Английская Википедия:1911 Auckland Rugby League season

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Шаблон:Use New Zealand English Шаблон:Use dmy dates The 1911 Auckland Rugby League season was the second full organised club season in Auckland following the 1910 Auckland Rugby League season. City Rovers won the title again after winning it in the competitions inaugural year. Шаблон:S-start

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The club season commenced on 20 May, with the start of the competition for the Myers Cup. City Rovers were crowned champions after defeating Ponsonby United in the final 36–15 which was required due to both teams being within 2 points of each other as the competition entered its closing stages. The competition at the time and for decades to come often did not complete full round robins. When a team had an unassailable lead over their nearest rivals the competition was often concluded at that point. Ponsonby and City had already met twice during the season but rather than conclude the round robin with round 10. In round 10 Ponsonby would have had a bye and City would likely have gained an easy win over wooden spooners, Eden Ramblers so the Auckland Rugby League decided to have the two top teams play off for the title a week early rather than prolong the competition.

The City side featured Albert Asher, Alex Stanaway, Jim Rukutai, and Bob Mitchell, while Ponsonby had Charlie Savory, Charles Dunning and Arthur Carlaw.

Auckland Rugby League news

Club teams and grade participation

Team	1st Grade	2nd Grade	3rd Grade	Total
North Shore Albions	1	1	1	3
City Rovers	1	1	1	3
Ponsonby United	1	1	0	2
Eden Ramblers	1	0	1	2
Northcote & Birkenhead Ramblers	0	1	1	2
Newton Rangers	1	0	0	1
Total	5	4	4	13

Reminiscing about the league's formative years

In 1941 at the annual meeting the chairman of the league in 1911 (Mr. B. Brigham) spoke about the league in its formative years. He said "the seeds sown by the pioneers have developed in a wonderful way... when we first started playing, the matches were at Victoria Park. For funds we used to go around with a hat. Then we started taking boxes round, and if at the end of the day we were "shy", we had to have a tarpaulin just to pay for the ground". He went on to say that "plenty of mud was thrown at us those times, and we had to face a good deal of hostility. Our first meetings were held in the cellar of the Rob Roy Hotel, and then we got the use of the social room in the same hotel. Then we drifted to other rooms, and a home of our own". He also talked of venues and said "at one time the league had a lease of Eden Park at £100 a year, and from there they shifted to Victoria Park, where on one occasion they had a £300 gate, a figure that was not beaten until the 1924 season at Carlaw Park.

Venues

Unlike in 1910 when only two venues were used, there were 5 venues used. They were Victoria Park, Takapuna Racecourse, 'Avondale', Auckland Domain, and Eden Park (which was the venue for the club final between City Rovers and Ponsonby United.

Eden Ramblers formed

The senior competition saw the addition of the Eden Ramblers who had been formed in April. A meeting was held at the Avondale Public Hall on Wednesday 26 April with Mr John Bollard, MP presiding over it. He was elected president and chairman, and the name Eden Ramblers was chosen along with the colours or green and gold. The following officers were selected: Hon Secretary, Mr B Boone; Management Committee, W. A. Cummings, J Eddoes, W Fairweather, M Morrow, and J Denyer. The membership was close to 50 and they were to begin their training for the season ahead on 29 April with a joint practice with Ponsonby United at Victoria Park.

Rugby union converts

At the start of the season George Gillett, Arthur Francis, Alan Blakey, and Frank Morse all switched codes. Gillett and Francis had both played for the All Blacks for several seasons and were joining the Newton Rangers along with Blakey who was a well known Auckland rugby player. Morse was joining the City Rovers. Gillett, Francis, and Morse would all go on to represent the Kiwi's.

Representative season

It featured a representative program in August and September where Auckland played nine matches including two against the New Zealand side. They won eight and lost one. Their first match saw them lose to New Zealand however they rattled off consecutive wins against New Zealand (6 weeks later), Wellington, Lower Waikato, Hawke's Bay, Nelson, Taranaki, Hawke's Bay Māori, and a Country team from Waihi & Rotorua.

Myers Cup (first grade championship)

Eighteen regular season matches were played before the final on 16 September where City Rovers defeated Ponsonby United 36 to 15 to retain the title which they had won in 1910.

First Grade competition

Myers Cup standings

Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
City Rovers	8	7	0	1	164	70	14
Ponsonby United	9	7	0	2	205	117	14
North Shore Albions	7	3	0	4	80	68	6
Newton Rangers	7	1	0	6	51	138	2
Eden Ramblers	7	1	0	6	42	149	2

The second round did not feature the final round of matches hence Ponsonby playing an extra match (when they were due to have a bye), while the table also includes the final played between City and Ponsonby.

Myers Cup results

Round 4

In the match between Newton and Eden one of the three tries was unattributed but it was said that the try scorers were Short and Linkhorn so one of those players scored twice but it is unknown which. Шаблон:Rugbybox collapsible Шаблон:Rugbybox collapsible

Round 7

The match between Ponsonby and Eden was played on the Avondale Racecourse. The sports fields were located at the eastern end of the racecourse grounds.

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Avondale Racecourse in 1902. The playing fields were located on the infield, mainly to the left.

Round 8

In the match between City and Ponsonby at the Takapuna Racecourse there were several injuries. Harrison (City) sprained an ankle, Hunt (City) ruptured the muscles of his shoulder, and Warner (City) had his nose "severely injured in a collision with Carlaw (Ponsonby) who was partly stunned and sustained a cut to his forehead". Шаблон:Rugbybox collapsible Шаблон:Rugbybox collapsible

Top scorers

The Ponsonby v Eden match in Round 2 had 23 unattributed points for Ponsonby (5 tries and 4 goals) and 5 for Eden (1 try and 1 goal), while the Round 4 match between Newton and Eden saw a try to Newton unattributed. As such the following lists are likely to omit tries and points for players from those sides.

Top try scorers
No	Player	Team	Tries
1	Charles Dillimore	Ponsonby	10
2	Arthur Carlaw	Ponsonby	7
3	Harris	Eden	5
4	Charlie Savory	Ponsonby United	4
4	Charles Dunning	Ponsonby	4
4	Albert Asher	City	4
4	Phillips	City	4
4	William Moeki	City Rovers	4
4	Jim Rukutai	City	4
4	E Robinson	City	4
4	Bob Mitchell	City	4
4	George Hunt	City	4

Top point scorers
No	Player	Team	Points
1	Albert Asher	City	46 (4t,15c,2p)
2	Charles Dillimore	Ponsonby	42 (10t,5c,1p)
3	Sydney Cole	Ponsonby	31 (1t,14c)
4	Arthur Carlaw	Ponsonby	23 (7t,1c)
4	Joe Bennett	Newton	23 (3t,4c,3p)
6	Frederick Gladding	North Shore	17 (3t,3c,1p)
7	Harris	Eden Ramblers	15 (5t)

Lower grades

A junior representative match was played between A and B teams as curtain-raiser to the New Zealand v Auckland match at Takapuna Racecourse on July 29. The match featured Edward Vincent Fox who the Fox Memorial Shield would later be named after. The teams were; A team: Liversidge (Ponsonby), Hawthorne (City), Herrick (Northcote), Keen (Ponsonby), Edward Fox (North Shore), Sceates (Northcote), Jackson (Northcote), Gault (City), Jordan (Northcote), Boswell (Ponsonby), Hynes (North Shore), Stanaway (Ponsonby), Pugh (Northcote). B Team: Sergeant (Northcote), Ridings (North Shore), Schofield (Ponsonby), Conaghan (North Shore), Neil (Northcote), Gerrard (North Shore), Brown (Ponsonby), Buchanan (North Shore), Vic Barchard (City), Fairweather (Northcote), Young (North Shore), Davies (Ponsonby), McCullagh (City). Emergencies: Young (Ponsonby), Otto, Jonas, Leaity, and Tickner. The match was played in heavy rain and resulted in a 6-all draw.

Second Grade standings

The results are incomplete. There were 10 rounds played but only 11 of the 20 results were reported.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Northcote & Birkenhead Ramblers	7	7	0	0	64	35	14
Ponsonby United	5	2	0	3	25	23	4
North Shore Albions	4	1	0	3	30	35	2
City Rovers	6	1	0	5	21	47	2

Third Grade standings

The results are incomplete. There were 9 rounds played but only 9 results were reported out of 18 matches. Ponsonby initially entered a team in the third grade but failed to play a game before withdrawing.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
North Shore Albions	4	4	0	0	66	9	8
Eden Ramblers	5	2	0	3	41	45	4
Northcote & Birkenhead Ramblers	3	1	0	2	17	20	2
City Rovers	4	1	0	3	5	55	2

Representative season

The season began with a match against the New Zealand team which was about to depart for its Australian tour. The touring side won by two points but when they returned from their tour they played again only this time Auckland were the victors by 11 points to 3.

Auckland v Wellington (Northern Union Cup)

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Wellington team

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Auckland team to play Wellington.

Ronald (Scotty) McDonald broke his leg during the match. Arthur Seeling of the Wellington team also badly injured his knee. The team was supposed to go by boat back to Wellington but decided to go by train so they could drop Seeling off in Whanganui where he lived. Frank Morse debuted for Auckland, as did Jim Rukutai who became the Manukau clubs first Auckland representative player. Шаблон:Rugbybox collapsible

Auckland v Lower Waikato

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Charles Dunning

John Kay had the distinction of playing for Auckland one week, and then turning out against them the following week for Waikato. Occasionally players from the Waikato and Bay of Plenty regions would represent Auckland. Kay played 3 matches for Auckland in this season. The Auckland Star credited a conversion to Jim Griffen while the New Zealand Herald reported that Charles Dunning kicked all 3 goals. As the Auckland Star's match report was more detailed that is the record reported below.

Auckland v Hawke's Bay (Northern Union C.C.)

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Auckland team

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Hawke's Bay team

Auckland v Nelson (Northern Union C.C.)

For Nelson Dave Mason scored a try, while Oscar Cederman who was later killed in action in Belgium during World War I scored a try and kicked a conversion. Шаблон:Rugbybox collapsible

Auckland v Hawke's Bay Māori

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Auckland v Country (Waihi & Rotorua)

A month after Auckland's match with Hawke's Bay Māori an exhibition game was arranged in Waihi against a 'Country' team from that area, including Rotorua players. It was the first ever rugby league match played in the area and was played on the Waihi Domain in front of a "fairly large crowd". Despite a few regular forwards not making the trip Auckland still took a strong side and ran out winners 20-10. For the Country side Rukingi Reke kicked 2 conversions to go with a tries to F. Hall and St George. Шаблон:Rugbybox collapsible

Auckland representative matches played and scorers

Rank	Name	Club	Play	Tries	Con	Pen	Mark	Points
1	Joe Bennett	Newton	7	9	-	-	-	27
2	Charles Dunning	Ponsonby	6	-	12	1	-	26
3	Albert Asher	City	7	6	1	-	-	20
4	Jim Griffen	North Shore	8	4	1	-	-	14
5	Harry Fricker	Ponsonby	7	4	-	-	-	12
5	Jim Rukutai	Manukau	7	4	-	-	-	12
7	Frank Morse	City	5	2	1	1	-	10
7	George Seagar	North Shore	4	2	2	-	-	10
9	Arthur Carlaw	Ponsonby	5	3	-	-	-	9
9	John Kay	Komakorau (Ngaruawahia)	3	3	-	-	-	9
11	Alfred Jackson	North Shore	9	2	-	-	-	6
11	Bob Mitchell	City	6	2	-	-	-	6
11	George Harrison	City	2	2	-	-	-	6
11	Stan Walters	North Shore	2	2	-	-	-	6
11	E Robinson	City	7	2	-	-	-	6
16	Alf Chorley	Ponsonby	3	1	-	-	-	3
16	Charles Linkhorn	Newton	2	1	-	-	-	3
16	Reg Sprague	Lower Waikato (Ngaruawahia)	1	1	-	-	-	3
16	George Hunt	City	2	1	-	-	-	3
20	Sydney Cole	Ponsonby	1	-	1	-	-	2
21	Harry Childs	City	7	-	-	-	-	-
21	Charles Dillimore	Ponsonby	2	-	-	-	-	-
21	Don Kenealy	Eden	3	-	-	-	-	-
21	Stan Weston	North Shore	1	-	-	-	-	-
21	Samuel Houghton	Ponsonby	1	-	-	-	-	-
21	J Cummings	Eden	1	-	-	-	-	-
21	J O’Sullivan	City	1	-	-	-	-	-
21	Ernie Asher	City	1	-	-	-	-	-
21	Ronald MacDonald	North Shore	1	-	-	-	-	-
21	Harold Roy Denize	City	1	-	-	-	-	-
21	Henry Bettis	Ponsonby	1	-	-	-	-	-
21	Phillips	City	1	-	-	-	-	-

External links

• Auckland Rugby League Official Site