1928 New Zealand rugby league season
1928 New Zealand rugby league season |
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The 1928 New Zealand rugby league season was the 21st season of rugby league that had been played in New Zealand.
International competitions
Auckland Province lost to Great Britain 14-9 after leading 9-8 while
National competitions
Northern Union Cup
Inter-district competition
Otago traveled to Auckland in September, being defeated 42–22 at Carlaw Park.
Jim Amos, Roy Hardgrave, Craddock Dufty, Allan Seagar, Hec Brisbane, Len Scott and Claude List represented Auckland while Canterbury included Ted Spillane.[2] Otago included Bert Eckhoff.
Club competitions
Auckland
Devonport won the Auckland Rugby League's competition.[3] Marist won the Roope Rooster, Stormont Shield and Labour Day Knockout Competitions. Grafton Athletic won the Norton Cup.
Wellington
Hutt won the Wellington Rugby League's Appleton Shield.[3]
Canterbury
Marist Old Boys won the Canterbury Rugby League's McKeon Cup.[2][3]
Marist Old Boys defeated Greymouth Marist 22–13 to win the Thacker Shield.
Other Competitions
The Hikurangi Rugby Club withdrew from the North Auckland rugby union competition in 1928, helping to establish rugby league in Northland.[4] The Northland rugby league team first played in 1929.
Marist Old Boys defeated the Otago Rugby League's Christian Brothers 17–10 to win the Gore Cup.[2]
References
- ^ ISBN 978-1-86969-366-4.
- ^ a b c d Coffey, John. Canterbury XIII, Christchurch, 1987.
- ^ a b c Lion Red Rugby League Annual 1990 New Zealand Rugby League, 1990. p. 72
- ^ Our History Hikurangi Rugby Club