The 1931 Auckland Rugby League season was its 23rd.
The inaugural Fox Memorial Shield was won by Marist Old Boys who defeated Devonport United 12–5 in the final round to win by 2 competition points over the same side. This was Marists second ever first grade title after previously winning it in 1924. Devonport United were coached by James O'Brien, the former Devonport player and New Zealand international and they went on to win the Roope Rooster competition defeating Ponsonby United in the final. This was their second time winning the Roope Rooster after they won the inaugural title in 1915. They also beat Marist Old Boys to win the Stormont Shield Trophy for the second year in a row. Alongside these feats Devonport also won the inaugural reserve grade competition with a 5–5 draw in the final securing them the 1 competition point they needed to edge out Ponsonby United. Richmond Rovers won the Stallard Cup by winning the reserve grade knockout competition, defeating Newton Rangers reserves in the final 13–5.
On the final day of the season Mr. Samuel Harris of the Newton Rangers team had a heart attack while running with the ball in the final of the Seven-A-Side charity tournament. The game was called off with no result given. He had played with Newton for 2 seasons after moving to Auckland from Hikurangi. He was single and 26 years of age at the time.[1]
Eastern Suburbs toured New Zealand at the end of the season and played 5 matches including 3 at Carlaw Park against Devonport, Devonport-Marist combined, and an Auckland Colts side.
| width=230 | Team | width=50 abbr="1st Grade" | Fox Memorial | width=50 abbr="Reserves" | Reserves | width=50 abbr="2nd Grade" | 2nd | width=50 abbr="3rd Grade" | 3rd Open | width=50 abbr="3rd Grade" | 3rd Int. | width=50 abbr="4th Grade" | 4th | width=50 abbr="5th Grade" | 5th | width=50 abbr="6th Grade" | 6th | width=50 abbr="7th Grade" | 7th | width=50 abbr="Schoolboys" | Schools | width=50 abbr="Midweek Competition" | Midweek | width=50 abbr="Total" | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richmond Rovers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | |||||||||||||
| City Rovers | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Ponsonby United | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||||||||||||
| Marist Old Boys | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||||||||||||
| Devonport United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | |||||||||||||
| Ellerslie United | .5 | .5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Newton Rangers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Point Chevalier | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Northcote & Birkenhead Ramblers | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Glen Lynn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Mount Albert United | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Papatoetoe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Akarana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Newmarket | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Papakura | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Mount Wellington | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Otahuhu Rovers | .5 | .5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Māngere United | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Glenora | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Avondale | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Auckland Locomotives (Railway) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| City Markets | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Combined Taxis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Ellerslie Town Board Rovers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| New Zealand Fertilisers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Nicholson Park (Mt Eden) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Post and Telegraph (Messengers) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Stonex and Stormont's | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Waterside Workers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Total | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 98 | |||||||||||||
It was the first season where the premier senior teams had competed for the Fox Memorial Shield. Prior to 1931 the trophy awarded was the Monteith Shield (1920–1930), and before that the Myers Cup (1910–14) (there were no trophies awarded during WW1 despite the first grade championship being competed for each season). The donor of the Monteith Shield had written to the league asking permission to withdraw the trophy from club competition and that the league play for a new trophy named after Edward Vincent Fox who had passed away the season previous and who had been heavily involved in Auckland Rugby League for a long period of time. The new trophy was being donated by friends of Fox.[2] The trophy was finished and presented to the league in September. It was described thus; "measuring 27 inches across by 22 inches deep, the base is a handsome sample of polished rimu, with overlay of contrasting pūriri, on which is an ornate centrepiece in oxidised silver depicting an incident of play in the New Zealand v Australia match of 1926". The donators of the trophy even went to the extent of sending the silver piece to England to have it effectively reproduced.[3]
The Auckland City Council Parks Committee designated the following of its grounds to the league code: Auckland Domain (2), Outer Domain (1), Victoria Park, Auckland (1), Walker Road (2), Western Springs Reserve (1), Grey Lynn Park (1), and 1 additional ground at Grey Lynn to alternate between rugby and league.[4]
The annual report to be filed at the annual general meeting showed that the league had a £9,711 5/9 surplus with total assets of £10,534 19/4. As there were smaller crowds in 1930 the gate receipts were £2,282 12/, down from £3,465 10/5 in 1929. The Junior Management Committee reported that the number of juniors registered was 1,930 compared with 984 the previous year, and 63 teams took the field.[5] At the annual general meeting Mr. James Carlaw said that "this is a very important meeting, as we have now reached our twenty-first birthday, and have developed from childhood to manhood". Mr. Phelan presented trophies to the various winners from the previous season.[6] At the Devonport annual meeting Mr. A. Ferguson who was a member of the New Zealand Council and who was presiding over the meeting said that the league game in New Zealand needed to follow the Australian model. He stated that they "demonstrated the value of physical fitness, which was produced by intensive, scientific training".[7]
A management committee meeting which also included the special committee setup the previous year to look into the restructuring of the Senior A and Senior B competitions adjusted their original plans. It had been decided at the end of the 1930 season to reduce the Senior A competition from eight teams to six, thus forcing teams into merging with one another. After the meeting this was adjusted to seven teams. The teams would be Devonport, Richmond Rovers, Ellerslie-Otahuhu (which also included the Māngere United club, who could then choose their own name),[8] Marist Old Boys, City, Newton, and Ponsonby United. The Kingsland team which had been removed from the A grade asked for permission to join with the Marist Old Boys. While the Parnell club which has existed since 1921 amalgamated with City Rovers.
The B grade (essentially the second division which had run from 1925 to 1930) was still to be eliminated. The league would encourage B grade players to try out for the reserve grade teams in the A grade clubs.[9]
In a major development for the rugby league game in Auckland the special committee recommended that winning teams would be granted 12.5% of the net gate takings each weekend with losing teams sharing a "trifle less". The league would also enforce a rule where every Senior A club must field a reserve grade team "of sufficient calibre to satisfy the management committee". If they failed to do so they would be vulnerable to being removed from the A grade. The league also reserved the right to set the two lowest teams together at the end of the season against each other in a match and eliminating the losers, or compelling them to improve their standard of play or withdraw from the league.[10]
In mid October the Eastern Suburbs club team from Sydney toured New Zealand. They began their tour with a match against Northland in Whangarei before meeting the Auckland championsDevonport at Carlaw Park the very next day. They then travelled to Hamilton where they played South Auckland while also fitting in a trip to see the sights of Rotorua. Eastern Suburbs then travelled back to Auckland where they played against a combined Marist-Devonport team who inflicted the touring sides only defeat with a 14–13 defeat before a crowd of 15,000. Their final match was against and an Auckland Colts side which included several current or future New Zealand internationals, namely Ted Mincham, Len Scott, Dick Smith, Wilf Hassan, Bert Leatherbarrow, and Ed St George before returning home with 4 wins and a loss.
At the Management Committee meeting prior to the start of the season it was decided to adhere to the latest rules, where a team forcing the ball in their own in goal area would take a drop kick from the 25-yard line as opposed from their own try line. There was an adjustment to the weight allowance from the fourth grade down, and sixth grade players should be under 18 and a half on 1 May.[11] At a following Management Committee meeting it was reported that the English Rugby League had advised that at scrum put in's the loose head would be transferred from the defending team to the attacking team.[12]
On 15 August a referee was assaulted by a player after a match between the City and Newmarket Fourth Grade teams at Western Springs Stadium. He had ordered off a player from each team. The City player came back on the field and his team refused to remove him so the referee called the match off. He was then harassed by a number of players and one of them then fought with him, "the pair rolled on the ground fighting for a few minutes, the referee holding his own until some spectators intervened and separated" them.[13]
On March 26 the Papakura Rugby League club was formed with 60 players enrolling.[14] They applied to the Papakura Town Board for use of the reserve at Papakura. This was granted as the entire club had switched over from Rugby Union meaning they had no competition for the field. The council said that if a representative rugby game was being played on the field then the league team could use Prince Edward Park (which later became their home ground and remains so to this day).[15] On Saturday, 18 April they played a practice match with Mount Wellington at Papakura.[16] The match was won by Mount Wellington by 8 points to 5. Papakura's points came from an unconverted try to Johnstone, and I. Wilson kicked a penalty goal.[17] They held their first social on the evening of Wednesday 22 April at the Paragon Theatre.[18]
The Kingsland Athletic club joined with Marist Old Boys meaning their senior players would join those of Marist. Kingsland were already an amalgamated club involving Kingsland Rovers and Grafton Athletic (originally named Maritime and not to be confused with the Grafton Athletic club which existed from 1914 to 1922). This placed Marist as one of the early favourites to win the Senior Grade. This was discussed in an article on the prospects of all the teams in the New Zealand Herald.[19]
The Ellerslie United, Otahuhu Rovers, and Māngere United clubs combined to form a senior team with the Māngere Senior B team being regraded to first junior (2nd grade) with the team playing as part of the Ellerslie-Otahuhu side.[20] However Māngere United then sent a deputation to a Management Committee meeting asking to be able to play as a separate institution as a junior club rather than be a part of the Ellerslie-Otahuhu amalgamation.[21] They wished to be affiliated under their own name rather than amalgamate with Ellerslie. Several speakers from Māngere they said that they wished to play league football but maintain their own identity as a Māori team. The League said that there should be a conference with Ellerslie and in the meantime they would play for one week with Ellerslie.[22] At a league meeting on 27 May the league decided to uphold their earlier ruling and enforce the amalgamation with the decision reviewed at the end of the season. It was expressed that the Māngere players were willing to play as the league suggested. Mr. Jim Rukutai suggested that Māngere be granted permission to retain their identity for twelve months, subject to all transfers being through the Ellerslie-Otahuhu United Club. The chairman of the league said "he did not think that there was any objection to Māngere playing as the Māngere section of the amalgamated club, but it was the duty of the League to uphold Ellerslie-Otahuhu Club". In the meantime he thought "moral suasion should be used by the members and the position would right itself".[23] At the Management Committee meeting on 10 June it was reported by the chairman that the Māngere and Ellerslie clubs had reached a satisfactory agreement and that "the Māori senior team,… was willing to continue playing the league code. It was intended that Māngere should apply for the resignation of its players who had already played for Ellerslie" The matter would be deferred for one week.[24]
It was announced at a City Rovers club meeting that the Parnell club had amalgamated with them. They would enter teams in the senior, reserve senior, first junior, third intermediate, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh grades, and also in the primary school competition.[25] Ten of the Parnell senior B players were regraded to first class juniors and would play for that particular City Rovers side.[26]
In June a new club was registered in the Glen Eden district and was named Glenora. They entered a team in the third grade intermediate. There was a team in the area named Glen Lynn at the time which was a combination of the New Lynn and Glen Eden sides of the late 1920s, and so to distinguish them Glenora chose that name as some of their players were from the Oratia area, and the name was initially spelled as Glen Ora.[27]
The Senior Grade was reduced from 8 teams to 7 for the 1931 season. Each team had to field a reserve side and their matches were to be played prior to the A team's matches at the same venue.[28]
| width=175 | Team | width=20 abbr="Played" | Pld | width=20 abbr="Won" | W | width=20 abbr="Drawn" | D | width=20 abbr="Lost" | L | width=20 abbr="For" | F | width=20 abbr="Against" | A | width=20 abbr="Points" | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marist Old Boys | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 204 | 88 | 22 | ||||||||
| Devonport United | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 178 | 92 | 20 | ||||||||
| Richmond Rovers | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 143 | 93 | 15 | ||||||||
| Ponsonby United | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 152 | 143 | 13 | ||||||||
| Newton Rangers | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 83 | 145 | 6 | ||||||||
| City Rovers | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 132 | 179 | 5 | ||||||||
| Ellerslie-Otahuhu United | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 85 | 237 | 3 | ||||||||
In Round 1 Marist won after time however the play was continued erroneously. Time was up but the time keeper allowed additional tackles and did not ring the bell until after the winning try had been scored.[29] Richmond protested the result and after multiple meetings it was eventually decided by the league Management Committee to replay the match.[30]
In the match between Marist and Ponsonby, Heck Lunn (Ponsonby) left the field in the 2nd half with a broken rib.
The Round 3 match between Richmond and Newton was the first ever senior league match played at Western Springs Stadium which had opened for cycling and field sports in 1929.
This match was replayed from Round 1 when the time keeper allowed play to continue well after the bel should have been rung. In the replayed match H Carter for Marist was ordered off for “rough play”. Charles Gregory and Gordon Campbell both of Marist then left the field with injuries leaving Marist to hang on with 10 men for the last few minutes of the game.
Marist and Devonport met in a top of the table match with Devonport first with a 5–0 record and Marist second with a 4–1 record. Marist's win saw them draw level. Marist wore white arm bands as a mark of respect to George Drew, a senior player who had been killed by a fall of earth at Waitakaruru 4 days earlier at the age of 28.
In the Richmond – City match both Stan Prentice and Steve Watene were both sent off for fighting.
The Round 12 match at Devonport between the hosts and Ellerslie-Otahuhu was one with paid entry after permission was granted by the Devonport Borough Council. A sum of £12 5/ was raised to assist the Devonport Welfare League's funds.[31] Unofficially the Devonport v Ellerslie-Otahuhu match was referee Les Bull's 100th time officiating an Auckland senior club team match. He was the first referee to achieve this in Auckland Rugby League.
The Round 13 matches were played in terrible conditions which saw the cancellation of almost all league in Auckland. The match between Marist and Ellerslie-Otahuhu played at Papatoetoe was abandoned at halftime due to the north-westerly squalls making playing conditions impossible. The score of 21–3 in favour of Marist was declared the final score. City was severely understrength with 5 of its regular players absent, while in the Ponsonby-Devonport match Lou Hutt of Ponsonby was ordered off near the end of the match.
The semi finals were postponed initially due to poor weather before being played on 12 September. The match between Ponsonby and Richmond went to extra-time after it was 20–20 at the end of regular time. This was very rare as usually tied games were replayed. Ponsonby went on to win 28–20.
Top try and point scorers for A Grade, Roope Rooster matches and the Stormont Shield match. Frank Delgrosso of Ponsonby was the top point scorer for the 3rd time in his career with 70 points. He was regularly in the top 5 point scorers in the first grade competitions and to this point in his career had amassed more than any other player, with 665 points. Len Scott (Devonport United) was the top try scorer with 12, closely followed by George Batchelor (Marist Old Boys) and Pat Meehan with 11, and Stan Prentice (Richmond Rovers) with 10.
| Top try scorers | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Team | Tries< | -- Pos | Player | Team | Tries--> |
| 1 | Len Scott | Devonport | 12 | ||||
| 2 | George Batchelor | Marist | 11 | ||||
| 2 | Pat Meehan | Marist | 11 | ||||
| 4 | Stan Prentice | Richmond | 10 | ||||
| 5 | Dick Smith | Devonport | 9 | ||||
| 6 | E Friend | Ponsonby | 7 | ||||
| 6 | Allan Seagar | Devonport | 7 | ||||
| 8 | Hec Brisbane | Marist | 6 | ||||
| 8 | Laurie Barchard | City | 6 | ||||
| 8 | Doug McLeay | Ponsonby | 6 | ||||
| 8 | Ernest Ruby | Devonport | 6 | ||||
| 8 | William McLaughlin | City | 6 | ||||
| Top point scorers | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Team | T | C | P | DG | Pts< | -- Pos | Player | Team | T | C | P | DG | Pts--> |
| 1 | Frank Delgrosso | Ponsonby | 0 | 22 | 13 | 0 | 70 | ||||||||
| 2 | Dick Smith | Devonport | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 57 | ||||||||
| 3 | Pat Meehan | Marist | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 49 | ||||||||
| 4 | Allan Seagar | Devonport | 7 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 43 | ||||||||
| 5 | Steve Watene | City | 1 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 41 | ||||||||
| 6 | G Davis | Richmond | 3 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 39 | ||||||||
| 6 | Ted Mincham | Richmond | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 39 | ||||||||
| 8 | George Batchelor | Marist | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 37 | ||||||||
| 9 | Len Scott | Devonport | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
| 10 | Stan Prentice | Richmond | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
The standings include the 'final' between Devonport and Ponsonby which was a 5–5 draw. This meant Devonport won the title as they finished the competition with one more point that Ponsonby. A Round 11 result between Marist and City is unknown as it was not reported in the newspapers while the score between Devonport and Ellerslie-Otahuhu in Round 12 is also unknown, though Devonport were the victor.
| width=175 | Team | width=20 abbr="Played" | Pld | width=20 abbr="Won" | W | width=20 abbr="Drawn" | D | width=20 abbr="Lost" | L | width=20 abbr="For" | F | width=20 abbr="Against" | A | width=20 abbr="Points" | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devonport United Reserves | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 149 | 48 | 20 | ||||||||
| Ponsonby United Reserves | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 163 | 63 | 19 | ||||||||
| Richmond Rovers Reserves | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 147 | 74 | 18 | ||||||||
| Marist Old Boys Reserves | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 118 | 47 | 11 | ||||||||
| City Rovers Reserves | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 58 | 110 | 4 | ||||||||
| Ellerslie-Otahuhu United Reserves | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 41 | 142 | 4 | ||||||||
| Newton Rangers Reserves | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 27 | 219 | 2 | ||||||||
The Round 13 matches at Carlaw Park were cancelled due to the poor weather conditions and the necessity to protect the ground for the Senior matches to follow immediately afterwards.
| Date | Score | Score | Venue | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | 2 May[32] | Devonport | 21 | City | 5 | Carlaw Park # 1, 1:45pm |
| – | 2 May | Richmond | 8 | Marist | 6 | Carlaw Park # 2, 1:45pm |
| – | 2 May | Ellerslie-Otahuhu | 10 | Newton | 5 | Ellerslie, 1:45pm |
| Round 2 | 9 May[33] | Ponsonby | 13 | Marist | 5 | Domain # 5, 1:45pm |
| – | 9 May | Richmond | 16 | City | 11 | ? |
| – | 9 May | Devonport | 39 | Newton | 0 | Devonport Domain, 3pm |
| Round 3 | 16 May[34] | Ponsonby | 8 | City | 4 | Carlaw Park # 1, 1:45pm |
| – | 16 May | Devonport | 14 | Ellerslie-Otahuhu | 2 | Carlaw Park # 2, 1:45pm |
| – | 16 May | Richmond | 32 | Newton | 0 | Western Springs Stadium, 1:45pm |
| Round 4 | 23 May[35] | Marist | 21 | City | 2 | Carlaw Park # 1, 1:45pm |
| – | 23 May | Richmond | 19 | Ellerslie-Otahuhu | 6 | Carlaw Park # 2, 1:45pm |
| – | 23 May | Ponsonby | 38 | Newton | 3 | Western Springs Stadium, 1:45pm |
| Round 5 | 30 May[36] | Devonport | 21 | Richmond | 0 | Carlaw Park # 1, 1:45pm |
| – | 30 May | Marist | 32 | Newton | 0 | Carlaw Park # 2, 1:45pm |
| – | 30 May | Ellerslie-Otahuhu | 3 | Ponsonby | 14 | Ellerslie, 1:45pm |
| Round 6 | 13 June[37] | Devonport | 12 | Ponsonby | 8 | Carlaw Park # 1, 1:45pm |
| – | 13 June | City | 10 | Newton | 3 | Western Springs, 1:45pm |
| – | 13 June | Marist | 14 | Ellerslie-Otahuhu | 3 | Carlaw Park # 2, 1:45pm |
| Round 7 | 20 June[38] | Devonport | 10 | Marist | 6 | Carlaw Park # 1, 1:45pm |
| – | 20 June | Richmond | 15 | Ponsonby | 10 | Carlaw Park # 2, 1:45pm |
| – | 20 June | City | 16 | Ellerslie-Otahuhu | 0 | Auckland Domain # 1, 1:45pm |
| Round 8 | 27 June[39] | Devonport | 15 | City | 0 | Carlaw Park # 1, 2pm |
| – | 27 June | Newton | 16 | Ellerslie-Otahuhu | 12 | Carlaw Park # 2, 2pm |
| – | 27 June | Marist | 5 | Richmond | 0 | Western Springs Stadium, 2pm |
| Round 9 | 4 July[40] | Ponsonby | 8 | Marist | 5 | Carlaw Park # 1, 1:45pm |
| – | 4 July | Richmond | 13 | City | 7 | Carlaw Park # 2, 1:45pm |
| – | 4 July | Devonport | 9 | Newton | 0 | Devonport, 1:45pm |
| Round 10 | 11 July[41] | Richmond | 19 | Devonport | 0 | Carlaw Park # 1, 1:45pm |
| – | 11 July | Ponsonby | 34 | Ellerslie-Otahuhu | 3 | Carlaw Park # 2, 1:45pm |
| – | 11 July | Marist | 21 | Newton | 0 | Western Springs, 1:45pm |
| Round 11 | 18 July[42] | Marist | ? | City | ? | Carlaw Park # 1, 1:45pm |
| – | 18 July | Richmond | 10 | Ellerslie-Otahuhu | 2 | Carlaw Park # 2, 1:45pm |
| – | 18 July | Ponsonby | 6 | Newton | 0 | Northcote, 2pm |
| Round 12 | 25 July[43] | Ponsonby | 13 | City | 3 | Carlaw Park # 1, 1:45pm |
| – | 25 July | Richmond | 10 | Newton | 0 | Carlaw Park #2, 1:45pm |
| – | 25 July | Devonport | W | Ellerslie-Otahuhu | L | Devonport Domain, 1:45pm |
| Round 13 | 1 Aug | Devonport | CCD | Ponsonby | CCD | Carlaw Park # 1, 1:45pm |
| – | 1 Aug | City | CCD | Newton | CCD | Carlaw Park # 2, 1:45pm |
| – | 1 Aug | Marist | CCD | Ellerslie-Otahuhu | CCD | Papatoetoe, 1:45pm |
| Round 14 | 8 Aug[44] | Marist | 3 | Devonport | 3 | Carlaw Park # 1, 1:45pm |
| – | 8 Aug | Ponsonby | 6 | Richmond | 5 | Carlaw Park # 2, 1:45pm |
| – | 8 Aug | Ellerslie-Otahuhu | WBD | City | LBD | Ellerslie Racecourse, 1:45pm |
| Final | 15 Aug[45] | Devonport | 5 | Ponsonby | 5 | Carlaw Park #1, 1:45pm |
| Date | Score | Score | Venue | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | 5 Sep[46] | Ponsonby | 31 | City | 2 | Carlaw Park # 2, 1:45pm |
| – | 5 Sep | Newton | 9 | Devonport | 3 | Auckland Domain, 1:45pm |
| – | 5 Sep | Ellerslie-Otahuhu | L | Richmond | W | Auckland Domain, 3pm |
| semi final | 12 Sep[47] | Newton | 18 | Marist | 15 | Carlaw Park # 2, 1:45pm |
| semi final | 12 Sep | Richmond | 15 | Ponsonby | 5 | Carlaw Park # 1, 3:15pm |
| Final | 19 Sep[48] | Richmond | 13 | Newton | 5 | Carlaw Park # 1, 1:45pm |
On 31 October a Charity Day was held at Carlaw Park. It featured a Seven-A-Side tournament, an 'old timers' match, a match between the referees and St Johns Ambulance, and several running races. The proceeds would all go to the St John Ambulance Brigade. Mr. Samuel Harris of the Newton team collapsed and died from heart failure a few minutes from time in the final. Harris had played for the Newton seniors after joining the club in 1930 and had scored a try in a match earlier in the season. He had played in their earlier matches and had participated in a running race but had complained of feeling too unwell to run again. He collapsed while running with the ball and despite immediate attention from members of St, John Ambulance he died almost immediately. The match was called off.[49] Harris had joined Newton in 1930 and was originally from Hikurangi. His funeral was held in Hikurangi on 4 November.[50]
| Date | Score | Score | Venue | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | 31 Oct[51] | Ellerslie-Otahuhu A | 21 | Ellerslie-Otahuhu B | 6 | Carlaw Park # 2, 1:30pm |
| Round 1 | 31 Oct | Richmond | WBD | Marist | LBD | Carlaw Park # 2, 2pm |
| Round 1 | 31 Oct | Ponsonby | 15 | Newton B | 5 | Carlaw Park # 2, 2pm |
| Round 1 | 31 Oct | Newton A | 13 | City | 0 | Carlaw Park # 1, 2:25pm |
| Round 1 | 31 Oct | Devonport | 38 | Ellerslie-Otahuhu A | 2 | Carlaw Park # 2, 2:25pm |
| semi-final | 31 Oct | Newton A | 19 | Ponsonby | 5 | Carlaw Park # 1, 4:30pm |
| semi-final | 31 Oct | Devonport | 16 | Richmond | 0 | Carlaw Park # 1, 4:30pm |
| Final | 31 Oct | Devonport | no result | Newton A | no result | Carlaw Park # 1, 4:30pm |
The Mid-Week competition which was running once again was made up of nine teams. It was decided to allocate the Monteith Shield to the championship. This had formerly been awarded to the winner of the Senior grade champions, but as of this year the newly presented Fox Memorial Shield would replace it. The Waitemata (Endean) Shield would be awarded to the team scoring the most championship points in the second round, and the "Nuko" Cup to the winner of the two lower teams on the ladder.[52] Marist were awarded the Davis Shield for scoring the most competition points in the junior grades.[53]
Point Chevalier won the second grade championship for the first time. They were closely followed all season by Mount Albert and Papakura. Papakura were the only side with all of their results reported so the for and against and win/loss records are slightly incomplete. Papakura won the knockout competition on September 12 when they beat Mount Albert 26–0 in the final. Mount Albert had defeated Point Chevalier in one semi final while Papakura beat Northcote 8–5 in the other. On July 18 the City side played Huntly and won 5-3 while on August 15 Point Chevalier beat a Riverhead side 11–6 at Hobsonville. On August 22 Papakura played a South Auckland (Waikato) side and won 8–3. Then at the end of the season a second grade representative side played the Wednesday Competition representatives and lost 23–6. The second grade representative side was called 'Auckland Juniors'. On October 17 they also played the Devonport reserve grade side who had won the championship and won 18 to 3. Ponsonby withdrew after 9 rounds having defaulted at least 2 of their matches.
| width=225 | Team | width=20 abbr="Played" | Pld | width=20 abbr="Won" | W | width=20 abbr="Drawn" | D | width=20 abbr="Lost" | L | width=20 abbr="For" | F | width=20 abbr="Against" | A | width=20 abbr="Points" | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Point Chevalier | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 144 | 32 | 25 | ||||||||
| Mount Albert United | 15 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 128 | 26 | 22 | ||||||||
| Papakura | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 107 | 83 | 21 | ||||||||
| Northcote & Birkenhead Ramblers | 15 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 81 | 58 | 10 | ||||||||
| Māngere United | 14 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 62 | 28 | 8 | ||||||||
| Mount Wellington | 14 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 24 | 113 | 6 | ||||||||
| City Rovers | 15 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 26 | 183 | 2 | ||||||||
| Ponsonby United | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 20 | 69 | 2 | ||||||||
Marist Old Boys won the championship when they defeated Ponsonby United in the final on August 29 by 4 points to 2. It was Marist's first time winning this grade. Devonport defaulted their first two matches and then withdrew from the competition, while Ellerslie entered a side but withdrew after the first week with it unknown if the match was played or not. Glen Lynn played until round 12 before withdrawing. On May 30 when Marist had their bye they played a Waiterimu, a Waikato side, and won 3–2.
In the knockout competition Marist beat Devonport 8–0 in one semi final and Ponsonby beat Glenora 8–3 in the other. Glenora had recently formed and entered a team in the 3rd Grade Intermediate competition but decided to enter a team in the 3rd Grade Open knockout competition. They beat Richmond 3–0 to make the semi-final where they were beaten. Marist and Ponsonby drew 5–5 in the knockout final therefore a replay was needed. Ponsonby won the replay 8–2 on September 26.
| width=175 | Team | width=20 abbr="Played" | Pld | width=20 abbr="Won" | W | width=20 abbr="Drawn" | D | width=20 abbr="Lost" | L | width=20 abbr="For" | F | width=20 abbr="Against" | A | width=20 abbr="Points" | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marist Old Boys | 13 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 119 | 30 | 15 | ||||||||
| Ponsonby United | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 76 | 32 | 13 | ||||||||
| Richmond Rovers | 16 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 92 | 86 | 8 | ||||||||
| Papatoetoe | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 2 | ||||||||
| Glen Lynn | 9 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 97 | 0 | ||||||||
| Devonport United | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
Richmond Rovers won the 3rd grade intermediate championship for the 4th time in their history. It was only in the 6th year of competition. There were a large number of results not reported so the standings are very incomplete. The competition was notable because Glenora fielded their first ever side when they entered a team in round 6 on June 6. They lost the match to Akarana 16–0. In the knockout competition Richmond beat Mount Albert in one semi final while Akarana beat City 10–4 in the other semi final. Richmond then completed the double when they defeated Akarana 6–3 in the final on September 12. Glenora were knocked out in the first round on August 22 by Mount Albert 6-4 and then entered a side in the 3rd grade open knockout competition. Glen Lynn (an amalgamated club between Glen Eden and New Lynn) withdrew after 8 rounds.
| width=175 | Team | width=20 abbr="Played" | Pld | width=20 abbr="Won" | W | width=20 abbr="Drawn" | D | width=20 abbr="Lost" | L | width=20 abbr="For" | F | width=20 abbr="Against" | A | width=20 abbr="Points" | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richmond Rovers | 15 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 109 | 50 | 20 | ||||||||
| Akarana | 15 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 98 | 15 | 18 | ||||||||
| Ponsonby United | 13 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 41 | 74 | 10 | ||||||||
| Marist Old Boys | 14 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 82 | 35 | 11 | ||||||||
| City Rovers | 13 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 30 | 36 | 4 | ||||||||
| Mount Albert United | 16 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 80 | 3 | ||||||||
| Glen Lynn | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 45 | 0 | ||||||||
| Glenora | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 48 | 0 | ||||||||
Marist won the championship and the knockout competition when they beat Richmond 13–0 on October 10. It was the first time they had won the fourth grade competition in its 20th year of running.
Glen Lynn entered a team but did not play a game before withdrawing. Ellerslie defaulted their first two matches and then withdrew. Mount Wellington withdrew after 3 rounds despite winning in round one and a default win over Ponsonby in round 3. Ponsonby withdrew after defaulting in the third round while Avondale withdrew after 14 rounds.
| 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="For" | F | width=20 abbr="Against" | A | width=20 abbr="Points" | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marist Old Boys | 24 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 215 | 52 | 21 | ||||||||
| Akarana | 22 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 97 | 71 | 21 | ||||||||
| Newmarket | 20 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 84 | 61 | 16 | ||||||||
| Point Chevalier | 21 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 117 | 84 | 15 | ||||||||
| Northcote & Birkenhead Ramblers | 21 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 101 | 25 | 13 | ||||||||
| Richmond Rovers | 21 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 57 | 49 | 13 | ||||||||
| Papakura | 19 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 76 | 143 | 13 | ||||||||
| City Rovers | 20 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 105 | 133 | 9 | ||||||||
| Mount Albert United | 19 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 39 | 66 | 8 | ||||||||
| Devonport United | 20 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 47 | 82 | 4 | ||||||||
| Mount Wellington | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||
| Papatoetoe | 19 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 42 | 146 | 2 | ||||||||
| Avondale | 13 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 104 | 2 | ||||||||
| Ponsonby United | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Ellerslie United | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
Marist won the championship for the fifth grade for the second time with the previous being the year prior in 1930. They also won the knockout competition when they beat City in the final 6–3 on October 3. Marist had beaten Ponsonby in one semi final while City beat Devonport in the other. There were a significant number of scores not reported so the standings are incomplete.
Papatoetoe and Newmarket both entered teams but neither had a result reported and Newmarket withdrew after round 1 and Papatoetoe after round 2. Mount Albert withdrew after 17 rounds near the end of the championship, with Ellerslie withdrawing a week later.
| 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="For" | F | width=20 abbr="Against" | A | width=20 abbr="Points" | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marist Old Boys | 19 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 171 | 6 | 24 | ||||||||
| Newton Rangers | 18 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 135 | 42 | 19 | ||||||||
| City Rovers | 19 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 87 | 15 | 16 | ||||||||
| Northcote & Birkenhead Ramblers | 18 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 89 | 15 | 14 | ||||||||
| Ponsonby United | 15 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 55 | 66 | 9 | ||||||||
| Glen Lynn | 20 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 61 | 59 | 6 | ||||||||
| Devonport United | 16 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 53 | 6 | ||||||||
| Richmond Rovers | 19 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 16 | 118 | 4 | ||||||||
| Ellerslie United | 16 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 103 | 2 | ||||||||
| Mount Albert United | 16 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 158 | 0 | ||||||||
Newmarket won their first ever sixth grade championship when they defeated Richmond 3–2 in the final on September 26. They had won the schoolboys championship in 1928 and 1929 so may have included some of those players coming through the grades. Ellerslie withdrew after 3 rounds having defaulted their 2nd match and neither of their other results reported. Newmarket also won the knockout competition by the same score over the same opponent on October 17. Newmarket had beaten Marist on one semi final while Richmond beat City 14–6 in the other.
| 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="For" | F | width=20 abbr="Against" | A | width=20 abbr="Points" | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newmarket | 18 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 165 | 13 | 32 | ||||||||
| Richmond Rovers | 21 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 125 | 16 | 27 | ||||||||
| Marist Old Boys A | 18 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 114 | 49 | 19 | ||||||||
| City Rovers | 19 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 64 | 33 | 14 | ||||||||
| Point Chevalier | 19 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 24 | 71 | 7 | ||||||||
| Devonport United | 18 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 41 | 116 | 6 | ||||||||
| Newton Rangers | 18 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 19 | 119 | 6 | ||||||||
| Northcote & Birkenhead Ramblers | 17 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 5 | ||||||||
| Akarana | 17 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 21 | 115 | 4 | ||||||||
| Ellerslie United | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
Richmond Rovers A won the seventh grade championship for the second consecutive year. It had been inaugurated in the 1930 season effectively replacing the Sixth grade B competition. Ellerslie were runners up but they had 5 results not reported, with Richmond A having a significant number of scores not reported either so the standings are incomplete. Richmond A also won the knockout competition when they beat Ellerslie 3–2 on September 12. Ellerslie beat City in one semi final and Richmond beat Point Chevalier in the other.
| 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="For" | F | width=20 abbr="Against" | A | width=20 abbr="Points" | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richmond Rovers A | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 170 | 15 | 29 | ||||||||
| Ellerslie United | 16 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 206 | 5 | 21 | ||||||||
| City Rovers | 15 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 42 | 10 | ||||||||
| Point Chevalier | 16 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 36 | 96 | 9 | ||||||||
| Papatoetoe | 15 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 82 | 51 | 8 | ||||||||
| Newmarket | 15 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 25 | 120 | 5 | ||||||||
| Glen Lynn | 15 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 26 | 95 | 2 | ||||||||
| Richmond Rovers B | 14 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 157 | 0 | ||||||||
There were a large number of results not reported and therefore the standings are significantly incomplete. It is unknown who won the championship. Richmond initially entered a B team as well but they had two fixtures organised but no scores reported before withdrawing.
On October 10 a schoolboy "City Representatives" side played a "Suburbs Representative" side with the City team winning 20 points to 9. Despite their respective team names the players were made up of players from all over Auckland and no specific geographic area. City included Johnston, Bennett, Filmer, Moore (Newmarket), Legge, Robertson, Bell (City), Zaninovitch (Newton), Sime, Moyle (Devonport), Duncan (Papatoetoe), McInnarney, Haynes (Ellerslie), Hall (Avondale), and Bauern (Richmond). The Suburbs team included Franklin, Stanaway (Newmarket), Stenberg, D. Gildard (Avondale), Beer (Ellerslie), Turner, Williams, Korsache (Richmond), Sullivan, McArthur, York (Devonport), Paltridge, Skinner (Northcote), Burgess (Newton), and Mullins (Papatoetoe).[54]
| width=185 | Team | width=20 abbr="Played" | Pld | width=20 abbr="Won" | W | width=20 abbr="Drawn" | D | width=20 abbr="Lost" | L | width=20 abbr="For" | F | width=20 abbr="Against" | A | width=20 abbr="Points" | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richmond Schools A | 18 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 76 | 11 | 13 | ||||||||
| Devonport Schools | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 57 | 36 | 11 | ||||||||
| Newmarket Primary School | 17 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 111 | 9 | 10 | ||||||||
| Papatoetoe Schools | 15 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 63 | 12 | 10 | ||||||||
| Newton Schools | 17 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 35 | 93 | 8 | ||||||||
| Ellerslie Schools | 16 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 51 | 92 | 4 | ||||||||
| City Schools | 16 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 39 | 44 | 3 | ||||||||
| Parnell/Akarana Schools | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 3 | ||||||||
| Avondale Schools | 13 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 54 | 2 | ||||||||
| Northcote Schools | 17 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 104 | 2 | ||||||||
The league was known as the Mid Week competition and also the Wednesday competition. The championship winners were awarded the Monteith Shield, with the Endean Shield to the team scoring the most championship points in the second round. Waterside Workers won the competition after Stonex and Stormont's defaulted to them in the final round. If they had played and lost then Auckland Locomotives would have had a chance to win the championship. George Gardiner played for the Waterside Workers side. The New Zealand Fertilisers side withdrew after 6 rounds while a Combined Taxis side entered the competition for the second round. No team was allowed to play more than three players who took part in Saturday football though it is unclear if that was only in the senior grades, and no team was allowed to field more than one representative player. On October 14 a combined City Markets and Combined Taxis side played in the knockout final against a Combined Boards and Nicholson Park team but the result was not reported. Two weeks prior they had defeated Auckland Locomotives and Waterside Workers in the semi-finals respectively.
During the season City Markets was thrown out of the competition for fielding an unregistered player but was readmitted after assurances that they would follow the rules in the future. On August 26 the match between Waterside Workers and Stonex and Stormont's was abandoned with minutes to go with the Waterside team leading 8–5. Spectators had encroached on the field at Victoria Park and the referee was unable to clear them and so called the game off with a replay later required. The games attracted large crowds, particularly the ones at Victoria Park which often drew thousands of interested onlookers. The ground was particularly close to the waterfront where most of the Waterside Workers would have been employed. The two bottom teams played off on September 30 for the "Nuks" Cup with Ellerslie Town Board Rovers beating Nicholson Park 8 to 3.
On October 10 a Midweek representative team played the Taupiri seniors in Taupiri and won 24–12. They also played the Auckland Juniors and won 23 to 6.[55]
| width=225 | Team | width=20 abbr="Played" | Pld | width=20 abbr="Won" | W | width=20 abbr="Drawn" | D | width=20 abbr="Lost" | L | width=20 abbr="For" | F | width=20 abbr="Against" | A | width=20 abbr="Points" | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waterside Workers | 14 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 108 | 49 | 23 | ||||||||
| Auckland Locomotives (Railway) | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 118 | 42 | 21 | ||||||||
| City Markets | 12 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 99 | 73 | 13 | ||||||||
| Stonex and Stormont's | 11 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 64 | 61 | 10 | ||||||||
| Ellerslie Town Board Rovers | 12 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 48 | 94 | 6 | ||||||||
| Nicholson Park (Mt Eden) | 15 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 45 | 82 | 6 | ||||||||
| New Zealand Fertilisers | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 37 | 3 | ||||||||
| Combined Taxis | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 27 | 2 | ||||||||
| Post and Telegraph (Messengers) | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 60 | 0 | ||||||||
| Date | Score | Score | Venue | Referee | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exhibition | 11 July [56] | Kia Ora (Huntly) | 5 | City | 25 | Huntly | |
| Exhibition | 18 July [57] | Ngaruawahia | 6 | Devonport | 19 | Huntly | |
| Exhibition | 25 July [58] | Wellington Combined Team | 19 | Marist | 40 | Wellington Show Stadium | |
| Exhibition | 1 Aug [59] | Whangarei United | 11 | Richmond | 13 | Kensington Park, Whangarei | |
| Exhibition | 9 Aug [60] | Hamilton | 6 | Newton | 28 | Hinemoa Park, Hamilton | |
| Exhibition | 15 Aug [61] | Riverhead | 6 | Point Chevalier 2nd Grade | 11 | Hobsonville | |
| Exhibition | 22 Aug [62] | Papakura 2nd Grade | 8 | South Auckland Juniors | 3 | Carlaw Park # 1, 2pm | E. McCall |
| Exhibition | 22 Aug [63] | Newton Seniors | 8 | Hamilton Seniors | 5 | Carlaw Park # 2, 1:45pm | |
| Northern Union Cup | 22 Aug [64] | South Auckland | 8 | North Auckland | 16 | Carlaw Park # 1, 3pm | |
| Exhibition | 29 Aug [65] | Ngaruawahia Juniors | 8 | Northcote Fourth Grade | 16 | Ngaruawahia | |
| Exhibition | 29 Aug [66] | Lower Waikato | 11 | Marist | 13 | Steele Park, Hamilton | A. Harlock |
| Exhibition | 12 Sep [67] | Ellerslie-Otahuhu | 3 | City (Whangarei) | 6 | Ellerslie | |
| Exhibition | 12 Sep [68] | Hikurangi | 19 | Auckland Watersiders | 10 | Whangarei | |
| Exhibition | 19 Sep [69] | Huntly | 9 | Marist | 20 | Huntly | |
| Exhibition | 26 Sep [70] | Hamilton | 13 | Richmond | 8 | Hamilton | |
| Exhibition | 3 Oct [71] | Hamilton | 35 | Ponsonby | 14 | Hamilton | |
| Representative | 17 Oct [72] | Wednesday Representatives | 23 | Auckland Junior Representatives | 6 | Carlaw Park | |
It was a very quiet year on the representative team front. There was a match played between North Island and South Island, but the Auckland team's only match was against Northland. Auckland junior teams played two matches and a colts side played against the touring Eastern Suburbs team from Sydney who were the recently crowned premiers of the New South Wales Rugby League competition.
In a surprise result Northland had defeated South Auckland to lift the trophy. Auckland played Northland but the match was not for the Northern Union Shield and so they decided to play several young players including future Kiwi Albert Laing who had not yet even played a first grade match and could only manage a 19 all draw.
| No | Name | Club Team | Played | Tries | Con | Pen | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ted Mincham | Richmond | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | Pat Meehan | Marist | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | Allan Seagar | Devonport | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | Dick Smith | Devonport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Albert Laing | Devonport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Wilf Hassan | Marist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | J Iveson | City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Heck Lunn | Ponsonby | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Robert (Bob) Carter | Marist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Stan Clark | City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Norm Campbell | Marist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Ed St George | Newton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Ernest Ruby | Devonport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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