2003 Chatham Cup

The 2003 Chatham Cup was the 76th annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand.

Chatham Cup
year =2003
date =August 17
venue=North Harbour Stadium, North Shore

Up to the last 16 of the competition, the cup was run in three regions (northern, central, and southern), with an open draw from the quarter-finals on. In all, 131 teams took part in the competition. The competition consisted of a preliminary round and five rounds proper before quarter-finals, semi-finals, and a final. Golden goal extra time was played in ties which finished level at full time.

Derek Rugg became the first referee to control three Chatham Cup finals, heving previously refereed the 2000 and 2002 finals.

Fifth Round

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date = July 6
team1 = Central United (Auckland)
score = 2 – 0
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team2 = Fencibles United (Auckland)
goals1 = Spirovski, Major
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date = July 13
team1 = Christchurch Rangers
score = 2 – 1 (aet)
report =
team2 = Roslyn-Wakari
goals1 = Hughes, Egues
goals2 = Lamont
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date = July 5
team1 = Greerton Rovers (Tauranga)
score = 1 – 5
report =
team2 = University-Mount Wellington
goals1 = Anderson (pen.)
goals2 = Thou 2, McCormack, Root, Waetford (pen.)
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date = July 12
team1 = Island Bay United
score = 3 – 2 (aet)
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team2 = Western Suburbs (Porirua)
goals1 = Hannah 2, Terry (pen.)
goals2 = Carnahan 2
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date = July 12
team1 = Lower Hutt City
score = 4 – 2
report =
team2 = Havelock North Wanderers
goals1 = Garcias 2, Bartosh, Richmond
goals2 = Mihaljovic, McCourt
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date = July 6
team1 = Melville United (Hamilton)
score = 8 – 0
report =
team2 = Western Springs
goals1 = Holloway 3, Watene 2, Cooper, Field, Yugov
goals2 =
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date = July 6
team1 = Wellington United
score = 2 – 3 (aet)
report =
team2 = Manawatu (Palmerston North)
goals1 = Candy, Rowe
goals2 = Old, Ayloff, Halstead
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date = July 5
team1 = West Hamilton United
score = 1 – 4
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team2 = North Shore United
goals1 = Michie
goals2 = Stevens 2, Coombes, Webster
stadium =
referee =

Quarter-finals

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date = July 20
team1 = Christchurch Rangers
score = 0 – 1
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team2 = University-Mount Wellington
goals1 =
goals2 = Ellensohn
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date = July 19
team1 = Island Bay United
score = 0 – 3
report =
team2 = Central United
goals1 =
goals2 = Koprivcic 2, Major (pen.)
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date = July 19
team1 = Lower Hutt City
score = 1 – 0
report =
team2 = Manawatu
goals1 = Malivuk
goals2 =
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date = July 20
team1 = Melville United
score = 5 – 0
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team2 = North Shore United
goals1 = Holloway 2 (1 pen.), Wilkinson, o.g.
goals2 =
stadium =
referee =

emi-finals

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date = August 3
team1 = Central United
score = 0 – 1
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team2 = Melville United
goals1 =
goals2 = Watene
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date = August 2
team1 = Lower Hutt City
score = 2 – 3 (aet)
report =
team2 = University-Mount Wellington
goals1 = o.g., Lockhead (pen.)
goals2 = Waugh 3
stadium =
referee =

Final

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date = August 17
team1 = University-Mount Wellington
score = 3 – 1
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team2 = Melville United
goals1 = McCormack 2, Waugh
goals2 = Watene
stadium = North Harbour Stadium, North Shore
referee = D. Rugg

Jack Batty Memorial Cup

The Jack Batty Memorial Cup is awarded to the player adjudged to have made to most positive impact in the Chatham Cup final. The winner of the 2003 Jack Batty Memorial Cup was Kara Waetford of University-Mount Wellington.

References

* [http://www.rsssf.com/tablesn/nz03.html Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation New Zealand 2003 page]