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.Onehunga North Shore United AFC Mt. Wellington AFC other participants not known Wellington ---------- First Round 1.Seatoun AFC 9 8 0 1 32- 8 16 2.Railways 9 7 0 2 29-24 14 3.Stop Out 9 6 1 2 29-17 13 4.Petone AFC 9 4 3 2 32-23 11 5.Diamond FC 9 4 1 4 21-21 9 6.Miramar Rangers AFC 9 4 1 4 35-21 9 7.Marist Brothers OB 9 4 1 4 26-29 9 8.Northern 9 1 2 6 13-28 4 9.Western Suburbs AFC 9 2 0 7 17-32 4 10.Victoria University 9 0 1 8 12-43 1 Venus Shield 1.Seatoun AFC 12 9 1 2 35-12 19 2.Stop Out 12 8 2 2 44-25 18 3.Railways 12 7 3 2 35-18 17 4.Petone AFC 12 4 4 4 33-32 12 FA Trophy 5.Diamond FC 14 8 2 4 35-25 18 6.Marist Brothers OB 14 8 1 5 36-25 17 7.Miramar Rangers AFC 14 6 3 5 33-29 15 8.Northern 14 3 2 9 16-38 8 9.Western Suburbs AFC 14 3 1 10 20-35 7 10.Victoria University 14 0 1 13 14-64 1 Difference in goals for (301) to goals against (303). Full tables can also be found here. Canterbury ---------- Winner: Western Otago ----- Winner: Northern "Minor" Associations: Bay of Plenty ------------- Winner: Rangers Buller ------ Winner: Millerton Thistle Hawke's Bay ----------- Winner: Napier Athletic Manawatu -------- Winner: Kiwi United Marlborough ----------- Winner: Spartans Nelson ------ Winner: Settlers Northland --------- Winner: Marlin Rovers Poverty Bay ----------- Winner: Eastern Union South Canterbury ---------------- Winner: West End Southland --------- Winner: Brigadiers Taranaki -------- Winner: City Waikato ------- Winner: Hamilton Technical OB Wairarapa --------- Winner: Masterton Athletic Wanganui -------- Winner: Wanganui Athletic Chatham Cup: Association Entries Representative ----------- ------- -------------- North Island: Auckland ? Eastern Suburbs Waikato ? Hamilton Wanderers Bay of Plenty ? Rangers Poverty Bay ? Eastern Union Taranaki ? Startford Hawke`s Bay ? Colenso Athletic Wanganui ? Wanganui Athletic Manawatu ? Kiwi Utd Wairarapa ? Lansdowne Utd Wellington ? Seatoun South Island: Canterbury ? Christchurch City Nth Otago ? Oamaru Otago ? Northern Final ----- [Aug-9] Basin Reserve, Wellington Seatoun 7-1 Christchurch City [Donovan 6, Wright - Giblett] Seatoun: Bert Hiddlestone, William King, Gordon McClelland, Jack Metcalf, Brian Fletcher, Keith Gibson (Neil Kerr), Robert O'Brien, Raymond Wright, John Donovan, Ron Kearns, William Logan. Christchurch City: Graeme Richards, Alex Juner, Tim Lynch, Tom Clackson, Malcolm Wild, Roy Herbert, A McDonald, Alex Wilson, Peter Devine (Ken Giblett), Tom Munro, Doug Worthington. Referee: D. Welham (Otago)1957.
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Partial sources: Capital Soccer, [Smi 66], [Hil 91]
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