1919 Auckland Rugby League season

The 1919 season of the Auckland Rugby League was its 11th. It was the first season post World War I and unsurprisingly it saw a resurgence in playing numbers with 56 teams across the six grades. North Shore Albions who had previously dropped out of the senior competition again fielded a senior side. As did Otahuhu, who had dropped out during the 1917 season. In addition a new club was formed, namely Marist Old Boys. They were composed of old boys of the Marist Brothers’ schools.[1] The senior club season commenced on 3 May.

Ponsonby United won their third consecutive first grade title, while Newton Rangers won the Roope Rooster trophy.

At the end of the season J.B. Cooke stated in a meeting that next season the ball would be rolled into scrums and forwards would have to keep their feet on the ground while the halfback was putting the ball in. These changes were to “brighten the game”.[2]

The season was also summarised by the league as well. Forty-nine teams were entered across all grades. Sunnyside won the second grade, Manukau won the third grade, City won the fourth and fifty grades, while Ponsonby won the sixth grade. It was stated that the standard of play in the senior club competition was not as good as it would have been due to the fact that 19 of the best club players from Auckland were away for a large part of the season representing New Zealand in Australia.

Representative Season

The Auckland representative team was only able to play one inter provincial fixture against Hawkes Bay after matches with Canterbury and Wellington were unable to be scheduled due to the busy New Zealand representative schedule. Likewise Ponsonby were unable to schedule a defense of the Thacker Shield for the same reason. An Auckland Junior team was however able to make a trip out to Napier to play Hawkes Bay and they were victorious by 12 points to 5. Auckland played a match in front of an enormous crowd at the Auckland Domain against the touring Australian side but did not fair any better than the New Zealand national side, going down by 32 points to 8.

Charitable Efforts and League Funds

During the war most of the revenue gained by Auckland Rugby League was donated to the war efforts meaning they could not make much progress financially towards developing the game and facilities. In 1919 they once again raised 75 pounds to distribute to local charities nominated by the mayor. They also put on a match at the end of the season to raise money for the St. John Ambulance Brigade. Due to the large crowds at some of the matches, including the match with Australia it was anticipated that the league would gain over 1,000 pounds to establish a fund for obtaining a playing ground. This would of course be Carlaw Park.[3]

Eden Ramblers No More

At the Auckland Rugby League meeting on 30 April it was announced that the Eden Ramblers club had been disbanded. They had formed in 1911 and played in the senior competition from 1911 to 1913 before becoming a lower grade club until this season.[4]

Preceded by 1918

11th Auckland Rugby League season 1919

Succeeded by 1920

First Grade Championship

Otahuhu's first grade team were to only last one round into the season before pulling out. Grafton also struggled to field a team when they lost players to the New Zealand team which was touring Australia. In round 6 rather than default they were provided with players from the City and Newton clubs however they too did not survive to the end of the competition.[5]

Ponsonby United won the championship for the third consecutive season.

Final Standings

Team Pld W D L F A Pts Ponsonby United 8 6 1 1 99 48 13 Newton Rangers 9 6 0 3 132 68 12 Maritime 8 5 2 1 123 88 12 City Rovers 8 5 0 3 96 67 10 North Shore Albions 10 4 1 5 95 94 9 Grafton Athletic 6 1 0 5 36 75 2 Marist Old Boys 7 0 0 7 20 137 0 Otahuhu 1 0 0 1 3 28 0 First Grade Results Round 1 3 May Maritime 12–10 City Victoria Park 1   3:00 Try: Hogg, A Sutton Con: George Davidson Pen: George Davidson & 1 mark [6] Try: Bill Davidson Con: Bill Davidson Pen: Bill Davidson Attendance: 4500 Referee: Tobin 3 May Newton 28–3 Marist Victoria Park 2   3:00 Try: George Iles 2, Clarke 2, Keenan, Bill Williams Con: Phil Castles 5 [7] Try: Petterson Attendance: 4500 Referee: Thompson 3 May Ponsonby 26–3 Grafton Auckland Domain   3:00 Try: D Norgrove, S Chatfield, L Cadman, Bill Walsh 2, Cook Con: Thomas McClymont 4 [8] Try: Montgomery Attendance: 500 Referee: William Wynyard 3 May Otahuhu 3–28 North Shore Otahuhu   3:00 Try: Hyland [9] Try: Stan Walters, Arthur Matthews, McAneny 3, Nelson Con: McAneny 3, Unknown 2 goals Round 2 10 May North Shore 3–16 City Devonport Domain 1   3:00 Try: L Boon [10] Try: H Wynn, Tom Haddon, G Reed, Clarke Con: Bill Davidson Attendance: 500 Referee: J Eddowes 10 May Maritime 19–18 Newton Auckland Domain   3:00 Try: Sheehan, George Davidson 3, A Sutton Con: George Davidson 2 [11] Try: George Iles 2, Wally Somers, Mansill, Miller, Keenan Attendance: 4000 Referee: A Ferguson 10 May Grafton 26–6 Marist Devonport Domain 2   3:00 Try: Karl Ifwersen 3, Bob Mitchell, Osborne, Ernie Herring Con: Karl Ifwersen 4 [12] Try: McDevitt, Casey Referee: T Hill Round 3 17 May City 12–10 Newton Victoria Park   3:00 Try: Huatahi 'Brownie' Paki, Bill Davidson Con: Bill Davidson Pen: Bill Davidson 2 [13] Try: Condon, Bill Williams Pen: Phil Castles Referee: Eddowes 17 May Maritime 11–5 Grafton Victoria Park   3:00 Try: A Sutton, Cargill, George Davidson Con: George Davidson [14] Try: Bill Walsh Pen: Unknown x 1 mark Referee: Vause 17 May North Shore 6–8 Ponsonby Devonport Domain 1   3:00 Try: Archie Waddell, Stan Walters [15] Try: Jim Clark, Bill Walsh Pen: Halliday Referee: Len Farrant Round 4 There was confusion with the Round 4 draw with the newspapers listing the match between North Shore and Maritime when in fact it was Newton who were supposed to be the opponent. As a result, Newton players did not arrive at the ground. Eventually Newton found enough substitutes but they still began the game 2–3 players short. In spite of this they still managed to win by 14 points to 9. Also the City team took the field with 6 juniors while Grafton had 2 juniors and played a man short. The chief issue was with the New Zealand team touring Australia at the time meaning many key players were absent from their club teams. 31 May Newton 14–9 North Shore Victoria Park 1   3:00 Try: Arthur Isles, Keenan 2, George Iles Pen: Arthur Isles [16] Try: Ernie Bailey Con: McAneny Pen: McAneny & 1 mark Attendance: 2500 Referee: A Ball 31 May City 25–2 Grafton Victoria Park 2   3:00 Try: Hogan, H Wynn, Cole, Asher, Jim Clark 2, G Reed Con: Asher 2 [17] Pen: Billy Ghent Attendance: 2500 Referee: William Wynyard 31 May Ponsonby Postponed Marist   3:00 [18] Round 5 In the match at Devonport the Marist team was led from the field by their captain with the score at 9–0 to North Shore in protest at a refereeing decision. During the round 5 match between Marist and North Shore the Marist team left the field early in protest against the referee. After hearing the report of referee Cleal, and a statement from McDevett, the Marist captain it was decided to suspend McDevett for 12 months after it was he who had told the referee that he would be taking his team from the field in protest and proceeded to do so. 7 June Ponsonby 15–6 Maritime Victoria Park 1   3:00 Try: McGregor, J Brien, Cadman Con: McGregor, D Norgrove Pen: McGregor [19] Try: A Sutton, Beecham Attendance: 5000 Referee: William Wynyard 7 June North Shore 9–0 Marist Devonport Domain   3:00 Try: Nelson, Emirali, Jim Griffin [20] Referee: Cleal 7 June Newton WBD-LBD Grafton Victoria Park 2   3:00 [20] Referee: J Ball Round 6 Grafton were not able to field a full team and were reinforced by players from Newton who had a bye. This was done so that they would not be forced to drop out of the competition. They were missing test players Karl Ifwersen and Dougie McGregor. 14 June Ponsonby 18–13 City Victoria Park 1   3:00 Try: S Chatfield, Cadman, Neil, Edwards Con: E McGregor, D Norgrove 2 [21] Try: George Paki, R Mitchell, penalty try Con: Harry Francis 2 Attendance: 7000 Referee: Eddowes 14 June Maritime 34–0 Marist Victoria Park 2   3:00 Try: George Davidson 4, Lunn 2, A Sutton 2 Con: George Davidson, Lunn, A Sutton, Hogg, Bovaird [22] Attendance: 7000 Referee: J Ball 14 June North Shore 7–0 Grafton Auckland Domain   3:00 Try: McAneny Pen: McAneny 2 [23] Referee: Dempsey Round 7 21 June North Shore 12–15 Maritime Devonport Domain 1   3:00 Try: McAneny 2, Bouvaird, penalty try [24] Try: George Davidson 3, Robinson 2 Referee: Pullen 21 June Newton 10–3 Ponsonby Auckland Domain   3:00 Try: Kiernan 2 Con: Phil Castles Drop: Newdick [24] Try: A Rae Attendance: 5000 Referee: W Murray 21 June City WBD-LBD Marist Richmond   3:00 [25] Referee: Tobin Round 8 28 June City 17–15 Maritime Victoria Park 1   3:00 Try: Horne, George Paki, G Reed Con: Postlewaight Pen: Postelwaight 3 [26] Try: Bert Avery 2, Robinson Con: George Davidson 2 Pen: George Davidson Attendance: 6000 Referee: A Ball 28 June Ponsonby 19–3 Newton Victoria Park 2   3:00 Try: E McGregor, S Chatfield 2, Sam Lowrie, Cadman Con: E McGregor 2 [27] Try: Kiernan Attendance: 6000 Referee: A Tobin 28 June North Shore 13–8 Marist Auckland Domain   3:00 Try: Keith Helander, Boyen, Rundle Con: Unknown x 1 Pen: Ernie Bailey [28] Try: Glynn, Smith Con: Clarke Referee: Len Farrant Round 9 The Auckland Star reported that the matches at Victoria Park saw the largest crowds for club games ever on that ground. 5 July Ponsonby 7–4 City Victoria Park 1   3:00 Try: D Norgrove Con: E McGregor Pen: E McGregor [29] Pen: Postlewaight, Harry Francis Attendance: 7000 Referee: Eddowes 5 July Maritime 8–8 North Shore Victoria Park 2   3:00 Try: George Davidson, A Sutton Con: George Davidson [30] Try: Scott, Nelson Con: Ernie Bailey Attendance: 7000 Referee: William Wynyard 5 July Newton 27–3 Marist Victoria Park 3   3:00 Try: Newdick, Manson, Keenan 3, McLiver Con: Keenan, Isles [31] Try: Morton Attendance: 7000 Referee: Hill Round 10 Round 10 featured two rarities. The Newton v North Shore match was played as a curtain-raiser to the Ponsonby v Maritime match on Auckland Domain 1. When matches were normally played at the same venue they all were played at the same time of 3pm on adjacent fields. In the 3rd match due to be played on the Domain the referee, F Thompson failed to turn up and after waiting for 40 minutes the decision was made to abandon the game. It was later revealed that he had been called away on an urgent business matter and had tried to contact the league but been unable to. The Auckland Rugby League accepted his explanation. The round was also significant for another reason. Craddock Dufty also debuted for Newton and kicked 2 conversions. He was to go on to represent New Zealand along with touring with the New Zealand Maori side. 12 July Ponsonby 3–3 Maritime Auckland Domain 1   3:00 Try: A Cadman [32] Try: Bert Avery Referee: W Murray 12 July Newton 22–0 North Shore Auckland Domain   1:30 Try: George Iles 3, McSweeney 2, Condon Con: Craddock Dufty 2 [33] 12 July City Abandoned Marist Auckland Domain   3:00 [34] Referee: F Thompson (did not arrive) Round 4 Postponed Match 20 July Ponsonby 11–2 Marist Victoria Park   3:00 Try: E McGregor, A Cross, S Chatfield Con: Unknown x 1 [35] Pen: Unknown x 1 Roope Rooster Knockout Competition The round 1 match between Ponsonby United and Newton Rangers was abandoned towards the end with Newton leading by 12 points to 10 after Ponsonby supporters encroached on the field in protest against the referee and refused to move back. Marist Old Boys recorded their first competitive win in their history with a round 1 win over North Shore Albions. The final was won by Newton Rangers after they defeated Maritime by 8 points to 5. Round 1 In the Newton match with Ponsonby there was no crossbar and so they tied a piece of string between the two posts to act as a makeshift marker for kicks at goal. 26 July Maritime 14–6 City Auckland Domain 1   3:00 Try: Bert Avery 2, Lang 2 Con: Lang, Unknown x 1 [36] Try: Clarke, Harry Francis Referee: A Ball 26 July Newton 10–8* Ponsonby Auckland Domain 2   3:00 Try: George Iles, A Thomas Con: Craddock Dufty Pen: Craddock Dufty [37] Try: A Cadman, J Brien Pen: A Cross Referee: Murray 26 July Marist 17–3 North Shore Auckland Domain 3   3:00 Try: White, Keenan 2 Con: Clarke, Billy Ghent Pen: Clarke Drop: Robertson [38] Try: L Boon Referee: Eddowes Round 1 Replay 2 August Newton 12–10 Ponsonby Auckland Domain   3:00 Try: George Iles, Wally Somers Con: Craddock Dufty Pen: Craddock Dufty Drop: Craddock Dufty [39] Try: Sam Lowrie, E McGregor Con: Thomas McClymont Drop: S McNamara Attendance: 8000 Referee: W Murray Semi Final 16 August Maritime 22–21 Marist Auckland Domain   3:00 Try: George Davidson 2, Grey 3, A Sutton Con: Yardley, A Sutton [40] Try: Hing, Harris, Mitchell, Eustace 2 Con: Unknown x 2 Pen: Neville St George Attendance: 5000 Referee: A Tobin Final 30 August Newton 8–5 Maritime Auckland Domain   3:00 Try: Nelson Bass, Wally Somers Con: Bill Cloke [41] Try: Cargill Con: A Sutton Referee: A Ball Top Try Scorers and Point Scorers The following point scoring lists include Senior Championship matches and the Roope Rooster competition matches only. George Davidson the champion New Zealand sprinter, who represented New Zealand at the 1920 Olympics top scored with 64 points and he also led the league with 14 tries. Several teams featured multiple players with the same surname with many sets of brothers. As a result, some of the scoring lists are inaccurate. For Ponsonby L Cadman scored 1, A Cadman scored 2, and "Cadman" scored 3. Rank Player Team Tries 1 George Davidson Maritime 14 2 George Iles Newton 10 3 A Sutton Maritime 8 4 A Keenan Newton 7 5 McAneny North Shore 6 6 Bert Avery Maritime 5 6 S Chatfield Ponsonby United 5 8 R Clarke City Rovers 4 8 Clarke Newton 4 8 E McGregor Ponsonby 4 Rank Player Team Tries Con Pen Mark Points 1 George Davidson Maritime 14 8 2 1 64 2 McAneny North Shore 6 4 3 1 34 3 A Sutton Maritime 8 3 0 0 30 4 George Iles Newton Rangers 10 0 0 0 30 5 E McGregor Ponsonby United 4 5 2 0 26 6 A Keenan Newton Rangers 7 1 0 0 23 7 Bill Davidson City Rovers 2 4 3 0 20 Other Club Matches and Lower Grades Lower Grade Teams and Clubs There were 5 lower grades in 1919. Devonport Presbyterian W.Y.M.I. Thames Old Boys Sunnyside Mangere Rangers Manukau Northcote Ramblers Post and Telegraph Richmond Rovers Grades were made of the following teams with the winners in bold: 2nd grade – City Rovers, City Rovers B, Maritime, Otahuhu, North Shore Albion, Sunnyside, and Mangere Rangers. 3rd grade – Manukau, Ponsonby, Otahuhu. 4th grade – City Rovers, Otahuhu, Sunnyside, Newton Rangers, Newton Rangers B, Manukau, Grafton Athletic, Richmond Rovers, Northcote Ramblers, Maritime, Post and Telegraph, Devonport Presbyterian, W.Y.M.I. 5th grade – City Rovers, Sunnyside, Richmond Rovers A, Northcote Ramblers, Manukau, North Shore Albion, Ponsonby United A, Devonport Presbyterian, W.Y.M.I, Otahuhu. 6th grade – City Rovers, Manukau, Ponsonby, Richmond Rovers, Post and Telegraph, Devonport Presbyterian, North Shore Albion A. Benefit Match for Albert Asher A match was played on 27 September between Maritime and City Rovers with the proceeds going to the benefit of Mr. Opai Asher, a league veteran who was incapacitated as the result of an accident. A match was also played between the Auckland Star and The New Zealand Herald. It was won 23 points to 5 by the Star.[42] 27 September Maritime 19–13 City Victoria Park   3:00 Try: Neville St George 3, A Sutton, E Grey Con: C Grey, George Davidson [43] Try: Cole, Duggan, Maurice Wetherill Con: Maurice Wetherill 2 Referee: Dempsey St Johns Benefit Match To end the season a rugby union and rugby league match was played at the Auckland Domain for the benefit of the St. John Ambulance Brigade, whose members regularly attend league and union matches to perform first aid to injured players. The rugby league match was between City and Ponsonby, and was won by City 13–10. 4 October City 13–10 Ponsonby Auckland Domain   3:00 Try: Tate, S Davidson 2 Con: Bill Davidson Pen: Bill Davidson [44] Try: Thomas McClymont, Sam Lowrie Con: Thomas McClymont, Cook Referee: Eddowes Maritime Tour In Mid October the Maritime senior team embarked on an end of season tour to Hawkes Bay. They played Petane and Ahuriri and had two comfortable victories. Ahuriri had won the Vigor Brown Shield and the Charity Cup and the match was reportedly played in front of a large crowd. After their return they traveled to Thames on 18 October to play in a series of exhibition matches along with the Richmond club though the results are unknown. 9 October Petane 0–32 Maritime McLean Park, Napier   3:00 [45] Try: Dougie McGregor, E McGregor, A Sutton 2, Grey 2, Unknown x 2 Con: E McGregor, Harry Francis, Unknown 2 11 October Ahuriri 3–37 Maritime Napier   3:00 Try: Unknown x 1 [46] Try: C Grey 3, A Sutton 2, J McGregor 2, Shearer, McGregor Con: Shearer, McGregor 2, Harry Francis, Lunn Representative Fixtures On 14 May the selectors conducted a trial match between Auckland A and B teams to help choose both an Auckland and New Zealand team. The B team won the match by 15 points to 14. The first representative fixture of the season was a match played against the New Zealand team which was preparing to depart for their tour of Australia. The New Zealand team won 25–19 at the Auckland Domain in front of 8,000. On 20 July Auckland played a match at the Auckland Domain with a Returned Soldiers team as part of a “Peace Day” sports celebration involving sports from several different codes.[47] On 23 August Auckland played against a team composed of available members of the New Zealand team which had toured Australia earlier in the year. The Auckland team was composed of Auckland players who remained so in essence was largely a ‘B’ team. The match was played at Victoria Park and resulted in a high scoring win to the ‘NZ’ team 45–30. Then on 20 September, Auckland played against the touring Australian side and were well defeated by 32 points to 8. The match was played at the Auckland Domain in front of 18,000 spectators. Auckland v New Zealand 24 May Auckland 19–25 New Zealand Auckland Domain   3:00 Try: George Davidson, A Sutton, R Clarke, Pullan, Penalty Try Con: Harry Francis, Phil Castles [48] Try: Bill Davidson, Karl Ifwersen 3, Archie Waddell Con: Karl Ifwersen 3 Pen: Karl Ifwersen 2 Attendance: 8000 Referee: A Ball Auckland v Returned Soldiers 20 July Auckland 24–26 Returned Soldiers Auckland Domain   3:00 Try: George Davidson 2, George Iles 2, Eric McGregor, Unknown x 1 Con: George Davidson, Unknown x 2 [49] Try: Nicholson, Bert Laing, George Neal, Thomas, Bert Avery, Unknown x 3 Con: Unknown x 1 Referee: A Ball Northern Union Challenge Cup 9 August Auckland 38–13 Hawkes Bay Eden Park   3:00 Try: George Iles 2, Craddock Dufty, Dougie McGregor, Tom Haddon 3, George Davidson Con: Craddock Dufty 7 [50] Try: J Atwood, N McCarthy, G Jackson Con: G Jackson Pen: N McCarthy Attendance: 9000 Referee: A Ferguson Rest of Auckland v New Zealand Touring Team New Zealand was playing a test match against the touring Australian side so as a way to select a team for Auckland for their upcoming match against Australia the selectors decided to play a match between New Zealand players who had toured Australia recently but weren't selected for the test side, and remaining Auckland players. 23 August Rest of Auckland 30–45 New Zealand Touring Team Victoria Park 1   3:00 Try: Eric McGregor, R Mitchell, Newdick, Yardley, Delaney 2, Cargill, A Ivil Con: Eric McGregor, Harry Francis, Delaney [51] Try: Dougie McGregor, Thomas McClymont 2, Bill Cloke, Jim Rukutai, Wally Somers 2, Unknown x 4 Con: Bill Davidson 2, Thomas McClymont, Bert Laing 2, Unknown x 1 Attendance: 6500 Referee: T Hill Auckland v Australia 20 September Auckland 8–32 Australia Auckland Domain   3:00 Try: Bill Davidson, Bert Avery Pen: Karl Ifwersen [52] Try: L Cubitt 2, F Burge 4, Gilbert 2 Con: C Fraser 2, R Norman 2 Attendance: 18000 Referee: A Ball Auckland Representative Matches Played and Scorers No Name Club Team Play Tries Con Pen Points 1 Craddock Dufty Newton Rangers 1 5 0 0 15 3 George Davidson Maritime 5 4 1 0 14 4 George Iles Newton Rangers 3 4 0 0 12 5 Tom Haddon City Rovers 1 3 0 0 9 6 Delaney Marist Old Boys 1 2 1 0 8 6 Eric McGregor Ponsonby United 2 2 1 0 8 8 Harry Francis City Rovers 4 0 2 0 4 9 A Sutton Maritime 1 1 0 0 3 9 R Clarke City Rovers 1 1 0 0 3 9 R Mitchell City Rovers 4 1 0 0 3 9 Newdick Newton Rangers 2 1 0 0 3 9 Dougie McGregor Grafton Athletic 2 1 0 0 3 9 Bert Avery Maritime 2 1 0 0 3 9 G Yardley Maritime 1 1 0 0 3 9 Cargill Maritime 1 1 0 0 3 9 A Ivil Newton Rangers 1 1 0 0 3 9 Bill Davidson City Rovers 1 1 0 0 3 19 Phil Castles Newton Rangers 2 0 1 0 2 19 Karl Ifwersen Grafton Athletic 1 0 0 1 2 20 Keenan Newton Rangers 3 0 0 0 0 20 Frank Delgrosso Ponsonby United 3 0 0 0 0 20 Sam Lowrie Ponsonby United 3 0 0 0 0 20 J Hing Marist Old Boys 2 0 0 0 0 20 Ernie Bailey North Shore Albions 2 0 0 0 0 20 A Cross Maritime 1 0 0 0 0 20 Thomas City Rovers 1 0 0 0 0 20 Nelson Bass Newton 2 0 0 0 0 20 Ernie Herring Grafton Athletic 1 0 0 0 0 20 ? 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