New Zealand 1927

The FA Trophy, 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 played (see below). 



Provincial Leagues

Major" Associations (listed from north to south):

Auckland
--------
 
 1.Thistle              13  10  1  2  38-15  21
 2.North Shore FC       14   9  2  3  39-28  20
 3.YMCA                 14   6  4  4  34-39  16 
 4.Ponsonby AFC         11   6  2  3  34-22  14
 5.Royal Navy Depot     14   5  3  6  41-35  13 
 6.Tramways             13   3  3  7  19-37   9
 7.Onehunga Athletic    12   2  3  7  19-37   7
 8.Northcote            13   1  2 10  20-48   4 

Difference in goals for (244) to goals against (261).


Wellington
----------

 1.YMCA                 14  24p 
 2.Diamond FC           14  20p
 3.Marist Brothers      12  19p
 4.Hospital FC Porirua  13  12p
 5.Thistle              14  10p
 6.Institute Old Boys   14  10p
 7.Seatoun AFC          14   9p
 8.Brooklyn             13   4p

The full table can be found here.

First B Division (2nd level)

Reported Table (Oct 8):

 1.Petone               13  12  1  0    -    25  Promoted
 2.Hutt                 15  10  1  4    -    21
 3.Waterside            14  10  0  4    -    20
 4.Johnsonville         13   6  2  5    -    14
 5.Marist               14   6  2  6    -    14
 6.South Wellington     13   6  1  6    -    13
 7.Swifts               12   4  1  7    -     9
 8.YMCA                 16   3  2 11    -     8
 9.Welgasco             14   1  2 11    -     4  
 
NB: 4 more wins than losses


Canterbury
----------

Winner: Nomads


Otago
-----

Winner: Northern



"Minor" Associations:


Hawke's Bay
-----------

Winner: Napier Rangers


Nelson
------

Winner: Athletic


South Canterbury
----------------

Winner: Rangers


Southland
---------

Winner: Corinthians 


Taranaki
--------

Winner: Caledonian


Waiakto
-------

Winner: Waihou


Wanganui
--------

Winner: Eastbrooke


Chatham Cup:

Association      Entries    Representative
-----------      -------    --------------
North Island: 
Auckland            ?       Ponsonby 
Manawatu            ?       St Andrews 
Wellington          ?       ? 
South Island: 
Canterbury          ?       Nomads 
Otago               ?       Northern 

Final  
-----  
[Sep-24] 
Newtown Park, Wellington
Ponsonby 3-2 Northern (Otago)
 [Hunter, Innes, Adshead - McDowell, McTavish] 
  
Ponsonby: H.Watts, T. Pickett, M. Williams, John Morrison, G. Wright,
J. Mooney, Gerry Hunter, Clem Bell, Bob Innes, J. Tomilty,
J. Adshead.
Northern: A. McQuarrie, L. Coates, Jim Scoular, Alex Perry, Hugh Munsle,
Reg Cherry, A. McDowell, Tom McHugh, A. McTavish, Tom McCormack, Rab
McLean.
  
Referee: G. Jackson (Wellington).  


1926.

1928.

list of champions.

list of final tables.

all-time tables.

list of cup winners.

list of brown shield winners.

list of fa trophy winners.

Sources included: Capital Soccer, http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz

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

Authors: Peter Kungler, Hans Schöggl and Andre Zlotkowski
Last updated: 31 May 2012

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