Английская Википедия:1925 Auckland Rugby League season

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Шаблон:Use dmy dates The 1925 season of Auckland Rugby League was its 16th. On 30 March Auckland Rugby League held its fifteenth annual meeting with 200 in attendance. The strong financial position of the league was commented on. It was also decided that if possible the Senior Grade would be split into A and B divisions owing to the increasing number of teams who wished to enter but also the gap in standard between the best teams and the worst.

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Auckland Rugby League news

Club teams by grade participation

Team	1st Grade	B Grade	2nd Grade	3rd Grade	4th Grade	5th Grade	6th Grade A	6th Grade B	Total
Richmond Rovers	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	8
Ponsonby United	1	0	2	2	1	1	0	0	7
City Rovers	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	6
Ellerslie United	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	6
Newton Rangers	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	5
Devonport United	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	5
Marist Old Boys	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	5
Athletic	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	5
Māngere United	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	4
Kingsland Rovers	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	4
Northcote & Birkenhead Ramblers	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	4
United Suburbs	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	4
Parnell	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	3
Point Chevalier	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	3
Otahuhu Rovers	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2
New Lynn	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2
Coromandel	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Leys Institute	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Total	7	5	10	17	12	9	7	8	75

Trophy winners

City Rovers won the First Grade Championship for the 7th time in just 15 seasons. Ponsonby won the Roope Rooster Knockout competition for the 4th time in the 11 seasons it had been competed for. Ponsonby also won the Stormont Shield after defeating City in the final in its inaugural season.

While in the B division Ellerslie won the inaugural title and were awarded the Norton Cup. At the end of the season these teams competed for their own knockout trophy which was named the Stallard Cup. It was won by Otahuhu who defeated Northcote in the final.

In the lower grades Richmond Rovers dominated like they were to come to do for many seasons. They won the 2nd grade, 3rd grade, and both sections of the 6th grade. They were a very powerful club at the junior level and this would ultimately lead to great success at the senior grade level.

Representative season

The Auckland team played in 5 matches with a number of other Auckland B and Auckland C team matches. They played against the New Zealand team twice and the touring Queensland side who they drew with 18 all. The Auckland side claimed the Northern Union Challenge Cup off the holders, South Auckland and they retained it against the same opponents in a later match. In addition the Auckland Provincial team played Queensland but were soundly beaten 54–14.

Death of Bill Stormont and inauguration of the Stormont Shield

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The Stormont Shield

On 4 June William Stormont (known better as Bill Stormont) died, succumbing to rheumatic heart disease. Stormont had played for the Marist Old Boys senior team from 1920 to 1924 scoring 24 tries and kicking 31 goals. He had also represented Auckland on 16 occasions, scoring 4 tries and kicking 2 goals as well as playing 3 matches for New Zealand in 1920. He had been ill for quite some time and had not played for Marist since the end of the 1924 season. The funeral was on the Sunday leaving his parents residence in Epsom and progressing to Purewa Cemetery where he was buried. The match between Marist and Richmond Rovers on Saturday was originally postponed but was never played. The matches at Carlaw Park saw one minutes silence before kickoff. On 9 July at the New Zealand Council meeting John Stormont presented a shield to be played for among the senior clubs. It was to be known as the “William Stormont Memorial Shield”.

On 22 July at an Auckland Management Committee meeting it was decided that the shield would be played for by the “winners of the senior grade club competition and the winners of the Roope Rooster”. A request came in for the trophy to be played for among champion teams from around the country but it was eventually settled that it would be for Auckland teams. The championship winning City Rovers team, the Roope Rooster winning Ponsonby United, and Stormont's Marist side were the three teams chosen to compete for it. City drew the bye so Ponsonby were to come up against Marist in the ‘semi-final’ match. Ponsonby defeated Marist 23–22 to progress to the Stormont Shield final. Ponsonby then trounced City Rovers 35–3 in the final to become the first team with their name on the trophy. The Stormont Shield is still played for today though it is played for in round 1 of the regular season with the Fox Memorial grand finalists from the previous year competing for it.

Monteith Shield (first grade championship)

Monteith Shield standings

Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
City Rovers	12	11	0	1	300	142	22
Ponsonby United	12	10	0	2	271	113	20
Marist Old Boys	11	6	0	5	162	112	12
Devonport United	12	5	0	7	174	207	10
Richmond Rovers	11	4	0	7	155	184	8
Athletic	12	4	0	8	133	276	8
Newton Rangers	12	1	0	11	152	314	2

Monteith Shield fixtures

Prior to the kickoff in the Round 7 games at Carlaw Park on 6 June, the teams stood in silence for one minute as a mark of respect for the late William Stormont who had died two days earlier. He was a World War I veteran and had played for Marist from 1920 to 1924.

Round 4

Sam Lowrie was ordered off in the match between Ponsonby and Devonport. Шаблон:Rugbybox collapsible Шаблон:Rugbybox collapsible Шаблон:Rugbybox collapsible

Round 7

The match between Marist and Richmond scheduled to be played at Victoria Park was cancelled due to the death of recent Marist player Bill Stormont two days earlier. Шаблон:Rugbybox collapsible Шаблон:Rugbybox collapsible Шаблон:Rugbybox collapsible

Round 9

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Jim O'Brien (Marist)

Jim O'Brien for Marist and Tom Haddon for Devonport were ordered off for fighting in their match at Carlaw Park.

In one of the more amazing team efforts in early Auckland rugby league history the City team saw all 13 of its players score points in a 57–10 victory over Athletic. There were nine different try scorers and the four who didn't cross the line all kicked at least one conversion. The match perhaps somewhat anti-climatically took place on the number 2 field. There were 9,000 in attendance at Carlaw Park but the majority would have been watching the match on the number 1 field at the time where Marist beat Devonport 19-11. The Ponsonby v Richmond meanwhile was played at the Auckland Domain. Шаблон:Rugbybox collapsible Шаблон:Rugbybox collapsible Шаблон:Rugbybox collapsible

Top try scorers and point scorers (senior grade and Roope Rooster)

Rank	Player	Team	Tries
1	Lou Brown	City	17
2	Ivan Littlewood	Ponsonby	16
3	J Wardlaw	City	13
4	Frank Delgrosso	Ponsonby	9
4	George Gardiner	Ponsonby	9
4	Henry Hawkes	City	9
4	Hec McDonald	City	9
8	H Godley	Ponsonby	8
8	S Riley	Ponsonby	8
8	Norman Veart	Devonport	8
8	Arthur Singe	Marist	8

Rank	Player	Team	Tries	Con	Pen	Points
1	Frank Delgrosso	Ponsonby	9	14	7	69
2	George Gardiner	Ponsonby	9	12	3	57
3	W Hanlon	Richmond	6	12	5	52
4	Lou Brown	City	17	0	0	51
5	Ivan Littlewood	Ponsonby	16	1	0	50
6	Sam Crewther	City	7	9	1	41
7	Arthur Singe	Marist	8	5	3	40
8	Craddock Dufty	Athletic	4	10	3	38
9	W Sandham	City	0	14	3	34

B Grade standings and results

B Grade standings

Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Ellerslie United	12	8	2	2	89	62	18
Otahuhu Rovers	11	6	1	4	85	48	13
Kingsland Rovers	10	4	2	4	93	76	10
Māngere United	10	3	1	6	66	96	7
Northcote & Birkenhead Ramblers	11	3	0	8	75	126	6

B Grade fixtures

In Kingsland's debut in the grade Claude List in his debut season in first grade scored 3 tries in their win over Northcote. He repeated the feat 2 weeks later against Mangere. He would later become the first ever player to represent New Zealand whilst playing for ostensibly a 'second grade' team.

	Date		Score		Score	Venue
Round 1	18 April	Ellerslie	16	Mangere	3	Carlaw Park # 1
–	18 April	Kingsland	21	Northcote	3	Carlaw Park # 2
Round 2	2 May	Ellerslie	6	Kingsland	3	Carlaw Park # 1
–	2 May	Northcote	6	Otahuhu	5	Victoria Park
Round 3	9 May	Ellerslie	7	Otahuhu	14	Ellerslie Reserve
–	9 May	Mangere	13	Kingsland	13	Peter Moko Farm, Westney Road, Mangere
Round 4	16 May	Ellerslie	19	Northcote	11	Auckland Domain
–	16 May	Otahuhu	13	Mangere	0	Otahuhu
Round 5	23 May	Mangere	12	Northcote	11	Victoria Park
–	23 May	Otahuhu	16	Kingsland	3	Otahuhu
Round 6	30 May	Northcote	8	Kingsland	5	Carlaw Park # 1
–	30 May	Ellerslie	12	Mangere	5	Carlaw Park # 2
Round 7	6 June	Otahuhu	2	Northcote	0	Carlaw Park # 1
–	6 June	Ellerslie	9	Kingsland	5	Carlaw Park # 2
Round 8	13 June	Ellerslie	3	Otahuhu	3	Carlaw Park # 1
–	13 June	Kingsland	11	Mangere	2	Carlaw Park # 2
Round 9	20 June	Ellerslie	7	Northcote	5	Ellerslie Reserve
–	20 June	Mangere	10	Otahuhu	14	Mangere
Round 10	4 July	Kingsland	13	Otahuhu	3	Victoria Park, 3 pm
Round 11	11 July	Kingsland	14	Northcote	11	Victoria Park, 3 pm
–	11 July	Mangere	L	Ellerslie	W	Mangere, 3 pm
Round 12	18 July	Ellerslie	5	Kingsland	5	Ellerslie Reserve
–	18 July	Otahuhu	15	Northcote	6	Victoria Park
Round 13	25 July	Otahuhu	L	Ellerslie	W	Otahuhu
–	25 July	Kingsland	CCD	Mangere	CCD	Auckland Domain
Round 14	1 Aug	Northcote	8	Ellerslie	5	Victoria Park
–	1 Aug	Mangere	W	Otahuhu	L	Mangere
Round 15	8 Aug	Mangere	21	Northcote	6	Victoria Park
–	8 Aug	Kingsland	CCD	Otahuhu	CCD	Auckland Domain

The round 15 match between Kingsland and Otahuhu was not played due to the poor condition of the field at the Auckland Domain.

Stallard Cup knockout competition

This was the first season with a B Division in the First Grade competition and at the end of the season a knockout competition was played between the five teams.

1925 Stallard Cup Results

	Date		Score		Score	Venue
Round 1	15 Aug	Northcote	3	Ellerslie	0	Victoria Park
Semi final	22 Aug	Northcote	19	Mangere	18	Carlaw Park # 2
Semi final	22 Aug	Otahuhu	11	Kingsland	2	Auckland Domain

Final

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Lower grades

There were 6 lower grade competitions in 1925 below the B Division with the 6th grade split into an A and B division.

Second grade

Richmond defeated Ponsonby A 15-3 on 5 September of the championship final. Ponsonby B beat Richmond 14-5 in the knockout final on 10 October. Ellerslie and Kingsland withdrew after 4 rounds, United Suburbs after 5 rounds, and City after 7 rounds.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	F	A	Pts
Richmond Rovers	7	6	0	1	2	75	21	12
Ponsonby United A	8	6	0	2	3	127	31	12
Ponsonby United B	7	5	0	2	1	43	51	10
Devonport United	5	2	1	2	2	64	32	5
Newton Rangers	6	1	0	5	2	19	100	2
City Rovers	4	0	2	2	0	11	32	2
Māngere United	4	0	1	3	2	3	37	1
United Suburbs	1	0	0	1	1	2	10	0
Ellerslie United	1	0	0	1	0	0	30	0
Kingsland Rovers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Third grade

The 1933 Third Grade competition had 17 teams entered which was the largest for any grade in the history of Auckland Rugby League to this point. City Rovers secured the championship when they defeated Ponsonby B on 19 September in round 18. They played Northcote in the knockout final on 3 October but no result was reported. Otahuhu withdrew from the competition after a round 8 default, while Coromandel Old Boys withdrew after round 10.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	F	A	Pts
City Rovers	10	9	1	0	1	188	26	19
Athletic	10	9	0	1	0	174	29	18
Point Chevalier	6	6	0	0	1	115	9	12
Parnell	12	6	0	6	1	57	81	12
New Lynn	8	4	2	2	0	41	29	10
Devonport United	9	4	0	5	1	109	98	8
Richmond Rovers	6	3	1	2	0	29	39	7
Northcote & Birkenhead Ramblers	6	3	0	3	0	29	66	6
Otahuhu Rovers	2	1	0	1	0	10	5	2
Ponsonby United A	6	1	0	5	2	34	83	2
Ponsonby United B	4	1	0	3	3	12	47	2
Kingsland Rovers	3	0	2	1	2	2	10	2
Newton Rangers	5	0	1	4	0	11	54	1
United Suburbs B	5	0	1	4	2	9	84	1
United Suburbs A	3	0	0	3	3	5	54	0
Māngere United	5	0	0	5	3	6	95	0
Coromandel Old Boys	3	0	0	3	2	5	27	0

Fourth grade

Richmond Rovers won the competition undefeated. When they secured the title on 19 September they were a full 6 points clear of their nearest rival according to newspaper reports. Parnell were second and it is likely that they won more matches than the 10 that were reported. City withdrew after 1 round, New Lynn and Newton B after 2 rounds so they have not been included in the standings, and Marist B after 4 rounds. There were many results that were unreported so the table is incomplete. Richmond beat Athletic in the knockout final on 10 October by 5 points to 3.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	F	A	Pts
Richmond Rovers	17	17	0	0	1	102	22	34
Parnell	14	10	0	4	2	262	30	20
Ponsonby United	9	6	0	3	2	178	37	12
Devonport United	7	4	0	3	1	41	72	8
Athletic	7	1	1	5	2	27	61	3
Point Chevalier	7	1	1	5	2	8	113	3
Marist Old Boys A	5	1	0	4	3	16	29	2
Ellerslie United	4	0	1	3	3	13	37	1
Newton Rangers A	7	0	1	6	3	8	133	1
Kingsland Rovers	4	0	0	4	4	6	104	0
Marist Old Boys B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Māngere United	2	0	0	2	1	0	4	0

Fifth grade

Richmond won the championship for the second time. The result was not reported in the newspapers but did appear in the Rugby League Annual of 1949 written by Bill Davidson. City won the knockout final 16 to 13 on 10 October over Parnell. Parnell had defeated Northcote & Birkenhead Ramblers 9 to 3 in one semi final, while City defeated Marist in the other by 24 to 5. Athletic withdrew after 12 rounds. Newton entered a team but it is unknown if they played a match as they withdrew after round one.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	F	A	Pts
City Rovers	8	6	0	2	2	89	39	12
Richmond Rovers	6	5	0	1	2	80	9	10
Parnell	7	5	0	2	1	52	33	10
Ponsonby United	7	4	0	3	2	25	78	8
Athletic	7	3	0	4	1	63	28	6
Ellerslie United	6	3	0	3	1	46	18	6
Marist Old Boys	6	2	0	4	1	61	40	2
Northcote & Birkenhead Ramblers	4	1	0	3	2	31	48	2
New Lynn	7	0	0	7	2	2	156	0

Sixth grade A

Richmond won the championship with an undefeated season. They also won the knockout competition when they beat Devonport 8 to 0 in the final on 19 September. Marist withdrew from the competition after 2 rounds. Less than half of the results were reported in the newspapers so the standings are incomplete. It appears that Leys Institute were affiliated to the Ponsonby club as they were usually reported as Leys Institute in the official fixture lists on Thursdays in the newspapers but as Ponsonby by the newspapers on Monday when they reported scores.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	F	A	Pts
Richmond Rovers	13	13	0	0	0	88	14	26
City Rovers	11	7	0	4	0	180	27	14
Ellerslie United	6	3	1	2	0	54	49	7
Devonport United	7	1	0	6	0	36	69	2
Newton Rangers	6	1	0	5	1	5	69	2
Leys Institute	7	0	1	6	0	8	127	1
Marist Old Boys	1	0	0	1	1	0	16	0

Sixth grade B

Richmond A won the championship. They also won the knockout competition when they beat United Suburbs who had joined the competition late in the season by 32 points to 0. A large number of match results were not reported so the standings are incomplete.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	F	A	Pts
City Rovers	8	6	0	2	1	151	24	12
Richmond Rovers A	6	5	0	1	3	167	41	10
Ellerslie United	8	5	0	3	1	75	68	10
Richmond Rovers B	7	2	0	5	1	28	104	4
Athletic	4	1	0	3	1	27	52	2
Point Chevalier	3	1	0	2	2	5	53	2
Northcote & Birkenhead Ramblers	7	1	0	6	1	5	119	2
United Suburbs	1	0	0	1	0	0	32	0

Exhibition matches

On 19 April, when Marist had a bye in the first round of the club competition they travelled to Christchurch and played Marist of Christchurch. They won by 16 points to 7. The match also marked the opening of Monica Park.

Representative season

The Auckland representative team had a busy season. After a series of 3 trial matches on 27 June both the New Zealand team and Auckland teams were selected. Officials had declared that "give us fine weather and we will get an attendance of 20,000". Unfortunately the weather did not oblige and it was in fact described as "the worst experienced this season ... in one place there was a miniature lake." This resulted in a crowd many times smaller, however thousands came into the ground to watch the main match between North Island and South Island, won by the former 27 points to 9. Auckland then played against the New Zealand team and lost 9 points to 16. Following this they played a Northern Union Challenge Cup match against the holders South Auckland and were victorious by 24 points to 16. After the New Zealand team returned from their tour of Australia they again played Auckland at Carlaw Park and they used the experience they had gained to trounce Auckland by 41 points to 17, employing tactics that the Auckland team were not prepared for. Two weeks later Auckland played Queensland who were being touted as the finest league team in the world at the time in the first of three matches. They drew the first, before narrowly losing the second and then being well and truly outclassed in the 3rd match by 54 points to 14.

Representative fixtures

After the trial matches were played the New Zealand team was selected by Mr Liversedge, Pearce, and Harding, and 14 Auckland players made the side. They were: Craddock Dufty, Charles Gregory, Lou Brown, Hec Brisbane, Frank Delgrosso, Jack Kirwan, Bert Laing, Maurice Wetherill, Wilson Hall, Stan Webb, Bert Avery, Ernie Herring, Jim O'Brien, and Horace Dixon. The following day Sam Lowrie of Ponsonby United was added to the touring side.

Auckland v Queensland

In the match reports the newspapers did not distinguish between the two Jim O'Brien's. It is more likely that the try scored was by Jim O'Brien purely because he was playing in the second row (despite often playing at prop) and was more involved in the loose play which the try itself came from. The try came after a kick was chased by Maurice Wetherill. Шаблон:Rugbybox collapsible

Auckland v South Auckland (Northern Union C.C.)

Claude List became the first player selected from the B Division to make the full Auckland representative side. He played for the Kingsland Rovers club and had been mentioned as being as good as any player in his position in New Zealand rugby league. He was to go on to represent New Zealand from 1928 to 1932 and play senior club football into the 1940s. Шаблон:Rugbybox collapsible

Auckland Province v Queensland

Shortly before halftime Stan Rayner was carried from the field on a stretcher and replaced by Bill Te Whata. Шаблон:Rugbybox collapsible

Auckland representative matches played and scorers

This list only includes the Auckland team games and does not include the Auckland B, Auckland C, and Auckland Province matches.

No	Name	Club Team	Play	Tries	Con	Pen	Points
1	Frank Delgrosso	Ponsonby	2	0	7	2	18
2	Arthur Singe	Marist	5	2	3	1	14
3	Ben Davidson	City	3	4	0	0	12
4	George Gardiner	Ponsonby	3	3	1	0	11
5	Jim O'Brien	Devonport	5	3	0	0	9
6	Claude List	Kingsland	1	2	0	0	6
6	Bert Avery	Athletic	1	2	0	0	6
6	Ivan Littlewood	Ponsonby	4	2	0	0	6
6	M Kirkland	Marist	1	2	0	0	6
6	Neville St George	Devonport	4	2	0	0	6
11	Clarrie Polson	Newton	1	0	2	0	4
12	Lawrence Leonard Riley	Ponsonby	2	1	0	0	3
12	Stan Webb	Devonport	1	1	0	0	3
14	Hector Cole	Ponsonby	4	0	0	0	0
14	Hec McDonald	City	3	0	0	0	0
14	M Herewini	Ponsonby	3	0	0	0	0
14	Charles Gregory	Marist	2	0	0	0	0
14	Bert Payne	Ponsonby	2	0	0	0	0
14	Tim Peckham	Ponsonby	2	0	0	0	0
14	Bill Te Whata	Athletic	1	0	0	0	0
14	Ernie Herring	Athletic	1	0	0	0	0
14	R Greening	Northcote	1	0	0	0	0
14	Roy Hardgrave	Newton	1	0	0	0	0
14	Harry Douglas	Devonport	1	0	0	0	0
14	Horace Dixon	Devonport	1	0	0	0	0
14	Jack Kirwan	Marist	1	0	0	0	0
14	Jim O'Brien	Marist	2	0	0	0	0
14	Len Mason	Athletic	1	0	0	0	0
14	James Molloy	Athletic	1	0	0	0	0
14	Lou Brown	City	1	0	0	0	0
14	Ernie Mackie	City	1	0	0	0	0
14	Maurice Wetherill	City	1	0	0	0	0
14	Nelson Bass	City	1	0	0	0	0
14	Selby Crewther	City	1	0	0	0	0
14	Alf Townsend	City	1	0	0	0	0

External links

• Auckland Rugby League Official Site