New Zealand 1925

Brown Shield, for teams representing provinces, continued to be the premier award in domestic football. There was no national club championship but Chatham Cup, a New Zealand FA Cup style competition, was played (see below). Provincial Leagues "Major" Associations (listed from north to south): Auckland -------- 1.Thistle 16 13 1 2 52-22 27 2.North Shore FC 16 12 2 2 37-15 26 3.Royal Navy Depot 15 8 2 5 34-23 18 4.Tramways 15 7 4 4 28-23 18 5.Hellabys 15 7 0 8 30-29 14 6.YMCA 16 5 3 8 28-43 13 7.Northcote 16 5 1 10 44-59 11 8.Ponsonby AFC 15 4 2 9 26-35 10 9.Watersiders 16 10-40 3 Watersiders withdrew - it is not known how their 3 points were obtained (1 win, 1 draw, 14 lost games or 3 draws, 13 lost games). Wellington ---------- 1.YMCA 12 20p 2.Marist Brothers 11 17p 3.Hospital FC Porirua 12 15p 4.Thistle 10 13p 5.Scottish Wanderers 12 11p 6.Diamond FC 12 9p 7.Institute Old Boys 13 9p 8.Waterside AFC 12 0p Scottish Wanderers and Thistle amalgamated to form Thistle for the 1926 season. Waterside AFC Wellington were not relegated due to the merger of Scottish Wanderers and Thistle. The full table can be found here. Canterbury ---------- Winner: Sunnyside Otago ----- Winner: Northern "Minor" Associations: Hawke's Bay ----------- Winner: Whakatu Nelson ------ Winner: Thistle South Canterbury ---------------- Winner: Rangers Southland --------- Winner: Central Taranaki -------- Winner: Manaia Wanganui -------- Winner: Eastown Workshops Chatham Cup: Association Entries Representative ----------- ------- -------------- North Island: Auckland ? Ponsonby Wellington ? Wellington YMCA South Island: Canterbury ? ? Otago ? Seacliff Final ----- [Sep-19] Newtown Park, Wellington Wellington YMCA 3-2 Seacliff [aet] [Dempster 2, Halley (or Hanley) - Hanlin, Hooper] Wellington YMCA: Bert Bentley, Horrie Prince, Les McGirr, Neil McArthur, W. Pearson, Charlie Trott, Billy Nicolle, Stewart Dempster, Charlie Ballard, George Campbell, Dave Halley. Seacliff: R. Gwilliam, George Anderson, Bill Rogers, Alex Waugh, Wattie Cooper, Bill Murray, D. Milne, Malcolm Macdougall, Bill Hooper, Wattle Harlin, J. Baillie. Referee: M. Thornley (Canterbury).

1924.

1926.

list of champions.

list of final tables.

all-time tables.

list of cup winners.

list of brown shield winners.

list of fa trophy winners.

About this document

Partial source: Capital Soccer

Prepared and maintained by Peter Kungler and Andre Zlotkowski for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Authors: Peter Kungler (peter dot kungler at roche dot com) and Andre Zlotkowski (nzfooty@hotmail.com)
Last updated: 9 May 2004