1912 Auckland Rugby League season

The 1912 Auckland Rugby League season was the third full club season in Auckland. The season commenced on 11 May, with the start of the First Grade competition.

It saw six teams competing for the First Grade title after the addition of the Manukau Rovers who were formed after a meeting in Onehunga in March.[1] There were other clubs which had formed but only competed in the lower grades. These were Northcote & Birkenhead Ramblers (founded in 1910 and who later became known as the Northcote Tigers), Ellerslie Wanderers (later renamed Ellerslie Eagles), Hobsonville Pirates, and Otahuhu (founded in 1911). The season commenced on 11 May with the start of the first grade competition.

Newton Rangers secured their first Auckland first grade club title after they defeated Ponsonby United in the penultimate round at Eden Park on 13 July.

Preceded by 1911

4th Auckland Rugby League season 1912

Succeeded by 1913

Manukau Magpies are Born

Manukau held a meeting in Onehunga in March. They decided to field a senior team and two junior teams.[2] James Rukutai was their captain and after his death in 1940 the trophy for the minor premiers was named after him. Teams still play for it today.

Myers Cup (First Grade Championship)

Thirty regular season matches were played with nearly all fixtures being played at Eden Park (25 in total). With the Devonport Domain being used for four North Shore Albions home matches, and one match at Ellerslie.

Final Standings

Team Pld W D L F A Pts Newton Rangers 10 8 0 2 223 83 16 Ponsonby United 10 6 2 2 192 87 14 North Shore Albions 10 5 1 4 129 111 11 City Rovers 10 4 0 6 94 146 8 Manukau Rovers 10 3 0 7 57 139 6 Eden Ramblers 10 2 1 8 78 210 5 Results Round 1 11 May Ponsonby 19–5 Manukau Eden Park # 2   3:00 Try: Charles Savory, Casey 2, Charles Dunning, G Lambert Con: Charles Savory, Arthur Carlaw [3] Try: Arthur Hardgrave Pen: Arthur Hardgrave 11 May North Shore 13–9 City Eden Park # 1   3:00 Try: Stan Weston 2, Haddon Con: C Clark Drop: Stan Weston [4] Try: G Hunt 2, James 11 May Newton 28–9 Eden Eden Park # 3   3:00 Try: D Healy 2, Arthur Francis, Smith, Joe Bennett, Bob Mitchell Con: D Healy, Arthur Francis 3 Pen: Arthur Francis [5] Try: McSweeney Pen: Don Kenealy 3 Round 2 18 May Ponsonby 36–12 City Eden Park # 1   3:00 Try: Charles Savory, R Roope, Charles Dunning, Mincham 4, G Lambert Con: Charles Dunning 3 Pen: Charles Dunning 2, Charles Savory [6] Try: Hickey, Warner Con: Warner Pen: Alex Stanaway 2 Attendance: 600 18 May Manukau 11–5 Eden Eden Park   3:00 Try: Arthur Hardgrave, Atkins, Jim Rukutai Con: Arthur Hardgrave [7] Try: Brett Con: Don Kenealy Attendance: 600 18 May North Shore 8–24 Newton Devonport Domain   3:00 Try: E Rogers, F Gladding Con: E Rogers [8] Try: Moki 2, Billy Dervan, Alan Blakey 2, J Bennett Con: Billy Dervan 2, Len Farrant Round 3 25 May City 24–13 Newton Eden Park   Try: Harry Childs, James, Harold Denize, William Moki, Mansell, Ernie Asher Con: Alex Stanaway 3 [9] Try: Moki 2, Billy Dervan Con: W Francis, Billy Dervan Attendance: 600 Referee: Mr Campbell 25 May Ponsonby 45–9 Eden Eden Park   3:00 Try: Charles Savory 3, Charles Dunning, Sid Riley 2, Charles Webb, Mincham, Harry Fricker, Arthur Carlaw 2 Con: Charles Savory 3, Charles Dunning 2, Skeats [10] Try: Briggs, Don Kenealy 2 Attendance: 600 Referee: Mr Cunningham 25 May North Shore 5–3 Manukau Devonport Domain   3:00 Try: unknown x 1 Pen: unknown x 1 [11] Try: unknown x 1 Round 4 Eden only had nine players for their match with North Shore and after trailing by 33 points to 0 they threw in the proverbial towel and the match ended at that point. No point scorers or match description was published in the NZ Herald or Auckland Star. In the match between Ponsonby and Newton Charles Savory was ordered from the field for “rough and tumble” play just before fulltime and a match his side won by 16 to 6. He had earlier scored 2 tries and kicked a conversion. 1 June North Shore 33–0 Eden Eden Park # 3   3:00 Try: unknown Con: unknown [12] Referee: Mr. Feilding 1 June Ponsonby 16–6 Newton Eden Park   3:00 Try: Charles Dunning 2, Charles Savory 2 Con: Arthur Carlaw, Charles Savory [13] Try: Arthur Francis 2 Referee: Mr. Cunningham 1 June City 5–3 Manukau Eden Park   Try: Frederick Mansell Pen: Fredicrick Mansell [14] Try: Jim Rukutai Referee: Mr Roy Oliphant Round 5 8 June North Shore 6–13 Ponsonby Devonport Domain   3:00 Try: George Seagar, F Gladding [15] Try: McPherson, G Lambert, Arthur Carlaw Con: Charles Dunning Pen: Charles Dunning Attendance: 400 Referee: Mr Matt Hooper 8 June Eden 10–6 City Eden Park   3:00 Try: Innes 2 Con: Don Kenealy Pen: Don Kenealy [16] Try: G Hunt, William Moeki Referee: Mr A Campbell 8 June Newton 26–2 Manukau Eden Park   3:00 Try: William Mackrell, Billy Dervan 3, Arthur Francis, + an unattributed try Con: Billy Dervan, Len Farrant 2 Drop: Len Farrant [17] Pen: Arthur Hardgrave Referee: Mr T Cunningham Round 6 The code showed that it was still struggling in its infancy to always organise itself properly with City only managing to field 12 players and the Auckland Star noted in its match report that several players “wore wrongly coloured uniforms”, and that the match was 45 minutes late kicking off. Also noticeable was the Newton and Eden result where Newton ran in 12 tries but only managed to convert one of them. Goal kicking in general was relatively poor and was shared amongst the teams with it not uncommon to see 3 or 4 players used. 22 June North Shore 10–5 City Devonport Domain   3:45 Try: E Rogers, Jim Griffin Con: E Rogers, C Clark [18] Try: William Moeki Con: Alex Stanaway Referee: Cunningham 22 June Newton 38–0 Eden Eden Park # 1   3:00 Try: Knowles 2, Alan Blakey 2, D Healy 4, Malcolm, Charles Brockliss, Tobin 2 Con: Len Farrant [19] Referee: R Oliphant 22 June Ponsonby 26–0 Manukau Eden Park # 2   3:00 Try: Horton 2, Matthews, McPherson, Charters, Skeats Con: Skeats 2 Pen: Charles Webb 2 [20] Referee: Matt Hooper Round 7 29 June Newton 24–11 North Shore Eden Park # 1   3:00 Try: Bush 2, Charles Brockliss, Cross, Tobin 2 Con: Alan Blakey 2, Smith [21] Try: Alfred Jackson, C Clark, Wynyard Pen: E Rogers Referee: Cunningham 29 June Manukau 14–3 Eden Eden Park   3:00 Try: Hughes, Griffiths, Ferguson, Hunt Pen: Hughes [22] Try: Bond Referee: A Ferguson 29 June City 14–12 Ponsonby Eden Park # 2   3:00 Try: George Hunt, William Moeki, George Harrison, Tom Avery Con: Alex Stanaway [23] Try: Warner, R Roope Con: Charles Webb, S Cole Pen: Charles Webb Referee: Bob Oliphant Round 8 6 July Newton 17–7 City Eden Park   3:00 Try: Bush 2, Tobin 2, Charles Brockliss Con: Len Farrant [24] Try: Batten Con: Dufty Pen: Dufty Referee: Angus Campbell 6 July Eden 9–9 Ponsonby Eden Park   3:00 Try: Bright, E Kenealy, Innes [25] Try: Charters Pen: S Cole 3 Referee: Matt Hooper 6 July North Shore 9–12 Manukau Devonport Domain   3:00 Try: Ernie Bailey, George Seagar, C Clarke [26] Try: Griffiths 2, Hunt, Whyte Referee: Cunningham Round 9 13 July Newton 13–3 Ponsonby Eden Park   3:00 Try: Ike Healy, Charles Brockliss 2 Con: George Gillett Drop: George Gillett [27] Try: Rowe Referee: Bob Oliphant 13 July North Shore 21–8 Eden Eden Park   3:00 Try: Jim Griffin, Alfred Jackson, Stan Walters, Black, George Seagar Con: Jim Griffin, Alfred Jackson, Jack Paul [28] Try: Bright, Biggs Con: Biggs Referee: H Pullen 13 July City 7–4 Manukau Ellerslie Reserve   3:00 Try: George Hunt Con: Dufty Pen: Dufty [29] Pen: Hunt 2 Referee: Angus Campbell Round 10 20 July Newton 34–3 Manukau Eden Park   3:00 Try: Bush, George Gillett, Alan Blakey, Tobin, Smith, Cross, unattributed x 2 Con: George Gillett, Tobin 4 [30] Try: Hughes Referee: Cunningham 20 July Eden 25–5 City Eden Park # 3   3:00 Try: unattributed Con: unattributed [31] Try: unattributed Con: unattributed Referee: Matt Hooper 20 July Ponsonby 13–13 North Shore Eden Park   3:00 Try: Cross, R Roope, H Fricker Con: Cross 2 [32] Try: George Seagar, F Gladding 2 Con: Alfred Jackson, Paul Referee: Angus Campbell Top scorers There were multiple instances of points being unattributed. As such the following try scoring and point scoring lists are incomplete. Games and/or teams with unattributed points are as follows: North Shore try and penalty v Manukau (R3), North Shore 33 points v Eden (R4), Manukau try v North Shore (R3), Newton try v Manukau (R5), Newton 2 tries v Manukau (R10), Eden 25 points v City (R10), City 5 points v Eden (R10). This amounts to 84 points unattributed out of 773 points scored in total. Top try scorers Rank Player Team Tries 1 D Healy Newton Rangers 7 1 W Tobin Newton Rangers 7 1 Charles Savory Ponsonby United 7 4 Alan Blakey Newton Rangers 5 4 C Brockliss Newton Rangers 5 4 Bush Newton Rangers 5 4 Billy Dervan Newton Rangers 5 4 Charles Dunning Ponsonby United 5 4 Mincham Ponsonby United 5 4 George Hunt City Rovers 5 Top point scorers Rank Player Team Points 1 Charles Dunning Ponsonby United 33 (5t,6c,3p) 1 Charles Savory Ponsonby United 33 (7t,5c,1p) 3 W Tobin Newton Rangers 29 (7t,4c) 4 D Healy Newton Rangers 23 (7t,1c) 4 Billy Dervan Newton Rangers 23 (5t,4c) 6 Arthur Francis Newton Rangers 22 (4t,4c,1p) 7 Alan Blakey Newton Rangers 19 (5t,2c) 8 Don Kenealy Eden Ramblers 18 (2t,2c,4p) Lower Grades and Exhibition Matches Grades were made of the following teams with the winning team in bold: Second Grade: City, Ellerslie, Hobsonville, Newton, Northcote, Ponsonby Third Grade: City, Eden, Manukau, North Shore, Northcote, Ponsonby A, Ponsonby B Exhibition Match Date Score Score Venue Exhibition Match 24 Aug[33] Manukau 10 Mangere Native Team 3 Onehunga Recreation Ground, Onehunga Representative Season The team to play Thames-Goldfields to begin the season was a considerably weakened one. Several players named originally in the NZ Herald did not actually make the trip and the match day line up as reported in the Thames News was a very different one with many players on debut for Auckland.[34] Auckland v Thames-Goldfields 18 May Thames-Goldfields 18–12 Auckland Thames   3:00 Try: Ormsby 2, Dillamore, Hyde Con: Hyde Drop: Dufty 2 [35] Try: Bob Mitchell, Malcolm Con: Arthur Francis 2 Pen: Arthur Francis Referee: George Gillett Auckland v New Zealand The New Zealand team featured a previously unlisted played named “Riley” which most likely would have been Syd Riley who was playing club football in Auckland for Ponsonby at the time and was listed to play for Auckland in the match (whom he did not play for on the day). The name Riley does not appear on any New Zealand cap lists meaning that it may well have been a last minute switch. 15 June Auckland 16–38 New Zealand Eden Park   3:00 Try: H Fricker, D Healy 2, George Seagar Con: George Seagar Pen: Alex Stanaway [36] Try: Jim Gilmour 5, Charles Webb, Riley, George Bradley 2, Cecil King Con: Jim Gilmour, George Bradley, Charles Dunning Pen: Arthur Francis Attendance: 5000 Referee: Cunningham Auckland v Hawke’s Bay (Northern Union Cup) The Auckland team featured Harold Hayward who was from the Thames district which was affiliated to Auckland Rugby League. He had been a member of the combined Thames-Goldfields team which had played Auckland earlier in the season. 27 July Auckland 26–8 Hawke’s Bay Victoria Park   3:00 Try: Arthur Carlaw, Mitchell 2, Harold Hayward, Jim Rukutai 2 Con: Arthur Hardgrave 2 Pen: Arthur Hardgrave, Charles Dunning [37] Try: J Johnston, Henry Duvall Pen: Henry Duvall Attendance: 4000 Referee: T Cunningham Auckland v Rotorua On 3 August Auckland played Rotorua in Rotorua and they also played Lower Waikato at Eden Park. The later match was listed in some quarters as a B team though it was filled with New Zealand internationals. 3 August Rotorua 9–10 Auckland Rotorua   Try: Hatu, Rawson, Frank Woodward [38] Try: Tobin, Charles Webb Con: Arthur Hardgrave Pen: Arthur Hardgrave Referee: R Oliphant Auckland v Lower Waikato 3 August Auckland 13–21 Lower Waikato Eden Park   3:00 Try: Cross, Charles Dunning, Don Kenealy Con: C Clark 2 [39] Try: Neild, F Hall, F Littlewood, J Dunn 2 Con: H Henderson 3 Referee: T Cunningham Auckland v Wellington (Northern Union Cup) Due to the Rotorua and Thames leagues being affiliated with the Auckland Rugby League the Auckland team contained two players from each sub league. Namely Riki Papakura and Rukingi Reke from Rotorua and Harold Hayward and his brother Morgan Hayward from Thames. 10 August Auckland 16–0 Wellington Victoria Park   3:00 Try: Billy Curran, Stan Weston, Rukingi Reke, Jim Rukutai Con: Arthur Hardgrave Pen: Arthur Hardgrave [40] Attendance: 5500 Referee: A Ferguson Auckland v Waikato 17 August Auckland 41–0 Waikato Eden Park   3:00 Try: Mitchell 2, Arthur Hardgrave, Alan Blakey 2, Albert Jackson, Jim Rukutai, George Seagar, Stan Weston Con: Arthur Hardgrave 2, Jim Rukutai 2, George Seagar 2, Jim Griffin [41] Referee: Harker Auckland v New Zealand Māori 24 August Auckland 30–6 New Zealand Māori Eden Park   3:00 Try: Billy Curran 2, Young 2, George Seagar, Mitchell, Roope, H Fricker Con: Billy Curran, George Seagar, Charles Webb [42] Try: Jim Rukutai, Bush Referee: Knox Auckland v New South Wales Auckland won their first victory over an ‘international’ side when they defeated New South Wales by 10 points to 3. The game was marred by several acts of violence with the visiting side said to be at fault repeatedly. Near the end of the match Sid Deane was sent off for punching Billy Curran. 31 August Auckland 10–3 New South Wales Victoria Park   3:00 Try: R Mitchell, Rukingi Reke Con: Arthur Hardgrave Pen: Charles Dunning [43] Try: Bob Williams Attendance: 10000 Referee: Angus Campbell Auckland v New South Wales New South Wales reversed their earlier loss with a comprehensive win over a disappointing Auckland effort. Charles Dunning and Bob Mitchell who had both been named to play originally were forced to withdraw due to illness and were replaced by Harry Fricker and Jim Griffin. 21 September Auckland 2–25 New South Wales Auckland Domain   3:00 Pen: Arthur Hardgrave [44] Try: Frank Burge, Arthur Halloway, Dan Frawley 4, Ray Norman Con: Dan Frawley, Ray Norman Attendance: 9000 Referee: A Ferguson Auckland Representative Matches Played and Scorers The following list is complete in terms of points scored however the match with Rotorua did not have team lists published with only the three point scorers from the match known (Hardgrave, Tobin, and Webb). Rank Name Club Played Tries Con Pen Points 1 Arthur Hardgrave Manukau Rovers 7 1 7 4 25 2 Bob Mitchell City Rovers 7 7 - - 21 3 George Seagar North Shore Albions 6 3 4 - 17 4 Jim Rukutai Manukau Rovers 6 4 2 - 16 5 Billy Curran Newton Rangers 6 3 1 - 11 6 Charles Dunning Ponsonby United 5 1 - 2 7 7 Arthur Francis Newton Rangers 1 - 2 1 6 7 Stan Weston North Shore Albions 6 2 - - 6 7 D Healy Newton Rangers 3 2 - - 6 7 Harry Fricker Ponsonby United 4 2 - - 6 7 Alan Blakey Newton Rangers 6 2 - - 6 7 Rukingi Reke Rotorua 4 2 - - 6 7 Young ? 1 2 - - 6 14 Charles Webb Ponsonby United 6 1 1 - 5 15 C Clark North Shore Albions 1 - 2 - 4 16 Malcolm Newton Rangers 1 1 - - 3 16 Arthur Carlaw Ponsonby United 2 1 - - 3 16 Don Kenealy Eden Ramblers 4 1 - - 3 16 Alfred Jackson North Shore Albions 3 1 - - 3 16 Harold Hayward Thames 5 1 - - 3 16 Tobin Newton Rangers 3 1 - - 3 16 Cross Newton Rangers 1 1 - - 3 16 R Roope Ponsonby United 4 1 - - 3 24 Alex Stanaway City Rovers 1 - - 1 2 24 Jim Griffin North Shore Albions 3 - 1 - 2 26 Morgan Hayward Thames 6 - - - - 26 Harry Childs City Rovers 3 - - - - 26 Ernie Asher City Rovers 2 - - - - 26 George Smith ? 2 - - - - 26 Frazer ? 1 - - - - 26 George Harrison North Shore Albions 1 - - - - 26 Warner City Rovers 1 - - - - 26 McPherson Ponsonby United 1 - - - - 26 Tom Avery City Rovers 1 - - - - 26 Capill Thames 1 - - - - 26 G Lambert Ponsonby United 1 - - - - 26 Biggs Eden Ramblers 1 - - - - 26 Charters Ponsonby United 1 - - - - 26 Charles Brockliss Newton Rangers 1 - - - - 26 Riki Papakura Rotorua 1 - - - - 26 George Gillett Newton Rangers 1 - - - - 26 G Western ? 1 - - - - References "Northern Union Game/Branch Formed at Onehunga". 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The New Zealand Herald. XLIX (14997). 20 May 1912. p. 9. Retrieved 15 August 2019. "New Zealand V Auckland/Local Team Defeated/By Thirty-Eight to Sixteen". The New Zealand Herald. XLIX (15021). 17 June 1912. p. 9. Retrieved 11 August 2019. "The First Cup Match/Auckland Beat Hawke's Bay/By 26 Points to 8". The New Zealand Herald. XLIX (15057). 29 July 1912. p. 9. Retrieved 15 August 2019. "Auckland Defeats Rotorua/By 10 Points to 9/A Close Game". The New Zealand Herald. XLIX (15063). 5 August 1912. p. 9. Retrieved 18 December 2019. "Lower Waikato Wins by 21 to 13". The New Zealand Herald. XLIX (15063). 5 August 1912. p. 9. Retrieved 18 December 2019. "Northern Union Cup/Retained by Auckland/Wellington Beaten Pointless/A Hard and Fast Game". Auckland Star. XLIII (192). 12 August 1912. p. 8. Retrieved 18 December 2019. "Auckland V Waikato/Visitors Badly Beaten". The New Zealand Herald. XLIX (15075). 19 August 1912. p. 9. Retrieved 15 August 2019. "Auckland V Native Team/A Win for Auckland". The New Zealand Herald. XLIX (15081). 26 August 1912. p. 9. Retrieved 15 August 2019. "Auckland Defeats New South Wales by 10 Points to 3/Game Marred By Roughness/New South Wales Man Ordered Off". The New Zealand Herald. XLIX (15087). 2 September 1912. p. 9. Retrieved 15 August 2019. "New south Wales Defeats Auckland By 25 Points to 2/Home Team Outclasses". The New Zealand Herald. XLIX (15105). 23 September 1912. p. 9. Retrieved 15 August 2019. External links Auckland Rugby League Official Site