1921 Auckland Rugby League season

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The 1921 season of Auckland Rugby League was its 13th. Seventy two teams played across its six main grades.[1]

Preceded by 13th Auckland Rugby League season
1921 		Succeeded by

The first grade competition featured seven teams,

City
had previously won the title in 1910, 1911, and 1916. This was to be the first of 3 consecutive titles for them. They also won the Roope Rooster knockout competition for the 3rd time after previous wins in 1916 and 1918.

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Club teams by grade participation

Team 1st Grade 2nd Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade 6th Grade A 6th Grade B Total
Marist Old Boys 1 1 1 0 3 0 1 7
Ponsonby United 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 6
City Rovers
 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 6
Maritime 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 5
Manukau Rovers 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 5
Devonport United 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 4
Kingsland Rovers 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 4
Richmond Rovers 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 4
Newton Rangers
 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 3
Ellerslie United 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
Otahuhu Rovers 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 3
Northcote & Birkenhead Ramblers 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
Takapuna 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2
Parnell 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
Fire Brigade (Grafton Athletic) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Point Chevalier 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Māngere Rangers 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Total 7 10 7 7 12 6 9 58

Junior Management Committee

The Junior management committee elected for the season was: G. Stevens, W. Church, J. Ball, H. Clayton, W. Dowle, A.E. Smith, W. Lusty, W.J. Davidson (Hon. Sec), T. Fielding (Chairman), J. Aggers, K. Lippiatt.

Club name changes and mergers

On 13 April the Management Committee of the Auckland Rugby League met. At the meeting Grafton was granted permission to change its name to "Fire Brigade Club". Devonport United notified the league that the Devonport Borough Council had allocated the Devonport Domain for its use. During the season the club was named 'North Shore' and 'Devonport' interchangeably by both The New Zealand Herald and the Auckland Star. In 1920 the club had seen a merger between North Shore Albions and the Sunnyside club and agreed on the name Devonport United but it appears that the stronger club's name was still more favoured by those reporting on the games, and it was eventually the name adopted by the club. While the Kingsland Rovers club wrote asking for advice on what it should do regarding a ground for the club to play at.[2]

Carlaw Park open for business

City Rovers capped a remarkable season by winning the Thacker Shield from Ponsonby United
on the final day of the season after having already won the Monteith Shield by winning the First Grade Championship, and the Roope Rooster Knock-out trophy.

Female football club denied by the league

On 12 July a meeting was held in Parnell to form a "girls" rugby league competition with over 40 enrolling. They were to play a game on Carlaw Park on the following Saturday afternoon. They were all aged between 16 and 20 years of age. The chairman of the Parnell club, Mr. A.R. Turner explained "that it wished to develop the girls as well as the men, and to this end the club was being formed at the suggestion of the girls". A trophy "similar to the Monteith Shield" had been donated, and "members of the Auckland League Management Committee had donated a football, and were providing assistance in supplying jerseys. At the meeting when the time for enrollment came it was described that "they rose in a body and fairly rushed the table, which was in danger of being overturned in the excitement of the moment" Ivan Culpan, secretary of the league told the girls that the league would train them every evening in the lead up to the match.[4] Over the next week the number of girls enrolled increased to 65. It later transpired that the members of the Auckland Rugby League who had attended had done so by invitation and were not necessarily acting on behalf of the league with the comments they had made. At the Auckland Rugby league Management meeting the following night the decision on whether to support the girls playing and affiliate the club with the league was deferred. Both George Hunt and E Phelan spoke against allowing the girls to play.[5] And at a meeting on 20 July the Auckland Rugby League decided to oppose the girls playing football. Mr. James Carlaw said that medical opinion was in opposition to females playing the sport. Mr Stallworthy and Mr. E. Feilding suggested a trial game with modified rules take place with doctors watching but the request was declined.[6]

Arthur Singe switches to rugby league

At the beginning of the season Marist Old Boys enticed Arthur Singe to join the club. He was an outstanding rugby player playing in the wing-forward position (flanker in today's terms). He played for the New Zealand Army rugby team which toured Great Britain and then South Africa at the end of the war. When he returned to New Zealand he played for the Marist rugby club and played for Auckland 8 teams. He narrowly missed the New Zealand rugby team to tour Australia after playing just 10 minutes in the North Island v South Island match which acted as a trial of sorts. He switched codes and joined Marist, playing for them in 1921–22 and 1925–26 before going on tour with the New Zealand team on their ill-fated tour of England. Seven players went on strike due to issues with management on the tour and were ultimately banned for life. Singe was the only Auckland player among the strikers. The ban was lifted in 1962, 26 years after his death in 1936. Singe was to play 48 games for Marist scoring 148 points, 15 games for Auckland scoring 25 points, and 8 matches for New Zealand.

Monteith Shield (first grade championship)

Monteith Shield standings

Team Pld W D L F A Pts
City Rovers
 9 8 1 0 250 50 17
Maritime 9 6 0 3 135 112 12
Marist Old Boys 9 5 0 4 167 122 10
Ponsonby United 9 5 0 4 138 99 10
Newton Rangers
 9 3 1 5 83 129 7
Devonport United 7 1 0 6 61 132 2
Fire Brigade 8 1 0 7 49 179 2

Monteith Shield fixtures

Round 1

Arthur Singe

Arthur Singe debuted for Marist. His mother was Irish and father Chinese, making him the first ever player of Asian heritage in New Zealand representative rugby league along with James Hing who played in the same era for Marist and later coached Point Chevalier. Singe had played for the New Zealand Army team during World War 1 and narrowly missed out on selection for the All Blacks in 1920. He was a magnificent loose forward and went on to play for Auckland and New Zealand. On the 1926-27 tour of England he was one of several players who boycotted matches due to a disagreement with the coach/manager and was suspended for several matches. Following the tour he was banned for life by the New Zealand Rugby League, though the ban was renounced many years later. Singe had died in the mid 1930's however.

23 April City 22–5 Marist Victoria Park 1  
3:00 Try: Alf Townsend, Bill Davidson, Bert Laing, Harry Hawkes
Con: Bill Davidson 4
Pen: Bill Davidson 		[7] Try: Bill Stormont
Pen: Bill Stormont 1 mark 		Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Bill Murray
23 April Devonport 3–2 Fire Brigade Victoria Park 2  
3:00 Try: J Price [7] Pen: Charles Woolley Attendance: 6000
Referee: Clayton
23 April Newton 13–3 Ponsonby Auckland Domain  
3:00 Try: Bill Cloke, Clarrie Polson, Leonard Newdick
Con: Craddock Dufty 2 		[7] Try: W Edwards Referee: W Ripley

Round 2

30 April City 33–2 Maritime Auckland Domain 1  
3:00 Try: Ben Davidson, Bert Laing 2, Tim Peckham, V Thomas 2, Alf Townsend
Con: Bill Davidson 5
Pen: Bill Davidson 1 mark 		[8] Pen: Eric Grey Attendance: 7500
Referee: Archie Ferguson
30 April Newton 16–10 Devonport Auckland Domain 2  
3:00 Try: Thomas Virtue, Alfred James, Wally Somers, Unknown x 1
Con: Craddock Dufty
Pen: Craddock Dufty 		[9] Try: Alf Scott, D Doran
Con: E Johnson 2 		Attendance: 7500
Referee: Walter Ripley
30 April Marist 43–8 Fire Brigade Auckland Domain 3  
3:00 Try: Arthur Eustace, Arthur Singe, Unknown x 7
Con: Bill Stormont, Unknown x 6
Pen: Bill Stormont 		[10] Try: R Coates, Unknown x 1
Con: Charles Woolley 		Attendance: 7500
Referee: Frank Thompson

Round 3

7 May Ponsonby 17–10 Devonport Auckland Domain 1  
3:00 Try: Dougie McGregor, R Mitchell, W Edwards, Bill Walsh, Eric McGregor
Con: Thomas McClymont 		[11] Try: J Johnston, H Wynn
Con: E Johnston
Pen: E Johnston 		Attendance: 2,000
Referee: A Ball
7 May Maritime 17–5 Fire Brigade Auckland Domain 2  
3:00 Try: George Yardley, Eric Grey 2, Woods, W Miller
Con: Eric Grey 		[12] Try: Dunn
Pen: Albert Ivil 		Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Len Farrant
7 May Marist 22–15 Newton Victoria Park 2  
3:00 Try: Arthur Eustace, Percy Gallagher 3
Con: Arthur Singe 3
Pen: Bill Stormont, Arthur Singe 		[13] Try: James, Leonard Newdick, Bill Cloke
Con: Craddock Dufty 2
Pen: Craddock Dufty 		Attendance: 6,000
Referee: T Hill

Round 4

Ivan Littlewood

Ivan Littlewood debuted for Maritime and scored a try in their 12-10 win over Newton. He went on to represent Auckland 22 times from 1921 to 1927 and played for New Zealand in 1 test match in 1925. He was a consistent try scorer with 80 tries from 120 club games from 1921 to 1934.

14 May Maritime 12–10 Newton Victoria Park 1  
3:00 Try: Ivan Littlewood, Ernie Herring, Jim Brien, George Yardley [14] Try: Wally Somers, Nelson Bass
Con: Craddock Dufty
Pen: Craddock Dufty 		Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Walter Ripley
14 May Ponsonby 35–3 Marist Devonport Domain 1  
3:00 Try: Eric McGregor 2, Bill Walsh, Dougie McGregor, George Mormon, W Hanlon, L Martin, Longbottom
Con: Thomas McClymont 4 		[15] Try: Percy Gallagher Referee: Frank Thompson
14 May City 61–7 Fire Brigade Auckland Domain 2  
3:00 Try: Harry Tancred 2, George Reid, Ben Davidson 2, Bill Davidson, V Thomas, Alf Townsend, Bert Laing, Unknown x 4
Con: Bill Davidson 11 		[16] Try: Charles Woolley
Con: R Coates
Pen: Albert Ivil 		Referee: William Mincham

Round 5

28 May Newton 6–6 City Auckland Domain 1  
3:00 Try: F Lovelock 2 [17] Try: Bill Minogue, Unknown x 1 Attendance: 3,000
Referee: A Ball
28 May Maritime 19–17 Ponsonby Auckland Domain 2  
3:00 Try: Eric Grey, Jim Brien 2, Ivan Littlewood, Unknown x 1
Con: John Lang, Mike Flynn 		[18] Try: Dougie McGregor 2, Eric McGregor, Bill Walsh, Unknown x 1
Con: Unknown x 1 		Attendance: 3,000
Referee: H Clayton
28 May Marist 17–9 Devonport Auckland Domain 3  
3:00 Try: Arthur Eustace 3, James (Sonny) Hing, Percy Gallagher
Con: Edmund (Mick) Carroll 		[19] Try: A Nelson, Pat Morgan, C Nicholson Attendance: 3,000
Referee: T Hill

Round 6

Round 6 was somewhat farcical.

Newton defaulted their match with Fire Brigade as only 6 players turned out. The New Zealand Herald
match report stated that "counter-attractions proving too strong for the Newton players".

4 June City 24–3 Ponsonby Victoria Park 1  
3:00 Try: Ben Davidson 2, Alf Townsend 2, Tim Peckham, Ernie Mackie
Con: Ernie Mackie, Bill Davidson
Pen: Maurice Wetherill 1 mark 		[20] Try: Dagnall Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Len Farrant
4 June Devonport 5–25 Maritime Devonport Domain  
3:00 Try: Unknown x 1
Con: Unknown x 1 		[21] Try: Unknown x 7
Con: Unknown x 2 		Referee: Henning
4 June Fire Brigade WBD-LBD Newton Auckland Domain  
3:00 [22] Referee: Walter Ripley

Round 7

11 June Maritime 15–8 Marist Auckland Domain 1  
3:00 Try: Ivan Littlewood 2, George Yardley
Con: Mike Flynn 2
Pen: Eric Grey 		[23] Try: James (Sonny) Hing, Arthur Eustace
Con: Bill Stormont 		Attendance: 5,500
Referee: A Ball
11 June Ponsonby 10–8 Fire Brigade Auckland Domain 2  
3:00 Try: George Mormon, L Martin
Con: Dougie McGregor
Pen: Dougie McGregor 		[24] Try: H McNeil, Corfield
Pen: Albert Ivil 		Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Frank Thompson
11 June Devonport 6–37 City Devonport Domain  
3:00 Try: Charles Hand, H Mann [25] Try: George Reid 2, Ben Davidson 2, Harry Hawkes, Alf Townsend 2, Bill Minogue, Tim Peckham
Con: George Reid, Ben Davidson 2, Bill Minogue, Bill Davidson 		Referee: Walter Ripley

Round 8

John Lang, who had switched to rugby union weeks earlier was denied reinstated reinstatement in that code. As a result he returned to rugby league and joined the Marist club, making his debut in their game against City. He went on to represent them for 4 seasons and also made several appearances for Auckland while a Marist member.

18 June City 11–8 Marist Auckland Domain 1  
3:00 Try: Ben Davidson 2, Harry Hawkes
Con: Maurice Wetherill 		[26] Try: Ernie Herring, Arthur Eustace
Con: Bill Stormont 		Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Archie Ferguson
18 June Newton 6–5 Ponsonby Victoria Park 2  
3:00 Try: Jones, Leonard Newdick [27] Try: Artie Rae, Dougie McGregor Referee: T Hill

Round 9

Round 9 saw the opening of

Newton and Devonport decided to postpone the match, though the majority of the Devonport players were unaware of this arrangement and arrived at the ground ready to play. While on the same day the Fire Brigade players were called to a warehouse fire in the city at mid-day and were tired and late arriving to the ground so the match was abandoned.[28]

25 June City 10–8 Maritime Carlaw Park 1  
3:00 Try: Harry Hawkes, Harry Francis
Con: Bill Minogue
Pen: Bill Minogue (1 mark) 		[29] Try: Herb Lunn, Ivan Littlewood
Con: Eric Grey 		Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Archie Ferguson
25 June Devonport PPD Newton Devonport Domain  
3:00 [29]
25 June Marist PPD Fire Brigade Auckland Domain 2  
3:00 [29]

Round 10

2 July Marist 34–3 Newton Carlaw Park 1  
3:00 Try: Ernie Herring 2, John Lang, Arthur Singe, Puka, Arthur Eustace, Percy Gallagher
Con: Ernie Herring, Bill Stormont, John Lang, Edmund Carroll 2 		[30] Try: Charles James Attendance: 3,700
Referee: T Hill
2 July Ponsonby 18–11 Devonport Victoria Park 1  
3:00 Try: Dougie McGregor, Ben McGregor, Sam Lowrie, Wilfred McNeil
Con: Dougie McGregor 2
Pen: Dougie McGregor 		[31] Try: J Price, Cargill, Alf Townsend
Drop: McAneny 		Referee: L Hemming
2 July Maritime 24–6 Fire Brigade Auckland Domain 1  
3:00 Try: Syd O'Donnell, Ivan Littlewood 3, Bill Ballyntyne, Jack McGregor
Con: Syd O'Donnell, Ivan Littlewood, George Yardley 		[32] Try: Bill Williams, Phil Castles Referee: William Mincham

Round 11

The City v Newton game was discontinued at halftime due to the score line. Newton had started the match a man short and the score line had already blown out to 37–5 by the interval.

9 July Marist 18–4 Maritime Carlaw Park 1  
3:00 Try: Arthur Eustace, Arthur Singe, John Lang, Leo Casey
Con: Edmund Carroll, Billy Ghent
Pen: Arthur Singe 		[33] Pen: George Yardley, Mike Flynn Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Len Farrant
9 July City 37–5 Newton Carlaw Park 2  
3:00 Try: Bill Davidson Unknown 30 other points
Con: Bill Davidson 2 		[34] Try: S Delaney
Pen: S Delaney 		Attendance: 6,000
Referee: H Clayton
9 July Ponsonby 21–5 Fire Brigade Victoria Park  
3:00 Try: Dougie McGregor 2, Eric McGregor, W Edwards, Bill Walsh
Con: Dougie McGregor 3 		[35] Try: R Coates
Con: Unknown x 1 		Attendance: 2,000
Referee: L Hemming

Roope Rooster knockout competition

The first round match between Marist Old Boys and Maritime ended controversially with Marist complaining that the match had finished early (when they were trailing by 10 points to 8). They protested and the match was replayed with Maritime winning 21 to 10. The referee in charge, Walter Ripley announced his resignation in the following week but did referee again for several years and later served on the board of the Referee's Association.

The final was won by

St. John Ambulance Association.[36]

Round 1

16 July City 13–7 Newton Carlaw Park 1  
3:00 Try: Bill Davidson, Harry Hawkes, Ben Davidson
Con: Bill Davidson
Pen: Bill Davidson 		[37] Try: J Biggs
Con: Craddock Dufty
Drop: Craddock Dufty 		Attendance: 7,000
Referee: A Ball
16 July Maritime 10–8* Marist Carlaw Park 2  
3:00 Try: Jim Brien 2
Con: Eric Grey
Pen: George Yardley 		[38] Try: Unknown 2
Pen: Arthur Singe 		Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Walter Ripley
16 July Ponsonby 34–11 Devonport Auckland Domain 1  
3:00 Try: George Mormon 2, Thomas McClymont 2, R Mitchell, Wilfred McNeil, Bill Walsh, W Hanlon
Con: Unknown x 5 		[39] Try: J Price, Alf Scott, Selwyn Chatfield
Pen: McAneny 		Referee: T Hill

Semi final

23 July City 8–5 Ponsonby Victoria Park 1  
3:00 Try: Harry Hawkes, Alf Townsend
Con: Bill Davidson 		[40] Try: Penalty Try
Pen: Thomas McClymont 		Attendance: 6,500

Round 1 replay

13 August Maritime 21–10 Marist Victoria Park 1  
3:00 Try: Ivan Littlewood 3, Bill Ballantyne, Eric Grey
Con: Mike Flynn
Pen: George Yardley, Mike Flynn 		[41] Try: Arthur Eustace, Arthur Singe
Con: Billy Ghent
Pen: Bill Stormont 		Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Len Farrant

Semi final

3 September Maritime 12–7 Fire Brigade Carlaw Park 1  
3:00 Try: Ivan Littlewood, Jim Brien
Con: Mike Flynn 2 		[42] Try: R Coates
Con: J Wareing
Drop: Joseph 		Attendance: 4000
Referee: Walter Ripley

Final

1 October City 30–14 Maritime Carlaw Park 1  
3:00 Try: Ben Davidson 3, Bill Davidson, C Mitchell, Harry Hawkes
Con: Bill Davidson 4, Maurice Wetherill
Pen: Bill Davidson 		[43] Try: Bert Avery 3, Jim Brien
Pen: Jim Brien 		Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Bill Murray

Top try scorers and point scorers

Bill Davidson's point total includes senior matches in the championship and the Roope Rooster.

Other club matches

Challenge Shield

City Rovers

10 September Ponsonby 18–13 Petone Carlaw Park 1  
3:00 Try: Eric McGregor 2, William Southernwood, Dougie McGregor
Con: Dougie McGregor 3 		[44] Try: Horace Nunn, Shanahan 2
Con: Balks
Pen: Nicholls 		Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Bill Murray
8 October Ponsonby 19–8 Huntly Carlaw Park 1  
3:00 Try: Thomas McClymont, Blackie, W Edwards, Wilfred McNeil, James Hing
Con: Thomas McClymont 2 		[45] Try: Huatahi Paki, J Peckham
Pen: J Raynor 		Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Archie Ferguson
15 October City 25–10 Ponsonby Carlaw Park 1  
3:00 Try: Harry Francis, Bill Davidson, Tim Peckham, Ben Davidson, Harry Hawkes
Con: Bill Davidson 4
Pen: Bill Davidson 		[46] Try: George Mormon, Dougie McGregor
Con: Dougie McGregor, Frank Delgrosso 		Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Len Farrant

Exhibition matches

List of exhibition matches
Date Score Score Venue Referee Scoring
Exhibition match 18 June[47] Hamilton 19 Maritime 16 Steele Park, Hamilton 3pm Hampton For Hamilton: Mawhinney, Prickett, Vernall tries, Mawhinney 1 conv. Dufty 1 conv and 2 pen., Vernall 1 conv.; For Maritime: Mike Flynn 2, Young, Brake tries, Flynn 2 conv.
Exhibition match 13 Aug[48] Cambridge 16 City Rovers 14 Victoria Square, Cambridge T Smith For Cambridge: Churches, Pau, Stewart, and Coe tries, McMillan 2 conv; For City: Hawkes 2, Peckham, Miller tries, with 1 conv.

Lower grades

There were 7 lower grades in 1921.

Second grade

Newton defeated Maritime in the second grade final by 17 points to 11 at Carlaw Park to win the Second Grade Cup. Future New Zealand representative

Charles Gregory played for Newton. They ultimately finished the season with a 10 win, 1 draw, 1 loss record, scoring 149 points and conceding 57.[49]
North Shore withdrew prior to round 2, Marist withdrew after round 8, Manukau after round 10, and City after round 11. There were very few results reported and Newton's win/loss and for and against record was learned from their championship team photograph.

Team Pld W D L F A Pts
Newton Rangers
 12 10 1 1 149 57 20
Maritime 11 9 1 1 114 54 19
Otahuhu Rovers 4 2 0 2 18 24 4
Ellerslie United 3 1 0 2 35 13 2
Ponsonby United 5 1 0 4 26 50 2
Manukau 2 1 0 1 19 19 2
Northcote & Birkenhead Ramblers 2 0 0 2 8 21 0
City Rovers
 2 0 0 2 0 42 0
Marist Old Boys 2 0 0 2 16 24 0
North Shore Albions 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Third grade (Myers Cup)

Kingsland Rovers won the competition when they drew with Newton 9-9 on August 6 in round 12. Future New Zealand international Claude List was in the Kingsland side, aged 18. In the first 5 rounds many results were reported however the second half of the season had very few reported. Parnell entered a team in the knockout competition which began on August 13 and had a 3-3 draw with Ellerslie. Marist were scheduled to play Ellerslie in round 1 but there was no result reported and they withdrew from the competition after this.

Team Pld W D L F A Pts
Kingsland Rovers 4 2 1 1 35 31 5
Point Chevalier 5 4 0 1 70 18 8
Newton Rangers
 6 3 1 2 105 58 7
North Shore Albions 3 2 0 1 61 23 4
Ponsonby United 5 1 0 4 32 92 2
Ellerslie United 3 0 0 3 3 84 0
Marist Old Boys 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Fourth grade

Otahuhu won the championship though not all results were reported.

Team Pld W D L F A Pts
Otahuhu Rovers 7 5 0 2 45 26 10
City Rovers
 7 5 1 1 64 50 11
Ponsonby United 6 4 0 2 45 25 8
Richmond Rovers
 6 3 0 3 67 32 6
Manukau Rovers 6 2 0 4 43 40 4
Marist Old Boys 6 2 1 3 42 48 5
North Shore Albions 3 1 0 2 19 14 2
Kingsland Rovers 2 1 0 1 28 11 2
Takapuna 3 1 0 2 10 17 2
Northcote & Birkenhead Ramblers 3 0 0 3 5 39 0
Marist Old Boys A 2 0 0 2 3 24 0
Marist Old Boys B 1 0 0 1 0 44 0

Fifth grade

City Rovers defeated Richmond by 5 points to 2 to win the championship.[49] There were very few results reported during the season. Marist entered 2 teams however their B team withdrew after round 3. Kingsland withdrew after round 11, and North Shore and Manukau after round 12. Parnell entered a team late in the season to play a friendly match.

Team Pld W D L F A Pts
City Rovers
 7 5 1 1 64 50 11
Otahuhu Rovers 7 5 0 2 45 26 10
Ponsonby United 6 4 0 2 45 25 8
Richmond Rovers
 6 3 0 3 67 32 6
Manukau Rovers 6 2 0 4 43 40 4
Marist Old Boys 6 2 1 3 42 48 5
North Shore Albions 3 1 0 2 19 14 2
Kingsland Rovers 2 1 0 1 28 11 2
Takapuna 3 1 0 2 10 17 2
Northcote & Birkenhead Ramblers 3 0 0 3 5 39 0
Marist Old Boys A 2 0 0 2 3 24 0
Marist Old Boys B 1 0 0 1 0 44 0

Sixth grade A

Richmond won the competition. There were very few results reported during the season. Parnell entered a team in the competition on July 23 though it is unclear if their 5 matches counted towards the championship. Only one of their results was reported, a 9-2 loss to Maritime.

Team Pld W D L F A Pts
Richmond Rovers
 7 6 0 1 68 22 12
City Rovers
 4 4 0 0 56 10 8
Maritime 4 1 0 3 12 26 2
Manukau Rovers 2 1 0 1 16 9 2
Takapuna 4 0 0 4 9 87 0
Parnell 1 0 0 1 2 9 0

Sixth grade B

Ponsonby won the competition. There were almost no results reported beyond round 6, with only 3 of Ponsonby's results reported. Parnell entered a team on July 16 and played 3 matches. It is unclear if their matches contributed to the final standings, the only game that had a result reported for them was a 33-0 loss to Ponsonby.

Team Pld W D L B F A Pts
Ponsonby United 3 2 0 1 0 64 11 4
Marist Old Boys 5 5 0 0 80 10 2 10
Otahuhu Rovers 3 3 0 0 1 39 0 6
Kingsland Rovers 4 2 0 2 1 17 32 4
Richmond Rovers
 3 2 0 1 0 10 26 4
City Rovers
 3 0 0 3 2 5 26 0
Maritime 2 0 0 2 1 0 8 0
Manukau Rovers 1 0 0 1 2 0 16 0
Parnell 1 0 0 1 0 0 33 0

Cadet competition

This was the first year that a cadet competition had been played. The 18th Company won the competition. The 34th Cadets were based in Mt Eden while the 51st Senior Cadets were based in Devonport. This competition was won by the 18th Company of Senior Cadets after they won the final game of the season defeating the 13th Company by 7 points to 2. The 23rd Company played a match with the 37th Company which they won 19 to 0. This match was outside of the competition.

Team Pld W D L F A Pts
18th Company 7 5 1 1 122 7 11
13th A Company 8 5 1 2 85 23 11
4th Company 6 4 0 2 85 17 8
51st Company (Devonport) 4 2 0 2 34 66 4
34th Company (Mt Eden) 6 1 0 5 22 77 2
13th B Company 7 1 0 6 5 163 2

Auckland representative fixtures

It was a very busy season for the Auckland representative team with ten matches played. Though in reality B and C teams played some of the fixtures as matches were played at the same time in different centres. They won seven matches and lost three. On 20 August Auckland played three matches, which showed off their depth. One at Carlaw Park versus King Country, one in Hamilton against South Auckland, and one against Wellington on the Basin Reserve. They won against King Country and Wellington, with a loss against South Auckland.

Auckland v New Zealand

21 May Auckland 16–22 New Zealand Auckland Domain 1  
3:00 Try: Frank Delgrosso, Thomas McClymont, George Cargill, Leonard Newdick
Con: George Yardley, Thomas McClymont 		[50] Try: Bill Davidson 3, Jim Sanders, Bill Williams, Henry Tancred
Con: Bill Davidson
Pen: Bill Davidson 		Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Archie Ferguson

Auckland v Wellington (Northern Union C.C.)

30 July Auckland 31–8 Wellington Carlaw Park 1  
3:00 Try: Bill Davidson, John Lang 2, Bill Stormont, Harry Hawkes, Bert Avery 2
Con: Bill Davidson 		[51] Try: K Thompson, Nicholls
Pen: J Kruse 		Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Billy Murray

Auckland v Hawkes Bay (Northern Union C.C.)

6 August Auckland 18–3 Hawkes Bay Carlaw Park 1  
3:00 Try: Eric Grey, Charles Woolley, Harry Hawkes, Bert Avery
Con: Bill Davidson 3 		[52] Try: A Atkins Attendance: 6500
Referee: Archie Ferguson

Auckland v King Country

20 August Auckland 58–25 King Country Carlaw Park 1  
3:00 Try: Wally Somers 3, Charles Woolley, Bill Davidson, Bert Avery 5, Thomas McClymont 3, Arthur Singe
Con: Wally Somers, Bill Davidson 2, Thomas McClymont 3, Eric Grey, Arthur Singe 		[53] Try: Lyall 2, Wallace 2, Jumbo
Con: Cribb, Henry 3
Pen: Henry 		Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Billy Murray

South Auckland (Waikato) v Auckland

20 August South Auckland (Waikato) 13–3 Auckland Claudelands Showgrounds, Hamilton  
3:00 Try: Hemmingway 2, Wilson
Con: J Dufty
Pen: J Dufty 		[54] Try: George Paki Attendance: 2,500
Referee: T Smith

Wellington v Auckland

20 August Wellington 21–23 Auckland Basin Reserve, Wellington  
3:00 Try: Hodges, J Shanahan 2
Con: Nicholls 2
Pen: Nicholls 2 (and 1 mark), Balks 		[55] Try: Ivan Littlewood, Tim Peckham, Wilfred McNeil, Bill Stormont, Harry Hawkes
Con: Mike Flynn 3, Bill Stormont 		Referee: C Snow

West Coast v Auckland

24 August West Coast 7–47 Auckland Victoria Park, Greymouth  
3:00 Try: A McElwee
Con: A McElwee
Pen: Charlie McElwee 		[56] Try: Harry Hawkes 4, Ivan Littlewood 2, Tim Peckham, George Cargill 2, Mike Flynn, Maurice Wetherill
Con: Harry Hawkes, Mike Flynn 2, Maurice Wetherill, Bill Stormont, Arthur Eustace, George Cargill 		Referee: B Munson

Hawkes Bay v Auckland

The Auckland team was mentioned as "Auckland B" in 2 sources however they were named as Auckland on multiple occasions and was essentially the same team which played South Auckland the week prior where it was considered Auckland and therefore they have been considered a full Auckland side.

27 August Hawkes Bay 18-15 Auckland Nelson Ground, Napier  
3:00 Try: Con McCarthy, W Gibson 2, H Douglas
Con: P Exeter
Pen: N McCarthy, P Exeter 		[57] Try: Percy Gallagher 2, S Delaney
Con: Craddock Dufty
Pen: Craddock Dufty 2 		Attendance: 1,000

Canterbury v Auckland

27 August Canterbury 14–39 Auckland Sydenham Park, Christchurch  
3:00 Try: W Green, Jim Sanders, R Watts, W Healey
Con: Jim Sanders 		[58] Try: Ben Davidson 2, John McGregor, George Yardley, Maurice Wetherill, Charles James, Bill Stormont, Harry Hawkes 2
Con: Mike Flynn 5, Tim Peckham 		Attendance: 5000
Referee: A Morris

Hawkes Bay v Auckland B

27 August Hawkes Bay 18–15 Auckland B Napier  
3:00 Try: Douglas, Gibson 2, McCarthy
Con: Exeter
Pen: McCarthy, Exeter 		[59] Try: Percy Gallagher 2, S Delaney
Con: Craddock Dufty
Pen: Craddock Dufty 2

Auckland v South Auckland (Waikato)

17 September Auckland 35–13 South Auckland (Waikato) Carlaw Park 1  
3:00 Try: Ben Davidson 4, Bill Davidson, Harry Hawkes 2, Bert Avery, George Paki
Con: Bill Davidson 4 		[60] Try:
A. Wilson-Hall
 Attendance: 5500

Auckland representative matches played and scorers

No Name Club Team Play Tries Con Pen Points
1 Bill Davidson City 4 3 14 0 37
2 Harry Hawkes City 6 11 1 0 35
3 Bert Avery Marist 4 9 0 0 27
4 Mike Flynn Maritime 6 1 10 0 23
5 Thomas McClymont Ponsonby 4 4 4 0 20
6 Ben Davidson City 4 6 0 0 18
7 Bill Stormont Marist 5 3 2 0 13
8 Wally Somers Newton 2 3 1 0 11
8 George Cargill Marist 4 3 1 0 11
10 Ivan Littlewood Maritime 2 3 0 0 9
11 Tim Peckham City 4 2 1 0 8
11 Maurice Wetherill City 7 2 1 0 8
11 George Yardley Maritime 4 2 1 0 8
14 Craddock Dufty Newton 2 0 1 2 6
14 Charles Woolley Fire Brigade 5 2 0 0 6
14 John Lang Maritime 4 2 0 0 6
14 George Paki City 3 2 0 0 6
14 Percy Gallagher Marist 3 2 0 0 6
19 Arthur Singe Marist 4 1 1 0 5
19 Eric Grey Maritime 4 1 1 0 5
21 S Delaney Newton 2 1 0 0 3
21 Frank Delgrosso Ponsonby 2 1 0 0 3
21 Leonard Newdick Newton 2 1 0 0 3
21 Wilfred McNeil Ponsonby 2 1 0 0 3
21 Charles James Newton 3 1 0 0 3
21 John McGregor Maritime 3 1 0 0 3
26 Arthur Eustace Marist 2 0 1 0 2
27 Sam Lowrie Ponsonby 3 0 0 0 0
27 Bill Williams Newton*, Fire Brigade 3 0 0 0 0
27 Harry Wynn Devonport 3 0 0 0 0
27 Neil Ballantyne Maritime 2 0 0 0 0
27 M Clark Maritime 2 0 0 0 0
27 Billy Ghent Marist 2 0 0 0 0
27 George Mormon Ponsonby 2 0 0 0 0
27 Alf Townsend City 2 0 0 0 0
27 Vic Thomas City 2 0 0 0 0
27 Frank Turner Marist 2 0 0 0 0
27 Clarence Webb Devonport 2 0 0 0 0
27 Nelson Bass Newton 1 0 0 0 0
27 R Coates Fire Brigade 1 0 0 0 0
27 E Elliott Fire Brigade 1 0 0 0 0
27 Ray Harley City 1 0 0 0 0
27 James (Sonny) Hing Marist 1 0 0 0 0
27 Joe Meadows Ponsonby 1 0 0 0 0
27 A Nelson Devonport 1 0 0 0 0
27 Bill Walsh Ponsonby 1 0 0 0 0
27 J Price Devonport 1 0 0 0 0
27 Bill Walsh Ponsonby 1 0 0 0 0

Newton Rangers
however after they were struggling for numbers and defaulted a game he transferred to the Fire Brigade team where he played 3 matches in June and July.

New Zealand representatives from Auckland

Team to tour Australia

Backs

Forwards

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