New Zealand 1959

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.North Shore United AFC
   Eastern Suburbs AFC
   Onehunga
   Mt Albert GSOB
   Eden AFC
   Ellerslie AFC
   Mt. Roskill AFC
   Pt. Chevalier

Wellington
----------

First Round 

 1.Northern              9   5  2  2  19-11  12
 2.Diamond FC            9   5  2  2  24-19  12
 3.Miramar Rangers AFC   9   4  3  2  26-15  11
 4.Railways              9   5  1  3  31-23  11
 5.Seatoun AFC           9   2  6  1  21-22  10
 6.Petone AFC            9   3  3  3  19-22   9
 7.Marist Brothers OB    9   3  2  4  22-20   8
 8.Stop Out              9   2  4  3  24-27   8
 9.Western Suburbs       9   2  3  4  11-21   7
10.Zealandia             9   0  2  7  23-39   2

Difference in goals for (220) to goals against (219).

Venus Shield

 1.Northern             14   8  2  4  27-20  18 
 2.Diamond FC           14   8  2  4  38-35  18
 3.Seatoun AFC          14   4  7  3  34-32  15
 4.Railways             13   6  2  5  40-33  14
 5.Miramar Rangers AFC  13   5  4  4  33-20  14
 6.Petone AFC           14   5  4  5  31-35  14

FA Trophy

 7.Stop Out             15   7  5  3  57-44  19
 8.Marist Brothers OB   15   5  3  7  30-32  13
 9.Zealandia            15   3  4  8  40-47  10
10.Western Suburbs      15   2  3 10  14-45   7

Difference in goals for (344) to goals against (343).

Full tables can also be found here.


Canterbury
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Winner: Western 


Otago
-----

Winner: Northern


"Minor" Associations:


Bay of Plenty
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Winner: Kahukura


Buller
------

Winner: Denniston Hotspurs  


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

Winner: Napier Athletic      


Manawatu
--------

Winner: Kiwi United 


Marlborough
-----------

Winner: Woodbourne  


Nelson
------

Winner: Rangers  


Northland
---------

Winner: Otangarei United     


Poverty Bay
-----------

Winner: Eastern Union 


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

Winner: West End    


Southland
---------

Winner: Rovers  


Taranaki
--------

Winner: Moturoa


Waikato
-------

Winner: Hamilton Technical OB       


Wairarapa
---------

Winner: Douglas Villa   


Wanganui
--------

Winner: New Settlers    


Chatham Cup:  

Association      Entries    Representative
-----------      -------    --------------
North Island:
Auckland            ?       North Shore
Waikato             ?       Hamilton Wanderers
Bay of Plenty       ?       Rangers
Poverty Bay         ?       Eastern Union
Taranaki            ?       Moturoa
Hawke`s Bay         ?       Colenso Athletic
Wanganui            ?       Wanganui Athletic
Manawatu            ?       Massay College
Wellington          ?       Miramar Rangers
South Island:
Nelson              ?       Rangers
Canterbury          ?       Western
Otago               ?       Northern

Final
-----
[Aug-22]
Basin Reserve, Wellington
Northern 3-2 North Shore United
 [Cliff Schmidt (og) 2, Bill Berry 44, George Little 50 - Alex Middleton 4,
  Chris Foulkes 85?]

Northern: Jim Stephenson, Alex Young, Trevor McFarlane, Wally Boath,
Theo Berben, Stan Forbes, Bill Berry, Ray Higgins, George Little, Duncan
McVey, Phillip Little.
North Shore United: Cliff Maynard, John Collins, Cliff Schmidt, Ken
Armstrong, Derek Easto, Bill Bradshaw, Chris Foulkes, Tom Paterson, Alex
Middleton, Peter Maynard, Peter Oden.

Referee: M.T. Swain (Wellington)


1958.

1960.

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

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