New Zealand 1948


The FA Trophy, for teams representing provinces, continued to be the premier award in domestic football. There was no national club championship but the Chatham Cup, a New Zealand FA Cup style competition, was played (see below).


Provincial Leagues
Chatham Cup
Representative matches
Junior National Cup


Provincial Leagues


"Major" Associations

(listed from north to south)


Auckland
 
 1.Eastern Suburbs AFC
 2.North Shore United AFC 
   other participants not known


Wellington

First A (First Level)


Known results:
[Jul 31]
Stop Out               8-1  Marist                         (at Basin Reserve, Wellington) 
  [B Green 3, M Green 2, Singer, Woodward, OG - Duffy]
Hospital               2-1  Seatoun                        (at Porirua)
  [McCallum, Jeffery - K Canute]
[Aug 7]
Railways               ppd  Marist
Stop Out               3-0  Seatoun                        (at Basin Reserve, Wellington) 
  [Cook, Singer, Sharpe]
Waterside              2-0  Institute OB                   (at Basin Reserve, Wellington) 
  [McKinley, Mildenhall]
[Aug 21]
Marist                 1-1  Railways
  [Thompson - Pacey pen]
Seatoun                0-0  Diamond

Table as of August 21:

 1.Waterside  11  9  1  1  19
 2.Institute  13  6  4  3  16
 3.Marist     13  6  3  4  15
   Seatoun    13  6  3  4  15
 5.Diamond    13  4  2  7  10
   Railways   13  3  4  6  10
 7.Hospital   13  4  1  8   9
 8.Stop Out   13  3  2  8   8

[Sep 11]
Hospital               2-2  Waterside                      (at Porirua)
  [Smith, Wyatt pen - Walker 2]

Final Table:

 1.Waterside AFC              13   9  3  1  43-21  19
 2.Institute Old Boys         14   7  4  3  36-22  18
 3.Seatoun AFC                14   7  3  4  39-27  17
 4.Marist Brothers            14   6  3  5  30-29  15
 5.Diamond FC                 13   4  2  7  19-24  10 [GAv: 0.79]
 6.Hospital FC Porirua        14   4  2  8  22-43  10 [GAv: 0.51]
 7.Railways                   14   3  4  7  15-31  10 [GAv: 0.48]
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 8.Stop Out                   14   3  3  8  26-33   9  Relegated
                                                 

First B (Second Level)

Known results:
[Jul 31]
Technical OB           5-3  Diamond 
University             6-1  Lower Hutt
Petone TSOB            3-3  Miramar Rangers
Swifts                 5-2  Marist
[Aug 7]
University             5-3  Technical OB
Diamond                2-1  Marist

 1.Petone TSOB                                         Promoted  
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  .Diamond*
  .Lower Hutt
  .Marist* 
  .Miramar Rangers
  .Swifts  
  .Technical OB 
  .University 

Petone TSOB finished first; the ranking of the other teams unknown.
* - assumed to be reserve teams 


Canterbury

Winner: Western

Otago

Winner: Mosgiel  



"Minor" Associations:

Hawke's Bay

Winner: Napier HSOB

Nelson

Winner: Nelson United  

South Canterbury

Winner: Fisherman 

Southland

Winner: Invercargill United  

Taranaki

Winner: Stratford 

Waikato

Winner: Rotowaro     

Wanganui

Winner: Wanganui Athletic 


Chatham Cup


Association      Entries    Representative

NORTH ISLAND
Auckland            ?       Eastern Suburbs
Waikato             ?       Rotowaro               
Wellington          ?       Waterside       
SOUTH ISLAND
Canterbury          ?       Technical Old Boys     
Otago               ?       Roslyn-Wakari
?                   ?       Brigadiers

North Island

Final
[Jul 31]
Rotowaro               0-1  Waterside                      (at Hamilton)                   
  [Walker 75]

South Island

Final
[Jul 31 or Aug 1]
Technical Old Boys     4-0  Brigadiers                     (at Christchurch)


Final 
 
[Aug-21] 
Basin Reserve, Wellington 
Technical Old Boys 2-0 Waterside 
 [O'Malley, Thomas] 

Technical: Ray Davey, Maurice Dean, Ernie Harris, Earl Mason, Vic Smith, 
Jim Cook, Don Grieve, John MacLennan, Colin Bailey, Peter O'Malley, 
Cyril Thomas 
Waterside: Alex Healey, Pal Harris, Bob Bolton, Eric Wheatley, Phil 
Traynor, Bob Cullen, Joey Pledger, Tom Walker, Bob McKinley, Wally 
Mildenhall, Toby Janes 

Referee: A. Aspen (Wellington)
Attendance: 3 000 


Representative matches


Known representative matches (other than the FA Trophy):

[Jul 31]
New Zealand XI         6-1  New Zealand Air Force          (at Basin Reserve, Wellington)
  [Kidd 4, Sergent, Sharpe - Methven]
NZXI: Gordon, Hutchinson, McHissock, Sharpe, Sergent, Kidd, G Smith, R Smith (3 missing). 
NZAF: Hall, Watts, Jones, Lloyd, Wellan, Methven (5 missing). 

[Aug 25]
Otago Juniors          9-1  Oamaru Senior XI               (at Caledonian Ground, Dunedin)
  [J Warner 3, L Vik 3, T Flaws 2, J Martin - penalty]

[Aug 28]
Canterbury             3-2  New Zealand Universities       (at Lancaster Park, Christchurch)
  [Bailey 3 - Kibblewhite, Payne]
Canterbury: A Laing; M Dean, E Harris; A McAnulty, T Jones, A Souter; J McLennan, G McAnulty,
C Bailey, J O'Rawe, R Smith.
NZU: P Iles (Auckland); K Johnstone (Victoria), D Laws (Auckland), J Gale (Auckland), J C
Nettleton (Canterbury), R Naidu (Auckland); S Spiers (Auckland), R S Matanitabau (Canterbury)
(I Qasevakatini*), R B Payne (Otago), A Kibblewhite (Canterbury), J Walls (Victoria)
* - replacement who was reported to have played bare foot (university affiliation not listed) 
Referee: M M Casin

[Aug 28]
Haliyburton-Johnstone Shield:
South Auckland         0-7  Auckland B                     (at Huntly)
  [Brewer 4, Norgrove 2, Clarke]
Flyger Rose Bowl:
South Auckland U21     3-6  Auckland U21                   (at Huntly)
  [Thomas 2, Kemp - B Richards 3, Mackenzie, Shearer, OG]

[Sep 11]
Nelson                 1-2  Wellington                     (at Nelson)
  [Akinstall - Jamieson, Thompson]

[?]
South Island           2-2  North Island                   (at Dunedin)         


Junior National Cup


North Island

Semifinal
[Jul 31 or Aug 1]
Poverty Bay            0-4  Wellington                     (at Gisborne)

Final
[Aug 14]
Wellington             0-2  Auckland                       (at Basin Reserve, Wellington)
  [Kendrick, Sorrell]

South Island

Final
Result unknown, Otago emerged as the South Island representative 


Final 
[Sep 4]
Basin Reserve, Wellington
Auckland               7-0  Otago


1947

1949

list of champions

list of final tables

all-time tables

list of cup winners

list of brown shield winners

list of fa trophy winners

list of various cup finals

list of inter-island matches

list of youth champions and cup winners


About this document

Partial sources: Capital Football, [Smi 66], [Hil 91], The Dominion (Wellington), The New Zealand Herald (Auckland), Otago Daily Times (Dunedin) and The Press (Christchurch)

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: 20 Aug 2015

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