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{{Infobox football tournament season
| year = 1953
| title = Chatham Cup
| dates = {{nowrap|5 September 1953}}
| venue = [[Basin Reserve]], Wellington
| num_teams =
| winners = [[Eastern Suburbs AFC|Eastern Suburbs]] (2nd title)
| second = [[Northern (soccer)|Northern]]
| prev_season = [[1952 Chatham Cup|1952]]
| next_season = [[1954 Chatham Cup|1954]]
}}
The '''1953 Chatham Cup''' was the 26th annual nationwide knockout [[association football|football]] competition in New Zealand.

The competition was run on a regional basis, with regional associations each holding separate qualifying rounds.

Teams taking part are known to have included; [[Eastern Suburbs AFC|Eastern Suburbs]], [[Mount Albert-Ponsonby|Mount Albert Grammar Old Boys]], [[Auckland Thistle]], [[Western Springs AFC|Grey Lynn Comrades]], [[Uni-Mount Bohemian AFC|Auckland University]], [[Western Springs AFC|Point Chevalier]], [[Auckland Training College]], [[Royal New Zealand Navy]], [[Eden AFC|Eden]], [[Ellerslie AFC|Ellerslie]], [[North Shore United AFC|North Shore United]], [[Ōtāhuhu]], [[Onehunga Mangere United AFC|Onehunga]], [[Mount Albert-Ponsonby|Ponsonby]] (Auckland), [[Mangakino]], [[Huntly Thistle]] ([[Waikato]]), [[Eastern Union]] (Gisborne), New Plymouth City, New Plymouth Overseas, [[New Plymouth Rangers|New Plymouth Old Boys]] (Taranaki), [[Napier Rovers]] (Hawkes Bay), Wanganui New Settlers, [[Red Sox Manawatu|St. Andrews]], [[Red Sox Manawatu|Palmerston North United]], [[Waiouru Military Camp|Waiouru]] (Wanganui/Manawatu), [[Victoria University of Wellington Association Football Club|Victoria University]], [[Miramar Rangers AFC|Miramar Rangers]], Trentham Athletic, [[Stop Out Sports Club|Stop Out]], Institute Old Boys, [[Waterside Karori|Swifts]], [[Wellington United|Diamond]], [[Brooklyn Northern United AFC|Northern]], [[Wellington United|Apollon]], [[Waterside Karori|Waterside]], [[North Wellington AFC|Johnsonvilla]], [[Upper Hutt City FC|Upper Hutt United]], [[Western Suburbs FC|Hospital]], [[Seatoun (soccer)|Seatoun]], [[Petone FC|Petone]], Railways, [[Wellington Marist]], (Wellington), [[Millerton, New Zealand|Millerton]] Thistle [[Buller District|(Buller)]], [[Woodbourne, New Zealand|Woodbourne]] (Marlborough), Saint Vincent, [[Cashmere Technical|Atlantis]], Wigram, [[Cashmere Technical|Christchurch Technical Old Boys]], Hinemoa, [[University of Canterbury AFC|University of Canterbury]], Nomads, Christchurch City, Shamrock, [[Western A.F.C.|Western]], [[Christchurch Thistle]] (Canterbury), Mornington, [[Dunedin Technical]], [[Caversham AFC|Caversham]], [[Green Island FC|Green Island]], Maori Hill, [[Northern (soccer)|Northern]], [[Roslyn-Wakari AFC|Roslyn-Wakari]], Otago High School Old Boys (Dunedin), and [[Invercargill Thistle]].

==The 1953 final==
The final was a repeat of the 1951 final, with Eastern Suburbs again beating Dunedin's Northern. Reg King added two further goals to his three from 1951, equalling the aggregate record of five final goals. The game was a thrilling one according to contemporary accounts, with Northern letting in a soft goal very early on and the game opening up with frequent chances at both ends. Suburbs clinched the match with the winning goal late on in the second half. Scorers were Reg King (2), [[Ken Fleet]], and Murray Anderson for Eastern Suburbs, while Trevor McFarlane gained a brace for Northern and Bill Boardman also scored for the Dunedin side.

==Results==

===Quarter-Finals===
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| date = 1 August 1953
| team1 = Eastern Suburbs
| score = 3–1
| report =
| team2 = Huntly Thistle
| goals1 =
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| stadium = Blandford Park
| referee =
| event = North Island Semi-Final
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| location = Auckland
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| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 1 August 1953
| team1 = Seatoun
| score = 5–0
| report =
| team2 = Wanganui New Settlers
| goals1 =
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| stadium = Basin Reserve
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| event = North Island Semi-Final
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| location = Wellington
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| bg =
| date = 8 August 1953
| team1 = Christchurch Thistle
| score = 4–2
| report =
| team2 = Millerton Thistle
| goals1 =
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| stadium = English Park
| referee =
| event = South Island Semi-Final
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| location = Christchurch
| attendance =
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| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 1 August 1953
| team1 = Invercargill Thistle
| score = 1–8
| report =
| team2 = Northern
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| stadium = Invercargill Showgrounds
| referee =
| event = South Island Semi-Final
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| location = Invercargill
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===Semi-Finals===
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| bg =
| date = 15 August 1953
| team1 = Eastern Suburbs
| score = 1–0
| report =
| team2 = Seatoun
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| stadium = Blandford Park
| referee =
| event = North Island Final
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| location = Auckland
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| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 22 August 1953
| team1 = Northern
| score = 3–0
| report =
| team2 = Christchurch Thistle
| goals1 =
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| stadium = Caledonian Park
| referee =
| event = South Island Final
| time =
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| location = Dunedin
| attendance =
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===Final===
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| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 5 September 1953
| team1 = [[Eastern Suburbs AFC|Eastern Suburbs]]
| score = 4–3
| report =
| team2 = [[Northern (soccer)|Northern]]
| goals1 = King 2, [[Ken Fleet|Fleet]], M. Anderson
| goals2 = McFarlane 2, Boardman
| stadium = [[Basin Reserve]], Wellington
| referee = J.K. Wellwood
| event = 1953 Chatham Cup Final
| time =
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| score1 =
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| attendance =
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}
*[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nz53.html Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation New Zealand 1953 page]

{{Chatham Cup seasons}}

[[Category:Chatham Cup]]
[[Category:1953 in New Zealand sport|Chatham Cup]]
[[Category:1953 domestic association football cups|Chatham Cup]]

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1953 Chatham Cup - Revision history

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