1968 Chatham Cup

Football tournament season
1968 Chatham Cup
Tournament details
Venue(s)Basin Reserve, Wellington
Dates7 September 1968
Final positions
ChampionsEastern Suburbs (4th title)
Runner-upChristchurch Technical
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The 1968 Chatham Cup was the 41st annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand.

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

The 1968 final

The final was a one-sided affair, with Suburbs proving too strong for the southerners. John Wrathall scored both goals in the final, putting the ball past Tech keeper (and future national team coach) Ian Marshall.[1]

Results

Third Round

Caversham2 – 0King Edward TCOB
Rangers (Christchurch)3 – 2Christchurch City
Christchurch Technical3 – 2New Brighton
Eastern Suburbs2 – 2Mount Wellington
Eastern Suburbs (Auckland)5 – 2 (replay)Mount Wellington
Ellerslie5 – 0Grey Lynn
Gisborne City3 – 0Riverina (Wairoa)
Hamilton5 – 3Claudelands Rovers
Miramar Rangers6 – 1Seatoun
Mosgiel4 – 3HSOB (Dunedin)
Moturoa4 – 2HSOB (New Plymouth)
Mount Albert1 – 1*Metro College
Naenae5 – 4Lower Hutt City
Nelson Suburbs3 – 2Nelson City
Nelson United3 – 0Richmond Athletic
Palmerston North Thistle3 – 0Kiwi United
Papatoetoe2 – 1Massey Rovers
Roslyn-Wakari5 – 3Northern (Dunedin)
Saint Kilda4 – 0Maori Hill (Dunedin)
Waterside (Wellington)3 – 0Stop Out (Lower Hutt)
Wanganui Western Suburbs2 – 0Wanganui East Athletic
Western Suburbs FC (Porirua)3 – 1Victoria University
Whangarei6 – 0Kamo Swifts

* Mount Albert won on corners

Fourth Round

Caversham4 – 1Mosgiel
Christchurch Technical3 – 0Rangers (Christchurch)
Gisborne City1 – 2Eastern Suburbs (Auckland)
Invercargill United6 – 1Gore Wanderers
Miramar Rangers6 – 0Naenae
Moturoa2 – 4Wanganui Western Suburbs
Mount Albert2 – 1Ellerslie
Queens Park4 – 2Invercargill Thistle
Roslyn-Wakari2 – 1Saint Kilda
Rotorua City1 – 3Hamilton
Waterside (Wellington)3 – 2Western Suburbs FC (Porirua)
Whangarei1 – 4Papatoetoe

Fifth Round

Eastern Suburbs (Auckland)4 – 1Mount Albert
Grosvenor Rovers (Marlborough)0 – 7Nelson United
Invercargill United2 – 1Queens Park (Invercargill)
Miramar Rangers2 – 1Waterside (Wellington)
Palmerston North Thistle3 – 1Western Suburbs FC (Porirua)
Papatoetoe0 – 4Hamilton
Roslyn-Wakari2 – 2 (aet)*Caversham
Timaru City0 – 2Christchurch Technical

* Roslyn-Wakari won on corners

Quarter-finals

Hamilton1 – 3Eastern Suburbs
Roslyn-Wakari3 – 1Invercargill United

Semi-finals

Final

Eastern Suburbs2 – 0Christchurch Technical
Wrathall 2
Referee: J.S. Nicol

References

  1. ^ Hilton, T. (1991) An association with soccer. Auckland: The New Zealand Football Association. ISBN 0-473-01291-X. p. 75
  • Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation New Zealand 1968 page
  • UltimateNZSoccer website 1968 Chatham Cup page