Английская Википедия:1912 Auckland Rugby League season

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George Harrison and George Seagar

The 1912 Auckland Rugby League season was the 4th official year of the Auckland Rugby League. 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. 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.

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News

Manukau Magpies formed

Manukau held a meeting in Onehunga in March. They decided to field a senior team and two junior teams. 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.

Hobsonville Pirates

A club was formed in Hobsonville, West Auckland at the start of the season. They decided on the name of Hobsonville Pirates. They fielded a team in the second grade. They had the use of a paddock on Midgeley's farm for games and teams had to make their way there by launch from the city centre on Saturday mornings. They failed to field a side in 1913 and then in 1914 they fielded a side in the 3rd grade before folding at the end of the season.

Club teams and grade participation

Team	1st Grade	2nd Grade	3rd Grade	4th Grade	Total
Ponsonby United	1	1	2	1	5
North Shore Albions	1	1	1	1	4
City Rovers	1	1	1	1	4
Newton Rangers	1	1	0	1	3
Manukau	1	0	1	1	3
Eden Ramblers	1	0	1	1	3
Otahuhu Rovers	0	1	0	1	2
Northcote & Birkenhead Ramblers	0	1	1	0	2
Ellerslie United	0	1	0	1	2
Hobsonville Pirates	0	1	0	0	1
Total	6	8	7	8	29

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.

Myers Cup 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

Myers Cup results

Round 1

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City 1912 team

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Newton v Eden Ramblers in the #3 field

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Eden Ramblers side prior to their match.

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Round 2

In the match between North Shore and Newton, Joe Bennett broke his leg and missed the rest of the season. He returned to captain the side at the start of the 1913 season. Шаблон:Rugbybox collapsible Шаблон:Rugbybox collapsible Шаблон:Rugbybox collapsible

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. Шаблон:Rugbybox collapsible Шаблон:Rugbybox collapsible Шаблон:Rugbybox collapsible

Round 6

The rugby league 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. Шаблон:Rugbybox collapsible Шаблон:Rugbybox collapsible Шаблон:Rugbybox collapsible

Round 7

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Archie Ferguson

Archie Ferguson refereed his first ever first grade game. He would go on to referee 50 first grade games and 8 representative games before becoming a prominent administrator in both refereeing and managing, including the New Zealand team. George Hunt who scored a try for City would also go on to become an administrator for the Auckland Rugby League in the 1920s.

Round 8

It was reported that Arthur Francis the Newton player was now enroute to England where he was to join the Wigan club and play until 1919 when he would return to New Zealand and coach Newton in 1921. Charles Webb of the Ponsonby side was unable to play in their match with Eden after suffering from rheumatism. Шаблон:Rugbybox collapsible Шаблон:Rugbybox collapsible Шаблон:Rugbybox collapsible

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), 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. Шаблон:Col-begin Шаблон:Col-2

Top try scorers
Rank	Player	Team	Tries
1	D Healy	Newton	7
1	William Tobin	Newton	7
1	Charles Savory	Ponsonby	7
4	Alan Blakey	Newton	5
4	Charles Brockliss	Newton	5
4	Bush	Newton	5
4	Billy Dervan	Newton	5
4	Charles Dunning	Ponsonby	5
4	William Mincham	Ponsonby	5
4	George Hunt	City	5
4	Arthur Francis	Newton	5

Top point scorers
Rank	Player	Team	Points
1	Charles Dunning	Ponsonby	33 (5t,6c,3p)
1	Charles Savory	Ponsonby	33 (7t,5c,1p)
3	William Tobin	Newton	29 (7t,4c)
6	Arthur Francis	Newton Rangers	25 (5t,4c,1p)
4	D Healy	Newton	23 (7t,1c)
4	Billy Dervan	Newton	23 (5t,4c)
7	Alan Blakey	Newton	19 (5t,2c)
8	Don Kenealy	Eden	18 (2t,2c,4p)

Lower grades and exhibition matches

Second Grade

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North Shore 2nd grade team. Edward Vincent Fox is 3rd from the left in the back row. The first grade Fox Memorial Shield was named after him.

The Points table at the end of the first round (which was published) and additional known results. Only 19 scores were reported therefore the points for and against are only tallies from those matches. The table also included the championship final which saw Ponsonby defeat Otahuhu 15-9.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Ponsonby United	11	11	0	0	128	35	22
Otahuhu United	9	6	0	3	105	51	12
North Shore Albions	9	6	0	3	53	36	12
Northcote Ramblers	9	4	0	5	8	38	8
City Rovers	9	3	0	6	41	70	6
Ellerslie United	9	2	0	7	9	69	4
Hobsonville Pirates	7	1	0	6	18	57	2
Newton Rangers	7	0	0	7	9	15	0

Third Grade

Ponsonby B beat Ponsonby A in the final match 17-5 to win the competition. There were two rounds of matches played prior to the competition beginning. Only 8 rounds were played (7 matches for each team) and only 8 scores were reported, including none from Northcote's games. The standings were published after 7 rounds however which showed the teams wins and losses to that point. As a result the points for and against only includes those reported.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Ponsonby United B	7	7	0	0	107	17	14
Ponsonby United A	7	5	0	2	25	21	10
Manukau Rovers	6	4	0	2	0	8	8
Eden Ramblers	6	3	0	3	11	29	6
North Shore Albions	6	2	0	4	9	51	4
City Rovers	6	1	0	5	5	31	2
Northcote Ramblers	6	0	0	6	0	0	0

Fourth Grade

The competition was played over 7 rounds. Only 16 match scores were reported out of 26 matches played. The for and against as a result are incomplete as are the win loss records.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
North Shore Albions	5	5	0	0	60	9	10
Otahuhu United	5	4	0	1	83	22	8
Ellerslie United	5	2	1	2	54	26	5
Ponsonby United	4	2	0	2	14	29	4
Manukau	3	1	1	1	18	12	3
Eden Ramblers	4	1	0	3	26	46	2
Newton Rangers	4	1	0	3	6	30	2
City Rovers	4	0	0	4	2	89	0

Exhibition match

	Date		Score		Score	Venue
Exhibition Match	24 Aug	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.

Auckland v New Zealand

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The Auckland side.

Sid Riley the former Australian rugby international who was playing club football in Auckland for Ponsonby at the time was listed to play for Auckland in the match. However he played for New Zealand instead. A photo was published of the Auckland team. They are from left to right Ernie Asher, George Seagar, Jim Griffen, ?, ?, Bob Mitchell, ?, ?, ?, ?, Harry Fricker, ?, and ?. Orriginally the Hayward brothers (Morgan and Harold) were named to play for New Zealand however with their Thames side playing the curtain-raiser they ultimately represented them on the day.

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

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Auckland B v Hamilton

Early in the game Skeats for Auckland broke "several ribs" and had to leave the field with a replacement coming on, most likely William Tobin as he was in the reserves and later scored a try. Then near the end of the match another Auckland player sprained a toe and left the field leaving Auckland a player short. Шаблон:Rugbybox collapsible

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. Шаблон:Rugbybox collapsible

Auckland v Wellington (Northern Union C.C.)

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. Шаблон:Rugbybox collapsible Файл:Auckland v Wellington, 1912 at Victoria Park.png

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. Шаблон:Rugbybox collapsible

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. Шаблон:Rugbybox collapsible

Auckland representative matches played and scorers

Rank	Name	Club	Played	Tries	Con	Pen	Points
1	Arthur Hardgrave	Manukau	7	1	7	4	25
2	Bob Mitchell	City	8	7	-	-	21
3	George Seagar	North Shore	7	3	4	-	17
4	Jim Rukutai	Manukau	6	4	2	-	16
5	Billy Curran	Newton	6	3	1	-	11
6	Charles Dunning	Ponsonby	5	1	-	2	7
7	Arthur Francis	Newton	1	-	2	1	6
7	Stan Weston	North Shore	7	2	-	-	6
7	D Healy	Newton	4	2	-	-	6
7	Harry Fricker	Ponsonby	5	2	-	-	6
7	Alan Blakey	Newton	7	2	-	-	6
7	Rukingi Reke	Rotorua	4	2	-	-	6
7	Young	?	1	2	-	-	6
14	Charles Webb	Ponsonby	7	1	1	-	5
15	C Clark	North Shore	1	-	2	-	4
16	Malcolm	Newton	1	1	-	-	3
16	Arthur Carlaw	Ponsonby	2	1	-	-	3
16	Don Kenealy	Eden	4	1	-	-	3
16	Alfred Jackson	North Shore	3	1	-	-	3
16	Harold Hayward	Thames	5	1	-	-	3
16	Adelbert Tobin	Newton	3	1	-	-	3
16	Cross	Newton	1	1	-	-	3
16	Dick Roope	Ponsonby	5	1	-	-	3
24	Alex Stanaway	City	2	-	-	1	2
24	Jim Griffin	North Shore	4	-	1	-	2
26	Morgan Hayward	Thames	6	-	-	-	0
26	Harry Childs	City	3	-	-	-	0
26	Ernie Asher	City	2	-	-	-	0
26	George Smith	?	2	-	-	-	0
26	Frazer	?	1	-	-	-	0
26	George Harrison	North Shore	1	-	-	-	0
26	Warner	City	1	-	-	-	0
26	McPherson	Ponsonby	1	-	-	-	0
26	Tom Avery	City	1	-	-	-	0
26	William Capill	Thames	1	-	-	-	0
26	G Lambert	Ponsonby	2	-	-	-	0
26	Charters	Ponsonby	1	-	-	-	0
26	Riki Papakura	Rotorua	1	-	-	-	0
26	George Gillett	Newton	1	-	-	-	0

External links

• Auckland Rugby League Official Site