New Zealand 1923

Brown Shield, for teams representing provinces, continued to be the premier award in domestic football. There was no national club championship but Chatham Cup, a New Zealand FA Cup style competition, was launched (see below). Provincial Leagues "Major" Associations (listed from north to south): Auckland -------- 1.North Shore FC 12 8 0 4 23-19 16 2.Northcote 12 8 0 4 33-26 16 3.Ponsonby AFC 12 7 1 4 25-20 15 4.Philomel 11 6 0 5 28-20 12 5.Thistle 11 4 2 5 24-21 10 6.YMCA 12 3 1 8 16-27 7 7.Harbour Board 12 3 0 9 16-32 6 Wellington ---------- 1.Waterside AFC 12 11 1 0 37- 6 23 2.Hospital FC Porirua 12 8 2 2 35-15 18 3.Diamond FC 13 6 3 4 17-12 15 4.YMCA 12 4 4 4 27-28 12 5.Thistle 11 4 2 5 16-19 10 6.Marist Brothers 14 2 5 7 20-34 9 7.Karori 13 4 1 8 21-30 9 8.Welgasco 13 2 2 9 11-38 6 In this season the automatic promotion/relegation system was introduced, the last placed team of the 'A' grade was replaced by the winner of the 'B' grade. Difference in goals for (184) to goals against (182), also in wins (41) to losses (39) and games (100) to points (102). The full table can also be found here. Canterbury ---------- Winner: Sunnyside Otago ----- Winner: HSOB "Minor" Associations: Hawke's Bay ----------- Winner: Whakatu Nelson ------ Winner: Athletic South Canterbury ---------------- Winner: Albion Rovers Southland --------- Winner: Nightcaps Taranaki -------- Winner: Hawera Wanganui -------- Winner: Eastown Workshops Chatham Cup: North ----- Wellington YMCA bt Huntly Wellington YMCA bt Nelson Wanderers South ----- Seacliff (Otago) played no matches on their way to the final. Only one other team entered from the South but it withdrew. Final ----- [Oct-1] Athletic Park, Wellington Seacliff (Otago) 4-0 Wellington YMCA [Hooper 2, Macdougall, Baxter] or [Hooper 2, Macdougall 2] Seacliff: Charlie Rivers, Jock Anderson, George Anderson, Bill Rogers, Hugh McKechnie, Bill Murray, Malcolm Macdougall, Reg Baxter, Bill Hooper, R.("Tommy") Burns, Wattie Hanlin. Wellington YMCA: Arthur Tarrant, W. Pearson, Les McGirr, George Wotherspoon, Bill Rarity, Charlie Trott, Les Smith, Edgar Phillips, George Campbell, Harry Hindmarsh, Charlie Ballard. Referee: J.A. Leddy (Wellington).

1922.

1924.

list of champions.

list of final tables.

all-time tables.

list of cup winners.

list of brown shield winners.

list of fa trophy winners.

About this document

Partial source: Capital Soccer

Prepared and maintained by Peter Kungler and Andre Zlotkowski for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Authors: Peter Kungler (peter dot kungler at roche dot com) and Andre Zlotkowski (nzfooty@hotmail.com)
Last updated: 9 May 2004