New Zealand 1954

The FA Trophy, 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.North Shore United AFC Eastern Suburbs AFC Mt Albert GSOB Eden AFC Ponsonby AFC Thistle Grey Lynn Comrades Onehunga Pt Chevalier Wellington ---------- 1.Stop Out 14 22p 2.Hospital FC Porirua 14 20p 3.Petone AFC 14 18p 4.Victoria University 14 16p 5.Marist Brothers OB 14 15p 6.Seatoun AFC 14 15p 7.Railways 14 5p 8.Diamond FC 14 1p The full table can be found here. Canterbury ---------- Winner: Western Otago ----- Winner: Northern "Minor" Associations: Bay of Plenty ------------- Winner: Mangakino United Buller ------ Winner: Millerton Thistle Hawke's Bay ----------- Winner: Hastings Wanderers Manawatu -------- Winner: Palmerston North United Nelson ------ Winner: Settlers Northland --------- Winner: Otangarei United Poverty Bay ----------- Winner: Eastern Union South Canterbury ---------------- Winner: Northern Hearts Southland --------- Winner: Brigadiers Taranaki -------- Winner: Old Boys Waikato ------- Winner: Huntly Thistle Wairarapa --------- Winner: ? Wanganui -------- Winner: New Settlers Chatham Cup: Association Entries Representative ----------- ------- -------------- North Island: Auckland ? Onehunga Waikato ? Hamilton Wanderers Poverty Bay ? Eastern Union Taranaki ? Moturoa Hawke`s Bay ? Napier Rovers Wanganui ? Wanganui Utd Manawatu ? Kiwi Utd Wellington ? Stop Out South Island: Nelson ? Woodbourne (Marlborough) Canterbury ? Western Otago ? Northern Final ----- [Sep-4] Basin Reserve, Wellington Onehunga 1-0 Western [McCullough 74'] Onehunga: Tony Holt, Charlie Ackland, Eddie Alexander, Harry Precious, Jesse Bingham, Arne Rasmussen, Ernie Shepherd, Dave Weedall, Tom McNicholl, Rod McCullough, Gerald Textor. Western: Sam Guillen, Frank Bradley, Fred Haydon, Cliff Banham, Tony Laftey, Stan Ralph, Mike Shardlow, John Longmuir, Peter Cole, John White, Peter Saunderson. Referee: P. George (Otago)

1953.

1955.

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 sources: Capital Soccer, [Smi 66], [Hil 91]

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: 30 May 2004