1917 Auckland Rugby League season

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The 1917 Auckland Rugby League season was its 9th. Due to the large number of players now serving in the First World War it was agreed to relax transfer rules to allow players from stronger teams to join weaker teams to even the competition.[1] It was noted how many men from various clubs had been killed in battle by the beginning of 1917. They were Cecil Walker, Doug Dawson, T Marshall (Grafton Athletic), Charles Savory, Frank McWhirter (Ponsonby United), Graham Cook (Ponsonby United), N Vause, Victor McCollum, Alf Gault, T Lambert, E Tiernan, F Stubbs, W. G. Handle (Ponsonby United), B Hart, Frederick Gladding, A Powley, Chas Mann (North Shore Albions), William Moeki, G Jones, W Harris, Sam Magee, S Greer (City Rovers), Alan Miller, Charles Sinton, and Leslie O'Leary (Sunnyside). City Rovers had 'sent' ninety men to war by this time and twenty-one had been wounded and five killed. The Sunnyside club had only nine members left and one of those who had gone to the war (William O'Shaughnessey) said that in the trenches he had made a list of league players from various clubs which totaled 120. All three of the Sunnyside secretaries had enlisted and the executive was also gone. Ponsonby had also had over eighty of its members join the war effort.[2]

Preceded by 9th Auckland Rugby League season
1917 		Succeeded by

Thirty three teams entered the six grades. This was down on previous seasons due to the number of men who had gone to fight. In the senior grade there were still six teams entered, with five second grade teams, five third grade teams, nine fourth grade teams, six fifth grade teams, and four sixth grade teams. The season was notable for the fact that Otahuhu was forced to drop out of the first grade competition after round 4 as it struggled to field senior players. Grafton Athletic also fell by the way-side soon after for the same reason.

Ponsonby United won the first grade championship for the first time in their history. They also won the Roope Rooster trophy for the first time with a 12–6 win over City Rovers in the final. By winning both competitions they became the second Auckland senior club to win multiple trophies in the same season following on the footsteps of City Rovers who had won both titles the year prior.

News[edit]

Club teams by grade participation[edit]

Team 1st Grade 2nd Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade 6th Grade Total
City Rovers 1 1 1 1 2 1 7
Newton Rangers 1 1 1 1 0 0 4
Otahuhu Rovers 1 1 0 1 1 0 4
North Shore Albions 1 0 1 0 1 1 4
Ponsonby United 1 1 0 1 0 0 3
Northcote & Birkenhead Ramblers 0 0 1 0 1 0 2
Grafton Athletic 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
Thames Old Boys 0 1 0 1 0 0 2
Richmond Rovers 0 0 0 1 0 1 2
Telegraph Messengers 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
Pupuke 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Sunnyside 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Total 6 5 6 8 6 4 35

Pupuke club[edit]

On May 17, 1917 the Pupuke rugby league club was granted affiliation with the Auckland Rugby League at their weekly management meeting.[3] They entered a single team in the 3rd grade competition. The Observer newspaper reported that “Takapuna is the latest recruit to Northern Unionism. Forty-three lads there have formed a club to be known as the Pupuke Club. One team has been entered in the third grade competitions to play in all red jerseys”.[4] In 1921 a club was formed in the same Takapuna area and played until 1925.

Representative season[edit]

At the season end rather than a strong representative program which had been a feature of earlier years several charity and exhibition matches were played instead. These included a match versus the victorious Auckland Rugby Union club champions Railway. The team in its entirety switched to the rugby league code. They played matches with Ponsonby United and City Rovers at the end of the season. The team would go on to struggle for numbers itself in 1918 before eventually amalgamating with Grafton Athletic.

Victoria Park[edit]

In 1916 the fence around Victoria Park had been removed by the council which made it very difficult to collect gate revenue. The league had however secured land which would be developed as Carlaw Park with the aim being to secure the ground and gain revenue from ticket sales in the future.

First grade championship[edit]

The 1st grade championship had been competing for the Myers Cup from 1910 to 1914 but after the beginning of the war the league decided to not award trophies though the grade competitions were still competed for as normal. Twenty three first grade season matches were played which was less than previous seasons but owing to the fact that both Otahuhu and Grafton Athletic were forced to drop out of the competition due to a lack of players as a result of so many leaving to join the war effort. After their Round 4 default to North Shore where only two Otahuhu players turned up they decided to amalgamate senior teams with Grafton.[5] This was short lived however as Grafton themselves only lasted until Round 7 when they themselves defaulted a week later. Ponsonby United were crowned champions for the first time in their existence.

1st Grade standings[edit]

Team Pld W D L F A Pts
Ponsonby United 8 7 0 1 109 51 14
Newton Rangers 9 6 0 3 153 77 12
City Rovers 9 6 0 3 110 71 12
North Shore Albions 9 4 0 5 84 91 8
Grafton Athletic 7 0 0 7 21 144 0
Otahuhu Rovers 4 0 0 4 12 55 0

1st Grade results[edit]

Round 1[edit]

19 May Ponsonby 12–8 Newton Victoria Park 1  
3:00 Try: S Jones, D McCarthy
Con: A Cross 2
Pen: A Cross 		[6] Try: Ronald Lovett, Wally Somers
Con: C Potier 		Referee: Archie Ferguson
19 May North Shore 14–4 Grafton Devonport Domain  
3:00 Try: Pullen, Stewart, Stan Walters, Leonard Boon
Pen: Frederick Neighbour 		[6] Pen: Karl Ifwersen 2 Referee: Billy Murray
19 May Otahuhu 2–14 City Otahuhu 1  
3:00 Pen: Martin [6] Try: McAubrey, Tom Sheehan
Con: Bill Davidson 		Referee: Tom Fielding

Round 2[edit]

26 May City 18–16 North Shore Victoria Park 1  
3:00 Try: Tom Sheehan, Bill Davidson, H Lunn, George Paki
Con: Ernie Asher 3 		[7] Try: Leonard Boon, C Nicholson, Stan Walters, George Seagar
Pen: Frederick Neighbour, Jim Griffen 		Attendance: 2500
Referee: Dick Benson
26 May Newton 43–0 Grafton Victoria Park 2  
3:00 Try: Bill Williams 2, Len Farrant 3, George Iles 3, A McSweeney 2, C Potier
Con: Phil Castles, Len Farrant, C Potier 2, Wally Somers 		[8] Attendance: 2500
Referee: Stan Weston
26 May Otahuhu 5–13 Ponsonby Otahuhu  
3:00 Try: P Higgins
Con: Gus Martin 		[9] Try: Bill Walsh, A Cross, Arthur Rae
Con: A Cross 2 		Referee: T. Hill

Round 3[edit]

2 June Ponsonby 15–6 North Shore Victoria Park 1  
3:00 Try: Spence Jones, Thomas McClymont 2
Con: A Cross
Pen: A Cross (and 1 mark) 		[10] Try: Leonard Boon, C Nicholson Referee: Tom Fielding
2 June City 20–3 Grafton Victoria Park 2  
3:00 Try: Tom Sheehan, Robert Clark 2, Bill Davidson 2, Ernie Asher
Pen: Ernie Asher 		[10] Try: Les Bull Referee: A Ball
2 June Newton 28–5 Otahuhu Victoria Park 3  
3:00 Try: unknown x 1, George Iles, Bill Williams 2, Phil Castles, Len Farrant
Con: Charles Potier 3, Phil Castles
Pen: Phil Castles 		[10] Try: King
Pen: Gus Martin 		Referee: A Vause

Round 4[edit]

9 June Newton 15–13 City Victoria Park 1  
3:00 Try: George Iles, Dick Tobin 2
Con: C Potier 1
Pen: C Potier 		[11] Try: Hastedt, Robert Clark 2
Con: Ernie Asher 2 		Attendance: 4000
Referee: Stan Weston
9 June Ponsonby 37–3 Grafton Victoria Park 2  
3:00 Try: W Henderson 2, S Jones 2, Arthur Rae 2, A Cross, Jim Clark, L Martin
Con: Arthur Rae, A Cross 2, J Winters
Pen: A Cross 		[11] Try: unknown x 1 Attendance: 4000
Referee: F. Tyson
9 June North Shore WBD-LBD Otahuhu Devonport Domain  
2:00 [11] Referee: Frank Thompson

Round 5[edit]

16 June Ponsonby 15–11 City Victoria Park 1  
3:00 Try: Spence Jones, Arthur Rae 2
Con: A Cross
Pen: A Cross 2 		[12] Try: J Sutton, Robert Clark, Bill Davidson
Con: Bill Davidson 		Attendance: 5000
Referee: Billy Murray
16 June North Shore 13–20 Newton Devonport Domain 1  
3:00 Try: C Nicholson, Frederick Neighbour, Ernie Bailey
Con: W Matthews
Pen: W Matthews 		[12] Try: George Iles, Phil Castles, Bill Cloke, Bill Williams
Con: Charles Potier 2
Pen: Charles Potier 2 		Referee: Archie Ferguson

Round 6[edit]

The matches played at Victoria Park were the 100th and 101st senior club games played at that venue stretching from 1909 to 1917. Though both kicked off at the same time so the honour of being the 100th is shared.

30 June Ponsonby 10–7 Newton Victoria Park 1  
3:00 Try: Spence Jones, Jim Clark
Con: A Cross 2 		[13] Try: Lang
Con: Charles Potier
Pen: Charles Potier 		Referee: Stan Weston
30 June North Shore 11–8 Grafton Victoria Park 2  
3:00 Try: W Matthews, Stan Walters, Kirk
Pen: Stan Walters 		[13] Try: Parks, Marshbank
Pen: Martin 		Referee: T Hill

Round 7[edit]

Grafton continued to struggle to put out a competitive team and played 3 men short against Newton.

7 July North Shore 15–11 City Victoria Park 1  
3:00 Try: C Nicholson, George Seagar, Jim Griffen
Con: C Nicholson 3 		[14] Try: Bill Davidson, unknown x 1, Tom Sheehan
Con: Ernie Asher 		Attendance: 2500
Referee: Frank Thompson
7 July Newton 19–3 Grafton Victoria Park 2  
3:00 Try: George Iles 3, James, R Clarke
Con: George Iles 2 		[14] Try: Phil Castles Attendance: 2500
Referee: W. Aughton

Round 8[edit]

The unknown try for Ponsonby in their win over North Shore was described in the New Zealand Herald match report as “a fierce combined rally resulted in the pack taking the ball over for a try”. Grafton defaulted their match with City and this ended their season as they were unable to field a side for any further competitive matches.

14 July Ponsonby 7–6 North Shore Victoria Park 1  
3:00 Try: Unknown x 1
Con: Bill Walsh
Pen: Bill Walsh 		[15] Try: Stan Walters, George Seagar Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Billy Murray
14 July City WBD-LBD Grafton Victoria Park 2  
3:00 [15] Referee: J. Clow

Round 9[edit]

21 July City 18–5 Newton Victoria Park 1  
3:00 Try: Ernie Asher, Bill Davidson, Hogan 2
Con: Ernie Asher 2, Bill Davidson 		[16] Try: Browne
Pen: C Potier 		Referee: Tom Fielding

Round 10[edit]

28 July City 5–0 Ponsonby Victoria Park 1  
3:00 Try: C Mitchell
Con: Bill Davidson 		[17] Attendance: 6000
Referee: Archie Ferguson
28 July Newton 8–3 North Shore Victoria Park 1  
1:45 Try: Albert Ivil, George Iles
Con: George Iles 		[17] Try: Leonard Boon Attendance: 6000
Referee: A. Ball

On 21 July Ponsonby played a match versus the Waterside Workers after both Otahuhu and Grafton had left the competition. Ponsonby won the match by 14 points to 3.

Roope Rooster knockout competition[edit]

After both Otahuhu and Grafton Athletic had dropped out of the senior grade there were only 4 senior teams left. However the Waterside Workers formed a team and played a match versus Ponsonby during the season, and they also played in the first round of the Roope Rooster.

Following the conclusion of the Roope Rooster competition on 25 August a benefit match was played between City Rovers and Newton Rangers at Victoria Park. It was won by City 31 points to 11.[18] On 1 September City defeated Ponsonby in another exhibition match, described as “one of the fastest and most exciting matches this season” by 13 points to 12 at Victoria Park.[19]

Round 1[edit]

4 August Newton 24–6 North Shore Victoria Park 1  
3:00 Try: George Iles 2, Dick Tobin, Bill Williams, Bill Cloke, A Thomas
Con: C Potier
Pen: C Potier
Drop: C Potier 		[20] Try: C Nicholson, Frederick Neighbour Attendance: 5000
Referee: Stan Weston
4 August City 13–7 Waterside Workers Victoria Park 2  
3:00 Try: A Eustace, McAubrey, Bill Davison
Con: Ernie Asher 2 		[20] Try: Tierney
Con: Len Farrant
Pen: Curtis 		Attendance: 5000
Referee: A. Vause

Semi final[edit]

11 August Ponsonby 15–6 Newton Victoria Park 1  
3:00 Try: Arthur Rae, Bill Walsh, Sam Lowrie
Con: Bill Walsh, A Cross
Pen: A Cross 		[21] Pen: C Potier 2 (+ 1 mark) Referee: Tom Fielding

Final[edit]

18 August Ponsonby 12–6 City Victoria Park  
3:00 Try: Thomas McClymont, A Maddison
Con: A Cross
Pen: A Cross 2 		[22] Pen: Ernie Asher 3 Attendance: 5000
Referee: Billy Murray

Top try scorers and point scorers[edit]

The following point scoring lists include both Senior Championship matches and the Roope Rooster competition.

Senior exhibition and charity matches[edit]

Challenge Match[edit]

Maurice Wetherill

The match saw 17 year old Maurice Wetherill debut for City. He would then go off to war and then after his return he played for City from 1917 to 1930, playing 130 matches for them. He would also play 39 games for Auckland and 20 for New Zealand. He also coached City Rovers in 1930, the Northland representative side in 1929, and then became a referee in the 1930s, going on to referee at international level.

1 September City 13-3 Ponsonby Victoria Park  
3:00 Try: Maurice Wetherill, Bill Davidson, Jim Clark
Con: Bill Davidson
Pen: Bill Davidson 		[23] Try: Spence Jones, Arthur Pooley
Con: A Cross 2
Pen: A Cross (mark) 		Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Archie Ferguson

Mackrell Memorial[edit]

On 8 September a combined match was played between Ponsonby-Shore and Newton-City with the proceeds devoted to a memorial to the late William Mackrell. This was a premonition of the future with City and Newton several decades later actually combining clubs.

8 September Ponsonby-North Shore 22–3 City-Newton Victoria Park 1  
3:00 Try: Bill Walsh 2, Thomas McClymont 2, C Nicholson, Stewart
Con: A Cross 2 		[24]

[25]

Try: Bill Davidson Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Billy Murray

Gala match in the Auckland Domain[edit]

On 15 September a gala day was held with Rugby League and Football (“Association”) played to raise money for the RSA. It was declared a success and 200 pounds was raised. The match was played between Ponsonby United who had won the league championship and a combined team from the remainder of the clubs in the senior grade (City Rovers, Newton Rangers, and North Shore Albions). The combined team won by 26 to 21. The day also featured a sprint race between 6 players from the senior teams. It was won by Nicholson of the North Shore Albions. A ‘house match’ was also played between Hobson Hotel and Thompson and Hill's which Hobson Hotel won by 23 points to 3.[26] [27]

15 September Combined Team 26–21 Ponsonby Auckland Domain  
3:00 Try: Thomas 2, C Nicholson, Phil Castles, George Seagar, Ernie Bailey
Con: Bill Davidson 4 		[28]

.[29]

Try: D McCarthy 2, Sam Lowrie, Iles, Arthur Rae
Con: A Cross 3 		Attendance: 5,000

Exhibition matches[edit]

Maurice Wetherill

City and Ponsonby United played an exhibition match on 24 September at Victoria Park.[30] The City club applied for permission to play Maurice Wetherill as he was playing for their 4th grade side. The league granted permission and he played in the five eight position and played well. He would later go on to play for Auckland and New Zealand and also become an international referee. On 29 September a very controversial cross code match was played between Railway (a combination of Marist Brothers Old Boys and City) who were the winners of the Auckland Rugby Union competition, and Ponsonby, the Auckland Rugby League club champions. The match was not sanctioned by the Auckland Rugby Union as Railway was also scheduled to play an annual charity rugby union match versus University on the same day. The Railway team playing the league code had “gone over to the Northern Union game”.[31] They played a further match against City Rovers which they lost by 18 points to 6 before moving to the Auckland Rugby League full-time in 1918. They would eventually amalgamate with Grafton Athletic and in 1919 they would reform as the Marist Rugby League Old Boys club”. The Railway team included Ces Dacre who went on to play cricket and soccer for New Zealand. Jimmy (Sonny) Hing who switched to Marist and had a long involvement in rugby league including with the Point Chevalier club also played in the matches.[32]

22 September City 16–6 Ponsonby Victoria Park 1  
3:00 Try: Bill Davidson, Harry Francis 2, Hogan
Con: Bill Davidson 		[33] Try: Arthur Rae 2 Attendance: 4,000
29 September Railway 12–3 Ponsonby Victoria Park 1  
3:00 Try: Ces Dacre, Simpson, James (Sonny) Hing, P Courtney [34] Try: W Henderson Attendance: 2,000
6 October City 18–6 Railway Victoria Park 1  
3:00 Try: I Hogan, Stanaway, Bill Davidson, Jim Rukutai, A Eustace, C Mitchell [35] Try: H Barclay, James (Sonny) Hing Attendance: 3,500

Lower grade competitions[edit]

The newly formed Pupuke club entered a side in the third grade. They were based in the Takapuna area and wore red uniforms. Manukau, Remuera and Riverhead did not field teams in any grades in 1917. It was decided at the start of the season that no trophies would be awarded in any of the grades due to the effect of the war on the competition and in line with there being no representative football being played in the war years. On several occasions it was asked if they would reconsider awarding winning teams anything but they consistently stated that nothing would be awarded, including badges.

There were also house matches played. On August 4 Thompson and Hill defeated A. & T. Burt 7-2.

Second grade[edit]

Ponsonby won the grade. Otahuhu withdrew after 1 round following a 12-0 loss to Newton. Only 18 results were reported from 25 scheduled matches though in the 1949 Rugby League Annual it was stated that Ponsonby had won 8 from 9 matches with a for of 85 and against of 18. The June 23 matches were rained out so it is possible that they won 8 from 8 as they only had 8 scheduled matches in the newspaper draws.

Team Pld W D L B F A Pts
Ponsonby United 8 8 0 0 0 85 18 16
Thames Old Boys 8 2 0 3 0 24 22 4
Newton Rangers 7 1 0 3 0 17 29 2
City Rovers 8 0 0 4 1 5 45 0
Otahuhu Rovers 1 0 0 1 0 0 12 0

Third grade[edit]

Newton withdrew from the competition after 1 round, while Ponsonby withdrew after 3 rounds. City Rovers beat Northcote & Birkenhead Ramblers in round 11, 5-3 to seal the championship. Of the 21 matches played only 12 scores were reported.

Team Pld W D L B F A Pts
City Rovers 9 7 0 0 1 96 16 14
North Shore Albions 9 3 0 2 0 67 36 6
Pupuke 10 1 0 4 0 15 51 2
Newton Rangers 1 1 0 0 0 21 0 2
Northcote & Birkenhead Ramblers 11 0 0 5 0 8 83 0
Ponsonby United 2 0 0 1 1 0 21 0

Fourth grade[edit]

City won the fourth grade competition after going undefeated. Otahuhu (the runner up did manage a 3-3 draw with them however. City won the majority of their matches without conceding any points (19-0, 26-0, 42-0, 68-0, 35-0, 3-3, 13-5, 33-0, 10-0, 25-0, 8-0, and 33-0). Thames Old Boys were awarded their round one match after Sunnyside fielded an overweight player. The match had finished in a 0-0 draw. North Shore withdrew after failing to field a side in round 1 and have not been included in the standings. Ponsonby withdrew after defaulting in round 10. There were only 26 scores reported, with 26 scores not reported.

Team Pld W D L B F A Pts
City Rovers 14 13 1 0 0 315 8 27
Richmond Rovers 14 4 0 3 0 25 45 8
Otahuhu Rovers 13 3 1 1 2 78 13 7
Grafton Athletic 13 3 1 3 0 38 47 7
Thames Old Boys 12 2 0 3 1 0 69 4
Ponsonby United 10 1 0 5 0 9 75 2
Sunnyside 13 0 0 6 0 15 125 0
Newton Rangers 14 0 0 5 0 2 100 0

Fifth grade[edit]

North Shore Albions won the championship. Only 12 match results were reported with 21 results not reported. Otahuhu only had 4 of their results reported but were said to have finished runner up, not 3rd.

Team Pld W D L B F A Pts
North Shore Albions 6 5 1 0 0 61 8 11
City Rovers B 4 3 0 1 0 57 9 6
Otahuhu Rovers 4 2 1 1 0 44 21 5
Telegraph Messengers 3 1 0 2 0 21 24 2
City Rovers A 4 0 0 4 0 6 56 0
Northcote & Birkenhead Ramblers 3 0 0 3 0 4 75 0

Sixth grade[edit]

North Shore won the championship. There were 16 results reported and 5 were not reported.

Team Pld W D L B F A Pts
North Shore Albions 9 7 0 2 0 89 35 14
Richmond Rovers 7 4 0 3 0 35 36 8
City Rovers 8 4 0 4 0 39 46 8
Telegraph Messengers 8 1 0 7 0 26 72 2

Representative fixture[edit]

Auckland played a match against a Military Representative side representing the Trentham, Featherston, and Tauherenikau camps at the Auckland Domain on 13 October. A large crowd attended and the total proceeds of the game were devoted to the Red Cross. Maurice Wetherill debuted for Auckland when he came on for Bill Davidson who was injured. Wetherill would join the war effort and then return to City, going on to play 20 matches for New Zealand and 39 for Auckland before his retirement from playing in 1930. He later became a first grade and representative referee who controlled test matches.

Auckland v Military Representatives[edit]

13 October Auckland 23–20 Military Camps Auckland Domain  
3:00 Try: Bill Davidson 2, Thomas McClymont, A Thomas, C Mitchell, Sam Lowrie, Maurice Wetherill
Con: A Cross 		[36] Try: Clark 2, Guiney, Hickey
Con: Clark 2, McPhee
Pen: Clark 		Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Leonard Nield

Auckland matches played and scorers[edit]

No Name Club Team Play Tries Con Pen Points
1 Bill Davidson City 1 2 0 0 6
2 Thomas McClymont Ponsonby 1 1 0 0 3
2 A Thomas Newton 1 1 0 0 3
2 C 'Chook' Mitchell City 1 1 0 0 3
2 Sam Lowrie Ponsonby 1 1 0 0 3
2 Maurice Wetherill City 1 1 0 0 3
7 A Cross Ponsonby 1 0 1 0 2
8 Ivan Stewart North Shore 1 0 0 0 0
8 J Hogan City 1 0 0 0 0
8 Jim Rukutai City 1 0 0 0 0
8 Jim Clark City 1 0 0 0 0
8 Albert Ivil Newton 1 0 0 0 0
8 George Seagar North Shore 1 0 0 0 0
8 George Paki City 1 0 0 0 0
8 Maurice Wetherill City 1 0 0 0 0

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