of eight goals also equalled the record set in that final. The game was played in a howling Wellington southerly, and Western made full use of it in the first half, rattling in four goals. John White and Alex Davis had both scored in the opening dozen minutes, and these were added to by both Saunderson and Stan Ralph. In the second half Anderson and King reduced the deficit to two before Saunderson scored a further brace to seal the win for the southerners. [1] King's goal was his sixth in Chatham Cup finals, after a hat-trick in the 1951 Final and two more in 1953.

Results

Quarter Finals

Eastern Suburbs 6 - 1 Huntly Thistle
Blandford Park, Auckland
Brigadiers1 - 2 Roslyn-Wakari
Invercargill Showgrounds, Invercargill
Victoria University 4 - 1Kiwi United
Basin Reserve, Wellington
Western w/o
Western won by default		Millerton Thistle
Report
English Park, Christchurch

Semi Finals

South Island Final
Roslyn-Wakari 2 - 2
Western won match on corners 3 - 1		 Western
Caledonian Ground, Dunedin
Referee: D. Bruce (Timaru)
North Island Final
Eastern Suburbs 4 - 1 Victoria University
Fleet 3, King Report Gray
Blandford Park, Auckland

Final

1955 Chatham Cup Final
Western 6 – 2 Eastern Suburbs
Saunderson 3, White, Davis, Ralph Report Anderson, King
Basin Reserve, Wellington
Referee: R.H. Scott

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References

  1. ↑ Hilton, T. (1991) An association with soccer. Auckland: The New Zealand Football Association. ISBN   0-473-01291-X . p.72


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