{{Use New Zealand English|date=November 2016}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2016}} {{Infobox football tournament season | year = 1926 | title = Chatham Cup | dates = 5 June – {{nowrap|4 September 1926}} | venue = Basin Reserve, Wellington | num_teams = | winners = Sunnyside (1st title) | second = North Shore | prev_season = 1925 | next_season = 1927 }}
The '''1926 Chatham Cup''' was the fourth annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand.
The competition was run on a regional basis, with eight regional associations (Northland, Auckland, Wellington, Waikato, Wanganui, Manawatu, Canterbury and Otago) each holding separate qualifying rounds. In all, 36 teams entered the 1926 competition,<ref>{{cite news|title=Chatham Cup Final to-morrow|url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19260903.2.117&srpos=68&e=-01-1926--11-1926--10--61-byDA---2%22Chatham+Cup%22--|accessdate=18 September 2010|newspaper=Evening Post|date=3 September 1926}}</ref> with the overwhelming majority being from the North Island.
In the South Auckland District there were four entries from Pukemiro, Huntly, Huntly Thistle and Frankton Railways.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Association Football - South Auckland Executive|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WT19260513.2.101.2|url-status=live|website=Papers Past|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210611111607/https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WT19260513.2.101.2 |archive-date=11 June 2021 }}</ref> According to Huntly Thistle's club website, the club beat Pukemiro 6-0 and Hikurangi 4–0 before losing to the eventual finalists North Shore United 3–1.<ref>http://www.clubwebsite.co.uk/huntlythistleafc/history.pl{{Dead link|date=February 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
The Manawatu Football Association initially recorded four entries. St. Andrew's, Palmerston North Returned Services Association, Palmerston North Athletic and Palmerston North Rangers.<ref>{{Cite web|date=11 June 2021|title=Association Football - Management Committee meets|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MT19260427.2.16|url-status=live|website=Papers Past|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210611111605/https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MT19260427.2.16 |archive-date=11 June 2021 }}</ref> Rangers later withdrew from the competition without partaking.<ref>{{Cite news |date=30 June 1926 |title=Soccer (By "GOALIE") |pages=8 |work=Manawatu Times |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MT19260630.2.48.2 |access-date=6 August 2023}}</ref>
One unusual feature of the 1926 competition was that three of the four semi-finalist sides were composed largely of staff from three of the country's largest mental hospitals, at Sunnyside, Porirua, and Seacliff.<ref>{{cite news|title=Will local men redeem themselves?|url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19260807.2.183.2&srpos=6&e=--1926-----10--1-byDA---0chatham+cup+mental--|accessdate=18 September 2010|newspaper=Evening Post|date=7 August 1926}}</ref>
Seacliff was the single entry from Otago, and at an early stage there was discussion in regard to including the Dunedin side competing in the Wellington FA provincial rounds.<ref>{{Cite web|date=14 June 2021|title=Soccer|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTIM19260612.2.158.6|url-status=live|website=Papers Past|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210614041243/https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTIM19260612.2.158.6 |archive-date=14 June 2021 }}</ref> This did not eventuate, and Seacliff were directly through to the South Island Final against Sunnyside.
There were four entries from North Auckland. Hikurangi, Waro Wanderers, Waro Corinthians and Whangārei YMCA.<ref>{{Cite web|date=14 June 2021|title=Soccer Football - North Auckland Association Management Committee|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NA19260618.2.63|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613210444/https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NA19260618.2.63 |archive-date=13 June 2021 }}</ref>
==The 1926 final== The final was played at the Basin Reserve, Wellington, a change of venue from the previous finals which had been at Newtown Park or Athletic Park. The following year the final briefly returned to Newtown Park, before making its permanent home at the Basin Reserve, a venue which was used regularly until the 1970s.
In the final, played in front of some 4000 spectators, Sunnyside's Archie Trotter became the first player to complete a Chatham Cup final hat-trick. The match was high scoring, but contemporary reports suggest that many opportunities were missed by both teams. H. Pickering put Sunnyside in front after just seven minutes. Archie Trotter doubled the lead for Sunnyside before L. Hipkins scored for North Shore. After the half-time interval Trotter scored two further goals before John Woolley scored a late consolation for North Shore.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hilton |first1=Tony |last2=Smith |first2=Barry |title=An Association with Soccer: The NZFA Celebrates Its First 100 Years |year=1991 |publisher=New Zealand Football |isbn=978-0473012915}}</ref>{{rp|67–68}}
Other notable features of the final included the appearance in the North Shore team of Reg Baxter, Dan Jones, and Ces Dacre. Baxter and Jones were the first players to play for two different sides in Chatham Cup finals, having been part of the successful 1923 Seacliff and 1924 Auckland Harbour Board teams respectively. Dacre, while a fine player and New Zealand representative at football, is best remembered as one of New Zealand's foremost early cricketers.
Post-final at the weekly meeting of the Auckland Football Association in early September, the secretary, Mr. Dawson reported to the committee. The treatment by the New Zealand Council was praised, though the Wellington Football Association, in Dawson's opinion, had profiteered by insisting the payment of £20 over and above the rent due to the Wellington City Council for use of the Basin Reserve.<ref>{{Cite web|date=14 June 2021|title=Association Code - Meeting of the Committee|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19260908.2.183|url-status=live|website=Papers Past|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210614063402/https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19260908.2.183 |archive-date=14 June 2021 }}</ref>
==Results== {{inc-results|date=October 2021}}
===Auckland Qualifiers=== {{football box | bg = | date = 12 June 1926 | team1 = Ponsonby | score = 2 – 5 | report = https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19260614.2.148 | team2 = Northcote | goals1 = Hunter, W. Knott, | goals2 = Hall 2, Burford, Bell, Tremain | stadium = Blandford Park | referee = Mr. R. H. Parfitt | event = | time = | round = | score1 = | score2 = | location = Auckland | attendance = | penalties1 = Kane {{penmiss}} }} {{football box | bg = #eeeeee | date = 12 June 1926 | team1 = Tramways | score = 2 – 3 | report = https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19260614.2.148 | team2 = Auckland YMCA | goals1 = Davis, Spencer | goals2 = Mellor 2, own goal | stadium = Blandford Park | referee = Mr. E. Parkinson | event = | time = | round = | score1 = | score2 = | location = Auckland | attendance = }} {{football box | bg = | date = 12 June 1926 | team1 = North Shore| | score = 5 – 0 | report = https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19260614.2.131 | team2 = Chelsea 2nds | goals1 = Hipkins, Palmer, Woolley, Dacre, Baxter | goals2 = | stadium = Devonport Domain | referee = Mr. J. Ball | event = | time = | round = | score1 = | score2 = | location = Auckland | attendance = }} {{football box | bg = #eeeeee | date = 12 June 1926 | team1 = Onehunga Athletic Club | score = 2 – 11 | report = | team2 = Auckland Thistle | goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium = Onehunga No.1 | referee = Mr. A. E. Brownlie | event = | time = | round = | score1 = | score2 = | location = Manukau, Auckland | attendance = }} {{football box | bg = | date = 10 July 1926 | team1 = North Shore | score = 3 - 2 | report = https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19260712.2.126.5 | team2 = Northcote | goals1 = Woolley, Palmer, Bradshaw | goals2 = Bell 2 | stadium = Blandford Park | referee = | event = | time = | round = | score1 = | score2 = | location = Auckland | attendance = | aet = 3 - 2 }} {{football box | bg = #eeeeee | date = 24 July 1926 | team1 = North Shore | score = 3 – 1 | report = https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19260726.2.139.5 | team2 = Auckland Thistle | goals1 = Woolley, Bird 2 | goals2 = Kernick | stadium = Blandford Park | referee = Mr. L.C.H. Dawson | event = Auckland final | time = | round = | score1 = | score2 = | penalties1 = Dacre {{penmiss}} | location = Auckland | attendance = }}
===North Auckland Qualifiers=== {{football box | bg = | date = 19 June 1926 | team1 = Hikurangi | score = ? – ? | report = | team2 = Whangarei YMCA | goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium = Hora Hora Park | referee = Mr. F. Mogford | location = Whangārei | event = | time = | round = | score1 = | score2 = | attendance = | scorenote = * }} {{football box | bg = #eeeeee | date = 19 June 1926 | team1 = Waro Wanderers | score = ? – ? | report = | team2 = Waro Corinthians | goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium = Hotel Park, Hikurangi | referee = Mr. J. Donnelly | location = | event = | time = | round = | score1 = | score2 = | attendance = | scorenote = * }} :<small>* Both results from Hikurangi v Y.M.C.A and Waro Corinthians v Waro Wanderers fixture's scheduled by the North Auckland Association for June 19 are yet to be found.</small><ref>{{Cite web|date=14 June 2021|title=Soccer Football - North Auckland Management Committee|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NA19260618.2.63|url-status=live|website=Papers Past|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613210444/https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NA19260618.2.63 |archive-date=13 June 2021 }}</ref> <small>Waro Wanderers played Hikurangi in the North Auckland District Final on July 17.</small> {{football box | bg = | date = 17 July 1926 | team1 = Hikurangi | score = 2 – 2 | report = https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NA19260719.2.15 | team2 = Waro Wanderers | goals1 = Ackers 2. | goals2 = Turtington (goal-keeper) og, Jty. Platt. | stadium = Recreation Park | referee = Mr. F. Mogford | event = North Auckland District Final | time = | round = | score1 = | score2 = | attendance = | Match note = | scorenote = Replayed 22 July | location = Hikurangi | penalties2 = Lloyd {{penmiss}} | aet = 2 - 2 }} {{football box | bg = #eeeeee | date = 22 July 1926 | team1 = Hikurangi | score = 4 – 0 | report = https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NA19260723.2.64 | team2 = Waro Wanderers | goals1 = J. Ackers {{goal}}x4 *Hikurangi {{sentoff}} | goals2 = *Waro {{sentoff}} | stadium = Recreation Park | referee = Mr. F. Mogford | event = North Auckland District Final Replay | time = | round = | score1 = | score2 = | attendance = | location = Hikurangi | scorenote = * }}
<nowiki>*</nowiki> Two players sent from field.<ref>{{Cite web|date=13 June 2021|title=Association Football - Management Committee|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NA19260730.2.56|url-status=live|website=Papers Past|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613030042/https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NA19260730.2.56 |archive-date=13 June 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=30 July 1926 |title=Association Football - Management Committee |pages=6 |work=Northern Advocate |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NA19260730.2.56 |access-date=6 August 2023}}</ref>
===South Auckland Qualifiers=== {{football box | bg = | date = 3 July 1926 | team1 = Huntly Thistle | score = 6 – 1 | report = https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HPDG19260709.2.15 | team2 = Pukemiro | goals1 = Longstaff 3, McLuckie, Johnson 2 | goals2 = Garrick | stadium = Huntly Domain | referee = | event = | time = | round = | score1 = | score2 = | attendance = | location = Huntly }} {{football box | bg = #eeeeee | date = 17 July 1926 | team1 = Huntly | score = 1 – 6 | report = https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WT19260719.2.97.4 | team2 = Huntly Thistle | goals1 = Emerson | goals2 = White 3, Longstaff 2, Patrick. | stadium = Huntly Recreation Ground | referee = Mr. Jas Baillie | event = South Auckland District Final | time = | round = | score1 = | score2 = | location = Huntly | attendance = | scorenote = * }}
<nowiki>*</nowiki> Frankton Railways defaulted to Huntly. Huntly played v Huntly Thistle with 10 men.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Football Association|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HPDG19260723.2.16|url-status=live|website=Papers Past|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613033552/https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HPDG19260723.2.16 |archive-date=13 June 2021 }}</ref>
{{football box | bg = | date = 24 July 1926 | team1 = Hikurangi | score = 0 – 4 | report = https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NA19260726.2.8 | team2 = Huntly Thistle | goals1 = | goals2 = T. Gavin, H. Johnson, R. Longstaff 2. | stadium = Recreation Park | referee = Mr. R. Nesbitt | event = North Auckland - South Auckland Final | time = | round = | score1 = | score2 = | location = Hikurangi | attendance = }} {{football box | bg = #eeeeee | date = 14 August 1926 | team1 = Huntly Thistle | score = 1 – 3 | report = https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19260816.2.130.9 | team2 = North Shore | goals1 = Johnstone | goals2 = Jay 2, Dacre | stadium = Huntly Recreation Ground | referee = Mr. Jas Baillie (Hamilton) | event = Auckland District Final | time = | round = | score1 = | score2 = | attendance = 2000+ }}
===Wellington Qualifiers=== {{football box | bg = | date = 5 June 1926 | team1 = Petone | score = 3 – 3 | report = https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTIM19260607.2.117.4 | team2 = Johnsonville | goals1 = Hamilton 2, Paterson | goals2 = Johnstone 2, ? | stadium = Kelburn Park | referee = Mr. G. Goffin | event = | time = | round = | score1 = | score2 = | location = Wellington | note = | attendance = | scorenote = Extra time not played due to fading light }} {{football box | bg = #eeeeee | date = 12 June 1926 | team1 = Petone | score = 4 – 0 | report = https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19260617.2.67 | team2 = Johnsonville | goals1 = Brislee 3, Paterson | goals2 = | stadium = Basin Reserve No. 2 | referee = Mr. E. Watts | event = Replay | time = | round = | score1 = | score2 = | location = Wellington | attendance = }} {{football box | bg = | date = 19 June 1926 | team1 = Hospital | score = 6 – 0 | report = https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTIM19260621.2.95 | team2 = Waterside | goals1 = Newman 4, Ferguson, Lambert | goals2 = | stadium = Porirua Hospital Ground | referee = Mr. C. Kelly | event = | time = | round = | score1 = | score2 = | attendance = | location = Porirua }} {{football box | bg = #eeeeee | date = 19 June 1926 | team1 = Wellington Marist | score = 3 - 2 | report = https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTIM19260621.2.95 | team2 = Petone | goals1 = Thomas, McElligott, Marshment | goals2 = Paterson, Pincock | stadium = Kelburn Park | referee = Mr. F. Hall | event = | time = | round = | score1 = | score2 = | location = Wellington | attendance = | aet = 3 - 2 }} {{football box | bg = | date = 19 June 1926 | team1 = Wellington Thistle | score = 3 – 1 | report = https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTIM19260621.2.95 | team2 = Institute Old Boys | goals1 = Jeffrey, Logan 2 | goals2 = Maddocks | stadium = Basin Reserve | referee = Mr. G. Jackson | event = | time = | round = | score1 = | score2 = | location = Wellington | attendance = }} {{football box | bg = #eeeeee | date = 19 June 1926 | team1 = Wellington YMCA | score = 7 – 2 | report = https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTIM19260621.2.95 | team2 = Seatoun | goals1 = McGirr, Worth 2, Dempster 2, Orr 2 | goals2 = Telford, Murie | stadium = Basin Reserve | referee = Mr. G. Wilson | event = | time = | round = | score1 = | score2 = | attendance = | location = Wellington }} {{football box | bg = | date = 26 June 1926 | team1 = Hospital | score = 1 – 0 | report = https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTIM19260628.2.78 | team2 = Wellington Thistle | goals1 = Ferguson | goals2 = | stadium = Porirua Hospital Ground | referee = Mr. G. Jackson | event = | time = | round = | score1 = | score2 = | location = Porirua | attendance = }} {{football box | bg = #eeeeee | date = 26 June 1926 | team1 = Wellington YMCA | score = 2 – 0 | report = https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTIM19260628.2.78 | team2 = Wellington Marist | goals1 = Wilkins 2 | goals2 = | stadium = Basin Reserve | referee = Mr. E. Goffin | event = | time = | round = | score1 = | score2 = | location = Wellington | attendance = }} {{football box | bg = | date = 24 July 1926 | team1 = Hospital | score = 3 – 2 | report = <ref>{{cite news|title=Against Otago: Wellington's second game in English trophy series|url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19260717.2.158.2&srpos=47&e=-01-1926--11-1926--10--41-byDA---2%22Chatham+Cup%22--|accessdate=18 September 2010|newspaper=Evening Post|date=17 July 1926}}</ref> | team2 = Wellington YMCA | goals1 = Newman 3 | goals2 = Wilkins, Worth | stadium = Basin Reserve | referee = Mr. L.F.C. Cooper | event = Wellington final | time = | round = | score1 = | score2 = | attendance = | location = Wellington }}
===Manawatu Qualifiers=== {{football box | bg = #eeeeee | date = 3 July 1926 | team1 = Palmerston North Returned Services Association | score = 2 – 1 | report = https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MT19260705.2.70.4 | team2 = St. Andrews | goals1 = Baigent, Contaur | goals2 = Hart | stadium = North Street Park | referee = Mr. J. Davidson | event = | time = | round = | score1 = | score2 = | attendance = | location = Palmerston North }} {{football box | bg = | date = 10 July 1926 | team1 = Palmerston North Athletic | score = 1 – 0 | report = https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MS19260712.2.16 | team2 = Palmerston North Returned Services Association | goals1 = Whitehouse. | goals2 = | stadium = North Street Park | referee = Mr. H. Crouch | event = Manawatu District Final | time = | round = | score1 = | score2 = | location = Palmerston North | attendance = }}
===Wanganui Qualifier=== {{football box | bg = #eeeeee | date = 26 June 1926 | team1 = Wanganui Woollen Mills | score = 4 – 3 | report = https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WC19260628.2.14.3 | team2 = Eastown Workshops | goals1 = MacDonald 4 | goals2 = Smith 2, Mackley | stadium = Cooks Gardens | referee = Mr. F. Phillips | event = Wanganui District Final | time = | round = | score1 = | score2 = | attendance = | location = Wanganui }} {{football box | bg = | date = 24 July 1926 | team1 = Palmerston North Athletic | score = 4 – 3 | report = https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MS19260726.2.24 | team2 = Wanganui Woollen Mills | goals1 = Whitehouse 2, Salmon 2 | goals2 = MacDonald 3 | stadium = North Street Park | referee = Mr. H. Crouch | event = Manawatu - Wanganui District Final | time = | round = | score1 = | score2 = | attendance = | location = Palmerston North }} {{football box | bg = #eeeeee | date = 7 August 1926 | team1 = Palmerston North Athletic | score = 2 – 7 | report = https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MS19260809.2.21 | team2 = Hospital | goals1 = Whitehouse 2 | goals2 = Newman 3, Ferguson 2, White, Anderson | stadium = North Street Park | referee = Rev. Duncombe | event = Wellington - Manawatu Final | time = | round = | score1 = | score2 = | attendance = | location = Palmerston North }}
===Canterbury Qualifiers=== {{football box | bg = | date = 10 July 1926 | team1 = Western | score = 1 – 1 | report = https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19260710.2.123 | team2 = Nomads | goals1 = Barwell | goals2 = Ives | stadium = English Park | referee = Mr. Stout | event = Canterbury semi-final | time = | round = | score1 = | score2 = | attendance = | scorenote = | location = Christchurch }} {{football box | bg = #eeeeee | date = 17 July 1926 | team1 = Western | score = 2 – 0 | report = https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19260719.2.107 | team2 = Nomads | goals1 = Colville, Nelson | goals2 = | stadium = English Park | referee = Mr. H. Mayo | event = | time = | round = | score1 = | score2 = | attendance = | scorenote = Replay | location = Christchurch }} {{football box | bg = | date = 10 July 1926 | team1 = Sunnyside | score = 4 – 1 | report = https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19260710.2.123 | team2 = Christchurch Thistle | goals1 = Trotter 2, Pickering, Robson | goals2 = Thomas. | stadium = English Park | referee = Mr. H. Smyth | event = Canterbury semi-final | time = | round = | score1 = | score2 = | location = Christchurch | attendance = }} {{football box | bg = #eeeeee | date = 24 July 1926 | team1 = Sunnyside | score = 3 – 0 | report = https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19260724.2.103 | team2 = Western | goals1 = Trotter 2, Robson. | goals2 = | stadium = English Park | referee = Mr. H. Smyth | event = Canterbury Final | time = | round = | score1 = | score2 = | location = Christchurch | attendance = }}
===Semi-finals=== {{football box | bg = | date = 28 August 1926 | team1 = North Shore | score = 4 – 3 (aet) | report = https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19260830.2.146 | team2 = Hospital | goals1 = Jay 2,Dacre, Baxter | goals2 = Lambert, Anderson, Newman | stadium = Blandford Park | referee = Mr. H.W. Riddalls | event = North Island Final | time = | round = | score1 = | score2 = | penaltyscore = | penalties1 = | penalties2 = | location = Auckland | attendance = | aet = }} {{football box | bg = #eeeeee | date = 2 August 1926 | team1 = Seacliff | score = 3 – 4 | report = https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ESD19260802.2.99.3 | team2 = Sunnyside | goals1 = Hooper,, McDougall, Anderson (pen.) | goals2 = Trotter 2, Sutherland, Wales | stadium = Culling Park | referee = Mr. W. P. Smith | event = South Island Final | time = | round = | score1 = | score2 = | penalties1 = Anderson | attendance = | location = Dunedin }}
===1926 Final=== '''Teams'''
'''Sunnyside''': Jim Callaghan, J. Simpson, H. Thompson, Archie Trotter, W. Robson, W. Bond, R. Purdie, H. Pickering, D. Sutherland, Bob McLachlan, Jim Wales<ref name=Houston>Houston, J., (1952) ''Association football in New Zealand.'' Wellington: A.H. & A. W. Reed. p. 34.</ref>
'''North Shore''': Stewart Lipscombe, Len Colebourne, Peter Gerrard, Reg Baxter, Dick Bird, Dan Jones, L. Hipkins, Ces Dacre, George Jay, John Woolley, Jock Bradshaw.
{{football box | bg = | date = 4 September 1926 | team1 = Sunnyside | score = 4 – 2 | report = [http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=NZTR19260909.2.52.4&srpos=51&e=--1923---1932--10--51----2%22Chatham+Cup%22-all report] | team2 = North Shore | goals1 = Trotter 3, Pickering | goals2 = Hipkins, Woolley | stadium = Basin Reserve, Wellington | referee = Mr. G. Kelly | event = 1926 Chatham Cup Final | time = | round = | score1 = | score2 = | attendance = }}
==References== {{reflist}} *[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nz1926.html Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation New Zealand 1926 page]
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