1968 Chatham Cup

The 1968 Chatham Cup was the 41st annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand.

Chatham Cup
year =1968
date =September 7
venue=Basin Reserve, Wellington

Early stages of the competition were run on a regional basis. In all, 93 teams took part in the competition.

Round numbers

Different sources give different numberings for the rounds of the competition: some start round one with the beginning of the regional qualifications; others start numbering from the first national knock-out stage. The former numbering scheme is used in this article.

Fifth Round

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team1 = Eastern Suburbs (Auckland)
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team2 = Mount Albert
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team1 = Grosvenor Rovers (Marlborough)
score = 0 – 7
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team2 = Nelson United
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team1 = Invercargill United
score = 2 – 1
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team2 = Queens Park (Invercargill)
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team1 = Miramar Rangers
score = 2 – 1
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team2 = Waterside (Wellington)
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team1 = Palmerston North Thistle
score = 3 – 1
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team2 = Western Suburbs (Porirua)
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team1 = Papatoetoe
score = 0 – 4
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team2 = Hamilton
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team1 = Roslyn-Wakari
score = 2 – 2 (aet)*
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team2 = Caversham
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team1 = Timaru City
score = 0 – 2
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team2 = Christchurch Technical
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ixth Round

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team1 = Hamilton
score = 1 – 3
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team2 = Eastern Suburbs
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team1 = Nelson United
score = 0 – 1
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team2 = Christchurch Technical
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team1 = Palmerston North Thistle
score = 3 – 0
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team2 = Miramar Rangers
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team1 = Roslyn-Wakari
score = 3 – 1
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team2 = Invercargill United
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emi-finals

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team1 = Christchurch Technical
score = 3 – 0
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team1 = Eastern Suburbs
score = 6 – 2
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Final

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date = Sept. 7, 1968
team1 = Eastern Suburbs
score = 2 – 0
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team2 = Christchurch Technical
goals1 = Wrathall 2
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stadium = Basin Reserve, Wellington
referee = J.S. Nicol

References

* [http://www.rsssf.com/tablesn/nz68.html Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation New Zealand 1968 page]
* [http://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/id213.htm UltimateNZSoccer website 1968 Chatham Cup page]