1912 Auckland Rugby League season

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. ^[1] 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.

Preceded by 1911

4th Auckland Rugby League season 1912

Succeeded by 1913

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Manukau Magpies formed

Manukau held a meeting in Onehunga in March. They decided to field a senior team and two junior teams. ^[2] 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

Eden Ramblers.

City v North Shore

City 1912 team

Images were published in the New Zealand Graphic of the City Rovers v North Shore Albions match. The very young Walter Jack Perry, better known as Jack Perry, debuted for Newton on the wing in their comfortable win over Eden. He played 18 games for Newton over the next 3 seasons before enlisting in the war effort. He died from wounds in France on July 10, 1916 aged 20.

	11 May	North Shore	13–9	City	Eden Park 1
	3:00	Try: Stan Weston 2, Tom Haddon Con: C Clark Drop: Stan Weston	[3]	Try: George Hunt 2, G James	Referee: T Cunningham

	11 May	Ponsonby	19–5	Manukau	Eden Park 2
	3:00	Try: Charles Savory, William Cossey 2, Charles Dunning, G Lambert Con: Charles Savory, Arthur Carlaw	[4]	Try: Arthur Hardgrave Pen: Arthur Hardgrave	Referee: Matt Hooper

	11 May	Newton	28–9	Eden	Eden Park 3
	3:00	Try: D Healy 2, Arthur Francis, George Smith, Joe Bennett, William Mackrell Con: Ike Healy, Arthur Francis 3 Pen: Arthur Francis	[5]	Try: McSweeney Pen: Don Kenealy 3	Referee: E.R. Harker

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.

	18 May	Ponsonby	36–12	City	Eden Park 1
	3:00	Try: Charles Savory, R Roope, Charles Dunning, William Mincham 4, G Lambert Con: Charles Dunning 3 Pen: Charles Dunning 2, Charles Savory	[6]	Try: Hickey, G Warner Con: G Warner Pen: Alex Stanaway 2	Attendance: 600 Referee: Matt Hooper

	18 May	Manukau	11–5	Eden	Eden Park
	3:00	Try: Arthur Hardgrave, Atkins, Jim Rukutai Con: Arthur Hardgrave	[7]	Try: Brett Con: Don Kenealy	Attendance: 600 Referee: Ernest Jaggs

	18 May	North Shore	8–24	Newton	Devonport Domain
	3:00	Try: E Rogers, Frederick Gladding Con: E Rogers	[8]	Try: H Maiki 2, Billy Dervan, Alan Blakey 2, Joe Bennett Con: Billy Dervan 2, Len Farrant	Referee: T. Cunningham

Round 3

Arthur Hardgrave

Charles Webb debuted for Ponsonby after switching from the Ponsonby rugby union club. He scored a try in their 45-9 win over Eden. In the same game three other players scored multiple tries (Charles Savory 3, Sid Riley 2, and Arthur Carlaw 2) in addition to their other 4 try scorers. Both of the senior matches were played at Eden Park with 600 in attendance. The other match was played at the Devonport Domain with the home side, North Shore winning 5-3. For the defeated Manukau side their first ever New Zealand representative, Arthur Hardgrave scored their only points.

	25 May	City	24–13	Newton	Eden Park
	3:00	Try: Harry Childs, G James, Harold Denize, William Moeki, Frederick Mansell, Ernie Asher Con: Alex Stanaway 3	[9]	Try: H Maiki 2, Billy Dervan Con: Arthur Francis, Billy Dervan	Attendance: 600 Referee: Angus Campbell

	25 May	Ponsonby	45–9	Eden	Eden Park
	3:00	Try: Charles Savory 3, Charles Dunning, Sid Riley 2, Charles Webb, William Mincham, Harry Fricker, Arthur Carlaw 2 Con: Charles Savory 3, Charles Dunning 2, Skeats	[10]	Try: Bob Biggs, Don Kenealy 2	Attendance: 600 Referee: T. Cunningham

	25 May	North Shore	5–3	Manukau	Devonport Domain
	3:30	Try: unknown x 1 Pen: unknown x 1	[11]	Try: Arthur Hardgrave	Referee: E.R. Harker

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. The fullback for Newton was J. Perry who had debuted weeks earlier and was said to be playing well despite being in his early teens.

	1 June	North Shore	33–0	Eden	Eden Park 3
	3:00	Try: unknown Con: unknown	[12]		Referee: Tom Feilding

	1 June	Ponsonby	16–6	Newton	Eden Park
	3:00	Try: Charles Dunning 2, Charles Savory 2 Con: Arthur Carlaw, Charles Savory	[13]	Try: Arthur Francis 2	Referee: T Cunningham

	1 June	City	5–3	Manukau	Eden Park
		Try: Frederick Mansell Pen: Frederick Mansell	[14]	Try: Jim Rukutai	Referee: Bob Oliphant

Round 5

After a scuffle between C Clark (North Shore), and Charles Webb (Ponsonby) resulted in referee Matt Hooper sending Clark off. Eden upset City with a 10-6 win to register their first win of the year. City had taken the lead towards the end of the game and from the kickoff with one minute remaining A Innes "took the ball up the field on his own" to score the winning try which Don Kenealy converted. Billy Curran switched from rugby (Marist Old Boys) and debuted for Newton. Following the game he was chosen in the New Zealand team to meet Auckland. He went on to play 6 matches for New Zealand on their Australia tour and 6 times for Auckland before signing with Wigan. He ultimately only played the one club league match in New Zealand. During the following week the Auckland Rugby League passed a resolution that no player be selected for representative fixtures unless they had played at least 4 matches in the rugby league code.

	8 June	North Shore	6–13	Ponsonby	Devonport Domain
	3:00	Try: George Seagar, Frederick Gladding	[15]	Try: McPherson, G Lambert, Arthur Carlaw Con: Charles Dunning Pen: Charles Dunning	Attendance: 400 Referee: Matt Hooper

	8 June	Eden	10–6	City	Eden Park
	3:00	Try: A Innes 2 Con: Don Kenealy Pen: Don Kenealy	[16]	Try: George Hunt, William Moeki	Referee: Angus Campbell

	8 June	Newton	26–2	Manukau	Eden Park
	3:00	Try: William Mackrell, Billy Dervan 3, Arthur Francis 2, Con: Billy Dervan, Len Farrant 2 Drop: Len Farrant	[17]	Pen: Arthur Hardgrave	Referee: T Cunningham

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 scheduled for 3:15 but kicked off 30 minutes late. The field was in a very muddy state and played in heavy rain, and after halftime some of the players did not return to the field. 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.

	22 June	North Shore	10–5	City	Devonport Domain
	3:15	Try: E Rogers, Jim Griffin Con: E Rogers, C Clark	[18]	Try: William Moeki Con: Alex Stanaway	Referee: T Cunningham

	22 June	Newton	38–0	Eden	Eden Park 1
	3:00	Try: Knowles 2, Alan Blakey 2, Ike Healy 4, Malcolm, Charles Brockliss, Adelbert Tobin 2 Con: Len Farrant	[19]		Referee: Bob Oliphant

	22 June	Ponsonby	26–0	Manukau	Eden Park 2
	3:00	Try: Horton 2, Matthews, McPherson, Charters, Skeates Con: Skeates 2 Pen: Charles Webb 2	[20]		Referee: Matt Hooper

Round 7

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.

	29 June	Newton	24–11	North Shore	Eden Park 1
	3:00	Try: P Bush 2, Charles Brockliss, Cross, William Tobin, Adelbert Tobin Con: Alan Blakey 2, George Smith	[21]	Try: Alfred Jackson, C Clark, William Wynyard Pen: E Rogers	Referee: T Cunningham

	29 June	Manukau	14–3	Eden	Eden Park
	3:00	Try: Hughes, Griffiths, Ferguson, Hunt Pen: Hughes	[22]	Try: Bond	Referee: Archie Ferguson

	29 June	City	14–12	Ponsonby	Eden Park 2
	3:00	Try: George Hunt, William Moeki, George Harrison, Tom Avery Con: Alex Stanaway	[23]	Try: J Warner, R Roope Con: Charles Webb, Sydney Cole Pen: Charles Webb	Referee: Bob Oliphant

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. ^[24] Remarkably little more than a month after being thrashed by Ponsonby by nearly 40 points, Eden managed to draw with them 9-9. John Henry Dufty made his debut for City. He had become famous for his remarkable kicking for the Thames rugby side in 1906 where he kicked 49 points in representative games sparking the cry "Give It To Dufty" at football grounds in New Zealand for many years to come. While he had really only had the one standout season he still kicked well at times.

	6 July	Newton	17–7	City	Eden Park 1
	3:00	Try: P Bush 2, Adelbert Tobin 2, Charles Brockliss Con: Len Farrant	[25]	Try: Batten Con: John Dufty Pen: John Dufty	Referee: Angus Campbell

	6 July	Eden	9–9	Ponsonby	Eden Park 2
	3:00	Try: Bright, Emmet Kenealy, A Innes	[26]	Try: Charters Pen: Sydney Cole 3	Referee: Matt Hooper

	6 July	North Shore	9–12	Manukau	Devonport Domain
	3:00	Try: Ernie Bailey, George Seagar, C Clark	[27]	Try: Griffiths 2, Hunt, Whyte	Referee: T Cunningham

Round 9

Newton's win over Ponsonby effectively decided the title in their favour. Ponsonby had a weakened side with William Cossey, Sid Riley, and Charles Webb all unavailable but filled their places with Jack Stanaway and George Bater, a Ponsonby rugby player. Newton were without William Tobin but George Gillett was available and led the side to victory.

	13 July	Newton	13–3	Ponsonby	Eden Park 1
	3:00	Try: Ike Healey, Charles Brockliss 2 Con: George Gillett Drop: George Gillett (mark)	[28]	Try: Rowe	Referee: Bob Oliphant

	13 July	North Shore	21–8	Eden	Eden Park 2
	3:00	Try: Jim Griffin, Alfred Jackson, Stan Walters, Black, George Seagar Con: Jim Griffin, Alfred Jackson, Jack Paul	[29]	Try: Bright, Bob Biggs Con: Bob Biggs	Referee: H Pullen

	13 July	City	7–4	Manukau	Ellerslie Reserve
	3:00	Try: George Hunt Con: John Dufty Pen: John Dufty	[30]	Pen: Hunt 2	Referee: Angus Campbell

Round 10

Newton were one point ahead of Ponsonby in the championship and needed a win to secure the title. Manukau scored first and Newton only had a 5-3 lead at halftime but in the second half they totally dominated, putting on 29 points to 0 for a 34-3 win. It gave them their maiden championship. Eden upset City 25-5 though City fielded a weak team and lost two players to injury during the match.

	20 July	Ponsonby	13–13	North Shore	Eden Park 1
	3:00	Try: A Cross, R Roope, Harry Fricker Con: A Cross 2	[31]	Try: George Seagar, Frederick Gladding 2 Con: Alfred Jackson, Jack Paul	Referee: Angus Campbell

	20 July	Newton	34–3	Manukau	Eden Park 2
	3:00	Try: P Bush, George Gillett, Alan Blakey 2, Adelbert Tobin, George Smith, Cross, unattributed x 1 Con: George Gillett, Adelbert Tobin 4	[32]	Try: Hughes	Referee: T. Cunningham

	20 July	Eden	25–5	City	Eden Park 3
	3:00	Try: unattributed Con: unattributed	[33]	Try: unattributed Con: unattributed	Referee: Matt Hooper

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 1 try v Manukau (R10), Eden 25 points v City (R10), City 5 points v Eden (R10). This amounts to 82 points unattributed out of 773 points scored in total. With the New Zealand team touring Australia several players only played a handful of matches before departing which limited their scoring opportunities to 4 games.

Top point scorers No Player Team Games T C P Pts   1 Charles Savory Ponsonby 4 7 5 1 33   1 Charles Dunning Ponsonby 5 5 6 3 33   3 Adelbert Tobin Newton 5 6 4 0 26   4 Arthur Francis Newton 4 5 4 1 25   5 Ike Healey Newton 6 7 1 0 23   5 Billy Dervan Newton 4 5 4 0 23   7 Alan Blakey Newton 10 6 2 0 22   8 Don Kenealy Eden 4 2 5 1 18 Top try scorers No Player Team Games Tries 1 Ike Healey Newton 6 7 2 Adelbert Tobin Newton 5 6 2 Alan Blakey Newton 10 6 4 Billy Dervan Newton 4 5 4 Charles Brockliss Newton 9 5 4 George Hunt City 9 5 4 P Bush Newton 4 5 4 William Mincham Ponsonby 8 5 Lower grades and exhibition matches Second Grade 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 [34] 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. [35] Auckland v Thames-Goldfields 18 May Thames-Goldfields 18–12 Auckland Thames   3:00 Try: Ormsby 2, Dillamore, Hyde Con: Hyde Drop: Jos B. Dufty 2 [36] Try: Bob Mitchell, Malcolm Con: Arthur Francis 2 Pen: Arthur Francis Referee: George Gillett Auckland v New Zealand 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 ?. Originally 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. 15 June Auckland 16–38 New Zealand Eden Park   3:00 Try: Harry Fricker, D Healey 2, George Seagar Con: George Seagar Pen: Alex Stanaway [37] Try: Jim Gilmour 5, Charles Webb, Sid Riley, George Bradley 2, Cecil King Con: Jim Gilmour, George Bradley, Charles Dunning Pen: Arthur Francis Attendance: 5000 Referee: T. Cunningham (Knox and Parker line umpires) Auckland B v Thames 15 June Auckland B 6-12 Thames Eden Park   1:30 Try: Stan Weston, McPherson [38] Try: Houghton, Dunkley Con: Jos B. Dufty 2 Pen: Jos B. Dufty Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Angus Campbell (Ferguson and Mulholland line umpires) Auckland v Hawke’s Bay (Northern Union C.C.) The Auckland team featured Harold Hayward who was from the Thames district which was affiliated to Auckland Rugby League. He had been a member of the combined Thames-Goldfields team which had played Auckland earlier in the season. 27 July Auckland 26–8 Hawke’s Bay Victoria Park   3:00 Try: Arthur Carlaw, Bob Mitchell 2, Harold Hayward, Jim Rukutai 2 Con: Arthur Hardgrave 2 Pen: Arthur Hardgrave, Charles Dunning [39] Try: Jim Johnson, Henry Duvall Pen: Henry Duvall Attendance: 4,000 Referee: T. Cunningham 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. 28 July Hamilton 12-20 Auckland B Steele Park, Hamilton   3:00 Try: Agnew, Harrison Con: Field 2 Pen: Hughes [40] [41] Try: Jackson, Lambert, Bob Biggs, William Tobin, Smith, Adelbert Tobin Con: Adelbert Tobin 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. 3 August Rotorua 9–10 Auckland Rotorua   Try: Hatu, Rawson, Frank Woodward [42] Try: Adelbert Tobin, Charles Webb Con: Arthur Hardgrave Pen: Arthur Hardgrave Referee: Bob Oliphant Auckland B v Lower Waikato 3 August Auckland B 13–21 Lower Waikato Eden Park   3:00 Try: Cross, Charles Dunning, Don Kenealy Con: C Clark 2 [43] Try: Neild, F Hall, F Littlewood, J Dunn 2 Con: H Henderson 3 Referee: T. Cunningham 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. 10 August Auckland 16–0 Wellington Victoria Park   3:00 Try: Billy Curran, Stan Weston, Rukingi Reke, Jim Rukutai Con: Arthur Hardgrave Pen: Arthur Hardgrave [44] Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Archie Ferguson Auckland v Waikato 17 August Auckland 41–0 Waikato Eden Park   3:00 Try: Bob Mitchell 2, Arthur Hardgrave, Alan Blakey 2, Albert Jackson, Jim Rukutai, George Seagar, Stan Weston Con: Arthur Hardgrave 2, Jim Rukutai 2, George Seagar 2, Jim Griffin [45] Referee: E. R. Harker Auckland v New Zealand Māori 24 August Auckland 30–6 New Zealand Māori Eden Park   3:00 Try: Billy Curran 2, Young 2, George Seagar, Bob Mitchell, Dick Roope, Harry Fricker Con: Billy Curran, George Seagar, Charles Webb [46] Try: Jim Rukutai, Bush Referee: Knox 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. 31 August Auckland 10–3 New South Wales Victoria Park   3:00 Try: Bob Mitchell, Rukingi Reke Con: Arthur Hardgrave Pen: Charles Dunning [47] Try: Bob Williams Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Angus Campbell Auckland v New South Wales New South Wales reversed their earlier loss with a comprehensive win over a disappointing Auckland effort. 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