New Zealand 1953

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 North Shore United AFC other participants not known Wellington ---------- 1.Marist Brothers OB 14 20p 2.Stop Out 14 19p 3.Petone AFC 14 15p [*] 4.Seatoun AFC 14 17p 5.Hospital FC Porirua 14 12p 6.Victoria Yniversity 14 11p 7.Railways 14 11p 8.Institute Old Boys 14 7p * - It's not clear why Petone finished above Seatoun. The full table can be found here. Canterbury ---------- Winner: Western Otago ----- Winner: Northern "Minor" Associations: Bay of Plenty ------------- Winner: Mangakino United Hawke's Bay ----------- Winner: Hastings Wanderers Manawatu -------- Winner: Palmerston North United Nelson ------ Winner: Woodbourne Northland --------- Winner: Otangarei United Poverty Bay ----------- Winner: Eastern Union South Canterbury ---------------- Winner: Northern Hearts Southland --------- Winner: Brigadiers and Thistle [shared] Taranaki -------- Winner: City Waikato ------- Winner: Huntly Thistle Wairarapa --------- Winner: Carterton Wanganui -------- Winner: New Settlers Chatham Cup: Association Entries Representative ----------- ------- -------------- North Island: Auckland ? Eastern Suburbs Waikato ? Huntly Thistle Poverty Bay ? Eastern Union Taranaki ? New Plymouth City Hawke`s Bay ? Napier Rovers Wanganui ? Wanganui Utd Manawatu ? St Andrews Wellington ? Seatoun South Island: Nelson ? Woodbourne (Marlborough) Canterbury ? Riccarton Otago ? Northern Southland ? Invercargill Thistle Final ----- [Sep-5] Basin Reserve, Wellington Eastern Suburbs 4-3 Northern of Otago [King 2, Fleet, M Anderson - McFarlane 2, Boardman] Eastern Suburbs: Peter Risbridge, Tim Cooper, Leo Twiname, Jack Anderson, Jack Gisby, Bob McLuckie, Don Kendrick, Andy Wallace, Reg King, Ken Fleet, Murray Anderson. Northern: Jim Stephenson, Dick Naus, Bob McLean, Jim Swift, Wally Meehan, Jim Johnston, Bill Boardman, Ivan Walsh, Bill Berry, Theo Berben, Trevor McFarlane. Referee: J.K. Wellwood (Wellington)

1952.

1954.

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 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