1910 Auckland Rugby League season

The 1910 Auckland Rugby League season was the first season where a full organised competition was played following the 1909 season where several exhibition club matches were played. The competition celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2010 and is currently in its 109th season. The 1910 season commenced on 14 May, with the start of the competition for the Myers Cup. It involved four teams, City Rovers, Newton Rangers, North Shore Albions, and Ponsonby United. Only Ponsonby United (now known as Ponsonby Ponies) still survive to the present day.

Two venues were used. Victoria Park, in downtown Auckland hosted 12 matches, and Takapuna Racecourse which no longer exists, hosted 4 matches.

Preceded by
1909		 2nd Auckland Rugby League season
1910		 Succeeded by
1911

Myers Cup (First Grade Championship)

Sixteen matches were played until the final round on 20 August where City Rovers defeated Ponsonby United to become the inaugural champions of Auckland club Rugby League (which at this time was referred to as 'Northern Union' in the media).[6] The Round 4 match between North Shore and City won by City 12–6 did not have the point scorers reported. In the Round 6 match between Ponsonby and City the match was abandoned after Albert Opai Asher led the City team off the field after protesting the non awarding of a 'try' to the City team. After an inquiry by the league during the week Asher apologised.

Final standings
Team Pld W D L F A Pts
City Rovers 8521873312
Newton Rangers 841376819
Ponsonby United 840489608
North Shore Albions 8116411193

Results

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Arthur Thompson Haddon had recently joined the North Shore Albions team. It was said that he had recently played the game in the "Old Country" .[16]

Round 7

Round 8

Top scorers

The Round 4 match between North Shore and City won by City 12–6 did not have the point scorers reported so the following lists are unlikely to be 100% complete.

Second grade

A second grade competition was also played, however it received little coverage in the news media. It featured second teams from City Rovers, North Shore Albions and Ponsonby United, as well as a team from Northcote named the Northcote Ramblers. Northcote were to go through the season undefeated to win the grade.[24]

Representative season

On 9 July a trial match was played between an A and B team selected in preparation for the visit of the British team but no result was given. A further trial match was played on 16 July which the A team won by 20 points to 18.

Trial match

Auckland v Great Britain

The team for the match was: (fullback) Alf Chorley; (three-quarters) L Nolan, George Smith, Albert Asher; (five-eights) Alfred Jackson, Ronald MacDonald; (halfback) Len Farrant; (forwards) Fred Jackson (captain), Charles Dunning, Jim Griffin, Alex Stanaway, Harry Fricker, and George Seagar. The emergency players named were (backs) Syd Riley, Arthur Carlaw; (forwards) Jim Bennett, Jim Rukutai, and Bob Mitchell

Auckland tour practice match

Auckland then went on a seven match tour of New Zealand. The following squad was selected to make the tour: Harry Childs, George Harrison, Ernie Asher, W Bonner, Syd Riley, L Nolan, Arthur Carlaw, Alfred Jackson, W J Walker (Rotorua), Ronald MacDonald, Sid Kean, Jim Bennett, S Cole, Tom Avery, Harold Denize, Charles Dunning (captain), Harry Fricker, George Seagar,Bob Mitchell, H B Oakley, and Charles Brockliss. The manager for the tour was Teddy Watts with Oakley assisting him.

Tour Match v Wanganui

Tour Match v Bluff

Remarkably George Seagar after scoring 4 tries then went on to compete in the annual September boxing tournament at the Municipal Theatre later that evening where he beat J O'Shea of Invercargill with loud applause from many of his teammates who were in attendance. He then beat F. Moir of Winton in three rounds.[30] The following day he then played for Auckland again against Southland and scored another try. Unfortunately he injured his arm and was unable to compete in that nights boxing.[31]

Tour Match v Southland

Tour Match v Otago/Southland

Tour Match v Nelson

Tour Match v Hawke's Bay

Tour Match v Dannevirke

Auckland representative matches played and scorers

Matches include the match versus the touring Great Britain side and the seven tour matches made by the Auckland team. The Dannevirke match did not have a team list reported and therefore only the point scorers are included in the 'played' statistics (Mitchell, Carlaw, Dunning, Nolan, Riley, Cole, and Dunning) meaning there are 6 players with unattributed games played.

Auckland representative matches played and scorers

NoNameClub TeamPlayTriesConPenMarksPoints
1Charles DunningPonsonby United8311--31
2Sid KeanCity Rovers481--26
3George SeagarNorth Shore Albions78---24
4Ernie AsherCity Rovers67---21
5Jim BennettNewton Rangers542--16
6L NolanNewton Rangers85---15
7Alfred JacksonNorth Shore Albions73---9
7Arthur CarlawPonsonby United53---9
9W BonnerNewton Rangers2-31-8
10S ColePonsonby United212--7
11Harry FrickerPonsonby United71---3
11Bob MitchellCity Rovers61---3
11Syd RileyPonsonby United51---3
11Harry ChildsCity Rovers51---3
11Jim GriffinNorth Shore Albions11---3
11Albert AsherCity Rovers11---3
17Ronald MacDonaldPonsonby United4----0
17George HarrisonCity Rovers3----0
17Tom AveryCity Rovers2----0
17Harold DenizeCity Rovers2----0
17W J WalkerEden Ramblers1----0
17Len FarrantNewton Rangers1----0
17George Smith?1----0
17Frederick Stanley JacksonNorth Shore Albions1----0
17Charles BrocklissCity Rovers1----0
17Alf ChorleyPonsonby United1----0
17Alex StanawayCity Rovers1----0

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