1927 Auckland Rugby League season

The 1927 Auckland Rugby League season was its 18th.

Senior competitions

Newton defeated Ponsonby by 6 points to 3 in the championship final to win the Monteith Shield after both teams finished the season tied with identical 8 win, 1 draw, 3 loss records. This was the second time Newton had won the championship in 18 efforts, with the first being in 1912 and was to be their last after they merged decades later with City Rovers and the combined team ceased in the early 2000s. Richmond won the Roope Rooster knockout trophy for the second consecutive season. Newton Rangers defeated Richmond to win the Stormont Shield.

Ellerslie won the Norton Cup by winning the second division competition, known as the B Grade at this time. They were undefeated and also won the Stallard Cup which was the B Grade knockout trophy. Interestingly the league played a 'promotion-relegation' match, with Ellerslie by virtue of winning the Norton Cup for winning the B Grade playing off with Grafton, who had finished last in the A Grade. Ellerslie won 11–3 over Grafton thus winning the right to compete in the A grade competition in the 1928 season. Despite this there was still considerable discussion at the annual general meeting the following year as to whether or not Ellerslie be admitted to the A Grade. It was eventually decided that they would be, with Grafton dropping to the B Grade.

Other trophies awarded (at the 1928 annual general meeting of the Auckland Rugby League) were the Davis Points Shield to Richmond, the Thistle Cup to Newton, and a special cup for the best forward to W.Clark from Newton.

Transfers

A McIntyre who had been playing in Sydney joined the Newton club.

Annual meetings of Auckland Rugby League

The annual report for the 1927 season stated that the total revenue for Auckland Rugby League was £5,597, with £4,216 taken at the gates.[1] At the annual meeting of the Junior Management Committee of the Auckland Rugby League on 23 March it was stated in their report that junior players exceeded 1,500. It was also reported that the Remuera League Club was being revived. They had fielded two junior teams in 1914, and appeared to have the numbers to enter two junior teams in the 1927 season.[2] On 10 August the Auckland Rugby League Chairman, Mr. W.J. Hammill tendered his resignation for business reasons. He had occupied the position for five years. He was congratulated on his contribution to the game and made a life member of the League. Mr. George Rhodes was elected as the new chairman of the Management Committee.[3]

Representative season

Auckland began the season with a match against the returning members of the New Zealand team that had toured England from August 1926 to January 1927. There was some controversy in that Joe Menzies had played for the 'New Zealand team' despite being from the South Auckland (Waikato) province and the New Zealand Rugby League questioned the Auckland Rugby League on the selection. One possible reason for his selection may have been the fact that Arthur Singe had been banned for life after going on strike during the tour along with 6 other players. This meant that there was one less Auckland forward to pick for the match. Auckland won the game 24–21. They went on a southern tour later in the season and played matches against Canterbury, West Coast, Otago, and Wellington. After their return to Auckland they played against Buller and South Auckland. They lost the Northern Union Challenge Cup to South Auckland in their final game of the season.

Monteith Shield (first grade championship)

A Division standings

Team Pld W D L F A Pts Newton Rangers 13 10 1 2 188 128 21 Ponsonby United 13 9 1 3 190 111 19 Devonport United 12 7 0 5 207 114 14 Marist Old Boys 11 7 0 4 155 114 14 Richmond Rovers 12 4 1 7 137 140 9 City Rovers 11 3 1 7 134 182 7 Grafton Athletic 12 0 0 12 81 303 0

A Division fixtures

After two completed rounds Newton and Ponsonby were both tied on 19 competition points. This necessitated a final between the two sides and this was won by Newton 6–3.

Round 1

Jim O'Brien and J Stormont (ex-Marist players) had both retired from the game and were spectators at the match between Marist and Grafton. However, after watching they decided to come out of retirement and resume playing for their old team. Meanwhile Craddock Dufty returned to play for Newton after 5 years with Grafton Athletic.

	7 May	City	23–19	Devonport	Carlaw Park 1
	3:00	Try: George Wade, Lou Brown 2, Ben Davidson, R Perry Con: Nelson Bass 3 Pen: Nelson Bass	[4]	Try: Allan Seagar, Len Scott, J Beattie 2, Jim O’Brien Con: Allan Seagar 2	Attendance: 9,000 Referee: W Mincham

	7 May	Marist	20–8	Grafton	Carlaw Park 2
	3:00	Try: Hansen, Johnson, Noble, Hec Brisbane 2, Sweeney Con: Hansen	[5]	Try: Austin, Hudson Con: R Longville	Attendance: 9,000 Referee: G McCowatt

	7 May	Newton	13–8	Richmond	Auckland Domain 2
	3:00	Try: Unknown x 3 Con: Unknown x 2	[6]	Try: Unknown x 2 Con: Unknown x 1	Referee: Les Bull

Round 2

Prior to round 2 Wigan made an offer to Lou Brown of the City side, while Ben Davidson had reportedly received one from Hull.

	14 May	Marist	12–8	Devonport	Carlaw Park 1
	3:00	Try: Hec Brisbane 3, Jim O'Brien	[7]	Try: Stan Webb, Len Scott Con: Neville St George	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: H Taylor

	14 May	City	15–15	Richmond	Carlaw Park 2
	3:00	Try: Hamilton, George Wade, Maurice Wetherill Con: Nelson Bass Pen: Nelson Bass	[8]	Try: Campbell, Frederick Bass, Telford Con: Carroll 3	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Les Bull

	14 May	Ponsonby	5–5	Newton	Grey Lynn Park
	3:00	Try: Frank Delgrosso Con: Frank Delgrosso	[9]	Try: A McIntrye Con: Craddock Dufty	Referee: W Mincham

Round 3

Jim O'Brien and Stewart were both sent off for fighting near the Richmond try line in the Marist v Richmond match. Grafton only had 12 players make the trip to Devonport Domain where they were thrashed by Devonport 47–3. Nelson Bass tore his knee cartilage in the match between City and Ponsonby and was forced into early retirement.[10]

	21 May	Ponsonby	17–14	City	Carlaw Park 1
	2:45	Try: H Riley 2, A Payne Con: Frank Delgrosso 3 Pen: Frank Delgrosso	[11]	Try: Ben Davidson 2, Billy Ghent, George Wade Con: Ben Davidson	Attendance: 10,000 Referee: A Sanders

	21 May	Richmond	15–3	Marist	Carlaw Park 2
	2:45	Try: Stewart, Jim Parkes, R Jenkinson Con: Carroll 2 Pen: Carroll	[12]	Try: Sweeney	Attendance: 10,000 Referee: B Emirali

	21 May	Devonport	47–3	Grafton	Devonport Domain
	2:45	Try: Len Scott 4, Stanley Rule 2, J Beattie 2, Allan Seagar, Horace Dixon 2 Con: Hemingway 2, E Ruby, Laing, E Cleaver Pen: Neville St George	[13]	Try: Angelo	Referee: Arthur Rae

Round 4

	28 May	Ponsonby	18–10	Marist	Carlaw Park 1
	3:00	Try: Ward, Lou Hutt, Joseph Peckham, Victor Fagan Con: Frank Delgrosso Pen: Frank Delgrosso Drop: Eric Grey	[14]	Try: Hec Brisbane, Johnson Con: N King 2	Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Les Bull

	28 May	Newton	32–17	City	Carlaw Park 2
	3:00	Try: W Clarke, M Little 2, G Morman 2, Craddock Dufty 2, McLeod Con: Craddock Dufty 3 Pen: Craddock Dufty	[15]	Try: Lou Brown 2, Ben Davidson, Penalty Try, Ferrall Con: Ben Davidson	Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Arthur Rae

	28 May	Richmond	10–2	Grafton	Grey Lynn Park
	3:00	Try: Stan Prentice, Stewart Con: L Taylor Pen: Carroll	[16]	Pen: Longville	Referee: H Taylor

Round 5

The Devonport v Richmond match was played on the Friday as part of the King's Birthday celebrations. It was notable for the fact that 4 players were ordered off. Neville St George who had had words with the referee was sent from the field, two minutes later Stewart from Richmond joined him and Stan Prentice (Richmond), and Jim O'Brien (Devonport) soon followed.

	3 June	Devonport	17–13	Richmond	Carlaw Park 1
	3:00	Try: Hemingway, Horace Dixon, J Beattie, Jim O’Brien, E Ruby Pen: Neville St George	[17]	Try: R Jenkinson, J Swift, Campbell Con: Carroll Pen: Carroll	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: B Emirali

	4 June	Ponsonby	36–14	Grafton	Carlaw Park 2
	3:00	Try: Joseph Peckham, George Gardiner, Frank Delgrosso 2, S Usher 3, Wilfred McNeil Con: George Gardiner 4, Tim Peckham, H Riley	[18]	Try: Ernie Herring 2 Con: Lucas Pen: Lucas 3	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: H McKubrey

	4 June	Marist	12–7	Newton	Carlaw Park 1
	3:00	Try: N King, L Knott 2, Hec Brisbane	[19]	Try: Roy Hardgrave Pen: Craddock Dufty 2	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Arthur Rae

Round 6

City were without the services of Lou Brown, Maurice Wetherill, G Brown, Nelson Bass and Alf Townsend and were soundly beaten by Marist. Frank Delgrosso of Ponsonby was ordered off in their match with Devonport.

	11 June	Devonport	9–6	Ponsonby	Carlaw Park 1
	3:00	Try: Allan Seagar, Neville St George, Len Scott	[20]	Try: Peckham, S Usher	Attendance: 7,000 Referee: W Mincham

	11 June	Marist	33–8	City	Carlaw Park 2
	3:00	Try: Jim O’Brien, L Knott 2, Dick Moisley, Sweeney, Jack Keenan, N King, Hec Brisbane, Bob Crewther Con: Jim O’Brien, L Knott Pen: Jim O’Brien	[21]	Try: Hamilton, Lewis Con: Ben Davidson	Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Vic Simpson

	11 June	Newton	19–14	Grafton	Auckland Domain
	3:00	Try: Trevor Hall, M Little 2, G Morman, Hales Con: M Herewini 2	[22]	Try: Angelo, Courtenay 2, Bert Avery Con: R Longville	Referee: Taylor

Round 7

City had lost the services of Lou Brown and Ben Davidson who had both been signed by Wigan during the week. They would depart for England later in the month. In their match with Devonport two players for Newton left the field injured during the second half leaving them with 11 players.

	18 June	Ponsonby	15–13	Richmond	Carlaw Park 1
	3:00	Try: Victor Fagan, Lou Hutt, Eric Grey Con: Frank Delgrosso 2 Pen: Frank Delgrosso	[23]	Try: R Jenkinson, Hyland, Stewart Con: L Taylor Drop: Jenkinson	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: H Taylor

	18 June	City	22–11	Grafton	Carlaw Park 2
	3:00	Try: George Wade 2, E Hadley, Perry, Billy Ghent, Ferrall Con: E Hadley, Billy Ghent	[24]	Try: Bert Avery 2, Allan Con: Lucas	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Les Bull

	18 June	Devonport	32–8	Newton	Devonport Domain
	3:00	Try: Allan Seagar 2, Alf Scott, Neville St George, E Cleaver, Horace Dixon, J Beattie, Len Scott Con: Alf Scott 3, John Laing	[25]	Try: Trevor Hall, Leslie Katterns Pen: Craddock Dufty	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: W Mincham

Round 8

City were further weakened after Alf Townsend was transferred to Dunedin permanently for work during the week. In the Marist match with Grafton, N King broke a bone in his hand and had to leave the field.

	25 June	Newton	19–11	Richmond	Carlaw Park 1
	3:00	Try: M Little, Roy Hardgrave 2, Craddock Dufty, G Morman Con: Craddock Dufty 2	[26]	Try: L Taylor 2, Jim Parkes Con: L Taylor	Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Les Bull

	25 June	Devonport	10–3	City	Carlaw Park 2
	3:00	Try: Len Scott, Horace Dixon Pen: Laing, Neville St George	[27]	Try: George Wade	Attendance: 7,000 Referee: P Rogers

	25 June	Marist	34–9	Grafton	Auckland Domain
	3:00	Try: N King, L Knott 2, Jim O’Brien, Hec Brisbane, Sweeney 2, Jack Keenan Con: Charles Gregory 5	[28]	Try: Bert Avery Con: R Longville Pen: Lucas, R Longville	Referee: H Neal

Round 9

City sought to strengthen their side due to the large number of players who had departed. They signed Godkin, a Bay of Plenty rugby player, Pascoe a Manukau rugby player, and E Spencer a league representative from the Waimairi club in Canterbury. H Mason also joined the City side from Huntly (Len Mason's brother). Devonport captain Jim O'Brien was ordered off in their loss to Marist. At the conclusion of the match the referee was escorted from the field by two police officers as several spectators crowded and heckled him. The match between Newton and Ponsonby at the Auckland Domain was postponed due to the ground being unfit for play. The following weekend saw all games suspended and the postponed match played at Carlaw Park. Ironically rain fell throughout the match and the field "was badly churned up as the game progressed".[29]

	2 July	Marist	16–6	Devonport	Carlaw Park 1
	2:45	Try: Graham 3, Johnson Con: Charles Gregory	[30]	Try: J Beattie, Harry Douglas	Attendance: 11,000 Referee: W Ripley

	2 July	Richmond	16–11	City	Carlaw Park 2
	2:45	Try: Jim Parkes, Davis, Telford, J Swift Con: L Taylor Pen: L Taylor	[31]	Try: George Wade, Billy Ghent, Godkin Pen: Maurice Wetherill	Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Arthur Rae

	9 July	Newton	14–3	Ponsonby	Carlaw Park 1
	2:45	Try: Alan Clarke, A McIntyre, Roy Hardgrave, C Rhodes Con: Craddock Dufty	[32]	Try: Allen	Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Les Bull

Round 10

Richmond lost captain Jim Parkes who was moving back to Christchurch to join the Hornby club. The match between Devonport and Grafton was postponed due to the unfit nature of the field at the Auckland Domain. It was played on the following weekend at Devonport with other fixtures from that round not played due to the Auckland Rugby League making Carlaw Park available for the soccer match between New Zealand and Canada.

	16 July	Marist	5–2	Richmond	Carlaw Park 1
	3:00	Try: N King Con: Charles Gregory	[33]	Pen: L Taylor	Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Arthur Rae

	16 July	Ponsonby	15–8	City	Carlaw Park 2
	3:00	Try: S Usher, Joseph Peckham 2, Kenneth Peckham, C Moore	[34]	Try: George Wade 2 Con: H Mason	Attendance: 9,000 Referee: B Emirali

	23 July	Devonport	32–8	Grafton	Devonport Domain
	3:00	Try: Stan Webb 2, Allan Seagar 3, J Beattie 2, Len Scott Con: Alf Scott 2, Albert Laing, Bert Laing	[35]	Try: Christmas, Bert Avery Con: R Longville	Referee: H McKubrey

Round 11

	30 July	Ponsonby	13–0	Marist	Carlaw Park 1
	3:00	Try: H Riley, Tim Peckham, C Moore Con: George Gardiner 2	[36]		Attendance: 8,000 Referee: W Mincham

	30 July	Newton	14–8	City	Carlaw Park 2
	3:00	Try: Roy Hardgrave, Wally Somers, Trevor Hall, A McIntyre Con: Craddock Dufty	[37]	Try: Maurice Wetherill, C Pascoe Con: Austin	Attendance: 8,000 Referee: H Taylor

	30 July	Richmond	21–3	Grafton	Victoria Park
	3:00	Try: Frederick Bass, W Hanlon, J Swift 2, Davis Con: L Taylor	[38]	Try: C Timmins	Referee: B Rogers

Round 12

	6 August	Newton	20–10	Marist	Carlaw Park 1
	3:00	Try: Roy Hardgrave, M Little, Wally Somers, W Henry Con: Craddock Dufty 3 Pen: Craddock Dufty	[39]	Try: Jim O’Brien, L Knott Con: Charles Gregory Pen: Charles Gregory	Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Les Bull

	6 August	Ponsonby	31–7	Grafton	Carlaw Park 2
	3:00	Try: Frank Delgrosso 3, George Gardiner, Kenneth Peckham, Victor Fagan, Tim Peckham Con: George Gardiner 3, Tim Peckham Pen: George Gardiner	[40]	Try: Angelo Con: Lucas Pen: Ralph Longville	Attendance: 8,000 Referee: H McKubrey

	6 August	Devonport	18–8	Richmond	Devonport Domain
	3:00	Try: E Ruby, J Beattie 2, S Rule Con: Alf Scott 3	[41]	Try: Hyland, Frederick Bass Con: Carroll	Referee: W Mincham

Round 13

Bert Avery was carried off the field with concussion in the Newton match against Grafton. He had been attempting to tackle M Herewini who tried to hurdle him and made contact with Avery's head. Avery was taken to Auckland Hospital where he eventually recovered. His brother Henry who was also a league played died later in the week after a bout of pneumonia and Bert Avery decided to retire after many years playing for and captaining Grafton and New Zealand.

	13 August	Ponsonby	9–6	Devonport	Carlaw Park 1
	3:00	Try: Kenneth Peckham, George Gardiner, S Usher	[42]	Try: J Beattie, S Rule	Attendance: 7,000 Referee: W Mincham

	13 August	Marist	PPD	City	Auckland Domain 2
	3:00		[43]		Referee: Vic Simpson

	13 August	Newton	26–2	Grafton	Victoria Park
	3:00	Try: Alan Clarke 2, Trevor Hall, A McIntyre, McLeod, Wally Somers Con: Craddock Dufty 4 Pen: Craddock Dufty	[44]	Pen: Lucas	Referee: H Taylor

Round 14

	20 August	Newton	5–3	Devonport	Carlaw Park 1
	3:00	Try: M Little Pen: Craddock Dufty	[45]	Try: K Scott	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: P Rogers

	20 August	Ponsonby	19–5	Richmond	Carlaw Park 2
	3:00	Try: George Gardiner, Kenneth Peckham, Eric Grey, Frank Delgrosso, Wilfred McNeil Con: George Gardiner 2	[46]	Try: Stan Prentice Con: Telford	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: W Ripley

	20 August	City	5–0	Grafton	Victoria Park
	3:00	Try: Billy Ghent Con: E Spencer	[47]		Referee: H McKubrey

Final

	27 August	Newton	6–3	Ponsonby	Carlaw Park 1
	3:00	Pen: Craddock Dufty 2 Drop: M Herewini	[48]	Try: Wilfred McNeil	Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Les Bull

Round 1

Craddock Dufty and captain W Clarke were both out injured from the Newton side for their match with Marist. Hamilton went off injured for City meaning they had to finish the match with Richmond with 12 players. The scores were tied at the end of the match 17–17 so 5 minutes extra time was played with Telford scoring and Carroll converting to win the game for Richmond. This was the first time extra time had been used to decide a game in an Auckland Rugby League senior competition. Usually matches were replayed the following week.

	3 September	Marist	27–13	Newton	Carlaw Park 1
	3:00	Try: Jim O’Brien, L Knott, Noble 2, Drew, Hec Brisbane, Sweeney Con: Charles Gregory, L Knott, Cronin	[49]	Try: Roy Hardgrave, A McIntyre, M Little Con: M Herewini Pen: M Herewini	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: A Sanders

	3 September	Richmond	22–17 (17–17)	City	Carlaw Park 2
	3:00	Try: L Taylor 2, J Swift, R Jenkinson, Turton, Telford Con: L Taylor, Carroll	[50]	Try: Pascoe, George Wade Con: E Spencer 2 Pen: E Spencer 2	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: H Taylor

	3 September	Ponsonby	27–16	Grafton	Victoria Park
	3:00	Try: S Usher 2, Ward 2, Kenneth Peckham, Allen, George Gardiner Con: Frank Delgrosso, Eric Grey, Lou Hutt	[51]	Try: Allen 2, Forbes, Martin Con: Lucas, R Longville	Referee: W Mincham

Semi finals

The Auckland representative team had left for their southern tour and so all teams were fielding greatly weakened sides. Holmes, a rugby representative three-quarter signed for Devonport just before their game with Ponsonby.

	10 September	Devonport	21–5	Ponsonby	Carlaw Park 1
	3:00	Try: Holmes 2, Alf Scott, Allan Seagar, Len Scott Con: Allan Seagar 2, Simmonds	[52]	Try: George Gardiner Con: George Gardiner	Referee: H Taylor

	10 September	Richmond	15–0	Marist	Carlaw Park 2
	3:00	Try: Turley, R Jenkinson 2 Con: L Taylor 2 Pen: L Taylor	[53]		Referee: Les Bull

Final

A. Finlayson switched codes to join Richmond signing one minute before kick off so as to keep the switch secret. The following week he applied for reinstatement into rugby union. Richmond won the Roope Rooster for the second consecutive year. It was a case of déjà vu with another 1 pt victory over Devonport who they had beaten the year before.

	17 September	Richmond	7–6	Devonport	Carlaw Park 1
	3:00	Try: L Taylor Pen: L Taylor 2	[54]	Try: Len Scott 2	Referee: P Rogers

Stormont Memorial Shield

Newton won the match by 25 points to 14, but the match was noteworthy due to the large number of injuries suffered. G. Norman the Newton captain was concussed and had his jaw broken, Dick Stack fractured his leg, W. Rhodes broke his collar-bone, and Wally Somers sprained his ankle. The first three players were all taken to Auckland Hospital, while Somers was taken home.[55] Stacks leg injury was so bad in fact that his leg had to be amputated and he spent many months in hospital. There were several matches in the following season used to raise funds for him and his family.

	1 October	Newton	25–14	Richmond	Carlaw Park 1
	3:00	Try: G Rhodes, Craddock Dufty, Dick Stack, Alan Clarke, M Little, Roy Hardgrave Con: Craddock Dufty 2	[56]	Try: W Hanlon, Turton Con: Carroll Pen: L Taylor 2, Carroll	Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Les Bull

A Grade/B Grade promotion-relegation match

At the conclusion of the A and B division competitions the last placed Grafton Athletic from the A Division played against the winners of the B Division Ellerslie for the right to compete in the A Division in 1928. Ellerslie won the match by 11 points to 3 thus earning themselves a place in A Division and forcing Grafton Athletic to play in the lower grade. This was the first time in Auckland Rugby League competition that such a match had been played.

	17 September	Ellerslie	11–3	Grafton	Carlaw Park 1
	1:30	Try: W Johnston, R Johnston, Ivan Littlewood Con: Kearns	[57]	Try: McGregor

Top try scorers and point scorers

Top try and point scorers for A Division and Roope Rooster competitions.

Rank Player Team Tries 1 Len Scott Devonport United 13 2 J Beattie Devonport United 12 3 George Wade City Rovers 10 3 Hec Brisbane Marist Old Boys 10 5 Allan Seagar Devonport United 9 6 L Knott Marist Old Boys 8 6 S Usher Ponsonby United 8 8 Frank Delgrosso Ponsonby United 7 8 Roy Hardgrave Newton Rangers 7 10 George Gardiner Ponsonby United 6 10 Sweeney Marist Old Boys 6 10 R Jenkinson Richmond Rovers 6 13 Horace Dixon Devonport United 5 13 Bert Avery Grafton Athletic 5 13 A McIntyre City Rovers 5 13 Jim O'Brien Marist Old Boys 5 13 L Taylor Richmond Rovers 5 13 J Swift Richmond Rovers 5

Rank Player Team Tries Con Pen Points 1 Craddock Dufty Newton Rangers 3 15 9 57 2 L Taylor Richmond Rovers 5 9 6 45 3 George Gardiner Ponsonby United 6 12 1 44 4 Frank Delgrosso Ponsonby United 7 8 3 43 5 Len Scott Devonport United 13 0 0 39 6 J Beattie Devonport United 12 0 0 36 7 Allan Seagar Devonport United 9 4 0 35 8 Hec Brisbane Marist Old Boys 10 0 0 30 8 George Wade City Rovers 10 0 0 30 10 L Knott Marist Old Boys 8 2 0 28

B Division standings and results

A large number of games did not have the scores reported in either The New Zealand Herald or the Auckland Star. As a result, the fixtures list is incomplete as is the final standings. Results are missing as follows (Ellerslie x 1, Kingsland x 3, Parnell x 2, Mangere x 5, Point Chevalier x 4, and Otahuhu x 1). In addition there were two cancelled matches.

B Division standings

Team Pld W D L F A Pts Ellerslie 13* 12 0 0 151 75 24 Kingsland 13* 8 0 2 117 52 16 Northcote 11 6 0 5 61 66 12 Parnell 12* 3 0 7 92 120 6 Mangere 12* 2 0 5 63 79 4 Point Chevalier 13* 2 0 7 63 95 4 Otahuhu 12* 2 0 9 63 123 4

B Division fixtures

The Round 8 match between Mangere and Northcote was not played due to the condition of the ground at Mangere, as was the Round 15 match between Otahuhu and Northcote at the Auckland Domain.

1927 First Grade results

	Date		Score		Score	Venue
Round 1	7 May [58]	Northcote	7	Mangere	6	Victoria Park
–	7 May	Otahuhu	12	Point Chevalier	6	Otahuhu Trotting Ground
–	7 May	Ellerslie	6	Parnell	5	Ellerslie Reserve
Round 2	14 May [59]	Kingsland	8	Parnell	5	Victoria Park
–	14 May	Otahuhu	6	Ellerslie	8	Otahuhu Reserve
–	14 May	Point Chevalier	9	Mangere	5	Point Chevalier
Round 3	21 May [60]	Ellerslie	26	Mangere	7	Ellerslie Reserve, 3pm
–	21 May	Otahuhu	3	Kingsland	11	Otahuhu Trotting Ground, 3pm
–	21 May	Point Chevalier	5	Northcote	6	Point Chevalier, 3pm
Round 4	28 May [61]	Ellerslie	6	Northcote	0	Auckland Domain # 1, 3pm
–	28 May	Otahuhu	8	Parnell	11	Otahuhu Reserve
–	28 May	Mangere	?	Kingsland	?	Mangere, 3pm
Round 5	4 June [62]	Kingsland	20	Northcote	6	Victoria Park, 3pm
–	4 June	Ellerslie	23	Point Chevalier	5	Ellerslie Reserve, 3pm
–	4 June	Mangere	15	Parnell	11	Otahuhu Trotting Ground
Round 6	11 June [63]	Otahuhu	7	Mangere	6	Otahuhu Reserve
–	11 June	Northcote	8	Parnell	3	Auckland Domain, 3pm
–	11 June	Kingsland	11	Point Chevalier	5	Victoria Park
Round 7	18 June [64]	Otahuhu	5	Northcote	8	Otahuhu, 3pm
–	18 June	Ellerslie	9	Kingsland	5	Ellerslie Reserve, 3pm
–	18 June	Point Chevalier	?	Parnell	?	Point Chevalier, 3pm
Round 8	25 June [65]	Point Chevalier	19	Otahuhu	3	Point Chevalier, 3pm
–	25 June	Mangere	CCD	Northcote	CCD	Mangere, 3pm
–	25 June	Ellerslie	21	Parnell	20	Auckland Domain # 1, 3pm
Round 9	2 July [66]	Mangere	?	Point Chevalier	?	Mangere, 3pm
–	2 July	Ellerslie	13	Otahuhu	0	Ellerslie, 3pm
–	2 July	Kingsland	23	Parnell	7	Victoria Park, 3pm
Round 10	9 July [67]	Northcote	?	Point Chevalier	?	Victoria Park, 3pm
–	9 July	Kingsland	25	Otahuhu	0	Auckland Domain # 2, 3pm
–	9 July	Mangere	?	Ellerslie	?	Otahuhu Trotting Track, 3pm
Round 11	23 July [68]	Mangere	8	Kingsland	11	Otahuhu Reserve, 3pm[69]
–	16 July	Parnell	11	Otahuhu	7	Victoria Park, 3pm
–	16 July	Ellerslie	8	Northcote	0	Ellerslie Reserve, 3pm
Round 12	30 July [70]	Mangere	16	Parnell	8	Auckland Domain # 2, 3pm
–	30 July	Kingsland	WBD	Northcote	LBD	Auckland Domain # 6, 3pm
–	30 July	Point Chevalier	6	Ellerslie	13	Point Chevalier, 3pm
Round 13	6 Aug [71]	Mangere	?	Otahuhu	?	Mangere Trotting Ground, 3pm
–	6 Aug	Parnell	11	Northcote	8	Victoria Park, 3pm
–	6 Aug	Point Chevalier	?	Kingsland	?	Point Chevalier, 3pm
Round 14	13 Aug [72]	Ellerslie	9	Kingsland	3	Carlaw Park # 2, 3pm
–	13 Aug	Northcote	5	Otahuhu	2	Outer Domain # 2, 3pm
–	13 Aug	Point Chevalier	?	Parnell	?	Point Chevalier, 3pm
Round 15	20 Aug [73]	Otahuhu	PPD	Northcote	PPD	Auckland Domain # 2, 3pm
–	20 Aug	Ellerslie	9	Point Chevalier	8	Auckland Domain # 6
–	20 Aug	Kingsland	?	Mangere	?	Otahuhu Trotting Ground, 3pm

Stallard Cup knockout competition

1927 Stallard Cup results

	Date		Score		Score	Venue
Round 1	3 Sep [74]	Kingsland	13	Parnell	8	Auckland Domain # 5, 3pm
–	3 Sep	Ellerslie	W	Otahuhu	L	Ellerslie Reserve, 3pm
Final	10 Sep [75]	Ellerslie	15	Kingsland	10	Carlaw Park # 1, 1:30pm

Other club matches and lower grades

Lower grades

There were 9 lower grades in 1927 if you include the split grades. Grades were made of the following teams with the winning team in bold:

• Second Grade (Wright Cup): Devonport, Hamilton, Kingsland, Mangere, Marist, Parnell, Ponsonby, Remuera, Richmond. Devnport won the Foster Shield for winning the second grade knockout competition.
• Third Grade Open (Walker Shield): Akarana, Athletic, Devonport, Glen Eden, Mangere, New Lynn, Newton, North Shore, Northcote, Parnell, Ponsonby, Richmond,
• Third Grade Intermediate: City, Devonport, Ellerslie, Kingsland, Parnell, Point Chevalier, Ponsonby, Richmond A, Richmond B
• Fourth Grade A (Hospital Cup): Akarana, Grafton, Devonport, Ellerslie, North Shore, Ponsonby, Remuera, Richmond
• Fourth Grade B: Athletic, Ellerslie, Ponsonby A, Ponsonby B, Remuera, Richmond,
• Fifth Grade (Endean Shield): Akarana, City, Newton, Northcote, Ponsonby, Richmond
• Sixth Grade A: Akarana, Athletic, City, Devonport, Grafton, Kingsland, Marist A, Marist B, Point Chevalier, Ponsonby, Richmond. Devonport won the Hammill Cup for winning the sixth A grade knockout competition.
• Sixth Grade B (Myers Cup): Akarana, City, Devonport, Grafton, Marist, Point Chevalier, Richmond
• Primary Schools: Newmarket, Onehunga, Onehunga Convent, Otahuhu, Papatoetoe, Richmond (Otahuhu was a combination of students from several schools in the area and as such did not represent Otahuhu Primary School).

Exhibition matches

The final match of the season was one played by Devonport against Ponsonby for charity. The money raised was given to the Mayor's unemployment fund.

	22 October	Devonport	27–19	Ponsonby	Carlaw Park 1
	3:00	Try: Allan Seagar, Hunt, E Ruby, J Beattie, Alf Scott Con: Allan Seagar 5 Pen: Allan Seagar	[76]	Try: Allen 2, Frank Delgrosso 2, Victor Fagan Con: Peckham, Langley	Attendance: 5,000

List of exhibition matches

	Date		Score		Score	Venue	Attendance
Junior representative trial match	9 July [77]	A Team	5	B Team	3	Carlaw Park # 1
Junior representative match	15 Oct [78]	Auckland Juniors	15	South Auckland Juniors	0	Carlaw Park
Parnell tour match	9 July [79]	Parnell	27	Rotorua	3	Rotorua
Parnell tour match	9 July	Parnell Juniors	20	Rotorua Juniors	6	Rotorua
Ponsonby tour match	23 July [80]	Rotorua	15	Ponsonby	22	Rotorua
Ponsonby tour match	5 Sep [81]	Rotorua	8	Ponsonby	11	Rotorua
Richmond junior tour match	1 Oct [82]	Rotorua B	0	Richmond 3rd Grade	8	Rotorua

Representative season

The Auckland teams for the season were to be selected by Ernie Asher, E.V. Fox, and A Blakey. The Auckland representative team won 6 of its 7 matches. They began the year with a victory over the Auckland representatives of the New Zealand team which had toured the England and recently returned home. They went on a 4 match tour during the year which saw victories over Canterbury, West Coast, Otago, and Wellington. They then played home matches against Buller and South Auckland. They beat Buller easily but then lost the Northern Union Challenge Cup after a loss to South Auckland.

Representative fixtures

The first representative fixture of the season was played on 30 April between Auckland and the Auckland members of the 1926 New Zealand touring team of England.

Auckland v New Zealand (Auckland members)

	30 April	Auckland	24–21	New Zealand (Akl members)	Carlaw Park 1
	3:00	Try: Ivan Littlewood, Claude List, Maurice Wetherill, Tim Peckham, A Payne, W Clarke Con: Tim Peckham, W Clarke Pen: W Clarke	[83]	Try: Lou Brown 3, Joe Menzies, Jim Parkes Con: Craddock Dufty 2 Pen: George Gardiner	Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Les Bull

Auckland v Canterbury (Northern Union C.C.)

	10 September	Canterbury	13–24	Auckland	Monica Park, Christchurch
	3:00	Try: C Robins, H Vivian 2 Con: Gordon Blazey Pen: Gordon Blazey	[84]	Try: Claude List, Stan Webb, Lou Hutt, A Payne 2, Horace Dixon Con: Craddock Dufty 3	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: H Lawrence

West Coast v Auckland (Northern Union C.C.)

	14 September	West Coast	15–42	Auckland	Victoria Park, Greymouth
	3:00	Try: Goodall 2, Griffiths Con: McElwee 3	[85]	Try: Maurice Wetherill 2, Wilson jun. 3, M Little 3, Craddock Dufty, J Payne, F Bass, Claude List Con: Wilson jun. 2, Craddock Dufty

Otago v Auckland (Northern Union C.C.)

	17 September	Otago	13–20	Auckland	Caledonian Ground, Dunedin
	3:00	Try: R Oliver 2, M Quinn Con: D Sullivan Pen: B Eckhoff	[86]	Try: George Wade, M Little, Stan Webb, Jim O’Brien Con: Craddock Dufty 4	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: G Packer

Wellington v Auckland

	21 September	Wellington	23–41	Auckland	Newtown Park, Wellington
	3:00	Try: Brace, Halliday 3, Love Con: Bowen 3 Pen: Bowen	[87]	Try: Stan Webb, F Bass, Wilson jun., Horace Dixon 4, Trevor Hall, George Wade Con: Craddock Dufty 6, F Bass	Referee: C Wrack

North Island v South Island

	24 September	North Island	13–8	South Island	Carlaw Park 1
	3:00	Try: Claude List, G Raynor 2 Con: Craddock Dufty 2	[88]	Try: Woods, Hand Con: Sullivan	Attendance: 7,000

Auckland v Buller

	8 October	Auckland	60–33	Buller	Carlaw Park 1
	3:00	Try: Wilson jun., Claude List 3, J Beattie 3, Charles Gregory 3, Maurice Wetherill, Stan Webb, A Payne 2, Horace Dixon, Lou Hutt Con: Craddock Dufty 2, Wilson jun., Charles Gregory, E Spencer 2	[89]	Try: Burns, Cameron 2, Jack, Davis, Goodall 2 Con: Goodall 6	Attendance: 7,000 Referee: W Mincham

Auckland v South Auckland (Northern Union C.C.)

	15 October	Auckland	12–29	South Auckland	Carlaw Park 1
	3:00	Try: Roy Hardgrave, Claude List, Wilson jun., Allan Seagar	[90]	Try: J Whorskey 2, Everest, Hec McDonald, Timms 3 Con: J Whorskey 2, S Raynor Pen: S Raynor	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Les Bull

Auckland representative matches played and scorers

No	Name	Club Team	Play	Tries	Con	Pen	Drop Goal	Points
1	Craddock Dufty	Newton Rangers	6	4	13	0	0	38
2	Claude List	Kingsland	5	7	0	0	0	21
3	A Payne	Ponsonby United	6	6	0	0	0	18
3	Horace Dixon	Devonport United	6	6	0	0	0	18
5	J Wilson jun.	Mangere	6	5	1	0	0	17
6	Maurice Wetherill	City Rovers	6	4	0	0	0	12
6	M Little	Newton Rangers	3	4	0	0	0	12
6	Stan Webb	Devonport United	5	4	0	0	0	12
9	Charles Gregory	Marist Old Boys	3	3	1	0	0	11
10	J Beattie	Devonport United	1	3	0	0	0	9
11	F Bass	Richmond Rovers	2	2	1	0	0	8
12	W Clarke	Newton Rangers	3	1	1	1	0	7
13	George Wade	City Rovers	3	2	0	0	0	6
13	Lou Hutt	Ponsonby United	5	2	0	0	0	6
15	Tim Peckham	Richmond Rovers	1	1	1	0	0	5
16	E Spencer	City Rovers	1	0	2	0	0	4
17	Ivan Littlewood	Ellerslie	1	1	0	0	0	3
17	Jim O'Brien	Devonport United	5	1	0	0	0	3
17	Trevor Hall	Newton Rangers	1	1	0	0	0	3
17	Roy Hardgrave	Newton Rangers	1	1	0	0	0	3
17	Allan Seagar	Devonport United	1	1	0	0	0	3
22	W Hanlon	Richmond Rovers	1	0	0	0	0	0
22	Stan Prentice	Richmond Rovers	3	0	0	0	0	0
22	Alf Townsend	City Rovers	1	0	0	0	0	0
22	Wally Somers	Newton Rangers	4	0	0	0	0	0
22	A McIntyre	Newton Rangers	1	0	0	0	0	0
22	S Rule	Devonport United	1	0	0	0	0	0
22	Sam Crewther	Ellerslie	1	0	0	0	0	0
22	E Ruby	Devonport United	1	0	0	0	0	0

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External links

• Auckland Rugby League Official Site