▁A uck land ▁regional ▁w inners , ▁North c ote ▁required ▁a ▁play - off ▁against ▁North ▁Sh ore ▁United ▁to ▁progress . ▁There ▁is ▁some ▁confusion ▁as ▁to ▁the ▁sp elling ▁of ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁the ▁champion ▁Man aw atu ▁side , ▁it ▁being ▁listed ▁in ▁various ▁publications ▁as ▁either ▁Da ub ers ▁or ▁Daw bers , ▁and ▁either ▁with ▁or ▁without ▁an ▁apost rop he . ▁ ▁There ▁is ▁some ▁confusion ▁about ▁the ▁earlier ▁r ounds ▁of ▁the ▁competition , ▁with ▁various ▁Char ity ▁Cu ps ▁being ▁held ▁to ▁decide ▁entr ants ▁to ▁the ▁Ch ath am ▁Cup , ▁and ▁with ▁regional ▁qual ification ▁final s , ▁island ▁final s , ▁and ▁the ▁national ▁final ▁all ▁simply ▁being ▁referred ▁to ▁in ▁contemporary ▁reports ▁as ▁" final s ". ▁Comp ounding ▁this , ▁different ▁regional ▁football ▁associations ▁were ▁allowed ▁to ▁choose ▁their ▁champion ▁team ▁by ▁whatever ▁method ▁they ▁liked , ▁meaning ▁that ▁some ▁regions ▁( such ▁as ▁A uck land ) ▁used ▁league ▁position ▁to ▁determine ▁their ▁entr ant ▁for ▁the ▁inter - reg ional ▁matches , ▁rather ▁than ▁a ▁knock out ▁competition . ▁Comp ounding ▁matters ▁further ▁are ▁the ▁incomplete ▁records ▁held ▁by ▁the ▁N Z FA , ▁which ▁o mit ▁several ▁matches ▁( including ▁the ▁semi - final ▁between ▁Se ac l iff ▁and ▁O amar u ▁R angers ). ▁ ▁The ▁ 1 9 2 3 ▁final ▁In ▁the ▁final , ▁Y M CA ▁had ▁the ▁better ▁of ▁early ▁possession , ▁but ▁Se ac l iff ▁gained ▁the ▁upper