{{Use New Zealand English|date=November 2016}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2016}} {{Infobox football tournament season | year = 1928 | title = Chatham Cup | dates = {{nowrap|25 August 1928}} | venue = Basin Reserve, Wellington | num_teams = 26 | winners = Petone (1st title) | second = Northern | prev_season = 1927 | next_season = 1929 | semifinal1 = Auckland Y.M.C.A. | semifinal2 = Christchurch Thistle | matches = 24 }} The '''1928 Chatham Cup''' was the sixth annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand.
The competition was run on a regional basis, with six regional associations and the affiliated sub-associations of the larger regions competing. Auckland, Wellington, Manawatu, Hawkes Bay, Canterbury, and Otago each holding separate qualifying rounds. The Hawkes Bay and Otago regions had only a single team entered each, Hastings United and Northern AFC. Hastings United's first match was the Manawatu/Hawkes Bay Final against St. Andrew's. Northern AFC automatically advanced to the South Island final, meeting the winner of the Canterbury finals, Christchurch Thistle. The South Auckland F.A., a sub-association of the Auckland Football Association, entered teams from the towns of Huntly and Pukemiro. The Waro Wanderers from Hikurangi were affiliated members of the North Auckland F.A. sub-association.
Teams taking part in the final rounds included, Waro Wanderers (Northland) Auckland YMCA, Huntly (Waikato), St. Andrews (Manawatu), Northern (Dunedin), Hastings United (Hawkes Bay), St Albans (Christchurch), Ponsonby (Auckland), Petone and Wellington Marist.<ref>[http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=NZTR19280719.2.58.2&srpos=37&e=--1923---1932--10--31----2%22Chatham+Cup%22-all Papers Past — NZ Truth — 19 July 1928 — DELIVERED!]</ref>
Petone's Andy Leslie scored 9 goals in the club's 1928 Chatham Cup run in his first full season with the "Pets" from Wellington, after returning from a single season with Christchurch club Villa, where he won the Canterbury Football Association's English Cup.<ref>{{Cite web|date=25 June 2021|title=Andy Leslie|url=https://www.petonefootball.org/andy-lesley/|url-status=live|website=petonefootball.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624212427/https://www.petonefootball.org/andy-lesley/ |archive-date=24 June 2021 }}</ref>
== Controversies ==
=== The Wellington F.A., Petone, Thistle, McKee and Waterside === The N.Z.F.A. ordered Petone and Thistle (Wellington) to meet in a Round One re-match on 23 June, due to Petone playing an unregistered player in the first fixture on 9 June, voiding the result.<ref>{{Cite web|date=25 June 2021|title="Soccer" by Vanguard|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19280623.2.165.3|url-status=live|website=Papers Past|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210625070215/https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19280623.2.165.3 |archive-date=25 June 2021 }}</ref> The Wellington Football Association (W.F.A.) had granted the player in question, McKee, a transfer from Waterside a week before the match, believing he was financial with Waterside. Petone stated that they had verbal admission that McKee was financial with Waterside, and played him against Thistle. At a W.F.A. meeting in mid-June, Waterside advised the management committee that McKee was in fact unfinancial and the transfer should not have been completed. McKee was suspended from playing until the next W.F.A. meeting and the re-match scheduled as a Cup and League double due to the Wellington Championship match, between the two clubs also being affected by the use of McKee in the Petone side.<ref>{{Cite web|date=25 June 2021|title=Soccer by Vanguard - No Transfer|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19280616.2.139.3|url-status=live|website=Papers Past|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210625061950/https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19280616.2.139.3 |archive-date=25 June 2021 }}</ref> In late June, Thistle protested to the W.F.A. in regards to the previous match with Petone being a championship and Chatham Cup fixture, it was decided by the W.F.A. at its management committee meeting on 27 June, that the match be reclassified as a Chatham Cup game only.<ref>{{Cite web|date=25 June 2021|title=Soccer Control - Wellington Association|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19280628.2.8|url-status=live|website=Papers Past|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210625084558/https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19280628.2.8 |archive-date=25 June 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=25 June 2021|title=Soccer by Vanguard - Diamond Beaten but still Leading|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19280630.2.150.3|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210625102920/https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19280630.2.150.3 |archive-date=25 June 2021 }}</ref>
=== The NZ Council, Hastings United, St. Andrews and Petone === A complaint forwarded to the Manawatu Football Association from St. Andrews FC in July, carried an accusation of dilatoriness on the part of the N.Z.F.A. in regards to the scheduling of the Hastings United v St. Andrew's match fixture due 14 July. The Hawkes Bay Association (H.B.A.) had only been advised by the N.Z.F.A. of the match on the 5th of July leaving limited time to prepare. The Manawatu Association took the decision to forward the complaint to the N.Z.F.A.<ref>{{Cite web|date=25 June 2021|title=Association Football - A Manawatu Complaint|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HAWST19280718.2.60|url-status=live|website=Papers Past|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210625012744/https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HAWST19280718.2.60 |archive-date=25 June 2021 }}</ref> Meeting a week after the match had gone ahead as per schedule, with Hastings United the victors over St. Andrew's, the H.B.A. decided to protest the recent venue change of the next round's match against Wellington winner's Petone. The match was understood by the H.B.A to be arranged for as a home tie in Hastings, helping to advance the sport in the region, then was found to be scheduled for Wellington. The protest carried with it a threat of forfeiture from the competition by Hastings United should there be no reconsideration of the match arrangements by the N.Z.F.A.<ref>{{Cite web|date=25 June 2021|title=Chatham Cup Draw - Hawkes Bay Protest|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ESD19280723.2.33|url-status=live|website=Papers Past|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210625015339/https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ESD19280723.2.33 |archive-date=25 June 2021 }}</ref> The N.Z.F.A. guaranteed £25 toward the expenses of the Hastings United to make the trip, and advised the H.B.A. to get the team to Wellington. At the same point of the competition the N.Z.F.A. was met with the protest from the Hawkes Bay Association, the Auckland Y.M.C.A. objected to their match with Waro Wanderers, scheduled to take place at Hikurangi, on account of travelling expense to Whangārei and potential lost gate earnings from not having the fixture at Blandford Park.<ref>{{Cite web|date=25 June 2021|title=Chatham Cup Tie - Friction with Association|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WT19280724.2.115.1|url-status=live|website=Papers Past|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210625021341/https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WT19280724.2.115.1 |archive-date=25 June 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=25 June 2021|title=Unjust Example of Parochialism|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HC19280724.2.46|url-status=live|website=Papers Past|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210625021848/https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HC19280724.2.46 |archive-date=25 June 2021 }}</ref> In the last week of July the N.Z.F.A. contacted the Manawatu Association citing difficulties in connection with the District Final scheduling and finding it necessary to amend the fixture, thereby requesting the hosting of the match to be accommodated by the Manawatu Association at Palmerston North. The Manawatu Association later agreed to stage the match between Hastings United and Petone.<ref>{{Cite web|date=25 June 2021|title=Chatham Cup District Final - May be played in Palmerston North|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MS19280728.2.74|url-status=live|website=Papers Past|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210625023502/https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MS19280728.2.74 |archive-date=25 June 2021 }}</ref>
=== Canterbury protest final location === The Canterbury Football Association, when meeting on the evening of 27 June decided to write to N.Z.F.A. in protest against the Chatham Cup final again being scheduled for the North Island.<ref>{{Cite web|date=25 June 2021|title=Association - Meeting of the Executive|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19280627.2.40|url-status=live|website=Papers Past|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210625085637/https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19280627.2.40 |archive-date=25 June 2021 }}</ref>
=== Auckland Thistle === After a dispute with the Auckland Football Association (A.F.A.), Thistle withdrew from all competitions.<ref>{{Cite web|date=4 July 1928|title=Soccer Crisis - Thistle Withdraw|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19280613.2.137.1|url-status=live|website=Papers Past|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709182835/https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19280613.2.137.1 |archive-date=9 July 2021 }}</ref> Later in July, Thistle, Bon Accord, Richmond and Celtic formed the Auckland City and Suburban Football Association (A.C.S.F.A.) with an intention to affiliate with the Scottish Football Association.<ref>{{Cite web|date=24 June 2021|title=Distinct Breakaway|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NA19280703.2.71|url-status=live|website=Papers Past|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624210839/https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NA19280703.2.71 |archive-date=24 June 2021 }}</ref> By the end of the 1928 season the (Auckland) Celtic club, which had formed with players from Thistle, applied to the A.F.A. for affiliation after officially leaving the A.C.S.F.A.<ref>{{Cite web|date=24 June 2021|title=The Soccer Split|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/SUNAK19281109.2.51|url-status=live|website=Papers Past|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624210932/https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/SUNAK19281109.2.51 |archive-date=24 June 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=24 June 2021|title=Soccer Sucession [sic]|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19281107.2.142.2|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624204342/https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19281107.2.142.2 |archive-date=24 June 2021 }}</ref> Consequent of the withdrawal of Thistle from the A.F.A., a number of Auckland clubs requested reopening the Chatham Cup entries. The New Zealand Council later instructed the A.F.A. that entries had closed and the draw would stand.<ref>{{Cite web|date=25 June 2021|title=Soccer Football - Management Committee|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19280627.2.140.1|url-status=live|website=Papers Past|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210625091828/https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19280627.2.140.1 |archive-date=25 June 2021 }}</ref>
== Teams ==
=== Auckland & Districts === Belmont, Y.M.C.A., Ponsonby, Thistle, Huntly, Huntly Thistle, Pukemiro Junction, Waro Wanderers
=== Manawatu === St. Andrews FC, Palmerston North Athletic
=== Hawkes Bay === Hastings United
=== Wellington === Thistle, Petone, Diamonds, Y.M.C.A., Mental Hospital A.F.C, Wellington Marist, Lower Hutt City
=== Canterbury === St. Albans, Christchurch Thistle, New Brighton, Western A.F.C., Christchurch Technical Old Boys', Nomads FC
=== Otago === Northern AFC
==The 1928 final== The final returned to the Basin Reserve, Wellington after an absence of one year - a venue which was used regularly until the 1970s.
Petone defied the odds to reach the final, despite only being in their first year of senior football. As with the previous year's final, the Wellington wind was to play a major part in the final. The only goal of the match was a long wind-assisted shot halfway through the first half, struck from 30 metres out by William Farquhar. Some contemporary reports suggest that the ball deflected of Northern defender Jim Scoular, but the goal is officially credited to Farquhar. The same reports also suggest that Northern had dominated the match, and that Petone's win was somewhat fortuitous.<ref>{{HiltonNZAssoc}} p. 68</ref> G. Jackson of Wellington became the first official to referee two finals (he had previously refereed the 1927 final).
The New Zealand Prime Minister Gordon Coates presented the Chatham Cup to Petone's captain McVean after the match.<ref>{{Cite web|date=24 July 2021|title=Petone's Win|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/SUNAK19280827.2.32.4|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624203530/https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/SUNAK19280827.2.32.4 |archive-date=24 June 2021 }}</ref>
==Results== ===Rounds===
==== Wellington Qualifiers ==== {{football box | bg = #eeeeee | date = 9 June 1928 | team1 = Petone | score = 3 - 0† | report = https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19280611.2.103 | team2 = Wellington Thistle | goals1 = Stobbs, Leslie 2 | goals2 = | stadium = Petone Recreation Ground | referee = Mr. A. E. Calsley | event = | time = | round = Wellington Round One | score1 = | score2 = | location = Wellington | attendance = }} *''† result void. Match replayed 23 June.''
{{football box | bg = | date = 9 June 1928 | team1 = Wellington YMCA | score = 3 - 2 | report = https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19280611.2.124.4 | team2 = Diamonds | goals1 = Dempster 2, Lack | goals2 = Stark 2 ( {{goal|pen.}} ) | stadium = Basin Reserve | referee = Mr. C. Ward | event = | time = | round = Wellington Round One | score1 = | score2 = | location = Wellington | attendance = 2000+ | aet = 3 - 2 | penalties1 = Stark {{pengoal}} }} {{football box | bg = #eeeeee | date = 9 June 1928 | team1 = Hutt | score = 1 - 3 | report = https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19280611.2.124.3 | team2 = Wellington Marist | goals1 = Lowry | goals2 = Marchment 2, Cudby | stadium = Hutt Recreation Ground | referee = Mr. D. Stirritt | event = | time = | round = Wellington Round One | score1 = | score2 = | attendance = | location = Wellington }} *''Wellington Round One bye:'' Hospital AFC {{football box | bg = #eeeeee | date = 23 June 1928 | team1 = Petone | score = 4 - 2 | report = https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19280625.2.136.3 | team2 = Wellington Thistle | goals1 = Cleverly, Mackenzie 2, Leslie | goals2 = Johnstone, Cunningham | stadium = Petone Recreation Ground | referee = Mr. R. Ball | event = Replay | time = | round = Wellington Round One | score1 = | score2 = | location = Wellington | attendance = }} {{football box | bg = | date = 30 June 1928 | team1 = Wellington Marist | score = 2 - 1 | report = https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19280702.2.121.2 | team2 = Hospital | goals1 = Burke, Cudby | goals2 = Anderson | stadium = Basin Reserve | referee = Mr. G. Jackson | event = | time = | round = Wellington Round Two | score1 = | score2 = | attendance = | location = Wellington }} {{football box | bg = #eeeeee | date = 30 June 1928 | team1 = Wellington YMCA | score = 0 - 4 | report = https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19280702.2.109 | team2 = Petone | goals1 = | goals2 = Leslie 4 | stadium = Basin Reserve | referee = Mr. C. F. Ward | event = | time = | round = Wellington Round Two | score1 = | score2 = | location = Wellington | attendance = }} {{football box | bg = | date = 14 July 1928 | team1 = Wellington Marist | score = 2 - 3 | report = https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19280716.2.113 | team2 = Petone | goals1 = Condon 2 | goals2 = Leslie, James, McKenzie | stadium = Basin Reserve | referee = Mr. G. Jackson | event = | time = | round = Wellington Final | score1 = | score2 = | attendance = | location = Wellington }}
==== Hawkes Bay - Manawatu Qualifiers ==== {{football box | bg = #eeeeee | date = 30 June 1928 | team1 = St. Andrews | score = 2 - 1 | report = https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MT19280702.2.72 | team2 = Palmerston North Athletic | goals1 = Corkingdale 2 | goals2 = Askam pen. | stadium = North Street | referee = Mr. Forbes | event = | time = | round = Manawatu District Final | score1 = | score2 = | location = Palmerston North | attendance = }} {{football box | bg = | date = 14 July 1928 | team1 = Hastings United | score = 4 - 3 | report = https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HBTRIB19280716.2.8 | team2 = St. Andrews | goals1 = Chilton, D. Penman 2, Clark | goals2 = Corkingdale 3 | stadium = Cornwall Park | referee = Mr. R. Gallacher | event = | time = | round = Hawkes Bay/Manawatu District Final | score1 = | score2 = | location = Hastings | attendance = }} {{football box | bg = #eeeeee | date = 4 August 1928 | team1 = Petone | score = 3 – 1 | report = https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MS19280806.2.34 | team2 = Hastings United | goals1 = Leslie 2, McKenzie, | goals2 = D. Penman | stadium = North Street Park | referee = Mr. H. Johnston | event = | time = | round = Wellington/Hawkes Bay Final | score1 = | score2 = | location = Palmerston North | attendance = }}
==== Canterbury Qualifiers ==== {{football box | bg = | date = 7 July 1928 | team1 = Nomads | score = 0 - 1 | report = https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19280709.2.116 | team2 = Western | goals1 = | goals2 = Kennedy | stadium = English Park | referee = Mr. J. Stout | event = | time = | round = Canterbury Round One | score1 = | score2 = | location = Christchurch | attendance = }} {{football box | bg = #eeeeee | date = 7 July 1928 | team1 = Christchurch Thistle | score = 4 - 1 | report = https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19280707.2.74 | team2 = Christchurch Technical Old Boys' | goals1 = Spiers, D. Sutherland 2, Arburthnot, | goals2 = J. Teichert (pen.) | stadium = English Park | referee = Mr. H. Smyth | event = | time = | round = Canterbury Round One | score1 = | score2 = | location = Christchurch | attendance = }}''Canterbury first round byes: New Brighton and St Albans'' <ref>{{Cite web|date=4 July 2021|title=Association - Chatham Cup Draw|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19280704.2.133|url-status=live|website=Papers Past|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709184314/https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19280704.2.133 |archive-date=9 July 2021 }}</ref>{{football box | bg = #eeeeee | date = 14 July 1928 | team1 = Western | score = 0 - 1 | report = https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19280714.2.70 | team2 = St. Albans | goals1 = | goals2 = Tennant | stadium = English Park | referee = Mr. Hesketh | event = | time = | round = Canterbury Semi-final | score1 = | score2 = | attendance = | location = Christchurch }} {{football box | bg = | date = 14 July 1928 | team1 = Christchurch Thistle | score = 3 - 1 | report = https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19280716.2.126 | team2 = New Brighton | goals1 = Arbuthnot, A. Sutherland, Woods | goals2 = Sharr | stadium = English Park | referee = Mr. W. Campbell | event = | time = | round = Canterbury Semi-final | score1 = | score2 = | attendance = | location = Christchurch }} {{football box | bg = #eeeeee | date = 21 July 1928 | team1 = Christchurch Thistle | score = 2 - 0 | report = https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19280723.2.123 | team2 = St. Albans | goals1 = Wood, (Bunt og.) | goals2 = | stadium = English Park | referee = Mr. M. Wilson | location = Christchurch | event = | time = | round = Canterbury Final | score1 = | score2 = | attendance = }}
==== Auckland Qualifiers ==== {{football box | bg = | date = 7 July 1928 | team1 = Auckland YMCA | score = 2 - 1 | report = https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19280710.2.140.1 | team2 = Belmont | goals1 = Grant, Malcolm | goals2 = Trewheela | stadium = Blandford Park | referee = Mr. E. Parkinson | event = | time = | round = Auckland Round Two | score1 = | score2 = | location = Auckland | attendance = }} {{football box | bg = #eeeeee | date = 7 July 1928 | team1 = Auckland Thistle | score = defaulted to | report = https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/SUNAK19280613.2.164 | team2 = Ponsonby | goals1 = Thistle withdrawn by N.Z.F.A. | goals2 = Ponsonby win by default | event = | stadium = Auckland | referee = | time = | round = Auckland Round Two | score1 = | score2 = | attendance = }} {{football box | bg = #eeeeee | date = 14 July 1928 | team1 = Ponsonby | score = 1 - 4 | report = https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/SUNAK19280716.2.38.5 | team2 = Auckland YMCA | goals1 = Stewart | goals2 = Humphreys 3, Whaley | stadium = Blandford Park | referee = Mr. A. E. Parkinson | event = | time = | round =Auckland Final | score1 = | score2 = | location = Auckland | attendance = }}
==== South Auckland (Waikato) Qualifiers ==== {{football box | bg = | date = 16 June 1928 | team1 = Huntly | score = 1 - 0 | report = https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/SUNAK19280619.2.121 | team2 = Huntly Thistle | goals1 = D. Hall | goals2 = | event = | stadium = Huntly Recreation Ground | referee = Mr. Jack Bate | time = | round = South Auckland Round One | score1 = | score2 = | attendance = }}''South Auckland Round One bye: Pukemiro Junction''{{football box | bg = #eeeeee | date = 23 June 1928 | team1 = Huntly | score = 1 - 2 | report = https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/SUNAK19280626.2.127 | team2 = Pukemiro Junction | goals1 = A. Hall | goals2 = B. Dodds, Latimer | stadium = Thistle Ground | referee = Mr. Jas Baillie | event = | time = | round = South Auckland District Final | score1 = | score2 = | attendance = | location = Huntly }}
===== North Auckland - Auckland Final ===== {{football box | bg = | date = 4 August 1928 | team1 = Waro Wanderers | score = 2 - 5 | report = https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/SUNAK19280806.2.41 | team2 = Auckland YMCA | goals1 = Grant, Shepherd | goals2 = Hazel, Chalmers 2, Humphreys, Whaley | stadium = Hotel Park, Hikurangi | referee = Mr. Fernleigh | event = | time = | round = Auckland District Final | score1 = | score2 = | attendance = 300+ }}
===== Auckland - South Auckland (Waikato) Final ===== {{football box | bg = #eeeeee | date = 11 August 1928 | team1 = Auckland YMCA | score = 3 - 1 | report = https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19280813.2.142.6 | team2 = Pukemiro Junction | goals1 = McAuslan, Humphries 2 | goals2 = Latimer | stadium = Blandford Park | referee = Mr. E. Parkinson | event = | time = | round = North Island Semi-final | score1 = | score2 = | location = Auckland | attendance = }}
===== note: Northern AFC were the only entrant from the lower South Island and entered the competition as South Island Finalists. =====
===Semi-finals=== {{football box | bg = | date = 18 August 1928 | team1 = Auckland YMCA | score = 1 - 2 | report = https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19280820.2.139.8 | team2 = Petone | goals1 = Whaley | goals2 = McKenzie, Leslie | stadium = Blandford Park | referee = Mr. E. Parkinson | event = North Island Final | time = | round = | score1 = | score2 = | location = Auckland | attendance = }} {{football box | bg = #eeeeee | date = 18 August 1928 | team1 = Northern | score = 1 - 0 | report = https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ESD19280820.2.27 | team2 = Christchurch Thistle | goals1 = McTavish | goals2 = | stadium = Kensington Oval, Dunedin | referee = Mr. J. Morwood | attendance = 1000+ | event = South Island Final | time = | round = | score1 = | score2 = }}
===Final=== '''Teams'''
'''Petone''': Peter McVean, R. Steel, Syd Haines, William Farquhar, Jim Campbell, A. Stobbs, J. McKenzie, J. Irvine, Andy Leslie, J. Cameron, T. James
'''Northern''': A. McQuarrie, L. Coates, Jim Scoular, Alex Perry, Hugh Munsie, J. Baird, A. McDowell, Tom McHugh, Tom Ruddiman, Tom McCormack, Rab McLean
{{football box | bg = | date = 25 August 1928 | team1 = Petone | score = 1 - 0 | report = https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19280825.2.59 | team2 = Northern | goals1 = Farquhar | goals2 = | stadium = Basin Reserve | referee = G. Jackson | event = 1928 Chatham Cup Final | time = | round = | score1 = | score2 = | location = Wellington | attendance = 5000 }}
==References== {{reflist}} *[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nz1928.html Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation New Zealand 1928 page]
{{Chatham Cup seasons}}
Category:Chatham Cup Chatham Cup Chatham Cup