1931 Auckland Rugby League season
The 1931 Auckland Rugby League season was its 23rd.
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, and before that the Myers Cup. The donor of the Monteith Shield wrote 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.[1] 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 puriri, 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.[2]
The Fox Memorial Shield was won by Marist Old Boys who defeated Devonport United 12–5 in the final round to win the competition by 3 competition points over the same side. Devonport United did however win the Roope Rooster competition defeating Ponsonby United in the final, and they beat Marist Old Boys to win the Stormont Trophy. 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. Richmond Rovers won the Stallard Cup by winning the reserve grade knockout competition. 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.[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 (1), Grey Lynn Park (1), and 1 additional ground at Grey Lynn to alternate between rugby and league.[4]
Fox Memorial Shield (Senior Grade Championship)
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]
Senior A grade standings
Senior A Grade FixturesIn 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] 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. 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] The Round 13 matches were played in terrible conditions which saw the cancellation of almost all league in Auckland. The Ellerslie-Otahuhu v Marist match played at Papatoetoe was abandoned at halftime with the result 21–3 in favour of Marist standing as the final score.
Roope Rooster knockout competitionThe semi-final between Ponsonby required extra time as it was tied 20–20 at the end of normal time. This was very rare as usually tied games were replayed. Ponsonby went on to win 28–20.
Stormont Shield
Senior Reserve Grade standingsThe 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.
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