New Zealand 1956

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 Eastern Suburbs AFC Mt Albert GSOB other participants not known Wellington ---------- 1.Stop Out 12 21p 2.Victoria University 14 21p 3.Seatoun AFC 13 18p 4.Miramar Rangers 14 17p 5.Marist Brothers OB 14 10p 6.Western Suburbs AFC 13 8p 7.Upper Hutt 14 6p [*] 8.Petone AFC 14 7p It's not clear why Upper Hutt finished above Petone AFC. The full table can 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: Blenheim B Nelson ------ Winner: Settlers Northland --------- Winner: Kamo Swifts Poverty Bay ----------- Winner: Eastern Union South Canterbury ---------------- Winner: West End Southland --------- Winner: Brigadiers Taranaki -------- Winner: Moturoa Waikato ------- Winner: Huntly Thistle Wairarapa --------- Winner: No competition Wanganui -------- Winner: TCOB Chatham Cup: Association Entries Representative ----------- ------- -------------- North Island: Auckland ? Eastern Suburbs Waikato ? Hamilton Wanderers Bay of Plenty ? Rangers Poverty Bay ? Eastern Union Taranaki ? Moturoa Hawke`s Bay ? Colenso Athletic Wanganui ? Wanganui Utd Manawatu ? Kiwi Utd Wairarapa ? Masterton Athletic Wellington ? Stop Out South Island: Canterbury ? Shamrock Sth Canterbury ? West End Otago ? Northern Final ----- [Aug-25] Basin Reserve, Wellington Stop Out 4-1 Shamrock [Sharp, Sergent, Schryvers, Benge - Fields] Stop Out: Dennis Hudson, James Neumann, James Blair, George Smith, Frank Jeromson, Henk Grootelaar, Derek Gentry, Fred Benge, Abram Schryvers, Jack Sharp, Brian Sergent. Shamrock: Joe Callaghan, Tom Campion, Kevin O'Flaherty, Peter Fletcher, Peter Flynn, Dick Durant, Robert Nicholls, Jim Price, Ernie Fields, Cliff Banham, Brian Newsome. Referee: E.O. Mason (Otago)

1955.

1957.

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