New Zealand 1955

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.Mt. Albert GSOB North Shore United AFC Eastern Suburbs AFC other participants not known Wellington ---------- 1.Stop Out 14 25p 2.Petone AFC 13 18p 3.Seatoun AFC 13 13p 4.Miramar Rangers 14 13p 5.Marist Brothers OB 14 13p 6.Victoria University 11 10p 7.Hospital FC Porirua 13 9p 8.Railways 14 5p The full table can be found here. Canterbury ---------- Winner: Western Otago ----- Winner: KETCOB "Minor" Associations: Bay of Plenty ------------- Winner: Mangakino United Buller ------ Winner: Millerton Thistle Hawke's Bay ----------- Winner: Napier Rovers Manawatu -------- Winner: Kiwi United (new name for Palmerston North United) Nelson ------ Winner: Motueka Northland --------- Winner: Otangarei United Poverty Bay ----------- Winner: Eastern Union South Canterbury ---------------- Winner: West End Southland --------- Winner: Invercargill Thistle Taranaki -------- Winner: Old Boys Waikato ------- Winner: Huntly Thistle Wairarapa --------- Winner: ? Wanganui -------- Winner: Wanganui Athletic Chatham Cup: Association Entries Representative ----------- ------- -------------- North Island: Auckland ? Eastern Suburbs Waikato ? Huntly Thistle Poverty Bay ? Eastern Union Taranaki ? New Plymouth Old Boys Hawke`s Bay ? Napier Rovers Wanganui ? Wanganui Athletic Manawatu ? Kiwi Utd Wairarapa ? Masterton Athletic Wellington ? Victoria University South Island: Canterbury ? Western Otago ? Roslyn Wakari Final ----- [Sep-3] Basin Reserve, Wellington Western 6-2 Eastern Suburbs [Saunderson 3, White, Davis, Ralph - Anderson, King] Western: Jan Voogt, Fred Haydon, Mike Shardlow, John Longmuir, Tony Laffey, Stan Ralph, Peter Cole, Alex Davis, John White, Ken Olley, Peter Saunderson Eastern Suburbs: George Poulus, Tim Cooper, Leo Twiname, Bob McLuckie, Geoff Walker, Jim Connew, Bert Azzara, John Wrathall, Reg King, Ken Fleet, Murray Anderson. Referee: R.H. Scott (Wellington)

1954.

1956.

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