New Zealand 1962

The FA Trophy, for teams representing provinces, continued to be the premier award in domestic football. 1st Rothman's Cup: A tobacco company, Rothman's of Pall Mall, donated a trophy for the 1st inter-club series featuring the local champions from Auckland, Wellington, Canterbury and Otago. This was the first known national club championship and its winner could be considered the top club side in New Zealand. Representatives Auckland - Eastern Suburbs Wellington - Northern Canterbury - Western Otago - Northern Semi-finals ----------- Eastern Suburbs 2-2 4-2 Northern (W) Western 0-4 0-1 Northern (O) Final ----- Eastern Suburbs 0-2 2-1 Northern (O) Northern won 3-2 on aggregate In addition to Rothman's Cup, Chatham Cup, a New Zealand FA Cup style competition, was played (see below). Provincial Leagues "Major" Associations (listed from north to south): Auckland -------- 1.Eastern Suburbs AFC North Shore United AFC other participants not known Wellington ---------- 1.Northern 10 16p 2.Western Suburbs AFC 10 14p 3.Diamond FC 10 12p 4.Seatoun AFC 10 7p 5.Miramar Rangers 10 7p 6.Railways 10 4p The full table can be found here. Canterbury ---------- Winner: Western Otago ----- Winner: Northern "Minor" Associations: Bay of Plenty ------------- Winner: Rangers Buller ------ Winner: Waimangaroa United Franklin -------- Winner: Manurewa Hawke's Bay ----------- Winner: Napier Rovers Manawatu -------- Winner: Thistle Marlborough ----------- Winner: Woodbourne Nelson ------ Winner: Rangers Northland --------- Winner: Otangarei United Poverty Bay ----------- Winner: Eastern Union South Canterbury ---------------- Winner: Thistle Southland --------- Winner: Invercargill Thistle Taranaki -------- Winner: Moturoa Waikato ------- Winner: Hamilton Technical OB Wairarapa --------- Winner: Lansdowne United Wanganui -------- Winner: Wanganui Athletic West Coast ---------- Winner: Runanga Chatham Cup: Association Entries Representative ----------- ------- -------------- North Island: Auckland ? North Shore Waikato ? Hamilton Technical OB Bay of Plenty ? Kahukura Poverty Bay ? Riverina Taranaki ? Moturoa Hawke`s Bay ? Hastings City (a union of Utd and Wanderers) Wanganui ? Wanganui Athletic Manawatu ? St Andrews Wellington ? Seatoun South Island: Nelson ? Rangers Canterbury ? Western Sth Canterbury ? Thistle Otago ? Northern Southland ? Invercargill Thistle Final ----- [Sep-1] Basin Reserve, Wellington Hamilton Technical OB 4-1 Northern [Paul Nevison 5, Trevor Jones 12, 36, Peter Feenstra (or Nevison) 52 - George Little 4] Hamilton Technical OB: Mel Clarke, Tom Henderson, Frits Poelman, Ray McLean, Arthur Leong, Charlie Caldwell, Klaas Poelman, Peter Feenstra, Paul Nevison, Jon Dekkers, Trevor Jones. Northern: Jim Stephenson, Alex Young, Trevor McFarlane, John Rae, Jim Ferguson, John Little, Bill Berry, Duncan McVey, George Little, Roger Kingsland, Phillip Little. Referee: C. Dickie (Auckland)

1961.

1963.

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