1973 Chatham Cup

1973 Chatham Cup

Tournament details
Venue(s)	North Shore United
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The 1973 Chatham Cup was the 46th annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand.

The organisation of the cup was changed from previous years, with early stages being run in three large zones (northern, central, and southern), rather than by individual associations as had previously been the case.

teams received a bye until the later stages of the competition. In all, 103 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 1973 final

The final was moved from the Basin Reserve for the first time since 1928, excluding replays. The 1973 final was - also excluding replays - the first to be held outside Wellington. Part of the reason for the move was because - for the first time ever - both finalists came from Auckland. This was only the second time (after 1971) that both finalists had come from the same urban area. The venue was to alternate between Auckland and Christchurch for several years from 1973.

Mount Wellington made up for their narrow loss in the marathon final of the

Results

Third Round

Papakura City

Papakura City

Western (Christchurch)

Cashmere Wanderers

Manurewa

Pakuranga Town

Affco Rangers (Ngaruawahia)

Invercargill United	1 – 5	Dunedin City

Karori Swifts	3 – 4	Waterside

New Plymouth Old Boys

Takapuna City

Palmerston City (Palmerston North)

Leopard United

Lower Hutt City

Mount Roskill

Petone

Invercargill Thistle

North End United (Dunedin)

Tauranga City	1 – 4	Claudelands Rovers

Eden (Auckland)

Turangi Wanderers	1 – 3	Rotorua Suburbs

Hungaria (Wellington)

Wellington WMC	0 – 8	Upper Hutt United

* Won on penalties by Rangers (4-3), Manurewa (6-5), and North End (6-5)

Fourth Round

Eastern Suburbs (Auckland)

New Brighton

North End United

Christchurch Rangers	1 – 6	Christchurch United

Takapuna City

Birkenhead United

Hungaria

Mount Wellington

Invercargill Thistle	2 – 0	Dunedin City

Kiwi United	1 – 0	Upper Hutt United

Porirua United

North Shore United	2 – 0	Claudelands Rovers

Wellington City

Manurewa

Nelson United

Wellington Diamond United

Fifth Round

Invercargill Thistle

New Brighton

Blockhouse Bay

Stop Out

Eden

Gisborne City

Manurewa

Wellington City

Sixth Round

Blockhouse Bay

Gisborne City

Caversham

Mount Wellington

Semi-finals

Mount Wellington

Blockhouse Bay

Final

References

• Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation New Zealand 1973 page
• UltimateNZSoccer website 1973 Chatham Cup page