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1961 Chatham Cup

Field	Value
year	1961
title	Chatham Cup
dates	6 May –
26 August 1961
venue	Basin Reserve, Wellington
winners	Northern (2nd title)
second	North Shore United
prev_season	1960
next_season	1962

26 August 1961

The 1961 Chatham Cup was the 34th annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand.

The competition was run on a regional basis, with regional associations each holding separate qualifying rounds.

Other teams known to have taken part in the final rounds included Otangarei United (Whangarei), Hamilton Technical Old Boys, Kahukura (Rotorua), Eastern Union (Gisborne), Moturoa (New Plymouth), Napier Rovers, Wanganui United, Kiwi United (Manawatu), Nelson Thistle and Timaru Thistle.

The 1961 final

Northern won the cup for a second time, having previously been champions in 1959; North Shore United made their third consecutive finals appearance, having won the cup in 1960. The match was thus both a match between the two previous winners and also a rematch of the 1959 final, with the same team winning on both occasions. Seven Northern players and six North Shore players played in both finals, these six latter players - among them England and New Zealand international Ken Armstrong - also having played in the winning side of 1960. The final was a free flowing affair, but no goals came until the half hour mark, when Northern took the lead through George Little. The score remained 1-0 until two minutes from the end of the match, when Bruce Campbell doubled Northern's lead.

Results

Second round

Third round

Fourth round

both Timaru Thistle (South Canterbury qualifiers) and Nelson Thistle (one of three Nelson clubs) effectively had byes to the next round

Fifth round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals ("Island finals")

Final

References

Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation New Zealand 1961 page

References

(23 November 2021). "The Nelson Thistle Soccer Team".
{{HiltonNZAssoc p.73
''Otago Daily Times'', 8 May 1961, p. 8
''Otago Daily Times'', 29 May 1961, p. 12
''Otago Daily Times'', 19 June 1961, p. 6
''Otago Daily Times'', 17 July 1961, p. 11
''Otago Daily Times'', 7 August 1961, p. 6

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