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1910 Auckland Rugby League season

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The 1910 Auckland Rugby League season was the first season where a full organised competition was played following the 1909 season where several exhibition club matches were played. The competition celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2010 and is currently in its 109th season. The 1910 season commenced on 14 May, with the start of the competition for the Myers Cup. It involved four teams, City Rovers, Newton Rangers, North Shore Albions, and Ponsonby United. Only Ponsonby United (now known as Ponsonby Ponies) still survive to the present day.

Two venues were used. Victoria Park, in downtown Auckland hosted 12 matches, and Takapuna Racecourse which no longer exists, hosted 4 matches.

Preceded by 2nd Auckland Rugby League season
1910
Succeeded by

Meetings and news

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ARL annual meeting

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At the Auckland Rugby League annual meeting the following committee was elected:Chairman, Mr B Brigham; Hon Secretary, Mr A. J. Powley; hon treasurer, Mr Percy Usher; hon auditors, Mr D. W. MacLean and E. W. Watts; president, Mr C. D. Grey; vice-presidents, Mr F. E. N. Gaudin, M. Molloy, W. T. Thompson, J. Patterson, W. M. Evans, T. Craig, A. E. Glover MP, T. Buxton. At the meeting information was received that two new clubs were forming, one in the city and the other at a marine suburb.[1]

City Rovers Establishment

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On 12 April a meeting was held at the Waitemata Hotel with a view to forming a club. There were 23 people in attendance with Mr. D. W. MacLean occupying the chair. It was decided that a club would be formed called City Rovers. The following were elected as officers: president, Mr. J Endean; vice-presidents, Mr F. E. N. Gaudin; Graham, A. J. Parker, and W. M. Evans; hon secretary, Mr L. E. Hinton; hon treasurer, Mr Ernest Asher; hon auditor, Mr B. Brigham. Players for the team were requested to travel to the North Shore on the following Saturday to practice with the North Shore Albions team.[2] The match resulted in a draw with both teams scoring three tries each.[3]

Newton Rangers

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On the evening of 5 May Newton held a meeting at the Caledonian Hotel with Mr. W. Mulholland presiding. Twenty one playing members were present "and much enthusiasm was shown". The following officers were elected:- President, Mr. J.J. Molloy; vice-presidents, Messrs. W. Jones, J.E. Hunt, J. Fernandez, H. McNeil, R. Gordon, E. Hall Skelton, R. Robinson, J. Boonstra, D. Simpson, F.E. Baume, M.P., and A. Raynes; captain, Mr. William Mackrell; vice-captain Samuel B. Houghton; hon. secretary, Mr. G. Smith; treasurer, Mr. W. Mulholland; auditors, Messrs. M. Hooper and E.W. Watts; management committee, Messrs. Bradburn, Hooper, Samuel Houghton, Farrant, Winter, Smith, and Mulholland; delegates to Auckland league, Messrs. Linkhorn, Smith, and Mulholland; delegate on management committee of Auckland league, Mr. P. Linkhorn; selectors, Messrs. Mackrell, Houghton, and Bradburn. The club decided to adopt the colours of maroon and white. Samuel Houghton was the son of Joseph Houghton, the former chairman of Northern Union before the family migrated to New Zealand.[4]

Northcote Ramblers join the Northern Union Code

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On 15 April a meeting was held at Northcote to form a rugby league club there. There were 37 players and supporters present. Mr. D. W. MacLean chaired the meeting. 21 players enrolled at the new club. Mr Lepper was appointed hon secretary, and Mr A. Jackson treasurer. The club was initially to be called the Northcote Warriors however within a week this was changed to the Northcote Ramblers which they were known as for decades afterwards. Today the club is known as the Northcote Tigers.[5] The team played their first ever match on 23 April when they took on a combined Newton Rangers and Ponsonby United junior team in Northcote. The home team won by 18 points to 8 with Jack Stanaway refereeing.[6]

Myers Cup (First Grade Championship)

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Sixteen matches were played until the final round on 20 August where City Rovers defeated Ponsonby United to become the inaugural champions of Auckland club Rugby League (which at this time was referred to as 'Northern Union' in the media).[7] The Round 4 match between North Shore and City won by City 12–6 did not have the point scorers reported. In the Round 6 match between Ponsonby and City the match was abandoned after Albert Opai Asher led the City team off the field after protesting the non awarding of a 'try' to the City team. After an inquiry by the league during the week Asher apologised.

Senior competition

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Final standings

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Team Pld W D L F A Pts
City Rovers 8 5 2 1 87 33 12
Newton Rangers 8 4 1 3 76 81 9
Ponsonby United 8 4 0 4 89 60 8
North Shore Albions 8 1 1 6 41 119 3

Results

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Round 1

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Takapuna Racecourse to the left.

The North Shore v City match was played on the Takapuna Racecourse. Bob Mitchell likely made his debut for City in the 0-0 draw at the ground. He went on to play 29 games for Auckland over 5 years and also 8 games for New Zealand from 1912 to 1914.

14 May Newton 12–6 Ponsonby Victoria Park  
Try: William Winter, Hugh Gordon Haswell, Len Farrant 2 [8] Try: Sid Riley, Sydney Cole Referee: Mr. R.J. Sharrock
14 May North Shore 0–0 City Takapuna Racecourse  
[8] Referee: William Wynyard

Round 2

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Harold (Ray) Denize scored the first ever points for City in their 8-8 draw with Newton. He would go on to play for them for several seasons being one of the mainstays in their forward pack.

21 May Newton 8–8 City Victoria Park  
2:00 Try: Dick Bradburn, William Bonner
Con: Dick Bradburn
[9] Try: Harold Denize, A Hawthorn
Con: Sid Kean
Referee: Jack Stanaway
21 May Ponsonby 34–7 North Shore Victoria Park  
3:15 Try: Arthur Carlaw 2, Scotch MacDonald 2, Ronald MacDonald 2, Henry Bettis, Sydney Cole
Con: Sydney Cole 4, Alf Chorley
[10] Try: Alfred Jackson
Con: George Seagar
Pen: Jim Griffen
Attendance: 300
Referee: R. J. Sharrock

Round 3

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28 May North Shore 2–11 Newton Takapuna Racecourse  
Pen: Jim Griffen [11] Try: George Smith, Thomas Houghton 2
Pen: William Bonner
28 May City 9–0 Ponsonby Victoria Park  
Try: Charles Brett 2, Sid Kean [12]

Round 4

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4 June Newton 5–2 Ponsonby Victoria Park  
3:00 Try: George Smith
Pen: William Bonner
[13] Pen: Sydney Cole Attendance: 100
4 June North Shore 6–12 City Takapuna Racecourse  
3:00 [14] Referee: Jack Stanaway

Round 5

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Future Kiwi, Joe Bennett was on debut for Newton Rangers. He had played a few seasons of rugby for Waiuku and club teams in that area before moving to Auckland. After one match for the City Rugby Club weeks earlier he switched codes.

18 June City 14–5 Newton Victoria Park  
Try: Albert Asher, Charles Brett, George Harrison, Bob Mitchell
Con: Sid Kean
[15] Try: Charles Linkhorn
Pen: Dick Bradburn
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Alfred Jaggs
18 June North Shore 3–7 Ponsonby Takapuna Racecourse  
Try: Fred Jackson [16] Try: Charles Dunning
Con: Sydney Cole
Pen: Sydney Cole

Round 6

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Arthur Thompson Haddon had recently joined the North Shore Albions team. It was said that he had recently played the game in the "Old Country".[17]

25 June Ponsonby 11–8 City Victoria Park  
2:00 Try: Claude Culpan, Ronald MacDonald, Harry Fricker
Con: Sydney Cole
[18] Try: Bob Mitchell, George Harrison
Con: Alex Stanaway
Attendance: 400
Referee: Jack Stanaway
25 June Newton 16–5 North Shore Victoria Park  
3:00 Try: Hugh Haswell, Joe Bennett 3
Con: Len Farrant
Pen: Len Farrant
[19] Try: Sutton
Con: Jim Griffin
Attendance: 400

Round 7

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Claude Culpan scored in his second match for Ponsonby. His brother Nelson would later be on the New Zealand Rugby League board, while another brother, Ivan, was the long time secretary of Auckland Rugby League.

2 July Ponsonby 26–2 Newton Victoria Park  
2:00 Try: King, Fred Lynch 2, Henry Bettis, Claude Culpan, Charles Dunning
Con: Sydney Cole 4
[20][21] Pen: William Bonner Attendance: 4,000
Referee: W Pitts
2 July City 22–0 North Shore Victoria Park  
3:00 Try: George Harrison 2, Harold Denize, Tom Avery, Bob Mitchell, A Hawthorn
Con: Alex Stanaway
Pen: Alex Stanaway
[22] Attendance: 4,000
Referee: R.J. Sharrock

Round 8

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Alfred Gault, who had been playing for the City Rovers 2nd grade team was named in the starting side for the first grade. It is uncertain if he actually played or not. He was a well known boxer in this period and would later go away to World War 2 where he was killed on 26 September 1916 in France.

20 August Newton 17–18 North Shore Victoria Park  
2:00 Try: Hugh Haswell 2, Nicholson, Henderson, Lionel Nolan
Con: William Bonner
[23] Try: Fraser, F Taylor, George Seagar, Hec Wynyard
Con: Hec Wynyard 2, George Seagar
Attendance: 600
Referee: Alfred Jaggs
20 August City 14–3 Ponsonby Victoria Park  
3:00 Try: Charles Brett 3, Albert Asher
Con: Alex Stanaway
[24] Try: Sydney Cole Attendance: 600
Referee: R.J. Sharrock

Top scorers

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The Round 4 match between North Shore and City won by City 12–6 did not have the point scorers reported so the following lists are unlikely to be 100% complete with Charles Brett and George Harrison possibly adding to their point scoring.

Top try scorers
No Player Team Games Tries
1 Charles Brett City 8 6
2 Sydney Cole Ponsonby 8 4
2 Hugh Haswell Newton 8 4
2 George Harrison City 7 4
5 Joe Bennett Newton 2 3
5 Ronald MacDonald Ponsonby 8 3
5 Bob Mitchell City 5 3

Second grade

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A second grade competition was also played, however it received little coverage in the news media. It featured second teams from City Rovers, North Shore Albions and Ponsonby United, as well as a team from Northcote named the Northcote & Birkenhead Ramblers. Northcote were to go through the season undefeated to win the grade.[25] On 6 June Northcote beat Ponsonby by default and North Shore beat City 12–6. On 25 June Northcote beat City 5–3. City beat Ponsonby 15-0 on July 2. The points table was published in The New Zealand Herald on 3 August. There had been two rounds of play scheduled for 13 and 20 August however it appears they were not played and the final table remained as follows.

Team Pld W D L F A Pts
Northcote & Birkenhead Ramblers 7 7 0 0 112 18 14
North Shore Albions 7 5 0 2 54 37 10
City Rovers 7 2 0 5 36 80 4
Ponsonby United 7 0 0 7 9 110 0

On 27 August the Northcote side played a combined team from the other 3 sides at Victoria Park and was defeated 14 to 5.

Representative season

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Auckland v Rotorua

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11 June Auckland 21–18 Rotorua Victoria Park  
3:00 Try: Len Farrant 2, Alfred Jackson, George Seagar, George Smith
Con: Len Farrant, George Seagar
Pen: George Seagar
[26] Try: Riki Papakura, Keri McRae, W McCullum, Henry Du Vall
Con: A Worrall, W McCullum
Pen: W McCullum
Attendance: 2000
Referee: Rowland James Sharrock

Auckland trial match

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On 9 July a trial match was played between an A and B team selected in preparation for the visit of the British team and refereed by R.J. Sharrock but no result was given. A further trial match was played on 16 July which the A team won by 20 points to 18.

16 July A Team 20–18 B Team Victoria Park  
Try: Albert Asher, Fred Jackson, George Smith, Jim Rukutai
Con: Fred Jackson 4
[27] Try: Alfred Jackson 2, Joe Bennett 2
Con: William Bonner, Frederick Neighbour
Pen: William Bonner
Attendance: 2,000

Auckland v Great Britain

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The team for the match was: (fullback) Alf Chorley; (three-quarters) L Nolan, George Smith, Albert Asher; (five-eights) Alfred Jackson, Ronald MacDonald; (halfback) Len Farrant; (forwards) Fred Jackson (captain), Charles Dunning, Jim Griffin, Alex Stanaway, Harry Fricker, and George Seagar. The emergency players named were (backs) Sid Riley, Arthur Carlaw; (forwards) Joe Bennett, Jim Rukutai, and Bob Mitchell.

23 July Auckland 9–52 Great Britain Victoria Park  
3:00 Try: George Seagar, Albert Asher, Jim Griffin [28] Try: Bert Jenkins, Bill Jukes 2, Jim Davies 3, Joe Riley 2, Jim Leytham, Herbert Kershaw, Jim Lomas, Billy Winstanley
Con: James Lomas 7, Jim Leytham
Attendance: 10000
Referee: Jack Stanaway

Auckland trial match

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On September 3 an Auckland trail was played at Devonport Domain to help the selectors choose the team for the Southern Tour. The match was one-sided and the Auckland Star said that the A Team scored nearly 50 points while the B Team only scored 15. There were no scorers mentioned.

3 September A Team 49-15 B Team Devonport Domain  
3:00 [29]

Auckland tour practice match

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For the Auckland B side Tom Avery and Charles Brockliss scored tries. Both players were included in the touring side. It is unknown if other members of the touring side played for the B team as there was no team list published. This was the first time rugby league had been played on the Auckland Domain.

17 Sep Auckland Touring Team 49–6 Selected Combined Team Auckland Domain  
2:45 Try: George Seagar 2, Ronald MacDonald, William Bonner 3, Sid Kean 2, Robert Mitchell 2, Charles Dunning, Harry Fricker 2, Joe Bennett, Arthur Carlaw 2
Con: Arthur Carlaw, Robert Mitchell
[30] Try: Tom Avery, Charles Brockliss
Auckland then went on a seven match tour of New Zealand. The following squad was selected to make the tour: Harry Childs, George Harrison, Ernie Asher, William Bonner, Sid Riley, Lional Nolan, Arthur Carlaw, Alfred Jackson, W J Walker (Rotorua), Ronald MacDonald, Sid Kean, Joe Bennett, Sydney Cole, Tom Avery, Harold Denize, Charles Dunning (captain), Harry Fricker, George Seagar, Bob Mitchell, Harry Oakley, and Charles Brockliss. The manager for the tour was Teddy Watts with Oakley assisting him.

Tour Match v Wanganui

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22 September Wanganui 14–15 Auckland Cooks Gardens, Wanganui  
3:00 Try: T Irwin, A Seeling, R Mitchell, R King
Con: J Hogan
[31][32] Try: Joe Bennett, Lionel Nolan 2
Con: William Bonner 2
Pen: William Bonner
Referee: Sid Kean

Tour Match v Bluff

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27 September Bluff 12–42 Auckland Queens Park, Invercargill  
3:00 Try: G Burgess, Donald Hamilton
Con: J Johnston 2
Pen: J Johnston
[33] Try: George Seagar 4, Alfred Jackson, Ernie Asher 3, Sid Kean 2, Harry Fricker, Arthur Carlaw
Con: Joe Bennett 2, Sid Kean
Attendance: 500
Referee: P Fraser

Remarkably George Seagar after scoring 4 tries then went on to compete in the annual September boxing tournament at the Municipal Theatre later that evening where he beat J O'Shea of Invercargill with loud applause from many of his teammates who were in attendance. He then beat F. Moir of Winton in three rounds.[34] The following day he then played for Auckland again against Southland and scored another try. Unfortunately he injured his arm and was unable to compete in that night's boxing.[35]

Tour Match v Southland

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28 September Southland 12–17 Auckland Queens Park, Invercargill  
3:00 Try: H McDermott, Ogg
Con: H McDermott
Pen: H McDermott 2
[36] Try: Harry Childs, Joe Bennett 2, Sid Kean, George Seagar
Con: William Bonner
Attendance: 2000
Referee: P Fraser

Tour Match v Otago/Southland

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1 October Otago/Southland 18–30 Auckland Caledonian Ground, Dunedin  
3:00 Try: P Walker, H McDermott, J Coulter, A Harridge
Con: Ned Hughes, J Johnston, H McDermott
[37] Try: Sid Kean 4, Ernie Asher, Lionel Nolan, Joe Bennett, Charles Dunning
Con: Charles Dunning, Sydney Cole 2
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Arthur Carlaw

Tour Match v Nelson

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For Nelson, W Doyle scored a try while Charles James scored 2 tries and kicked 2 conversions. James was later killed in action in France during World War I in 1917.

5 October Nelson 13–24 Auckland Trafalgar Park, Nelson  
3:15 Try: Charles James 2, W Doyle
Con: Charles James 2
[38] Try: Ernie Asher 2, Alfred Jackson 2, Arthur Carlaw, George Seagar
Con: Charles Dunning 3
Referee: R Kincaid

Tour Match v Hawke's Bay

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Towards the end of the match Lionel Nolan and J Johnstone had to leave the field due to minor injuries.

8 Oct Hawke's Bay 14–19 Auckland Napier Recreation Ground  
3:00 Try: H Smith, R McEwan, Tom Cotterill, A Wall
Con: William Mackrell
[39] Try: Lionel Nolan, Ernie Asher, Sid Kean, George Seagar, Charles Dunning
Con: Charles Dunning 2
Referee: Arthur Carlaw

Tour Match v Dannevirke

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12 October Dannevirke 8–24 Auckland Dannevirke Recreation Reserve  
3:00 Try: Harry Nuttal, Wilson
Con: unknown
[40] Try: Bob Mitchell, Arthur Carlaw, Charles Dunning, Lionel Nolan, Sid Riley, Sydney Cole
Con: Charles Dunning 3

Auckland representative matches played and scorers

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Matches include the match versus the touring Great Britain side and the seven tour matches made by the Auckland team. The Dannevirke match did not have a team list reported and therefore only the point scorers are included in the 'played' statistics (Mitchell, Carlaw, Dunning, Nolan, Riley, Cole, and Dunning) meaning there are 6 players with unattributed games played.

Auckland representative matches played and scorers

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No Name Club Team Play Tries Con Pen Marks Points
1 George Seagar North Shore 8 9 1 1 - 31
1 Charles Dunning Ponsonby 9 3 9 - - 27
3 Sid Kean City 4 8 1 - - 26
4 Ernie Asher City 7 7 - - - 21
5 Joe Bennett Newton 5 4 2 - - 16
6 Lionel Nolan Newton 8 5 - - - 15
7 Alfred Jackson North Shore 8 4 - - - 12
7 Arthur Carlaw Ponsonby 6 3 - - - 9
9 Len Farrant Newton 2 2 1 - - 8
9 William Bonner Newton 2 - 3 1 - 8
11 Sydney Cole Ponsonby 2 1 2 - - 7
12 Albert Asher City 2 1 - - - 3
12 Harry Fricker Ponsonby 7 1 - - - 3
12 Bob Mitchell City 6 1 - - - 3
12 Sid Riley Ponsonby 5 1 - - - 3
12 Harry Childs City 5 1 - - - 3
12 Jim Griffin North Shore 2 1 - - - 3
12 Albert Asher City 2 1 - - - 3
12 George Smith Newton 2 1 - - - 3
19 Ronald McDonald Ponsonby 4 - - - - 0
19 George Harrison City 3 - - - - 0
19 Tom Avery City 2 - - - - 0
19 Harold Denize City 2 - - - - 0
19 William Walker *Rotorua 1 - - - - 0
19 Fred Jackson North Shore 1 - - - - 0
19 Charles Brockliss City 1 - - - - 0
19 Alf Chorley Ponsonby 1 - - - - 0
19 Alex Stanaway City 2 - - - - 0
19 William Mackrell Newton 1 - - - - 0
19 Charles Linkhorn Newton 1 - - - - 0
19 O Miller North Shore 1 - - - - 0

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