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 Mt. Wellington Wellington ---------- 1.Railways 14 19p 2.Diamond FC 14 19p 3.Petone AFC 14 18p 4.Miramar Rangers 14 17p 5.Northern 14 14p 6.Seatoun AFC 14 12p 7.Stop Out 12 11p 8.Western Suburbs AFC 12 8p 9.Marist Brothers OB 12 7p 10.Zealandia 12 7p First round: each team played each opponent once. Second round: the top six played each other once and the bottom played each other once. The full table can be found here. Canterbury ---------- Winner: Western Otago ----- Winner: Northern "Minor" Associations: Bay of Plenty ------------- Winner: Kahukura Buller ------ Winner: Waimangaroa United Franklin -------- Winner: Papatoetoe Hawke's Bay ----------- Winner: Napier Rovers Manawatu -------- Winner: Kiwi United Marlborough ----------- Winner: Woodbourne Nelson ------ Winner: Athletic Northland --------- Winner: Otangarei United Poverty Bay ----------- Winner: Eastern Union South Canterbury ---------------- Winner: Thistle Southland --------- Winner: Invercargill Thistle Taranaki -------- Winner: Moturoa Waikato ------- Winner: Hamilton Technical OB Wairarapa --------- Winner: YMCA Wanganui -------- Winner: Blue Rovers West Coast ---------- Winner: Cobden-Kohinoor Chatham Cup: Association Entries Representative ----------- ------- -------------- North Island: Auckland ? North Shore Waikato ? Hamilton Technical OB Bay of Plenty ? Kahukura Poverty Bay ? Eastern Union Taranaki ? Moturoa Hawke`s Bay ? Napier Rovers Wanganui ? Wanganui Athletic Manawatu ? Kiwi Utd Wairarapa ? Masterton Athletic Wellington ? Northern Wellington South Island: Nelson ? Athletic Canterbury ? Technical OB Otago ? Northern Southland ? Invercargill Thistle Final ----- [Aug-27] Basin Reserve, Wellington North Shore United 5-3 Technical Old Boys [Lowndes 2, Armstrong, Paterson, Ryan - Verham, Campbell, Charlton] North Shore United: Dick Ansley, John Collins, Graham Hankins, Ken Armstrong, Warwick Ward, Derek Easto, John Ryan, Tom Paterson, Alex Middleton, Tony Lowndes, Peter Oden. Technical Old Boys: Keith Flintham, Ian Graham, Kevin Rasmussen, Kevin Hendy, Richard Van Dalsum, Arthur Verlander, Malcolm Jones, Arthur Verham, Ted Charlton, William Shannon, John Campbell. Referee: A. Williams (Otago)1959.
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Partial sources: Capital Soccer, [Smi 66], [Hil 91]
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