New Zealand 1898

Brown Shield, for teams representing provinces, continued to be the premier 
award in domestic football (there was no national club championship).

Provincial Leagues:

Auckland
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 1.United
 3.North Shore FC
   Grafton AFC
   Rovers AFC (A)
   Rovers AFC (B)
   YMCA  

Otago
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Winner: Wakari.


Wellington
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Thorndon withdrew from the league before the start of the season. 
Petone joined the league.
 
 1.Rovers                9   7  1  1  30- 5  15
 2.Queens Park           6   3  2  1  15- 5   8
 3.Swifts                6   3  1  2  11- 7   7 
 4.Thistle               6   1  1  4   1-14   3
 5.Petone AFC            7   0  1  6   0-26   1

No reason why Rovers played 9 games; according to the number of opponents 
they should have played only 8 games, but all records are even.


The full table can be found here.
 

  

1897.

1899.

list of champions.

list of final tables.

all-time tables.

list of cup winners.

list of brown shield winners.

list of fa trophy winners.

Partial source: Capital Soccer

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Author: Peter Kungler (peter dot kungler at roche dot com)
Last updated: 21 Mar 2004

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