1926 Chatham Cup

The 1926 Chatham Cup was the fourth annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand.

Chatham Cup
year =1926
date =September 4
venue=Basin Reserve, Wellington

The competition was run on a regional basis, with five regional associations (Auckland, Wellington, Waikato, Canterbury, and Otago) each holding separate qualifying rounds.

The final was played at the Basin Reserve, Wellington, a change of venue from the previous finals which had been at Newtown Park or Athletic Park. The following year the final briefly returned to Newtown Park, before making its permanent home at the Basin Reserve, a venue which was used regularly until the 1970s.

Teams taking part in the final rounds are known to have included North Shore, Hospital AFC (Wellington), Huntly Thistle and Sunnyside (Christchurch).

In the final, Sunnyside's Archie Trotter became the first player to complete a Chatham Cup final hat-trick.

emi-finals

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date =
team1 = North Shore
score = extra-time win to North Shore
report =
team2 = Hospital AFC
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Auckland
referee =

Final

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date = Sept. 4, 1926
team1 = Sunnyside
score = 4 – 2
report =
team2 = North Shore
goals1 = Trotter 3, Pickering
goals2 = Hipkins, Woolley
stadium = Basin Reserve, Wellington
referee = C. Kelly

References

* [http://www.rsssf.com/tablesn/nz1926.html Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation New Zealand 1926 page]