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FA Trophy
FA TROPHY
Presented to the NZFA by the Football Association in 1926, it became the premier inter-provincial trophy, succeeding the Brown Shield.
Was operated on a league basis in its first two years, before the challenge system was introduced from 1928 to 1945.
A tournament format was introduced in 1946, and remained in place until 1954, when the challenge basis resumed.
A league system was redeployed in 1963 and 1964, before a return to the challenge basis in 1965 and 1966, before a revised league format was introduced for the final year of inter-provincial competition, 1967.
The trophy was then awarded to the National League champions between 1970 and 1983, and was then awarded to the 1996 Superclub champions, before being reintroduced as the National League championship trophy in 2002.
|
Year
|
Winners
|
Score
|
Runners-up
|
1926
|
Auckland
|
League
|
Otago
|
1927
|
Auckland
|
League
|
Canterbury
|
1928
|
Wellington
awarded trophy
|
7-4
|
Canterbury
|
|
|
0-3
|
Auckland
|
|
Auckland
|
2-2
|
Wellington
|
1929
|
|
4-2
|
Wellington
|
|
|
4-2
|
Wellington
|
1930
|
|
4-2
|
Wellington
|
1931
|
|
4-5
|
Wellington
|
|
Wellington
|
3-4
|
Otago
|
|
Otago
|
3-2
|
Canterbury
|
1932
|
|
3-1
|
Canterbury
|
|
|
2-2
|
Wellington
|
|
|
2-2
|
Auckland
|
1933
|
|
5-4
|
Wellington
|
|
|
3-1
|
Canterbury
|
|
|
1-2
|
Auckland
|
1934
|
Auckland
|
2-1
|
Otago
|
|
|
2-2
|
Wellington
|
|
|
3-2
|
Canterbury
|
1935
|
|
6-1
|
Wellington
|
|
|
2-0
|
Otago
|
1936
|
|
1-2
|
Canterbury
|
|
Canterbury
|
7-0
|
Otago
|
1937
|
|
8-3
|
Wellington
|
|
|
4-1
|
Otago
|
|
|
3-3
|
Auckland
|
1938
|
|
4-3
|
Wellington
|
|
|
1-2
|
Otago
|
1939
|
Otago
|
2-5
|
Auckland
|
|
Auckland
|
3-2
|
Wellington
|
|
|
6-1
|
Wellington
|
|
|
4-3
|
Canterbury
|
1940
|
|
2-1
|
Wellington
|
|
|
5-2
|
Canterbury
|
|
|
3-6
|
Wellington
|
1941
|
Wellington
|
6-3
|
Auckland
|
|
|
3-6
|
Canterbury
|
|
Canterbury
|
4-1
|
Otago
|
1942-43
|
not contested
|
|
|
1944
|
|
3-1
|
Wellington
|
1945
|
|
2-2
|
Wellington
|
1946
|
Auckland
|
4-2
|
Canterbury
|
1947
|
Auckland
|
4-3
|
Canterbury
|
1948
|
Otago
|
5-4
|
Wellington
|
1949
|
Canterbury
|
5-1
|
Auckland
|
1950
|
Auckland
|
3-2
|
Wellington
|
1951
|
Wellington
|
6-3
|
Otago
|
1952
|
Canterbury
trophy shared
|
3-3
|
Wellington
trophy shared
|
1953
|
Auckland
|
4-2
|
Wellington
|
1954
|
Auckland
|
3-3
|
Bay of Plenty
|
|
|
2-2
|
Hawkes Bay
|
|
|
3-1
|
Wellington
|
|
|
7-1
|
Taranaki
|
|
|
0-2
|
Waikato
|
1955
|
Waikato
|
3-3
|
Manawatu
|
|
|
2-4
|
Auckland
|
|
Auckland
|
4-0
|
Bay of Plenty
|
|
|
8-2
|
Poverty Bay
|
|
|
2-3
|
Wellington
|
1956
|
Wellington
|
1-4
|
Canterbury
fielded ineligible player
|
|
Wellington
|
2-1
|
Waikato
|
|
|
9-2
|
Hawkes Bay
|
|
|
1-2
|
Auckland
|
1957
|
Auckland
|
3-0
|
Poverty Bay
|
|
|
0-3
|
Canterbury
|
|
Canterbury
|
5-4
|
Waikato
|
|
|
4-1
|
Otago
|
1958
|
|
6-1
|
South Canterbury
|
|
|
0-3
|
Auckland
|
|
Auckland
|
1-1
|
Waikato
|
1959
|
|
3-1
|
Waikato
|
|
|
6-0
|
Bay of Plenty
|
|
|
1-3
|
Poverty Bay
|
1960
|
Poverty Bay
|
2-0
|
Hawkes Bay
|
|
|
1-2
|
Auckland
|
|
Auckland
|
5-2
|
Bay of Plenty
|
1961
|
|
6-0
|
Waikato
|
|
|
6-0
|
Bay of Plenty
|
|
|
4-2
|
Poverty Bay
|
|
|
2-0
|
Otago
|
1962
|
|
10-1
|
Western Bay of Plenty
|
1963
|
Wellington
|
League
|
Auckland
|
1964
|
Auckland
|
League
|
Wellington
|
1965
|
Auckland
|
1-1
|
Canterbury
|
1966
|
|
5-1
|
Canterbury
|
|
|
2-1
|
Wellngton
|
1967
|
Auckland
|
2-0
|
Canterbury
|