1920 Auckland Rugby League season

The Auckland Rugby League was in its 12th season.

On 25 March, North Shore Albions held a meeting to discuss whether they should amalgamate with Sunnyside League Football Club, who were also based in Devonport. At a meeting between members of the two clubs the following week they agreed that they would indeed merge. After some debate they decided that the club name would be 'Devonport United' and they would wear green and white broad bands.[1] In addition Grafton and Richmond Rovers amalgamated, while new clubs were also formed in Kingsland (Kingsland Rovers), and at Point Chevalier.[2]

First grade games continued to regularly draw large crowds, especially matches involving the likes of Maritime, City Rovers, and Ponsonby United. The round 6 match between Maritime and Ponsonby drew what was thought to be a record crowd for a club Rugby League match in Auckland of 9,000.[3] Maritime would go on to win the first grade title for the first time after a strong season where they won nine games and were only defeated twice. They were awarded the Monteith Shield at the 1921 annual general meeting while Newton Rangers won the Roope Rooster for the second year in a row by defeating Maritime in the final.

The highlight of the year would have clearly been the match between Auckland and the touring England team on 24 July. A crowd of 30,000 packed into the Auckland Domain to witness an Auckland win by 24 points to 16.[4]

Carlaw Park Site Found

At the end of the season an inspection was made of the site where Carlaw Park would emerge. It was decided that the ground would be named ‘Carlaw Athletic Park’. The land had been purchased years earlier. It was noted that the site was “excellently situated for the purpose for which it is intended, and provides sufficient space for two playing grounds. Natural slopes on two sides will give room for a large number of spectators…”.[5]

Preceded by 1919

12th Auckland Rugby League season 1920

Succeeded by 1921

Monteith Shield (First Grade Championship)

Maritime won the first grade title with City Rovers finishing in second position. Three grounds were used for the competition, Victoria Park, the Auckland Domain, and the Devonport Domain. Thirty eight matches were played which was the most in the competitions history to this point. Unlike in previous seasons all clubs were able to survive until the end of the season and fulfill the majority, or all, of their fixture obligations.

Final Standings

Team Pld W D L F A Pts Maritime 11 9 0 2 168 93 18 City Rovers 12 8 0 4 270 131 16 Marist Brothers Old Boys 11 7* 1 3 102 79 15 Newton Rangers 11 6 1 4 133 132 13 Devonport United 12 4* 2 6 98 151 10 Ponsonby United 11 2 2 7 125 160 6 Grafton Athletic 11 1 0 10** 78 228 2 Two of Grafton's defeats were by default, while one of Marist's wins and one of Devonport's wins were by default. First Grade Fixtures Round 1 1 May Ponsonby 21–14 Marist Auckland Domain   3:00 Try: Bill Walsh, Sam Lowrie, Cadman, Henderson, McGregor Con: A Cross Pen: A Cross 2 [6] Try: C Clarke, Neville St George, A Eustace, J Hing Pen: Billy Ghent Referee: Eddowes 1 May Newton 30–15 Grafton Victoria Park   3:00 Try: E Adams, Wally Somers 3, A James 2 Con: Craddock Dufty 6 [7] Try: Anderson, Karl Ifwersen, Owen Con: Karl Ifwersen 3 Referee: J Mincham 1 May Devonport 10–32 City Devonport Domain   3:00 Try: Penalty Try, George Seagar Con: Stewart Pen: Stewart [8] Try: Bill Davidson 3, Maurice Wetherill, George Paki 2, R Clarke, H Wynn, Ivan Stewart, Unknown x 1 Con: G Reed Referee: Len Farrant Round 2 8 May City 18–16 Ponsonby Auckland Domain 1   3:00 Try: Ivan Stewart, Bill Davidson, R Mitchell, George Paki Con: Bill Davidson 2 Pen: Bill Davidson [9] Try: Bill Walsh 2, E McGregor, Thomas McClymont, Dougie McGregor Con: Thomas McClymont Attendance: 5500 Referee: A Ferguson 8 May Newton 5–5 Marist Victoria Park 2   3:00 Try: Bill Cloke Con: Craddock Dufty [10] Try: Norm Loveridge Pen: Neville St George Referee: A Ripley 8 May Maritime 25–0 Grafton Auckland Domain 2   3:00 Try: J McGregor, Ernie Herring 2, A Sutton, Arndt, Bert Avery, O’Brien Con: A Sutton, Tierney [11] Attendance: 5500 Referee: F Thompson Round 3 15 May City 16–3 Newton Auckland Domain 1   3:00 Try: G Reed, R Clarke, Bert Laing Con: Bill Davidson, Maurice Wetherill [12] Try: Nelson Bass Attendance: 5000 Referee: J Ball 15 May Maritime 16–11 Marist Victoria Park 1   3:00 Try: A Sutton 2, Eric Grey 2 Con: A Sutton Pen: A Sutton [13] Try: Taite, McNamara, Unknown x 1 Con: Bill Stormont Referee: W Murray 15 May Devonport 17–17 Ponsonby Devonport Domain   3:00 Try: Keith Helander, C Nicholson 2 Con: Matthews 3 Pen: Matthews [14] Try: C Pooley, Halliday, Dougie McGregor, Frank Delgrosso, L Cadman Con: A Cross Referee: Clow Round 4 22 May Maritime 8–6 City Auckland Domain   3:00 Try: Bert Avery, Eric Grey Con: John Lang [15] Pen: Bill Davidson 3 Attendance: 5500 Referee: A Ball 22 May Marist 15–3 Grafton Victoria Park   3:00 Try: Bill Stormont, Billy Ghent, Unknown x 1 Con: Billy Ghent, A Eustace, Unknown x 1 [16] Try: H Neal Referee: Clayton 22 May Newton 15–5 Devonport Devonport Domain   3:00 Try: Jack Keenan, R Lovett, A Ivil Con: Craddock Dufty 2 Pen: Craddock Dufty [17] Try: C Nicholson Con: Stewart Referee: Eddowes Round 5 The match between City and Grafton had the score reported by both the Auckland Star and the New Zealand Herald but had no match report and scoring. The Observor had a brief description of the match where they described one of Karl Ifwersen's "tries" indicating he scored at least 2. 29 May Newton 12–11 Ponsonby Auckland Domain 1   3:00 Try: Nelson Bass, Wally Somers Con: Craddock Dufty Pen: Craddock Dufty 2 [18] Try: E McGregor 2, Thomas McClymont Pen: A Cross Attendance: 5000 Referee: A Ferguson 29 May City 24–17 Grafton Auckland Domain 2   3:00 Try: Unknown 24 pts [19] Try: Karl Ifwersen 2, Unknown 11 pts Attendance: 5000 29 May Maritime 17–3 Devonport Victoria Park   3:00 Try: Bert Avery, J McGregor 4 Con: A Sutton [20] Try: George Seagar Referee: Len Farrant Round 6 A Cadman was sent off in the Maritime match versus Ponsonby for kicking a Maritime player, while the Auckland Star suggested in their match reports that the 9,000 in attendance was possibly the largest ever Auckland Club Rugby League crowd to attend a match to this point. 12 June Maritime 11–8 Ponsonby Auckland Domain 1   3:00 Try: H Grey, J McGregor, B McGregor Con: Eric Grey [21] Try: Thomas McClymont, E McGregor Con: A Cross Attendance: 9000 Referee: J Eddowes 12 June Marist 19–5 City Auckland Domain 2   3:00 Try: Billy Ghent 2, A Eustace, McNamara, Bill Stormont Con: Unknown x 2 [22] Try: Bill Davidson Con: Bill Davidson Attendance: 9000 Referee: Vause 12 June Devonport WBD-LBD Grafton Devonport Domain 1   3:00 [23] Referee: Jim Rukutai Round 7 2 Players were ordered off in the 2nd half of the Maritime versus Newton match. While in the Grafton v Ponsonby match Grafton had two players ordered off including H Neal, and had another injured meaning they finished the match with just 10 players on the field. 26 June Maritime 14–7 Newton Victoria Park 1   3:00 Try: Grey 3, John Lang Pen: A Sutton (1 mark) [24] Try: Wally Somers Pen: Craddock Dufty 2 Attendance: 7000 Referee: W Murray 26 June Ponsonby 26–0 Grafton Auckland Domain 1   3:00 Try: W Southernwood 2, Dougie McGregor, Sam Lowrie, E McGregor, W Henderson Con: E McGregor, A Cross 4 [25] Referee: F Thompson 26 June Devonport 8–3 Marist Devonport Domain   3:00 Try: A Godick, C Nicholson Con: Arthur Matthews [26] Try: A Eustace Referee: Clayton Round 8 3 July Marist 8–4 Ponsonby Auckland Domain 2   3:00 Try: Bill Stormont, Unknown x 1 Con: White [27] Pen: A Cross 2 Attendance: 5000 Referee: W Ripley 3 July Newton 24–15 Grafton Auckland Domain 3   3:00 Try: T Virtue, C James, S Delaney 2, Unknown x 2 Con: Clarrie Polson, Unknown x 2 [28] Try: Charles Woolley, Yates, McGinley Con: Charles Woolley 3 Attendance: 5000 Referee: J Clow 3 July City 19–5 Devonport Victoria Park   3:00 Try: Bill Davidson 2, Maurice Wetherill, George Paki, Miller Con: Bill Davidson, Maurice Wetherill [29] Try: A Godick Con: George Seagar Attendance: 3500 Referee: A Ferguson Round 9 10 July Grafton 10–5 Maritime Auckland Domain 3   3:00 Try: Collins, McSweeney Con: Bennett Pen: Charles Woolley [30] Try: H Grey Con: G Yardley Referee: W Mincham 10 July City 37–5 Ponsonby Auckland Domain 1   3:00 Try: Ben Davidson, Harry Francis, Mitchell, George Paki + Unknown 19 pts Con: Bill Davidson [31] Try: Cadman Con: A Cross Referee: A Ball 10 July Marist 9–5 Newton Auckland Domain 2   3:00 Try: Bill Stormont Con: Bill Stormont Pen: Billy Ghent, Bill Stormont [32] Try: Dempsey Con: E Adams Referee: Jim Rukutai Round 10 17 July Marist 8–7 Maritime Auckland Domain 1   3:00 Try: Norm Loveridge, Cargill Pen: Billy Ghent [33] Try: G Yardley Pen: John Lang, Grey Attendance: 7000 Referee: W Murray 17 July Ponsonby 7–7 Devonport Auckland Domain 3   3:00 Try: Bill Walsh Con: Thomas McClymont Pen: Thomas McClymont [34] Try: A Godick Pen: Arthur Matthews 2 Attendance: 7000 Referee: Len Farrant 17 July City 31–10 Newton Auckland Domain 2   3:00 Try: Bert Laing, Ben Davidson, George Paki, Maurice Wetherill, Bill Davidson, R Clarke 2 Con: Maurice Wetherill, Bill Davidson 3 Pen: Bert Laing [35] Try: L Newdick, T Biggs Con: Craddock Dufty 2 Attendance: 7000 Referee: F Thompson Round 11 The City v Grafton match resulted in a 66–13 win to City but the Auckland Star and New Zealand Herald did not report any of the scoring details. Grafton were missing Karl Ifwersen, J Bennett, and Charles Woolley who were on representative duty and could only field 11 players. 7 August City 66–13 Grafton Victoria Park 1   3:00 Try: Unknown 66 pts [36] Try: Unknown 13 pts Referee: T Hill 7 August Newton 10–0 Ponsonby Victoria Park 2   3:00 Try: Bill Cloke, Ballyntyne Con: Craddock Dufty Pen: Craddock Dufty [37] Referee: J Clow 7 August Maritime 24–19 Devonport Victoria Park 3   3:00 Try: O’Brien 2, B McGregor, John Lang, Eric Grey, Unknown x 1 Con: A Sutton, John Lang Pen: Hogg (1 mark) [38] Try: C Nicholson 2, Unknown x 1 Con: Stewart 2, Unknown x 1 Pen: Stewart, Unknown x 1 Referee: W Ripley Round 12 14 August Maritime 15–11 City Auckland Domain 1   3:00 Try: J McGregor 2, O’Brien Con: John Lang 2 Pen: John Lang (1 mark) [39] Try: George Paki 2, Green Con: Bill Davidson Attendance: 7000 Referee: A Ferguson 14 August Newton 12–11 Devonport Auckland Domain 2   3:00 Try: Craddock Dufty, T Virtue Con: Craddock Dufty Pen: Craddock Dufty [40] Try: C Nicholson 2, B Voss Con: Stewart Attendance: 7000 Referee: F Thompson 14 August Marist WBD-LBD Grafton Auckland Domain 3   3:00 [41] Referee: W Mincham Round 13 21 August Marist 10–5 City Auckland Domain 1   3:00 Try: A Eustace, Fry Con: Billy Ghent 2 [42] Try: George Paki Con: Maurice Wetherill Attendance: 6000 Referee: W Ripley 21 August Maritime 26–10 Ponsonby Auckland Domain 2   3:00 Try: H Grey, Eric Grey 3, Bert Avery, Ernie Herring, Hogg Con: Eric Grey [43] Try: Morrison 2 Con: A Cross Pen: A Cross Attendance: 6000 Referee: Len Farrant 21 August Devonport 13–5 Grafton Auckland Domain 3   3:00 Try: Webb, Mann, Rundle, C Nelson Con: Stewart [44] Try: Elliot Con: Brady Attendance: 6000 Referee: H Clayton Roope Rooster Knockout Competition The Roope Rooster began on 28 August with 3 first round matches and Ponsonby United receiving a bye. Newton Rangers defeated Maritime in the final for the second consecutive year. Round 1 28 August Maritime 9–6 Marist Victoria Park 3   3:00 Try: A Sutton Con: Grey Drop: A Sutton, Grey [45] Try: Bill Stormont, A Eustace Attendance: 6000 Referee: A Ferguson 28 August City 14–3 Grafton Victoria Park 2   3:00 Try: Mitchell, Horne Con: Bill Davidson Pen: Bill Davidson 2 Drop: R Clarke [46] Try: Yates Attendance: 6000 Referee: F Thompson 28 August Devonport 7–10 Newton Devonport Domain 1   3:00 Try: Mann Con: G Stewart Pen: G Stewart [47] Try: R Lovett 2 Con: Craddock Dufty 2 Referee: Vause Semi Finals 11 September Maritime 11–5 Ponsonby Devonport Domain 2   3:00 Try: H Grey, Grey, J McGregor Con: J McGregor [48] Try: Tickner Con: McGregor Referee: A Ball 11 September Newton 19–5 City Devonport Domain 1   3:00 Try: Bill Cloke, R Lovett, S Delaney, Clarrie Polson, Unknown x 1 Con: Wally Somers Pen: Craddock Dufty [49] Try: Maurice Wetherill Con: Bill Davidson Referee: W Murray Final 18 September Newton 12–6 Maritime Victoria Park 1   3:00 Try: Bill Cloke, S Delaney Con: Craddock Dufty Pen: Craddock Dufty 2 [50] Try: Ernie Herring, Bert Avery Attendance: 10000 Referee: A Ferguson Top Try Scorers and Point Scorers The following point scoring lists include Senior Championship matches and the Roope Rooster competition matches only. The lists are extremely incomplete for players from the City Rovers club who had no scoring whatsoever for their 24–17 win over Grafton Athletic, and their 66–13 win over the same opponents. In total the City team was missing the scorers of 112 of its points. Likewise Devonport United was missing scorers for 7 points, Newton Rangers for 13, Maritime for 3, Marist Old Boys for 15, and Grafton Athletic for 30 (from the two matches with City). In addition to this a number of teams featured brothers and often there was no distinction made as to which of the Grey brothers of Maritime it was. H Grey scored 4 tries, while C grey was credited with 3, along with 2 conversions, however "Grey" was credited with 8 tries, 1 conversion, 1 penalty, and a drop goal which could have been either of the aforementioned players in each instance. Also Ponsonby had a try and conversion credited to McGregor but they could have been scored by either E McGregor or Dougie McGregor. Bill Davidson replicated the feat of his younger brother George of the previous season by leading the point scoring while playing for Maritime. George had qualified for the Antwerp Olympics where he ran 5th in the 200m final and did not play in the Auckland Rugby League competition at all in 1920. He was to return and join his brothers in the City Rovers team from the 1921 season onwards. Rank Player Team Tries 1 George Paki City Rovers 9 1 J McGregor Maritime 9 3 C Nicholson Devonport United 8 3 Bill Davidson Devonport United 8 5 A Eustace Marist Old Boys 6 6 E McGregor Ponsonby United 5 6 Wally Somers Newton Rangers 5 6 Ernie Herring Maritime 5 6 Bert Avery Maritime 5 6 Bill Stormont Marist 5 Rank Player Team Tries Con Pen Mark Drop Goal Points 1 Bill Davidson City Rovers 8 14 6 0 0 64 2 Craddock Dufty Newton Rangers 1 17 10 0 0 57 3 A Cross Ponsonby United 0 9 6 0 0 30 4 J McGregor Maritime 9 1 0 0 0 29 5 George Paki City Rovers 9 0 0 0 0 27 6 A Sutton Maritime 4 4 1 1 1 26 7 C Nicholson Devonport United 8 0 0 0 0 24 8 Bill Stormont Marist Old Boys 5 2 1 0 0 21 8 Billy Ghent Marist Old Boys 3 3 3 0 0 21 10 Maurice Wetherill City Rovers 4 4 0 0 0 20 10 Stewart Devonport United 0 6 4 0 0 20 Thacker Shield Ponsonby United defended the Thacker Shield from Federal (of Christchurch) at Victoria Park in front of 10,000 spectators. They had won the shield from Sydenham in Christchurch two years earlier. They had been unable to arrange a defence in the 1919 season. Eventually the shield was to be returned to Christchurch and played for amongst teams in the South Island. 4 September Ponsonby 29–19 Federal (Christchurch) Victoria Park   3:00 Try: Pooley, A Cross, Dougie McGregor 2, Morrison, Clark, Thomas McClymont Con: A Cross 4 [51] Try: Thackwell, Kidd, Cunningham Con: Mitchell 2 Pen: Mitchell 3 Attendance: 10000 Other Club Matches and Lower Grades Lower Grade Teams and Clubs There were 5 lower grades in 1920. Clubs with only lower grade teams were: Kingsland Rovers Mangere Rangers Manukau Northcote Ramblers Otahuhu Point Chevalier Richmond Rovers Thames Old Boys Grades were made of the following teams with the winning team in bold: Second Grade: City Rovers, Ponsonby, Mangere, Northcote, Newton, Maritime, Thames Old Boys, Devonport, Devonport B, Marist Old Boys. Third Grade: Manukau, Newton, Devonport B, Devonport A, Kingsland, Point Chevalier. Fourth Grade: City Rovers, Manukau, Ponsonby A, Devonport United, Northcote, Maritime, Otahuhu, Kingsland, Richmond, Ellerslie. Fifth Grade: Manukau, Maritime, Devonport, City, Ponsonby, Northcote, Richmond-Grafton B, Otahuhu, Richmond A. Sixth Grade: Manukau, City, Ponsonby, Devonport, Maritime. Exhibition and Benefit Matches List of Matches Date Score Score Venue Attendance Exhibition Match 29 May [52] King Country 6 Marist Old Boys 12 Taumaranui Exhibition Match 3 July [53] Maritime 31 Lower Waikato 20 Ngaruawahia 2,000 Exhibition Match 10 July [54] King Country 0 Devonport United 15 Taumarunui Exhibition Match 14 Aug [55] Hamilton 3 Ponsonby United 2 Hamilton Exhibition Match 18 Sep [56] Marist Old Boys 21 Hamilton 14 Victoria Park 10,000 Exhibition Match 25 Sep [57] Devonport United 8 King Country 13 Devonport Domain Representative Fixtures Auckland played a Rest of New Zealand team as part of the selection process for the New Zealand team to play England. They trounced them by 54 points to 0. They later played a trial match between and A and B team before the Auckland side was selected to play England. The match was played at the Auckland Domain in front of 30,000 spectators. Unfortunately the English halfback fractured his tibia[58] in the first few minutes and they were forced to play with 12 for the remainder of the game as the rules at the time did not allow for substitutions of injured players. Auckland v Rest of New Zealand 22 June Auckland 54–0 Rest of New Zealand Auckland Domain 1   3:00 Try: Bill Cloke 3, Charles Woolley, Bill Davidson 3, Billy Ghent, Stan Walters 2, Wally Somers, Bert Avery Con: Bill Davidson 9 [59] Referee: A Ball Auckland Trial Match 14 July A Team 12–19 B Team Victoria Park 1   3:00 Try: J Bennett, Charles Woolley Con: Bill Davidson 2 Pen: Bill Davidson [60] Try: Ernie Herring 2, Bill Stormont, Dougie McGregor 2, George Paki Con: Bill Stormont 2 Referee: A Ball Auckland v England 24 July Auckland 24–16 England Auckland Domain 1   3:00 Try: Bill Cloke, Stan Walters 2, Wally Somers, Penalty Try, Thomas McClymont Con: Bill Davidson 3 [61] Try: J Parkin 2, W Stone, J Bacon Con: W Stone, Thomas Attendance: 30000 Referee: W Murray Auckland Representative Matches Played and Scorers No Name Club Team Play Tries Con Pen Points 1 Bill Davidson Maritime 2 3 12 0 33 2 Bill Cloke Newton Rangers 2 4 1 0 12 2 Stan Walters Devonport United 2 4 0 0 12 4 Wally Somers Newton Rangers 2 2 0 0 6 5 Charles Woolley Grafton Athletic 2 1 0 0 3 5 Thomas McClymont Ponsonby United 2 1 0 0 3 5 Billy Ghent Marist Old Boys 1 1 0 0 3 5 Bert Avery Maritime 2 1 0 0 3 9 J Brien Maritime 1 0 0 0 0 9 Eric Grey Maritime 2 0 0 0 0 9 J Bennett Grafton Athletic 1 0 0 0 0 9 A Thomas City Rovers 1 0 0 0 0 9 J Tait Marist Old Boys 1 0 0 0 0 9 Karl Ifwersen Grafton Athletic 1 0 0 0 0 9 Clarrie Polson Newton Rangers 1 0 0 0 0 9 Bill Stormont Marist Old Boys 1 0 0 0 0 9 Wilson ? 1 0 0 0 0 9 Nelson Bass Newton Rangers 1 0 0 0 0 9 Ivan Stewart City Rovers 1 0 0 0 0 References "Two Clubs Amalgamate". 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