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{{Infobox football tournament season
| year = 1973
| title = Chatham Cup
| dates = {{nowrap|1 September 1973}}
| venue = [[Newmarket Park]], [[Auckland]]
| num_teams =
| winners = [[Mount Wellington (soccer)|Mount Wellington]] (1st title)
| second = [[North Shore United]]
| prev_season = [[1972 Chatham Cup|1972]]
| next_season = [[1974 Chatham Cup|1974]]
}}
The '''1973 Chatham Cup''' was the 46th annual nationwide knockout [[association football|football]] competition in [[New Zealand]].

The organisation of the cup was changed from previous years, with early stages being run in three large zones (northern, central, and southern), rather than by individual associations as had previously been the case. [[New Zealand National Soccer League|National League]] teams received a bye until the later stages of the competition. In all, 103 teams took part in the competition. Note: Different sources give different numberings for the rounds of the competition: some start round one with the beginning of the regional qualifications; others start numbering from the first national knock-out stage. The former numbering scheme is used in this article.

==The 1973 final==
The final was moved from the Basin Reserve for the first time since 1928, excluding replays. The 1973 final was - also excluding replays - the first to be held outside Wellington. Part of the reason for the move was because - for the first time ever - both finalists came from Auckland. This was only the second time (after [[1971 Chatham Cup|1971]]) that both finalists had come from the same urban area. The venue was to alternate between Auckland and Christchurch for several years from 1973.

Mount Wellington made up for their narrow loss in the marathon final of the [[1972 Chatham Cup]] by inflicting a sound defeat on their neighbours from across the [[Waitematā Harbour]]. Coach [[Ken Armstrong (footballer born 1924)|Ken Armstrong]] added to his impressive tally of cup victories both on and off the field. Shore's cause was not helped when keeper Turner had to be substituted early on after an injury, but even without this handicap the Mount would have proven the stronger side. All the goals came from Mount Wellington's players, with two from [[Dave Taylor (New Zealand footballer)|Dave Taylor]] and one from [[John Houghton (footballer)|John Houghton]].<ref>{{HiltonNZAssoc}} p. 76</ref>

==Results==
===Third Round===
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| team1 = [[Birkenhead United]]
| score = 3 – 3
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| team1 = [[Birkenhead United]]
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| team1 = [[Christchurch Rangers]]
| score = 1 – 1*
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| team2 = [[Western AFC|Western]] (Christchurch)
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| team1 = [[Christchurch Technical]]
| score = 1 – 2
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| team2 = [[Cashmere Wanderers]]
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| team1 = [[Courier Rangers]] (Auckland)
| score = 2 – 2*
| report =
| team2 = [[Manurewa (soccer)|Manurewa]]
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| date =
| team1 = [[Ellerslie (soccer)|Ellerslie]]
| score = 7 – 3
| report =
| team2 = [[Pakuranga Town]]
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| bg = #eeeeee
| date =
| team1 = [[Hamilton (soccer)|Hamilton]]
| score = 6 – 0
| report =
| team2 = [[Affco Rangers]] (Ngaruawahia)
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| date =
| team1 = [[Invercargill United]]
| score = 1 – 5
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| team2 = [[Dunedin City AFC|Dunedin City]]
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{{football box
| bg = #eeeeee
| date =
| team1 = [[Karori Swifts]]
| score = 3 – 4
| report =
| team2 = [[Waterside Karori|Waterside]]
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{{football box
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| date =
| team1 = [[Kiwi United]] (Palmerston North)
| score = 4 – 2
| report =
| team2 = [[New Plymouth Old Boys]]
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{{football box
| bg = #eeeeee
| date =
| team1 = [[Lynndale]] (Auckland)
| score = 2 – 3
| report =
| team2 = [[Takapuna City (soccer)|Takapuna City]]
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| date =
| team1 = [[Masterton United]]
| score = 1 – 2
| report =
| team2 = [[Palmerston City]] (Palmerston North)
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{{football box
| bg = #eeeeee
| date =
| team1 = [[Napier City Rovers]]
| score = 2 – 1
| report =
| team2 = [[Leopard United]]
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{{football box
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| date =
| team1 = [[Nelson United]]
| score = 3 – 1
| report =
| team2 = [[Lower Hutt City (soccer)|Lower Hutt City]]
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| bg = #eeeeee
| date =
| team1 = [[North Shore United]]
| score = 3 – 0
| report =
| team2 = [[Mount Roskill (soccer)|Mount Roskill]]
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| date =
| team1 = [[Porirua United]]
| score = 2 – 0
| report =
| team2 = [[Petone Football Club|Petone]]
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| bg = #eeeeee
| date =
| team1 = [[Queens Park (New Zealand soccer)|Queens Park]] (Invercargill)
| score = 0 – 5
| report =
| team2 = [[Invercargill Thistle]]
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{{football box
| bg = #eeeeee
| date =
| team1 = [[Roslyn-Wakari]]
| score = 1 – 1*
| report =
| team2 = [[North End United]] (Dunedin)
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{{football box
| bg = #eeeeee
| date =
| team1 = [[Tauranga City (soccer)|Tauranga City]]
| score = 1 – 4
| report =
| team2 = [[Claudelands Rovers]]
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| date =
| team1 = [[Te Atatu (soccer)|Te Atatu]]
| score = 0 – 4
| report =
| team2 = [[Eden (soccer)|Eden]] (Auckland)
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{{football box
| bg = #eeeeee
| date =
| team1 = [[Turangi Wanderers]]
| score = 1 – 3
| report =
| team2 = [[Rotorua Suburbs]]
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| date =
| team1 = [[Victoria University (soccer)|Victoria University]]
| score = 3 – 5
| report =
| team2 = [[Hungaria (soccer)|Hungaria]] (Wellington)
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{{football box
| bg = #eeeeee
| date =
| team1 = [[Wellington WMC]]
| score = 0 – 8
| report =
| team2 = [[Upper Hutt City FC|Upper Hutt United]]
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<small>* Won on penalties by Rangers (4-3), Manurewa (6-5), and North End (6-5)</small>

===Fourth Round===
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| date =
| team1 = [[Blockhouse Bay (soccer)|Blockhouse Bay]]
| score = 2 – 1
| report =
| team2 = [[Eastern Suburbs (soccer)|Eastern Suburbs]] (Auckland)
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{{football box
| bg = #eeeeee
| date =
| team1 = [[Cashmere Wanderers]]
| score = 0 – 5
| report =
| team2 = [[New Brighton (New Zealand soccer)|New Brighton]]
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{{football box
| bg = #eeeeee
| date =
| team1 = [[Caversham (soccer)|Caversham]]
| score = 2 – 1
| report =
| team2 = [[North End United]]
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{{football box
| bg = #eeeeee
| date =
| team1 = [[Christchurch Rangers]]
| score = 1 – 6
| report =
| team2 = [[Christchurch United]]
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{{football box
| bg = #eeeeee
| date =
| team1 = [[Eden (soccer)|Eden]]
| score = 1 – 4
| report =
| team2 = [[Takapuna City (soccer)|Takapuna City]]
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{{football box
| bg = #eeeeee
| date =
| team1 = [[Ellerslie (soccer)|Ellerslie]]
| score = 4 – 3
| report =
| team2 = [[Birkenhead United]]
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{{football box
| bg = #eeeeee
| date =
| team1 = [[Gisborne City]]
| score = 5 – 1
| report =
| team2 = [[Hungaria (soccer)|Hungaria]]
| goals1 =
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{{football box
| bg = #eeeeee
| date =
| team1 = [[Hamilton (soccer)|Hamilton]]
| score = 0 – 1
| report =
| team2 = [[Mount Wellington (soccer)|Mount Wellington]]
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{{football box
| bg = #eeeeee
| date =
| team1 = [[Invercargill Thistle]]
| score = 2 – 0
| report =
| team2 = [[Dunedin City AFC|Dunedin City]]
| goals1 =
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{{football box
| bg = #eeeeee
| date =
| team1 = [[Kiwi United]]
| score = 1 – 0
| report =
| team2 = [[Upper Hutt City FC|Upper Hutt United]]
| goals1 =
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{{football box
| bg = #eeeeee
| date =
| team1 = [[Napier City Rovers]]
| score = 3 – 2
| report =
| team2 = [[Porirua United]]
| goals1 =
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{{football box
| bg = #eeeeee
| date =
| team1 = [[North Shore United]]
| score = 2 – 0
| report =
| team2 = [[Claudelands Rovers]]
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{{football box
| bg = #eeeeee
| date =
| team1 = [[Palmerston City]]
| score = 1 – 2
| report =
| team2 = [[Wellington City (soccer)|Wellington City]]
| goals1 =
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{{football box
| bg = #eeeeee
| date =
| team1 = [[Rotorua Suburbs]]
| score = 0 – 3
| report =
| team2 = [[Manurewa (soccer)|Manurewa]]
| goals1 =
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{{football box
| bg = #eeeeee
| date =
| team1 = [[Stop Out]] (Lower Hutt)
| score = 5 – 2
| report =
| team2 = [[Nelson United]]
| goals1 =
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{{football box
| bg = #eeeeee
| date =
| team1 = [[Waterside Karori|Waterside]]
| score = 1 – 3
| report =
| team2 = [[Wellington Diamond United]]
| goals1 =
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| stadium =
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===Fifth Round===
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| bg = #eeeeee
| date =
| team1 = [[Caversham (soccer)|Caversham]]
| score = 2 – 1
| report =
| team2 = [[Invercargill Thistle]]
| goals1 =
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| stadium =
| referee =
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{{football box
| bg = #eeeeee
| date =
| team1 = [[Christchurch United]]
| score = 2 – 0
| report =
| team2 = [[New Brighton (New Zealand soccer)|New Brighton]]
| goals1 =
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| stadium =
| referee =
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{{football box
| bg = #eeeeee
| date =
| team1 = [[Ellerslie (soccer)|Ellerslie]]
| score = 2 – 3
| report =
| team2 = [[Blockhouse Bay (soccer)|Blockhouse Bay]]
| goals1 =
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| stadium =
| referee =
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{{football box
| bg = #eeeeee
| date =
| team1 = [[Kiwi United]]
| score = 2 – 0
| report =
| team2 = [[Stop Out]]
| goals1 =
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| stadium =
| referee =
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{{football box
| bg = #eeeeee
| date =
| team1 = [[Mount Wellington (soccer)|Mount Wellington]]
| score = 1 – 0
| report =
| team2 = [[Eden (soccer)|Eden]]
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium =
| referee =
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{{football box
| bg = #eeeeee
| date =
| team1 = [[Napier City Rovers]]
| score = 1 – 9
| report =
| team2 = [[Gisborne City]]
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium =
| referee =
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{{football box
| bg = #eeeeee
| date =
| team1 = [[North Shore United]]
| score = 5 – 1
| report =
| team2 = [[Manurewa (soccer)|Manurewa]]
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium =
| referee =
}}
{{football box
| bg = #eeeeee
| date =
| team1 = [[Wellington Diamond United]]
| score = 1 – 0
| report =
| team2 = [[Wellington City (soccer)|Wellington City]]
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium =
| referee =
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===Sixth Round===
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| bg = #eeeeee
| date =
| team1 = [[Christchurch United]]
| score = 0 – 1
| report =
| team2 = [[Blockhouse Bay (soccer)|Blockhouse Bay]]
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium =
| referee =
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{{football box
| bg = #eeeeee
| date =
| team1 = [[Kiwi United]]
| score = 1 – 3
| report =
| team2 = [[Gisborne City]]
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium =
| referee =
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{{football box
| bg = #eeeeee
| date =
| team1 = [[North Shore United]]
| score = 2 – 0
| report =
| team2 = [[Caversham (soccer)|Caversham]]
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium =
| referee =
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{{football box
| bg = #eeeeee
| date =
| team1 = [[Wellington Diamond United]]
| score = 0 – 3
| report =
| team2 = [[Mount Wellington (soccer)|Mount Wellington]]
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium =
| referee =
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===Semi-finals===
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| bg = #eeeeee
| date =
| team1 = [[Gisborne City]]
| score = 2 – 3
| report =
| team2 = [[Mount Wellington (soccer)|Mount Wellington]]
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium =
| referee =
}}
{{football box
| bg = #eeeeee
| date =
| team1 = [[North Shore United]]
| score = 3 – 2
| report =
| team2 = [[Blockhouse Bay (soccer)|Blockhouse Bay]]
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium =
| referee =
}}

===Final===
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| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 1 September 1973
| team1 = [[Mount Wellington (soccer)|Mount Wellington]]
| score = 3 – 0
| report =
| team2 = [[North Shore United]]
| goals1 = [[Dave Taylor (New Zealand footballer)|Taylor]] 2, [[John Houghton (footballer)|Houghton]]
| goals2 =
| stadium = [[Newmarket Park]], [[Auckland]]
| referee = A.T. Blackburn
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}
*[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nz73.html Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation New Zealand 1973 page]
*[http://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/id218.htm UltimateNZSoccer website 1973 Chatham Cup page]

{{Chatham Cup seasons}}

[[Category:Chatham Cup]]
[[Category:1973 in New Zealand association football|Chatham Cup]]
[[Category:1973 domestic association football cups|Chatham Cup]]
[[Category:September 1973 sports events in Oceania]]

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