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Riverhead Rugby League Club
The Riverhead Rugby League Club was a rugby league club which existed briefly in 1916 Auckland Rugby League season, 1916 and competed in the Auckland Rugby League 3rd grade competition. They were based in Riverhead, New Zealand, Riverhead in West Auckland, New Zealand, West Auckland, New Zealand. History 1915 Exhibition games In 1915 the Auckland Rugby League decided to play a 3rd grade special exhibition match in Riverhead on July 24 between the Newton Rangers 3rd grade side and a local Riverhead team. The match was refereed by Mr. Shaw but there was no result reported in the newspapers the following Monday. Then the following week the Sunnyside League Football Club, Sunnyside club were granted permission to travel to Riverhead to play also. 1916 Club formed On May 5, 1916, the Auckland Rugby League held their weekly management meeting and it was reported that “a newly formed club at Riverhead wrote expressing a desire to participate in the third grade competition, and the se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1916 Auckland Rugby League Season
The 1916 Auckland Rugby League season was the 8th year of the organisation. All grades were dramatically affected by players enlisting in the war efforts. Prior to the commencement of the season it was stated in the management committee meeting that 487 players in the Auckland district alone had committed to the war effort. Teams were filled with older players and juniors. The Otahuhu senior team as was noted at their committee meeting featured “only three men eligible for military service..., and these were all registered and waiting to be called up. Of the remainder, six were married men with families, two were permanent force men, and four were under military age”. Despite this attendances were still good, with the mid season match between City Rovers and Grafton Athletic at Victoria Park attracting 3,000 spectators. While the Round 7 fixtures at Victoria Park drew the same number of spectators and 4,000 attending the round 8 matches. All the gate takings were donated to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
