Английская Википедия:1923 Auckland Rugby League season

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The 1923 season of the Auckland Rugby League was its 15th. The First Grade competition featured 7 teams with the Fire Brigade club who featured in it in 1922 not entering a team.

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Auckland Rugby League news

Club teams by grade participation

Team	1st Grade	2nd Grade	3rd Grade	4th Grade	5th Grade	6th Grade A	6th Grade B	Total
City Rovers	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	7
Marist Old Boys	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	7
Ponsonby United	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	6
Richmond Rovers	1	0	1	0	1	2	1	6
Devonport United	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	5
Newton Rangers	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	5
Athletic	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	5
Ellerslie United	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	4
Manukau Rovers	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	4
Parnell	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	4
Kingsland Rovers	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	3
Otahuhu Rovers	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	3
Ihumātao	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2
Māngere Rangers	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2
Northcote & Birkenhead Ramblers	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2
Point Chevalier	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2
Coromandel	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Victoria Cruising Club	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Takapuna	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Total	7	12	14	11	8	10	8	70

First grade winners

City Rovers won their 6th championship title and the 3rd in succession after defeating Athletic 8–7 in the final. With a round to play City was only 2 competition points ahead of Athletic so it was decided to play a final to decide the champions. The match was played on Carlaw Park in front of an enormous crowd of 11,500 with £325 received in gate takings. City were the second team to win three consecutive titles after Ponsonby United had won the competition in 1917, 1918, and 1919. It was to be 61 years until it happened again with Mt Albert winning the title from 1984–86 before Northcote won 4 titles from 1991–94, Glenora 3 titles from 1997–99, and Pt Chevalier won 3 titles from 2013–15.

Ponsonby won the Roope Rooster Knockout competition for the second straight year and their third time in the competitions history after defeating City Rovers 14–3 in the final.

Representative team

The Auckland representative team played 5 matches for 4 wins and a 20–20 draw. The draw was arguably the most significant result as it was in a match for the Northern Union Challenge Cup against South Auckland. Auckland had lost the cup to the same opposition the previous season and as the match was drawn South Auckland retained it. The two teams met again at the end of the season at Carlaw Park which Auckland won convincingly however the cup was not being played for as it was only defended at the holders home ground.

Manukau rugby league team

Near the end of the season the Manukau and Māngere clubs sent a letter to the Auckland Rugby League which was read at the management committee meeting on 29 August. It stated that the two clubs had decided to amalgamate and would enter a team in the senior grade the following year provided permission was granted, which it was. The Manukau club is the Manukau club of today, though the Mangere club is not related to the modern day Mangere East who were not founded until 1963. The Manukau club were located in their early decades in the Onehunga area before moving much later to their current location at Moyle Park. The clubs did however remain separate and compete as separate entities the following year. Māngere had previously been known as Māngere Rangers previously however and became known as Māngere United until they ceased to exist at the end of 1934.

Monteith Shield (1st grade championship)

The 1923 First Grade Championship was arguably the most keenly fought in the competitions history to this point with three teams in the hunt for the title up until the last two weeks. Marist Old Boys who were in a good position to win the title lost in the 12th and 13th rounds and bowed out of contention, leaving City Rovers and Athletics to contend. It was ultimately won by City Rovers who finished the season with a 10 win and 2 loss record, as did Athletic, with a final being required to determine the winner. City won by the narrowest of margins 8–7 to go back to back.

Monteith Shield standings

Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
City Rovers	13	11	0	2	228	72	22
Athletic	13	10	0	3	180	87	20
Marist Old Boys	12	9	0	2	170	108	18
Devonport United	12	6	0	6	135	141	12
Ponsonby United	12	4	0	8	118	179	8
Newton Rangers	12	2	0	10	85	183	4
Richmond Rovers	12	1	0	11	93	239	2

A final was played between City Rovers and Athletic after the round robin to decide the title with City winning 8 points to 7 in front of 11,500 spectators at Carlaw Park.

Monteith Shield fixtures

The First Grade season was particularly close right until the end. In the final round the step was made to play both games on Carlaw Park number 1 field for the first time (usually one match was always played on the number 2 field at the same time). If Athletic had defeated City Rovers in the main match they would have won the championship for the first time however they lost to City which forced a final to be played the following week between the same two teams and City were again victorious to claim their 3rd straight championship.

Round 1

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Hec Brisbane

Round 1 saw the debut of Hec Brisbane for Marist against Richmond. Brisbane would go on to play 158 games for Marist from 1923 to 1934 scoring 71 tries, mostly in the centre position. He also played for Auckland 14 times from 1923 to 1933 and a remarkable 50 matches for New Zealand from 1924 to 1932. He was also a representative selector in the 1930s after he retired.

Round 8

Ponsonby defaulted their match with Newton after they could only manage 8 players. Шаблон:Rugbybox collapsible Шаблон:Rugbybox collapsible Шаблон:Rugbybox collapsible

Round 10

Richmond defaulted their match with City as they had a large number of players injured or ill. Шаблон:Rugbybox collapsible Шаблон:Rugbybox collapsible Шаблон:Rugbybox collapsible

Round 14

The match between City and Athletic saw two forwards ordered off, one from each team. Hec McDonald the future Kiwi debuted for City in the match after being drawn to Auckland from the Waikato. Шаблон:Rugbybox collapsible Шаблон:Rugbybox collapsible Шаблон:Rugbybox collapsible

Championship final

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Scenes from the 1923 championship final.

Roope Rooster knockout competition

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Thomas McClymont

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Ivan Littlewood

The Roope Rooster competition was interesting as Ponsonby went on to win it despite being uncompetitive in the First Grade competition. Thomas McClymont and Bill Walsh emerged from retirement, and Ivan Littlewood transferred back to the club from Waikato where he had moved, to bolster their team for the Roope Rooster competition. They defeated Richmond and Marist comprehensively before beating a slightly weakened City team (with Maurice Wetherill suffering from influenza, and Bill Davidson with a leg injury) in the final 14–8.

Round 1

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Top try scorers and point scorers

These lists include tries and points scored in the first grade competition and the Roope Rooster knockout competition. A Goddick of the Devonport who scored 6 tries during the season later moved to Fiji to live and help promote the game of rugby union there. Шаблон:Col-begin Шаблон:Col-2

Rank	Player	Team	Tries
1	Bert Avery	Athletic	12
1	George Davidson	City	12
3	Ben Davidson	City	11
4	Henry Hawkes	City	10
5	Bill Stormont	Marist	9
6	Stevens	Marist	8
6	P Gallagher	Marist	8
8	Bert Laing	Devonport	7
8	Craddock Dufty	Athletic	7
8	Wilson	Ponsonby	7
11	A Goddick	Devonport	6
12	Frank Delgrosso	Newton	5
12	Clarrie Polson	City	5
12	Maurice Wetherill	City	5
12	Ernie Herring	Athletic	5
12	Baden Foss	Marist	5

Rank	Player	Team	Tries	Con	Pen	Mark	Drop Goal	Points
1	Craddock Dufty	Athletic	7	10	9	0	0	59
2	Frank Delgrosso	Ponsonby	5	8	9	0	0	49
3	Clarrie Polson	Newton	5	10	4	1	0	45
4	George Davidson	City	12	4	0	0	0	44
5	Bill Davidson	City	5	11	3	0	0	43
5	Bill Stormont	Marist	9	6	2	0	0	43
7	Stevens	Marist	8	9	0	0	0	42
8	Henry Hawkes	City	10	5	0	0	0	40
9	Bert Avery	Athletic	12	0	0	0	0	36
10	McDonald	Richmond	2	7	6	1	0	34

Other senior club matches and competitions

Athletic v Wednesday representative team

During the season a Wednesday afternoon competition was played and it was decided to play a match between Athletic who had a bye and a representative team from that competition as curtain-raiser to the City Rovers – Marist Old Boys match.

Labour Day Carnival and charity sevens tournament

On 20 October there was a carnival held at Carlaw Park with 7 a-side football on one field and seven-a-side rugby league on the other. There were three first round matches played with Richmond, Athletic A, and Devonport victorious. Richmond received a bye in the semi-finals and met Athletic in the final who they defeated 5 points to 0.

The following weekend another seven-a-side tournament was held at Carlaw Park to raise money for the Takapuna Orphanage which was destroyed by fire. Unfortunately the weather was particularly bad in the morning which had an effect on the attendance with only 1,000 spectators. The teams were supposed to composed of senior players but in reality were largely made up of junior players.

Seven-a-side carnival results

	Date		Score		Score	Venue
First Round	20 Oct	Richmond	2	Athletic B	0	Carlaw Park
First Round	20 Oct	Athletic A	5	Marist Old Boys	3	Carlaw Park
First Round	20 Oct	Devonport	10	Ponsonby	6	Carlaw Park
Semi Final	20 Oct	Athletic A	6	Devonport	3	Carlaw Park
Final	20 Oct	Richmond	5	Athletic A	0	Carlaw Park

Seven-a-side tournament results

	Date		Score		Score	Venue	Attendance
First Round	27 Oct	Devonport	21	Athletic	3	Carlaw Park	1,000
First Round	27 Oct	Ponsonby	9	City	0	Carlaw Park
Semi Final	27 Oct	Devonport	14	Marist Old Boys	8	Carlaw Park
Final	27 Oct	Devonport	WBD	Ponsonby	LBD	Carlaw Park

Exhibition matches

On June 2 Marist had a bye and so travelled to Hamilton to play a local Hamilton representative side. Hamilton won 28-13 against a Marist team missing 5 of its regular players.

Richmond travelled to Taumarunui towards the end of the season when they had a bye in the First Grade competition and were victorious against the local side by 14 points to 5. On 15 September the Athletic and Parnell 4th grade teams played a match in Whangarei which was the first time and organised game of rugby league had been played in the area. As both of the teams were composed of junior players, the game was not of a high standard and gained little interest.

List of Exhibition Matches

	Date		Score		Score	Venue	Attendance
Exhibition Match	28 July	Taumarunui	5	Richmond	14	Taumarunui
Exhibition Match	15 Sep	Athletic 4th Grade	11	Parnell 4th Grade	9	Kensington Park, Whangarei
Exhibition Match	22 Sep	Ponsonby	6	City	3	Carlaw Park	7,000

Lower grades

There were 8 lower grade competitions in 1923 with the 6th grade split into an A and B division, while the Cadets competition ran again and a Wednesday Competition was also run featuring businesses and professions.

Second grade

City Rovers won the competition after defeating Māngere Rangers 16-3 on September 8. Earlier in the season on June 2 the two sides drew 6-6 but the match was later awarded to Mangere as City had an "unqualified" player. The standings are incomplete with most teams playing around 14 matches but less than half were reported. On August 14 with the competition nearing its end the New Zealand Herald reported that Māngere were on 20 points, City 16, and Otahuhu and Kingsland were on 14. City had 2 games in hand and it appears Māngere must have lost their last match with City winning both of there's and forcing a playoff for the competition on September 8, which they won. Māngere won the knockout competition (Foster Memorial Shield). Northcote & Birkenhead Ramblers withdrew after 7 rounds and had defaulted at least two matches to that point.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	F	A	Pts
City Rovers	15	10	1	4	1	126	49	21
Māngere Rangers	13	10	0	3	0	95	45	20
Otahuhu Rovers	14	7	0	6	0	35	17	14
Kingsland Rovers	13	7	0	5	0	71	44	14
Newton Rangers	13	2	0	2	1	40	29	4
Ponsonby United	11	1	1	4	0	63	69	3
Ihumatao	14	1	0	3	0	32	50	2
Devonport United	10	1	0	3	0	29	51	2
Ellerslie United	12	1	0	2	0	5	27	2
Marist Old Boys	12	0	0	2	0	8	40	0
Athletic	11	0	0	4	0	5	77	0
Northcote & Birkenhead Ramblers	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Third grade (Myers Cup)

The points for the five leading teams was mentioned in an article in the New Zealand Herald on August 14 when City and Manukau had no games remaining while Richmond, Ponsonby, and Point Chevalier each had two games left. After wins by Ponsonby and Point Chevalier they overtook City and Manukau and needed a playoff for the title. Ponsonby United won the competition, defeating Point Chevalier in the final 10-7 on September 15. Ellerslie, Kingsland and Marist all withdrew after round 7. Each of them had defaulted multiple matches prior to this. 16 rounds were played in total but there were few results reported, though the majority of Ponsonby's matches did have their result published. The Victoria Cruising Club entered a team. They were a boating club based in West Haven.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	F	A	Pts
Ponsonby United	15	11	1	3	1	133	20	23
Point Chevalier	15	10	0	5	1	72	35	20
City Rovers	12	10	0	2	1	0	15	20
Manukau	12	9	1	2	2	87	3	19
Richmond Rovers	11	9	0	2	4	22	23	18
Devonport United	12	3	0	2	2	24	24	6
Parnell	12	3	0	5	0	45	46	6
Victoria Cruising Club	11	3	0	1	3	13	16	6
Coromandel Old Boys	11	2	0	3	0	7	47	4
Ellerslie United	3	1	0	2	0	3	0	2
Kingsland Rovers	13	0	1	5	2	16	53	1
Marist Old Boys	5	0	1	3	0	3	33	1
Ihumatao	12	0	0	0	1	6	116	0
Newton Rangers	4	0	0	3	0	0	0	0

Fourth grade

Devonport United won the championship on September 29 when they beat Athletic 24-5 in the final. Neither team had many of their results reported and therefore the standings are very incomplete although the New Zealand Herald gave the points of the leading teams near the end of the season. Marist withdrew after 6 rounds when they had already defaulted at least 3 matches.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	F	A	Pts
Devonport United	13	10	0	3	0	32	17	20
Athletic	12	9	0	3	0	44	24	18
Parnell	13	7	1	3	0	55	6	15
City Rovers	15	7	0	7	0	14	0	14
Otahuhu Rovers	16	6	0	9	1	0	0	12
Ellerslie United	11	2	0	3	0	36	36	4
Kingsland Rovers	9	1	0	0	1	8	5	2
Newton Rangers	9	0	0	3	1	12	34	0
Māngere Rangers	10	0	0	2	0	5	47	0
Ponsonby United	12	0	0	1	1	5	55	0
Marist Old Boys	4	0	0	3	1	0	0	0

Fifth grade (Endean Memorial Shield)

Richmond secured the championship when they defeated Newton 11-0 in the final round. Ponsonby withdrew from the competition after 3 rounds when they had defaulted their matches up to this point. Athletic withdrew after 4 rounds when they too had been defaulting matches. There were 14 rounds played but many results were not reported and so the standings are incomplete. Richmond, City, Point Chevalier, Northcote & Birkenhead, and Newton had the majority of their results reported but 5 or 6 not reported in each case. City won the knockout competition when they beat Newton 18-0 on September 29.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	F	A	Pts
Richmond Rovers	14	10	0	4	0	140	24	20
Takapuna	12	9	1	3	0	52	12	19
City Rovers	11	7	2	2	2	70	22	16
Newton Rangers	11	7	0	4	0	40	76	14
Northcote & Birkenhead Ramblers	9	4	0	5	1	49	93	8
Manukau	11	2	0	1	3	47	8	4
Marist Old Boys	10	2	0	4	2	39	51	4
Point Chevalier	11	1	0	7	1	7	158	2
Athletic	4	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Ponsonby United	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0

Sixth grade A

Ponsonby won the competition. Newton finished runner up after they beat Parnell 5-3 in the final round. Otahuhu won the Hamill Cup which was the knockout competition trophy when they beat Ponsonby 21-0 on October 20, and then Devonport 21-0 in the final on October 27. There were very few results reported in the championship although the majority of Ponsonby and Athletics results were reported.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	F	A	Pts
Ponsonby United	13	8	2	3	0	85	37	18
City Rovers	14	6	2	5	0	36	33	14
Athletic	13	6	2	4	0	54	15	14
Richmond Rovers B	8	3	2	3	0	61	41	8
Richmond Rovers A	13	3	1	2	0	52	11	7
Parnell	13	2	1	4	0	21	33	5
Manukau	13	2	0	2	0	27	47	4
Marist Old Boys	13	0	0	3	0	2	12	0
Otahuhu Rovers	14	0	0	1	0	0	3	0
Devonport United	12	0	0	6	0	2	108	0

Sixth grade B

Athletic won the competition. There were many results not reported however after round 15 on August 18 it was reported that City's 10-0 win over Athletic brought them within 1 competition point of Athletic which gave a clue as to several earlier matches played.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	F	A	Pts
Athletic	18	11	2	1	0	127	28	24
City Rovers	19	9	2	4	0	124	30	20
Parnell	18	8	1	4	1	69	32	17
Manukau Cruising Club	9	3	2	2	0	29	20	8
Marist Old Boys	16	3	1	4	0	19	40	7
Ellerslie United	18	1	1	5	0	16	61	3
Richmond Rovers	13	1	0	9	0	18	145	2
Ponsonby United	17	0	1	6	0	17	63	1

Cadet competition

The Cadet competition was won by the 29th Company from Ponsonby. Only around half of the results were reported.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	F	A	Pts
29th Company (Ponsonby)	8	7	0	1	0	98	48	14
36th A Company	3	2	1	0	1	25	7	5
27th Company	7	2	1	4	0	51	50	5
34th Company	5	2	0	3	1	27	45	4
22nd Company	4	2	0	2	0	19	42	4
36th B Company	5	0	0	5	0	9	37	0

Wednesday Competition

The Post and Telegraph side won the Wednesday Competition which was played for by businesses and professions. Post and Telegraph beat Tramways 16-15 on September 26. On September 13 a Taxi Drivers side beat Bakers 21-9 at Carlaw Park. A Bakers player (T. McPherson) broke his ankle and was taken home). On September 20 the Post and Telegraph side played against the Wednesday representative team as curtain-raiser to the Auckland Province - New South Wales match at Carlaw Park. Post and Telegraph won 33 to 11 with future New Zealand international Arthur Singe scoring 2 tries and kicking a conversion. Wally Somers was also in the Post and Telegraph side.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	F	A	Pts
Post and Telegraph	8	7	0	1	1	110	76	14
Tramways	9	6	0	3	0	132	69	12
Taxi Drivers	6	3	0	3	1	39	45	6
Railway	7	2	0	5	1	54	94	4
Carters	6	0	0	6	1	42	93	0

Representative season

The Auckland representative side played 5 matches. They started the season with a match against Wellington in which they ran up a huge score, winning by 71 points to 12. Their second match was played mid week against Hamilton, before two games against South Auckland and finishing the season with a game against an Auckland provincial team.

Auckland challenged South Auckland for the Northern Union Cup which it had lost to the same opponents in 2022. The match was drawn and so South Auckland retained the cup. Auckland later played an Auckland provincial team and won comfortably in front of 7,000 spectators on Carlaw Park. A curtain-raiser was played between the Referees Association and the Junior Advisory Board, and was won by the former by 10 points to 6. In the final full league fixture of the season Auckland played South Auckland again and were this time victorious 25 to 11.

Auckland v Wellington

Every single member of the Auckland team scored points aside from Bill Davidson which was ironic given that he was one of Auckland Rugby League's most prolific point scorers. Шаблон:Rugbybox collapsible

Auckland v Hamilton

In the match with Hamilton which, was played midweek, there were no players from the Ponsonby United and City Rovers clubs available as they were playing the Roope Rooster final on the following Saturday. Шаблон:Rugbybox collapsible

Auckland representative matches played and scorers

No	Name	Club Team	Play	Tries	Con	Pen	Points
1	Clarrie Polson	Newton	5	5	9	0	33
2	Craddock Dufty	Athletic	4	4	7	1	28
3	Ben Davidson	City	2	6	0	0	18
4	Alex Godick	Devonport	2	3	2	0	13
5	Hec McDonald	City	2	3	0	0	9
5	Maurice Wetherill	City	2	3	0	0	9
5	Bert Laing	Devonport	4	3	0	0	9
8	Wally Somers	Newton	4	2	1	0	8
8	Nelson Bass	Marist	5	2	1	0	8
10	Ivan Littlewood	Ponsonby	2	1	2	0	7
11	Harry Douglas	Devonport	4	2	0	0	6
11	Frank Delgrosso	Ponsonby	1	2	0	0	6
13	F Wilson	City	3	0	2	0	4
14	Hec Brisbane	Marist	2	1	0	0	3
14	Jim O'Brien	Devonport	2	1	0	0	3
14	Stan Webb	Devonport	1	1	0	0	3
14	Stevens	Marist	2	1	0	0	3
14	Richard Stack	Newton	2	1	0	0	3
14	Johnson	Devonport	1	1	0	0	3
14	Vic Thomas	City	3	1	0	0	3
14	Bill Stormont	Marist	2	1	0	0	3
14	W Hanlon	Ponsonby	1	1	0	0	3
23	Wilson Hall	Athletic	3	0	1	0	2
24	Billy Ghent	Marist	2	0	0	0	0
24	John McGregor	Athletic	1	0	0	0	0
24	Bert Avery	Athletic	1	0	0	0	0
24	M Sherlock	Marist	2	0	0	0	0
24	M McNeil	Richmond	1	0	0	0	0
24	McDonald	Richmond	2	0	0	0	0
24	Charles (Snow) Webb	Athletic	1	0	0	0	0

External links

• Auckland Rugby League Official Site