The 1916 Auckland Rugby League season was the 8th year of the organisation.

All grades were dramatically affected by players enlisting in the war efforts. Prior to the commencement of the season it was stated in the management committee meeting that 487 players in the Auckland district alone had committed to the war effort.[1] Teams were filled with older players and juniors. The Otahuhu senior team as was noted at their committee meeting featured “only three men eligible for military service..., and these were all registered and waiting to be called up. Of the remainder, six were married men with families, two were permanent force men, and four were under military age”.[2]

Despite this attendances were still good, with the mid season match between City Rovers and Grafton Athletic at Victoria Park attracting 3,000 spectators. While the Round 7 fixtures at Victoria Park drew the same number of spectators and 4,000 attending the round 8 matches. All the gate takings were donated to the Children's Hospital Ward Equipment Fund.[3] The final round saw over 4,000 attend Victoria Park where City Rovers won the title with a 14 points to 10 win over Grafton Athletic.[4] City also went on to win the end of season knockout Roope Rooster competition.

Owing to the effects of the war on playing strength and out of respect for the tremendous war effort there were no representative matches played in 1916, though City Rovers did play the Lower Waikato in two exhibition fixtures (home and away), and Richmond Rovers and Thames Old Boys (based in Auckland) travelled to Thames to play a match at the season end.

Season news

Club teams by grade participation

Team 1st Grade 2nd Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade 6th Grade Total
City Rovers 1111116
Otahuhu Rovers 1101115
North Shore Albions 1001114
Ponsonby United 1101003
Newton Rangers 1011003
Grafton Athletic 1100103
Richmond Rovers 0020013
Sunnyside 0011002
Manukau 0000112
Northcote & Birkenhead Ramblers 0002002
Thames Old Boys 0110002
Riverhead 0010001
Telegraph Messengers 0000101
Total 65786537

End of season report

At the end of the 1916 season a report was made on the season and it was presented to the Auckland Rugby League annual meeting in May 1917. It stated that the playing ranks had been severely depleted over the past season as over 600 players had joined the ranks of the military to fight in the first world war. There were 42 teams in total to compete across six grades (7 in the senior grade, 5 in second grade, 9 in third grade, 7 in the fourth grade, 8 in the fifth grade, and 6 in the sixth grade). Fourteen clubs were affiliated to the Auckland Rugby League with over 800 players in total. The Mangere, Remuera, and Northcote clubs withdrew from the competition due to so many of their players going to war.

Significantly they secured the option of the Chinamen's gardens just off Stanley Street and this was to later be turned into Carlaw Park.[5]

It was suggested that the newly formed Garrison Artillery Club enter a first grade team however as there were already 6 teams competing there was a fear that it would weaken the existing teams. Otahuhu asked for Auckland Rugby League to request a special Saturday afternoon “train to be run to bring players, spectators and the general public to Otahuhu or Saturday afternoons” during the season.[6]

The Junior Advisory Board was J.J. Herrick, J.J. Bolger, V.M. Sommerville, W.E. Frost, G. Wrightson, B. Davis, W.J. Davidson (Hon. Sec), T. Fielding (Chairman), T.P. Boswell, P. Henry, W.J. Alderton, O. Grubb, W. Tole, and H. Scally.

Death of Graham Cook and Frank McWhirter in WW1

Graham Cook and Frank McWhirter, who had played first grade football for Ponsonby United (Cook 1915, McWhirter 1914–15) were both killed while fighting in World War I in France. McWhirter had played representative football for Auckland against Thames and Waikato in 1915. The two had been childhood friends, both attending Ponsonby school, and then going on to work for the Auckland Gas Company. They also enlisted on the same day. Frank McWhirter was killed on July 9, 1916, at the Somme in northern France and is buried at Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres, France.[7] Graham Cook was also killed at the Somme on July 11, 1916, in France. He is buried at the Bailleul Communal Cemetery And Extension in Bailleul, France.[8][9]

1st Grade championship

The 1st grade championship had been competing for the Myers Cup from 1910 to 1914 but after the beginning of the war the league decided to not award trophies though the grade competitions were still competed for as normal. Thirty matches were played during the season with the 20 being played at Victoria Park. The Devonport Domain hosted the 5 North Shore Albions home matches, while Otahuhu hosted 5 matches.

1st Grade standings

Team Pld W D L F A Pts
City Rovers 108111125717
North Shore Albions 107121345715
Grafton Athletic 105051018510
Ponsonby United 10415101869
Otahuhu Rovers 1021745955
Newton Rangers 10208621754

1st Grade results

Round 1

13 May Grafton 33–7 Newton Victoria Park 2  
3:00 Try: Karl Ifwersen 2, Tait, Dougie McGregor 2, Marks, Devine
Con: Karl Ifwersen 2, Dougie McGregor, F Collins
Pen: Karl Ifwersen 2
[10] Try: Joe Bennett
Pen: Joe Bennett, + 1 unknown
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Archie Ferguson
13 May City 12–5 Ponsonby Victoria Park 1  
3:00 Try: Bill Davidson, Wilson
Con: Ernie Asher 2
Pen: Ernie Asher
[11] Try: H Manning
Con: Thomas McClymont
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Stan Weston
13 May Otahuhu 9–13 North Shore Otahuhu  
3:00 Try: Eustace 2, Sharpe [12] Try: T Paul, L Lowe, Cosgrove
Con: Jack Paul
Pen: Jack Paul
Referee: Tom Fielding

Round 2

20 May North Shore 13–6 Ponsonby Devonport Domain  
3:00 Try: T Paul, C Nicholson, Stan Walters
Con: Jack Paul
Pen: Jack Paul
[13] Try: L Martin
Con: Charles Webb
Referee: Billy Murray
20 May City 9–8 Newton Victoria Park  
3:00 Try: Bill Davidson
Con: Ernie Asher
Pen: Ernie Asher and 1 mark
[14] Try: R Clark, Bill Williams
Con: R Clark
Referee: Joseph J. Herrick
20 May Otahuhu 9–8 Grafton Otahuhu  
3:00 Try: Spence, M Stanaway, J Browne [15] Try: Dougie McGregor, Wallace
Con: unknown
Referee: G Whitley

Round 3

27 May Otahuhu 15–2 Newton Victoria Park 1  
3:00 Try: Fisher 2, Simmonds
Con: Bernard Farrelly 2
Pen: Bernard Farrelly (1 mark)
[16] Pen: R Clark Referee: Archie Ferguson
27 May Grafton 10–6 Ponsonby Victoria Park 2  
3:00 Try: Devine, F Collins
Con: Karl Ifwersen
Pen: Karl Ifwersen
[17] Pen: A Cross 3 Referee: Richard B. Calthorpe
27 May North Shore 3–3 City Devonport Domain  
3:00 Try: C Nicholson [18] Try: Jim Rukutai Referee: Tom Fielding

Round 4

Newton had trouble fielding a full team for their match with Ponsonby and ultimately played with 11, with the 28 to 3 defeat being unsurprising.

10 June North Shore 7–8 Grafton Devonport Domain  
3:00 Try: Stan Walters
Con: Jack Paul
Pen: Jack Paul
[19] Try: Karl Ifwersen 2
Con: Karl Ifwersen
Referee: Joseph J. Herrick
10 June City 10–3 Otahuhu Victoria Park 1  
3:00 Try: J Sutton, Jim Rukutai
Con: Ernie Asher 2
[19] Try: Eustace Attendance: 2500
Referee: T Hill
10 June Ponsonby 38–5 Newton Victoria Park 2  
3:00 Try: Arthur Cadman 3, Thomas McClymont 2, David Norgrove, Bill Walsh, L Martin, Spence Jones, Sam Lowrie
Con: Thomas McClymont 2, J Winters 2
[19] Try: A Thomas
Con: unknown
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Stan Weston

Round 5

17 June Grafton 14–10 City Victoria Park 1  
3:00 Try: Dougie McGregor, Karl Ifwersen 2, Tait
Con: Karl Ifwersen
[20] Try: J Sutton, Vic Barchard
Pen: Ernie Asher 2
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Tom Fielding
17 June North Shore 35–6 Newton Victoria Park 2  
3:00 Try: Perrett 2, Stan Walters, C Nicholson, Colson, T Paul 2
Con: Jack Paul 7
[21] Try: George Iles, Tunamako Attendance: 3000
Referee: F Tyson
17 June Otahuhu 5–5 Ponsonby Otahuhu  
3:00 Try: Fisher
Pen: Bernard Farrelly
[22] Try: David Norgrove
Pen: Charles Webb (one mark)
Referee: Archie Ferguson

Round 6

The point scoring phenomenon Karl Ifwersen was missing for Grafton and possibly as a result Newton pulled off a massive upset when they defeated Grafton by 8 points to 3. Newton had conceded 73 points and scored just 11 over their previous two matches.

24 June Newton 8–3 Grafton Victoria Park 3  
3:00 Try: George Iles, Bill Williams
Con: R Clark
[23] Try: Ballantyne Referee: Frank Thompson
24 June North Shore 30–0 Otahuhu Devonport Domain  
3:00 Try: Bovaird 3, C Nicholson 3, Stan Walters 2
Con: Jack Paul 2
Pen: Jack Paul
[24] Referee: G Whitley
24 June City 15–8 Ponsonby Victoria Park 1  
3:00 Try: J Duggan, C Mitchell, Tom Sheehan
Con: Bill Davidson
Pen: Bill Davidson (one mark)
[25] Try: Innes, David Norgrove
Con: Charles Webb
Referee: Billy Murray

Round 7

1 July North Shore 12–2 Ponsonby Victoria Park 1  
3:00 Try: C Nicholson, T Paul
Con: Jack Paul 2
Pen: Jack Paul
[26] Pen: Thomas McClymont (one mark) Attendance: 4000
Referee: Stan Walters
1 July Grafton 8–0 Otahuhu Victoria Park 2  
3:00 Try: Karl Ifwersen 2
Pen: Karl Ifwersen
[27] Attendance: 4000
Referee: Joseph J. Herrick
1 July City 19–3 Newton Victoria Park 3  
3:00 Try: Albert Asher, J Duggan 2, C Mitchell, Jim Rukutai
Con: Ernie Asher, Fitzgerald
[28] Try: Charles Potier Attendance: 4000
Referee: T Hill

Round 8

On July 15 the Observer newspaper published a collage of photographs from the July 8 games at Victoria Park. The images were of the following subjects: (1) Jack Paul, the North Shore captain; (2) James (Jimmy) Carlaw (who Carlaw Park was later named after), speaking to Dick Benson, the Auckland Rugby League secretary; (3) Jim Rukutai, the captain of City; (4) Ronald MacDonald (former New Zealand international); (5) Scrum action from the City v North Shore match; (6) Auckland Rugby League secretary; (7) A spectator; (8) James Carlaw, (9) A spectator; (10) secretary Dick Benson; (11) Caretaker of the park and constable for Freemans Bay; (12) Jack Endean.

8 July City 15–4 North Shore Victoria Park # 1  
3:00 Try: Bill Davidson, Jim Rukutai, Robert Clark
Con: Fitzgerald
Pen: Bill Davidson 2
[29] Pen: Jack Paul 2 Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Tom Fielding
8 July Ponsonby 15–9 Grafton Victoria Park # 2  
3:00 Try: Sam Lowrie, Spence Jones, Innes
Con: Thomas McClymont, Charles Webb
Pen: Charles Webb
[29] Try: Claney
Con: Karl Ifwersen
Pen: Karl Ifwersen 2
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Billy Murray
8 July Otahuhu 4–8 Newton Otahuhu  
3:00 Pen: Bernard Farrelly 2 [30] Try: George Iles 2
Con: George Iles
Referee: F Tyson

Round 9

Otahuhu despite playing at home were two men short for their match with Newton and went down 8 points to 4.

15 July North Shore 9–4 Grafton Victoria Park 1  
3:00 Try: Perritt 2, Stan Walters [31] Pen: Karl Ifwersen 2 Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Billy Murray
15 July Ponsonby 11–5 Newton Victoria Park 2  
3:00 Try: T Wilson, Jim Clark, D McCarthy
Con: J Winters
[32] Try: George Iles
Con: Charles Potier
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: A Ball
15 July Otahuhu 0–5 City Otahuhu  
3:00 [33] Try: McAubrey
Pen: J Sutton
Referee: Archie Ferguson

Round 10

22 July City 14–4 Grafton Victoria Park # 1  
3:00 Try: McAubrey 2, Bill Davidson, Tom Sheehan
Pen: Bill Davidson (one mark)
[34] Pen: Karl Ifwersen 2 Referee: Archie Ferguson
22 July North Shore 8–5 Newton Devonport Domain  
3:00 Try: Perritt, Stan Walters
Pen: Jack Paul (one mark)
[35] Try: Stevens
Pen: Joe Bennett
Referee: T Hill
22 July Ponsonby 6–0 Otahuhu Victoria Park  
3:00 Try: Spence Jones, David Norgrove [36] Referee: J Clow

Roope Rooster knockout competition

There were 3,000 spectators in attendance at the Round 1 matches at Victoria Park.[37] There were 3,000 in attendance again for the semi-final between City Rovers and Ponsonby United, again played at Victoria Park in muddy conditions. As the result was a draw it meant that the teams and Auckland Rugby League had to decide on how to proceed with the competition. The eventual decision was for Ponsonby to advance to the final and City Rovers to play Newton in a second semi final. City defeated Newton and then in the final they defeated Ponsonby United in front of almost 5,000 spectators.

Round 1

29 July Ponsonby 8–2 North Shore Victoria 1  
3:00 Try: L Martin 2
Con: J Winters
[38] Pen: Jack Paul (one mark) Attendance: 3000
Referee: Billy Murray
29 July Newton 22–8 Otahuhu Victoria Park 2  
3:00 Try: George Iles 2, Thomas 2, Joe Bennett, R Lovett
Con: Coates, Potier
[38] Try: Spinley, Stanaway
Con: Stanaway
Attendance: 3000
Referee: G. Whitley
29 July City WBD-LBD Grafton Victoria Park 3  
3:00 [38] Referee: Tom Fielding

Semi finals

5 August City 5–5 Ponsonby Victoria Park  
3:00 Try: J Sutton
Pen: Bill Davidson
[39] Try: Thomas McClymont
Con: A Cross
Attendance: 3000
Referee: Joseph J. Herrick
12 August City 16–3 Newton Victoria Park 1  
3:00 Try: Bill Davidson, Jim Rukutai, Harry Francis, J Sutton
Con: Bill Davidson
Drop: Bill Davidson
[40] Try: Arthur Isles Attendance: 3000
Referee: Archie Ferguson

Final

19 August City 11–5 Ponsonby Victoria Park  
3:00 Try: Robert Clarke, Bill Davidson, H Lunn
Pen: Bill Davidson
[41] Try: Thomas McClymont
Con: A Cross
Attendance: 5000
Referee: Tom Fielding

Top point and try scorers

The following point scoring lists include both Senior Championship matches and the Roope Rooster competition. Karl Ifwersen was the top point scorer for the third consecutive year with 56 points. He also topped the try scoring list with 8.

Lower grade competitions

The lower grades consisted of second, third, fourth, fifth grade, and for the first time a sixth grade. Thames Old Boys was made up of players from Thames who had settled in Auckland. The Māngere Rangers club, who only fielded a team in the second grade to start the season wrote to the league in mid June that they had ceased to be a club though they reformed a couple of years later and played until 1934. The Telegraph Messengers Club nominated a team for the fourth Grade. They were often named Post and Telegraph in the media reports during the season. In August the newly formed Riverhead club's third grade team was forced to withdraw due to so many of their players enlisting in the war effort. They wore green. Their remaining players were transferred to the City Rovers second grade side. North Shore Albions won the fifth grade competition undefeated.

Second grade standings

Ōtāhuhu won the championship around the 12th of August, which was round 12. A knockout competition was played late in the season which Ponsonby won. Māngere Rangers withdrew after 2 rounds with neither of their results to that point reported. It is likely that they defaulted both matches with the standing rule that 2 consecutive defaults meant a team forfeited the right to compete thereafter, therefore they have not been included in the standings.

Team Pld W D L B F A Pts
Otahuhu Rovers 3102216122
Thames Old Boys 220011004
City Rovers 4202319304
Grafton Athletic 210111032
Ponsonby United 2101114242

Third grade standings

City Rovers, 3rd Grade winners.

Ponsonby withdrew after round 1 with their result not reported and have therefore not been included in the standings. Richmond B withdrew after 7 rounds, while Riverhead withdrew after 11 rounds after having defaulted 3 matches including 2 in a row which meant an automatic removal from competition. City Rovers won the championship however 22 results were not reported so their record would obviously have been better than Newton Ranger's. The Newton Rangers end of season function mentioned that Newton had indeed finished runners up.

Team Pld W D L B F A Pts
City Rovers 55010231010
Newton Rangers 65011862110
Richmond Rovers A 4301134216
Thames Old Boys 4302228286
Sunnyside 6105160442
Riverhead 500510580
Richmond Rovers B 200210490

Fourth grade standings (Endean Memorial Shield)

Northcote players following a fancy dress game in Clows Paddock during the season.

City won the competition when they beat Sunnyside in the final on August 26 with a 13-0 win. The Northcote A team withdrew after just 2 rounds after 0-32 and 0-36 losses to Newton, and Ponsonby respectively. City won the championship undefeated after recording wins of 42-0, 31-0, 5-3, 15-0, 20-0, 20-0, 35-0, 14-0, 11-0, and 13-0, along with a 0-0 draw with Otahuhu. Otahuhu only had two of their results reported in the entire season and it is likely that they recorded several more wins.

Team Pld W D L B F A Pts
City Rovers 1110101206321
Sunnyside 7304225666
North Shore Albions 85031438110
Newton Rangers 7304179586
Ponsonby United 7205141764
Otahuhu Rovers 211013423
Northcote & Birkenhead Ramblers B 6006215890
Northcote & Birkenhead Ramblers A 200200680

Fifth grade standings

Ponsonby withdrew after 1 round with no result reported. Manukau defeated Grafton Athletic in round 9 but Grafton were awarded the match after a protest. North Shore won the championship. Their scores were reported for 9 of their 12 matches.

Team Pld W D L B F A Pts
North Shore Albions 12111001231522
Grafton Athletic 135050153610
Manukau 11413051249
City Rovers 12305031586
Otahuhu Rovers 8206019764
Telegraph Messengers 11107029592

Sixth grade standings

Ponsonby withdrew after 1 round with no result reported. Otahuhu withdrew after 5 rounds after 0-41, and 0-52 losses with 2 other results not reported. The City side sealed the championship after a 15-5 win over Manukau in round 10 on July 29. With 2 rounds remaining they were too far ahead to be caught.

Team Pld W D L B F A Pts
City Rovers 54100104159
North Shore Albions 53022115246
Manukau 4112119373
Richmond Rovers 200210690
Otahuhu Rovers 200200930

End of season exhibition matches

The week after the final was played a City Rovers organised side consisting of players from City, Newton, Grafton, and North Shore traveled to Ngaruawahia to play Lower Waikato. City won by 13 points to 9. A week later Richmond and Thames Old Boys (based in Auckland) travelled to Thames to play a match. It was won by Thames Old Boys by 11 to 5. It appears that Bill Davidson, who had traveled with the sides as a Junior Board representative, played for the Thames Old Boys side and scored 2 tries and kicked a conversion.[42]

The last match of the season was played on 9 September when City Rovers played against Lower Waikato at Victoria Park. City Rovers won by 19 points to 8. This brought the Auckland Rugby League season to a close. The curtain-raiser was a match between the Referees Association and Auckland rugby league players and was won by the referees by 10 points to 5.[43]

26 August Lower Waikato 9-13 City Combined Ngaruawahia  
3:00 Try: Callaghan 2, Kay [44] Try: Stan Walters 2, Charles Potier
Con: Jack Paul
Pen: Jack Paul (mark)
Referee: Tom Fielding
2 September Thames Old Boys 11-5 Richmond Dodd's Paddock, Thames  
3:00 Try: Bill Davidson 2, Schofield
Con: Bill Davidson
[45] Try: McGregor
Pen: Cloke
Referee: Ted Price
9 September City 19-8 Lower Waikato Victoria Park  
3:00 Try: Robert Clark, McKubrey, Jim Rukutai 2, Maurice Wetherill
Con: Fitzgerald
Drop: Bill Davidson
[46] Try: Callaghan, Aubrey
Pen: Littlewood

Representative fixtures

There were no representative fixtures played in 1916 owing to the effects of the war on senior playing numbers.

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