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 ---------- Winner: Western Otago ----- Winner: Northern "Minor" Associations: Bay of Plenty ------------- 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