1956 Chatham Cup
Tournament details
Venue(s)Basin Reserve, Wellington
Dates25 August 1956
Final positions
ChampionsStop Out
Runner-upShamrock

The 1956 Chatham Cup was the 29th annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand.

The competition was run on a regional basis, with regional associations each holding separate qualifying rounds. Teams taking part in the final rounds are known to have included Eastern Suburbs (Auckland), Rangers (Bay of Plenty), Hamilton Wanderers, Eastern Union (Gisborne), Moturoa (New Plymouth), Colenso Athletic (Hawkes Bay), Wanganui New Settlers, Kiwi United (Manawatu), Masterton Athletic (Wairarapa), Stop Out (Lower Hutt), Shamrock (Christchurch), West End (South Canterbury) and Northern (Dunedin).

The Brigadiers team of Invercargill, which met Shamrock in the 1956 South Island final, was coached by George Roberts. A life member of Western A.F.C. Roberts, a Canterbury representative, had played in five previous Chatham Cup finals.[1]

The 1956 final

Lower Hutt's Stop Out celebrated its jubilee year with a solid win in the final. The team scored early through a header from Jack Sharp, a goal which was followed by a spectacular strike from Brian Sergeant and further goals from Abram Schryvers, and Fred Benge. Shamrock could only manage a consolation goal late on from Ernie Fields.[2]

The Shamrock and Stop Out sides had played each other earlier in 1956 for the Valmai Memorial Trophy with Stop Out winning the Easter fixture.[3]

Results

Regional finals

Otago Final
Northern AFC3 - 0Roslyn-Wakari AFC
Canterbury Final
Western A.F.C.1 - 2Shamrock
McDonald Report Newsome, Fields
Referee: Mr. S. Sweeney

Quarter-finals

Cobden-Greymouth0 - 9Shamrock
Report
Recreation Ground, Greymouth
Northern AFC1 - 2Brigadiers (Invercargill)
Masterton Athletic3 - 7Stop Out
South Park, Masterton
Eastern Union1 - 2Eastern Suburbs
Childers Road, Gisborne

Semi-finals

Eastern Suburbs3 - 7Stop Out
D. Anderson, R. King, ? Report A. Schryvers 5, B. Sergent, J. Sharp
Referee: Mr. H. G. Royce
Shamrock2 - 0Brigadiers (Invercargill)
Fields 2 Report
Referee: Mr. M. Swain

Final

Stop Out4 – 1Shamrock
Sharp, Sergent, Schryvers, Benge Report Fields
Referee: E.O. Mason

References

  1. ↑ "People in the play". Papers Past. 6 October 2021. Archived from the original on 5 October 2021.
  2. ↑ Hilton, T. (1991) An association with soccer. Auckland: The New Zealand Football Association. ISBN 0-473-01291-X. pp. 72-73
  3. ↑ "Soccer Cup Final". Papers Past. 6 October 2021. Archived from the original on 5 October 2021.


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