The 1922

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was the 14th in its history. There were 68 teams playing across the various grades.

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won the first grade championship for the 5th time, with Ponsonby winning the Roope Rooster for the 2nd time.

also defended the Challenge Shield, warding off efforts from Petone, Tongariro, and Huntly to lift it from them. Bill Davidson set a record for points scored in an Auckland club rugby league season with 116 for

. He and his brothers

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and

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between them scored 186 of City Rover's 339 points which was also a competition record for a team in a single season. City scored a further 19 points in the Roope Rooster competition and 85 points in their 3 Challenge Shield matches for 443 points in all official games. It was an incredibly busy year for the Auckland representative team. They played more matches than some club teams had played in earlier seasons with ten matches in total. There was also an Auckland Provincial team match against New South Wales, and one Auckland B fixture with the team making the trip down to Cambridge to play the local side. Bill Davidson also led the representative team in scoring with 37 points.

Auckland rugby league news

Junior Management Committee

The junior management committee elected for the season was L. Binns, J.S. White, K. Lippiatt, G.J. Flynn, W. Baskett, William Mincham, O.O. Riley, D.C. Adamson, W.E. Frost, Bill Davidson (Hon. Sec), A. Freeman (Chairman), G.H. Seagar, A.H. Te Mete, T.B. Carpenter, W. Dowle, G.F. Burgess, J. Curtis, F. Cleal, W. Boag, F. Kennedy.

Carlaw Park

At a pre-season meeting of the management committee it was discussed that

Carlaw Park Carlaw Park was a multi-purpose stadium in Parnell, a central suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. It neighboured the Auckland Domain's Northern end. It was primarily used for rugby league and had a peak spectator capacity of around 28,000 in the 1 ...

needed more ‘modern equipment’, and it was decided that “the establishment of more modern methods of dealing with the turf and the purchase of more efficient machinery shall be an early charge on the new season's funds”. Sufficient money was made from gates at club and rep fixtures at Carlaw Park and the Auckland Domain to begin improvements on the ground at the conclusion of the season.

New clubs and name changes

The

accepted a new club named Mangere. They entered a team in the 2nd Grade. The

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club also changed their name to ‘Athletic’. Their club colours were also changed from red, white and blue to royal blue with a gold band. In 1926 they were to change their name again to Grafton Athletic. This was not to be confused with

Grafton Athletic Grafton Athletic was a rugby league club in Auckland. They competed in the Auckland Rugby League competition from 1914 to 1920 as Grafton Athletic, and as Fire Brigade in 1921–22 before they folded. Club history Formation Grafton were formed ...

who had existed as a team from 1914–1920 under the leadership of

Karl Ifwersen Karl Donald Ifwersen (1893–1967) was a New Zealand rugby football player who represented New Zealand in both rugby league and rugby union. Early years Karl Donald Ifwersen was born on January 6 in Auckland, New Zealand. His parents were Char ...

and were presently playing under the name of 'Fire Brigade'.

Richmond Rovers The Richmond Rovers Rugby League Club is a rugby league club based in Grey Lynn, New Zealand. The premier team is called the Richmond Bulldogs and compete in Auckland Rugby League's Fox Memorial competition. Early history The club was formed i ...

applied for entry into the Senior A Grade competition and this was approved. This made the competition an even 8 teams meaning 4 matches per round and no byes. Unlike most previous seasons there were no byes, no defaults, and no postponed matches meaning 56 matches were played in total, easily the most in the competitions history. Richmond would go on to finish 7th with 3 wins and 11 losses.

George Davidson's return

George Davidson played for

(now named Athletic) in the 1919 season but had missed most of the 1920 and 1921 seasons as he was training for and competing at the Antwerp Olympics where he came 5th in the 200m final. He stated that over those two seasons he had only played for

on two or three occasions as he was seeking a transfer to the

where his two brothers

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and

played. Athletic were denying his request and Davidson appealed to the league who then asked the Athletics club to reconsider his request "favourably". He would eventually have his transfer to City approved.

Point Chevalier

Point Chevalier secured the use of Richard and Elizabeth Walker's paddock at the bottom of Humariri Street as their home ground. It has since become Walker Park where they are to this day located. In the same season they bought jerseys from George Court & Co. Ltd. In 1925 a shed was built at Walker Park with volunteer labour.

Monteith Shield (1st grade championship)

Monteith Shield standings

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Newton Rangers The City Newton Dragons are a defunct New Zealand rugby league club that was based at Victoria Park, Auckland. The club was created in 1948 by a merger of two original clubs, the City Rovers and Newton Rangers. Both the Rovers and the Rangers par ...

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Monteith Shield fixtures

Round 1

Peter Irwin James Francis Hing, better known as James Hing, or later Sonny Hing scored a try for Ponsonby. He had previously played for Marist and would later coach the Point Chevalier premier side in the 1930s. He was the son of Charles A'Hing and Margaret Mary Irwin and was one of the first ever rugby league players in New Zealand with Chinese ancestry along with

Arthur Singe Arthur Percy Singe (7 July 1898 — 5 January 1936) was a New Zealand rugby league player who represented the national side in 1925, becoming Kiwi number 179 in the process. Prior to this he played for the New Zealand Army rugby team in 1919 i ...

Round 2

In the match between Athletic and Ponsonby

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had a highly unusual collection of points after he scored a try, and kicked a conversion, a penalty, a goal from a mark, and a drop goal.

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transferred to Devonport during the week and had the unusual distinction of scoring against a team and then for a team in the space of a week.

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Round 11

Round 12

Round 13

Round 14

Roope Rooster knockout competition

The loss by Athletic in the final was remarkably their 5th consecutive loss in the Roope Rooster final (their previous 4 under the name or Maritime).

Round 1

Semi finals

Final

Top try scorers and point scorers

These lists include tries and points scored in the First Grade competition and the Roope Rooster competition only. Bill Davidson set a record for the number of points scored by a single player in a season. While earlier seasons were often incomplete with some points unattributed his 116 points was well ahead of the previous highest of 78 by

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Ivan Littlewood Inglis Ivan Irwin Levers Littlewood (20 October, 1902 – 26 July, 1951) was a rugby league player who represented New Zealand for the first time in 1925. In so doing he became Kiwi 181. He also represented the Lower Waikato, South Auckland ( ...

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Frank Delgrosso Frank Delgrosso (3 November 1899 - 29 July 1981) was a New Zealand rugby league player who represented New Zealand national rugby league team, New Zealand. Playing career Frank attended St. Columba's School in Ponsonby. Following school he began ...

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Challenge shield matches

came into the season as holders of the trophy after defeating Ponsonby United the previous season. The shield had taken the place of the Thacker Shield which had been taken from Ponsonby and returned to the Canterbury Rugby League after a dispute over who was eligible to compete for it. City went on to defend the shield 3 times during the season defeating Petone, Tongariro, and Huntly.

City v Petone

City v Tongariro

The Tongariro team was “made up of Maori players drawn from the scattered settlements of the King Country” according to the New Zealand Herald match report, though were missing some of their best players. The Auckland Star reported that many of their players were graduates of Te Aute College.

City v Huntly

Huntly came to Auckland as the South Auckland (Waikato) champions and were expected to provide a stern test to City however after a competitive first half they fell away badly in the second half with City ending up running in 11 tries.

Lower grades

There were 7 lower grades in 1922 if you include the Sixth Grade which was split into an A and B grade and the Cadet Competition. Mr. G. Davis donated a trophy for the junior club with the most points and it was won by Richmond, with City second and Ponsonby third.

Second grade

City Rovers defeated Devonport United 16–13 in the final on September 2. Marist and Ellerslie had withdrawn after 2 rounds, Newton withdrew after 8, Athletic after 9, and Otahuhu after 10. A knockout competition involving the nine teams still remaining from the championship, and Newton who had reformed their team began on September 9. On October 28 Manukau defeated Newton 19-11 in the final played at Manukau. On September 16 a Junior rep side made up of players from this grade played against the Wednesday Representative side and lost 16-8. The match was played as a curtain-raiser to the

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Third grade (Myers Cup)

Ponsonby United won the championship with an undefeated record, beating Kingsland Rovers 9-3 in what was labelled the final, on September 23, although Kingsland had lost at least 3 matches prior to this. A large number of results were unreported though the majority of Ponsonby and Point Chevalier's results were. Manukau defaulted their first two matches and then withdrew. City B withdrew after 12 rounds, Devonport and Coromandel Old Boys withdrew after 14 rounds. {, , - , {, class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" , - !width=215 , Team !width=20 abbr="Played" , Pld !width=20 abbr="Won" , W !width=20 abbr="Drawn" , D !width=20 abbr="Lost" , L !width=20 abbr="Bye" , B !width=20 abbr="For" , F !width=20 abbr="Against" , A !width=20 abbr="Points" , Pts , - , style="text-align:left;", Ponsonby United , 13, , 12, , 1, , 0, , 1, , 202, , 48, , 25 , - , style="text-align:left;",

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Point Chevalier Point Chevalier (; commonly known as Point Chev and an original colonial name of Point Bunbury after Thomas Bunbury) is a residential suburb and peninsula in the city of Auckland in the north of New Zealand. It is located five kilometres to ...

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Fourth grade

Richmond played Otahuhu on September 23 for the championship. The match was drawn 5-5 but Richmond secured the title as they were 1 competition point ahead going into the match. A large number of results were not reported, with just 3 of Otahuhu's reported thus their tally of 6 wins is based purely on the fact that they finished 1 pt behind Richmond. Richmond only had 8 results reported from their 14 scheduled matches. City withdrew after 11 rounds. {, , - , {, class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" , - !width=215 , Team !width=20 abbr="Played" , Pld !width=20 abbr="Won" , W !width=20 abbr="Drawn" , D !width=20 abbr="Lost" , L !width=20 abbr="Bye" , B !width=20 abbr="For" , F !width=20 abbr="Against" , A !width=20 abbr="Points" , Pts , - , style="text-align:left;",

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Fifth grade (Endean Memorial Shield)

Richmond defeated Takapuna on September 2 to win the championship. The majority of the results were not reported so the standings are significantly incomplete. {, , - , {, class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" , - !width=215 , Team !width=20 abbr="Played" , Pld !width=20 abbr="Won" , W !width=20 abbr="Drawn" , D !width=20 abbr="Lost" , L !width=20 abbr="Bye" , B !width=20 abbr="For" , F !width=20 abbr="Against" , A !width=20 abbr="Points" , Pts , - , style="text-align:left;",

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Takapuna Takapuna is a suburb located on the North Shore of Auckland, New Zealand. The suburb is situated at the beginning of a south-east-facing peninsula forming the northern side of the Waitematā Harbour. While very small in terms of population, it ...

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Sixth grade A

City Rovers A won the competition ahead of Richmond and Athletic. A standalone match was played between City and Athletic on September 16 to end the season and this was possible to decide the title. Northcote & Birkenhead Ramblers withdrew after 3 rounds. A large number of the results were not reported. {, , - , {, class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" , - !width=215 , Team !width=20 abbr="Played" , Pld !width=20 abbr="Won" , W !width=20 abbr="Drawn" , D !width=20 abbr="Lost" , L !width=20 abbr="Bye" , B !width=20 abbr="For" , F !width=20 abbr="Against" , A !width=20 abbr="Points" , Pts , - , style="text-align:left;", City Rovers A , 11, , 10, , 0, , 1, , 2, , 184, , 19, , 20 , - , style="text-align:left;",

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Sixth grade B

Athletic won the competition. The majority of match results were not reported so the standings are significantly incomplete. Athletic only had 3 match results reported and 2 of those were losses. Ponsonby defaulted in round 1 and withdrew from the competition. {, , - , {, class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" , - !width=215 , Team !width=20 abbr="Played" , Pld !width=20 abbr="Won" , W !width=20 abbr="Drawn" , D !width=20 abbr="Lost" , L !width=20 abbr="Bye" , B !width=20 abbr="For" , F !width=20 abbr="Against" , A !width=20 abbr="Points" , Pts , - , style="text-align:left;", Athletic , 3, , 1, , 0, , 2, , 0, , 11, , 34, , 2 , - , style="text-align:left;",

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Cadet competition

22nd Company, based in the City won the competition. They sealed the title when they beat 36th Company (Northcote) with a 13-0 win on September 30. It was slightly confusing as teams went by different names, sometimes being referred to by their company number and sometimes by their geographical location, whilst City were also called "Athletic" on occasion. Then on July 8 a team joined the competition simply known as Takapuna. Presumably this was also a cadet side rather than the club team of the same name. {, , - , {, class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" , - !width=215 , Team !width=20 abbr="Played" , Pld !width=20 abbr="Won" , W !width=20 abbr="Drawn" , D !width=20 abbr="Lost" , L !width=20 abbr="Bye" , B !width=20 abbr="For" , F !width=20 abbr="Against" , A !width=20 abbr="Points" , Pts , - , style="text-align:left;", 22nd Eden Company , 12, , 9, , 0, , 3, , 1, , 153, , 51, , 18 , - , style="text-align:left;", 26th City (Athletic) Company , 7, , 5, , 0, , 2, , 3, , 85, , 72, , 10 , - , style="text-align:left;", 36th Northcote Company , 7, , 3, , 0, , 4, , 1, , 40, , 76, , 6 , - , style="text-align:left;", 29th Ponsonby Company , 5, , 0, , 0, , 5, , 2, , 9, , 90, , 0 , - , style="text-align:left;", Takapuna , 2, , 0, , 0, , 2, , 2, , 8, , 25, , 0 , -

Wednesday Competition

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

scoring 2 tries and kicking a conversion.

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was also in the Post and Telegraph side.

Representative season

It was an extremely busy season for the Auckland representative side. They played ten matches in total, while many members of the side also played for the Auckland Provincial team, and an Auckland B team also played a match in Cambridge. Of the ten matches they lost 6 and won 4. The first representative fixture of the season was played on 20 May between Auckland and the Maori team which was preparing to visit Australia and play a series of matches. There were 7,000 in attendance and gate receipts totaled £297 2s 6d. On 19 June the touring Australian Universities Rugby League team arrived in

on board the ‘Manuka’. They were welcomed at a function at the

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by a large assembly of Auckland politicians including the Mayor Mr. J.H. Gunson, and representatives of Auckland Rugby League and the New Zealand League Council. The Australians acquitted themselves well by beating Auckland twice, and losing to them once and a loss to the South Waikato team in

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. The games were played over the space of just 8 days. After the NZ Māori team returned from their tour of Australia seven members of their team were transferred to the Fire Brigade Club, though only four played in their round 9 match (Pitman, Gardner, Yeats and Te Whata). History was made on 2 September when

was defeated for the first time in a Northern Union Challenge Cup match. They had held the Cup for over a decade, but had to hand it over when they were defeated by

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21 to 20 on

in front of a large crowd. On 16 September they met the touring New South Wales team at the Auckland Domain and in front of a huge crowd of 20,000 they went down in a “tremendously fast and exciting game” by 45 points to 25.

Auckland v New Zealand Maori

The Auckland team was not at full strength with 5 players originally selected unable to play.

Auckland v Australian Universities

The Australian University team was made up of players from Sydney University and Brisbane University.

Auckland v Australian Universities

Bill Stormont William Stormont (25 August 1898 – 4 June 1925) was a New Zealand rugby league player who represented New Zealand. His parents were John Stormont (1 Aug 1863 – 23 September 1936), a pastry chef and baker, and Annie Stormont nee Brownlie (7 ...

injured his knee during the match and was replaced by

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. Herring took his place in the starting side for the third match due to the injury.

Auckland v Australian Universities

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and

were originally named to start however Turner and John McGregor both took their places in the starting lineup.

Auckland v Cambridge

Remarkably 12 of the 13 Auckland players scored points, with 8 separate players scoring tries and 4 others kicking one or more goal. The only player not to register any points for Auckland was second rower, Henry Hawkes.

Auckland v Hawkes Bay (Northern Union Challenge Cup)

Cambridge v Auckland B

William Southernwood of Ponsonby played for the Auckland B side. He would be tragically killed in a boating accident just prior to the start of the 1923 season which also claimed the lives of three other men. His team mate and New Zealand representative Bill Walsh survived the accident.

Auckland v South Auckland (Northern Union Challenge Cup)

Auckland v New South Wales

Auckland played the touring New South Wales team in front of 20,000 spectators at the Auckland Domain but was heavily defeated with Australian legend

Frank Burge Frank Burge (14 August 1894 – 5 July 1958) was one of the greatest Rugby league positions#Forwards, forwards in the history of rugby league in Australia. Later Burge became one of the game’s finest coaches. His club career was with Glebe (ru ...

running in 5 tries. George Davidson replaced his brother Bill Davidson in the starting side, and

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came on during the first half to replace the injured

, while for New South Wales O'Connor replaced Tye who was also injured in the first half.

Auckland Province v New South Wales

Auckland Province rugby league team v New South Wales in 1922 at the Auckland Domain

A few days after the match with New South Wales an Auckland provincial team took on the touring side. This was the first ever Auckland provincial side which included Auckland club players and also players from the

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. The Auckland team was made up entirely of Auckland club players aside from former Auckland player

Tim Peckham William Frederick Peckham, better known as Tim Peckham was a New Zealand international rugby league player. He played 2 tests for New Zealand in 1928 becoming the 198th Kiwi in the process. He also played representative rugby league in the 1920 ...

who was playing at Huntly. They also included Bill Te Whata who had played in Australia for the New Zealand Māori side and recently joined the Fire Brigade club in Auckland. They lost a tight match by 21 points to 20.

was ordered off for disputing Wilson's try late in the match.

South Auckland v Auckland (Northern Union Challenge Cup)

Bay of Plenty v Auckland

Auckland representative matches played and scorers

Auckland

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Craddock Dufty Calvin Thomas Craddock Dufty (10 March 1900 – 1 August 1955) was a New Zealand rugby league player who represented New Zealand. Early life Dufty had sisters; Louisa Esther (1901-26), Annie Elizabeth (1902-62), Jessie May (1909-37), and Gwendol ...

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Bert Laing Henry Bircher "Bert" LaingLAING, Henry Bircher (Bert) 1 ...

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, , Ponsonby United, , 3, , 2, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 6 , - , 15, ,

Sam Lowrie Samuel Arthur Lowrie (1889-1954) was a New Zealand rugby league player who represented New Zealand. His grandnephew, Jason Lowrie, also represented New Zealand in rugby league. Personal life Sam Lowrie was born on September 6, 1889 in Thames. H ...

, , Ponsonby, , 2, , 1, , 1, , 0, , 0, , 5 , - , 16, ,

, , Marist, , 5, , 0, , 1, , 1, , 0, , 4 , - , 17, ,

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, , Newton , , 6, , 1, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 3 , - , 17, ,

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, , Marist, , 5, , 0, , 1, , 0, , 0, , 2 , - , 23, , Stan Webb, , Devonport, , 2, , 0, , 1, , 0, , 0, , 2 , - , 23, , Mike Flynn, , Athletic, , 1, , 0, , 1, , 0, , 0, , 2 , - , 26, , F Turner, , Marist, , 3, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0 , - , 26, ,

, , Ponsonby, , 2, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0 , - , 26, ,

, , Fire Brigade, , 2, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0 , - , 26, , John McGregor, , Athletic, , 2, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0 , - , 26, , W Hanlon, , Ponsonby, , 2, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0 , - , 26, , Harry Douglas, , Devonport, , 2, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0 , - , 26, , Charles Woolley, , Fire Brigade, , 1, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0 , - , 26, , P Gallagher, , Marist, , 1, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0 , - , 26, , George Duane, , Marist, , 1, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0 , - , 26, , C Nicholson, , Newton, , 1, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0 , - , 26, , G Reid, , City, , 1, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0 , - , 26, , Harrison, , Devonport, , 1, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0 , - , 26, , Alf Scott, , Devonport, , 1, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0 , - , 26, , E Mackie, , City, , 1, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0 , - , 26, , C Mitchell, , City, , 1, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0 , - , 26, , Charles Hand, , Devonport, , 1, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0 , - , 26, ,

Neville St George Robert Neville St George (2 July 1897 – 27 October 1980) was a rugby league footballer. He represented the New Zealand rugby league team in 2 test matches in 1925. In the process he became the 178th player to represent New Zealand. He also re ...

, , Devonport, , 1, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0 , - , 26, , Jim O'Brien, , Devonport United, , 1, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0 , - , 26, , Brady, , Fire Brigade, , 1, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0 , -

Auckland Province

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Bert Laing Henry Bircher "Bert" LaingLAING, Henry Bircher (Bert) 1 ...

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, , Athletic, , 1, , 0, , 1, , 0, , 2 , - , 6, ,

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, , City, , 1, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0 , - , 6, ,

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Auckland B

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, , Devonport, , 1, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0 , - , 6, , William Southernwood, , Ponsonby, , 1, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0 , -

References

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External links

Auckland Rugby League Official Site
Auckland Rugby League seasons