New Zealand 1950

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.Eastern Suburbs AFC
 8.North Shore United AFC
   Eden AFC
   other participants not known

Wellington
----------
 
 1.Seatoun AFC          13  23p  
 2.Institute Old Boys   11  16p  
 3.Petone AFC           12  15p 
 4.Marist Brothers OB   12  15p 
 5.Railways             13  11p
 6.Stop Out             13   9p
 7.Diamond FC            9   8p
 8.Waterside AFC         9   8p
 9.Hospital FC Porirua   9   3p
10.Technical Old Boys    9   2p

First Division A reduced to eight teams for the 1951 season.


The full table can be found here.


Canterbury
----------

Winner: Christchurch Technical OB


Otago
-----

Winner: Northern  



"Minor" Associations:


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

Winner: Watersiders


Nelson
------

Winner: Woodbourne


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

Winner: Northern Hearts  


Southland
---------

Winner: Brigadiers  


Taranaki
--------

Winner: City


Waikato
-------

Winner: Claudelands Rovers      

 
Wanganui
--------

Winner: Wanganui Athletic 


Chatham Cup:

Association      Entries    Representative
-----------      -------    --------------
North Island:
Auckland            ?       Eden
Waikato             ?       Claudelands Rovers
Taranaki            ?       Moturoa
Wanganui            ?       Wanganui Old Boys
Wellington          ?       Brooklyn Utd
South Island:
Canterbury          ?       Technical OB
Otago               ?       Northern

Final
-----
[Sep-2]
Basin Reserve, Wellington
Eden 3-2 Technical Old Boys [aet]
 [Goddard, Jakens, Brewer - Thomas, Bailey (or Smith)]
Technical missed a penalty in the 1st period of extra time

Eden: Bob King, Eric Kendall, Jack Wilson, Mack Butts, Jack Leonard,
John Jakens, John Garrick, George Addis, Don Brewer, Norman Day, Peter
Goddard.
Technical: Lindsay McKenzie, Maurice Dean, Ernie Harris, Vic Smith,
Nelson King, Jim Cook, John MacLennan, Peter O'Malley, Colin Bailey,
Keith Lucas, Cyril Thomas.

Referee: W.M. Smith (Otago)
Attendance: 11 000




1949.

1951.

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 sources: Capital Soccer, [Smi 66], [Hil 91]

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: 30 May 2004

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