1932 Chatham Cup

The 1932 Chatham Cup was the tenth annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand.

Chatham Cup
year =1932
date =September 3
venue=Basin Reserve, Wellington

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

Teams taking part in the final rounds are known to have included Auckland YMCA, Hamilton Wanderers, St. Andrews (Manawatu), Wellington Marist, Riccarton, Millerton All Blacks and Maori Hill (Dunedin).

Wellington Marist's Eddie Barton became the third player in Chatham Cup history to score a final hat-trick, in fromt of a crowd of 5000 at the Basin Reserve. The five-goal margin in the final remained a record until 1958.

Millerton, a busy coalmining town in the 1930s, is now a ghost town.

emi-finals

Final

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date = Sept. 3, 1932
team1 = Wellington Marist
score = 5 – 0
report =
team2 = Millerton All Blacks
goals1 = Barton 3, Marshment, Kershaw
goals2 =
stadium = Basin Reserve, Wellington
referee = T. Plant

References

* [http://www.rsssf.com/tablesn/nz1932.html Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation New Zealand 1932 page]