1969 Chatham Cup
Tournament details
Venue(s)Basin Reserve, Wellington
Dates6 September 1969
Final positions
ChampionsEastern Suburbs (5th title)
Runner-upNew Brighton

The 1969 Chatham Cup was the 42nd annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand.

Early stages of the competition were run on a regional basis. In all, 89 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 announcement of the start of the New Zealand National Soccer League in 1970 led to changes in the organisation of the Chatham Cup, and this was the last year prior to the creation of a more open draw.

The 1969 final

The last Chatham Cup to be decided on the old regional champions basis was 1969, and it again saw Eastern Suburbs reach the final, this time to face final debutants New Brighton. Despite the efforts of the southern defence, marshalled ably by keeper Derek Phillips, Suburbs had the better of the contest and scored two goals, one each from 1968 scorer John Wrathall and Billy de Graaf.[1]

Results

Third Round

Canterbury University4 – 1Timaru City
Caversham5 – 1Maori Hill (Dunedin)
Christchurch City3 – 2Rangers (Christchurch)
Christchurch Technical2 – 1Western (Christchurch)
Eastern Suburbs (Auckland)7 – 0East Coast Bays
Hungaria (Wellington)4 – 3Petone
King Edward TCOB (Dunedin)4 – 4*HSOB (Dunedin)
Massey Rovers1 – 0Manurewa
Masterton United1 – 3Palmerston City (Palmerston North)
Moturoa1 – 1*HSOB (New Plymouth)
New Brighton4 – 1HSOB (Christchurch)
Northern (Dunedin)3 – 1Saint Kilda-Mornington
Stop Out (Lower Hutt)2 – 0Lower Hutt City
Wanganui East Athletic3 – 0Marton Rovers
Whangarei5 – 0Cruising Club

*Won on corners by KETCOB and Moturoa

Fourth Round

Invercargill Thistle1 – 0Invercargill United
Massey Rovers0 – 2Hamilton
Nelson City4 – 3Richmond Athletic
New Brighton3 – 1Canterbury University
Queens Park (Invercargill)4 – 2Waihopai (Invercargill)
Whangarei1 – 4Gisborne City

*Won on corners by Roslyn-Wakari

Fifth Round

Hamilton0 – 3Eastern Suburbs (Auckland)
Invercargill Thistle6 – 0Queens Park (Invercargill)
Miramar Rangers5 – 0Stop Out (Lower Hutt)
Nelson United2 – 1Nelson City
Northern (Dunedin)5 – 0Roslyn-Wakari
Palmerston City (Palmerston North)4 – 2Moturoa

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Eastern Suburbs2 – 0New Brighton
Wrathall, de Graaf
Referee: T.G. Delahunty

References

  1. ↑ Hilton, T. (1991) An association with soccer. Auckland: The New Zealand Football Association. ISBN 0-473-01291-X. p.75
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