1919 Auckland Rugby League season

The 1919 season of the Auckland Rugby League was its 11th. It was the first season post World War I and unsurprisingly it saw a resurgence in playing numbers with 56 teams across the six grades. North Shore Albions who had previously dropped out of the senior competition again fielded a senior side. As did Otahuhu, who had dropped out during the 1917 season. In addition a new club was formed, namely Marist Old Boys. They were composed of old boys of the Marist Brothers’ schools.[1] The senior club season commenced on 3 May.

Ponsonby United won their third consecutive first grade title, while Newton Rangers won the Roope Rooster trophy.

At the end of the season J.B. Cooke stated in a meeting that next season the ball would be rolled into scrums and forwards would have to keep their feet on the ground while the halfback was putting the ball in. These changes were to “brighten the game”.[2]

The season was also summarised by the league as well. Forty-nine teams were entered across all grades. Sunnyside won the second grade, Manukau won the third grade, City won the fourth and fifty grades, while Ponsonby won the sixth grade. It was stated that the standard of play in the senior club competition was not as good as it would have been due to the fact that 19 of the best club players from Auckland were away for a large part of the season representing New Zealand in Australia.

Representative season

The Auckland representative team was only able to play one inter provincial fixture against Hawkes Bay after matches with Canterbury and Wellington were unable to be scheduled due to the busy New Zealand representative schedule. Likewise Ponsonby were unable to schedule a defense of the Thacker Shield for the same reason. An Auckland Junior team was however able to make a trip out to Napier to play Hawkes Bay and they were victorious by 12 points to 5. Auckland played a match in front of an enormous crowd at the Auckland Domain against the touring Australian side but did not fair any better than the New Zealand national side, going down by 32 points to 8.

Charitable efforts and league funds

During the war most of the revenue gained by Auckland Rugby League was donated to the war efforts meaning they could not make much progress financially towards developing the game and facilities. In 1919 they once again raised 75 pounds to distribute to local charities nominated by the mayor. They also put on a match at the end of the season to raise money for the St. John Ambulance Brigade. Due to the large crowds at some of the matches, including the match with Australia it was anticipated that the league would gain over 1,000 pounds to establish a fund for obtaining a playing ground. This would of course be Carlaw Park.[3]

Eden Ramblers club folds

At the Auckland Rugby League meeting on 30 April it was announced that the Eden Ramblers club had been disbanded. They had formed in 1911 and played in the senior competition from 1911 to 1913 before becoming a lower grade club until this season.[4]

Preceded by 1918	11th Auckland Rugby League season 1919	Succeeded by 1920

First grade championship

Otahuhu's first grade team were to only last one round into the season before pulling out. Grafton also struggled to field a team when they lost players to the New Zealand team which was touring Australia. In round 6 rather than default they were provided with players from the City and Newton clubs however they too did not survive to the end of the competition.[5]

Ponsonby United won the championship for the third consecutive season.

Final standings

Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Ponsonby United	8	6	1	1	99	48	13
Newton Rangers	9	6	0	3	132	68	12
Maritime	8	5	2	1	123	88	12
City Rovers	8	5	0	3	96	67	10
North Shore Albions	10	4	1	5	95	94	9
Grafton Athletic	6	1	0	5	36	75	2
Marist Old Boys	7	0	0	7	20	137	0
Otahuhu	1	0	0	1	3	28	0

First grade results

Round 1

	3 May	Maritime	12–10	City	Victoria Park 1
	3:00	Try: Hogg, A Sutton Con: George Davidson Pen: George Davidson & 1 mark	[6]	Try: Bill Davidson, Jim Rukutai Con: Bill Davidson Pen: Bill Davidson	Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Tobin

	3 May	Newton	28–3	Marist	Victoria Park 2
	3:00	Try: George Iles 2, William Clarke 2, Jack Keenan, Bill Williams Con: Phil Castles 5	[7]	Try: Petterson	Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Thompson

	3 May	Ponsonby	26–3	Grafton	Auckland Domain
	3:00	Try: David Norgrove, S Chatfield, Lawrence Cadman, Bill Walsh 2, R Cook Con: Thomas McClymont 4	[8]	Try: Montgomery	Attendance: 500 Referee: William Wynyard

	3 May	Otahuhu	3–28	North Shore	Otahuhu
	3:00	Try: Hyland	[9]	Try: Stan Walters, Arthur Matthews, McAneny 3, Nelson Con: McAneny 3, Unknown 2 goals

Round 2

	10 May	North Shore	3–16	City	Devonport Domain 1
	3:00	Try: L Boon	[10]	Try: H Wynn, Tom Haddon, G Reed, Clarke Con: Bill Davidson	Attendance: 500 Referee: J Eddowes

	10 May	Maritime	19–18	Newton	Auckland Domain
	3:00	Try: Sheehan, George Davidson 3, A Sutton Con: George Davidson 2	[11]	Try: George Iles 2, Wally Somers, A Mansill, W Miller, Jack Keenan	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: A Ferguson

	10 May	Grafton	26–6	Marist	Devonport Domain 2
	3:00	Try: Karl Ifwersen 3, Bob Mitchell, Osborne, Ernie Herring Con: Karl Ifwersen 4	[12]	Try: McDevitt, Casey	Referee: T Hill

Round 3

	17 May	City	12–10	Newton	Victoria Park
	3:00	Try: Huatahi Paki, Bill Davidson Con: Bill Davidson Pen: Bill Davidson 2	[13]	Try: Condon, Bill Williams Pen: Phil Castles 2	Referee: Eddowes

	17 May	Maritime	11–5	Grafton	Victoria Park
	3:00	Try: A Sutton, Cargill, George Davidson Con: George Davidson	[14]	Try: Bill Walsh Pen: Unknown x 1 mark	Referee: Vause

	17 May	North Shore	6–8	Ponsonby	Devonport Domain 1
	3:00	Try: Archie Waddell, Stan Walters	[15]	Try: Jim Clark, Bill Walsh Pen: Halliday	Referee: Len Farrant

Round 4

There was confusion with the Round 4 draw with the newspapers listing the match between North Shore and Maritime when in fact it was Newton who were supposed to be the opponent. As a result, Newton players did not arrive at the ground. Eventually Newton found enough substitutes but they still began the game 2–3 players short. In spite of this they still managed to win by 14 points to 9. Also the City team took the field with 6 juniors while Grafton had 2 juniors and played a man short. The chief issue was with the New Zealand team touring Australia at the time meaning many key players were absent from their club teams.

	31 May	Newton	14–9	North Shore	Victoria Park 1
	3:00	Try: Arthur Isles, Jack Keenan 2, George Iles Pen: Arthur Isles	[16]	Try: Ernie Bailey Con: McAneny Pen: McAneny & 1 mark	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: A Ball

	31 May	City	25–2	Grafton	Victoria Park 2
	3:00	Try: Hogan, H Wynn, Cole, George Asher, Jim Clark 2, G Reed Con: George Asher 2	[17]	Pen: Billy Ghent	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: William Wynyard

	31 May	Ponsonby	Postponed	Marist
	3:00		[18]

Round 5

In the match at Devonport the Marist team was led from the field by their captain with the score at 9–0 to North Shore in protest at a refereeing decision. During the round 5 match between Marist and North Shore the Marist team left the field early in protest against the referee. After hearing the report of referee Cleal, and a statement from McDevett, the Marist captain it was decided to suspend McDevett for 12 months after it was he who had told the referee that he would be taking his team from the field in protest and proceeded to do so.

	7 June	Ponsonby	15–6	Maritime	Victoria Park 1
	3:00	Try: Eric McGregor, J Brien, Cadman Con: Eric McGregor, D Norgrove Pen: EricMcGregor	[19]	Try: A Sutton, Beecham	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: William Wynyard

	7 June	North Shore	9–0	Marist	Devonport Domain
	3:00	Try: Nelson, Emirali, Jim Griffin	[20]		Referee: Cleal

	7 June	Newton	WBD-LBD	Grafton	Victoria Park 2
	3:00		[20]		Referee: J Ball

Round 6

Grafton were not able to field a full team and were reinforced by players from Newton who had a bye. This was done so that they would not be forced to drop out of the competition. They were missing test players Karl Ifwersen and Dougie McGregor.

	14 June	Ponsonby	18–13	City	Victoria Park 1
	3:00	Try: S Chatfield, Cadman, Neil, Edwards Con: Eric McGregor, David Norgrove 2	[21]	Try: George Paki, R Mitchell, penalty try Con: Harry Francis 2	Attendance: 7000 Referee: Eddowes

	14 June	Maritime	34–0	Marist	Victoria Park 2
	3:00	Try: George Davidson 4, Lunn 2, A Sutton 2 Con: George Davidson, Lunn, A Sutton, Hogg, Bovaird	[22]		Attendance: 7000 Referee: J Ball

	14 June	North Shore	7–0	Grafton	Auckland Domain
	3:00	Try: McAneny Pen: McAneny 2	[23]		Referee: Dempsey

Round 7

	21 June	North Shore	12–15	Maritime	Devonport Domain 1
	3:00	Try: McAneny 2, Bouvaird, penalty try	[24]	Try: George Davidson 3, Robinson 2	Referee: Pullen

	21 June	Newton	10–3	Ponsonby	Auckland Domain
	3:00	Try: Jack Keenan 2 Con: Phil Castles Drop: Leonard Newdick	[24]	Try: Artie Rae	Attendance: 5000 Referee: W Murray

	21 June	City	WBD-LBD	Marist	Richmond
	3:00		[25]		Referee: Tobin

Round 8

	28 June	City	17–15	Maritime	Victoria Park 1
	3:00	Try: Horne, George Paki, G Reed Con: Postlewaight Pen: Postelwaight 3	[26]	Try: Bert Avery 2, Robinson Con: George Davidson 2 Pen: George Davidson	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: A Ball

	28 June	Ponsonby	19–3	Newton	Victoria Park 2
	3:00	Try: Eric McGregor, S Chatfield 2, Sam Lowrie, Cadman Con: Eric McGregor 2	[27]	Try: Kiernan	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: A Tobin

	28 June	North Shore	13–8	Marist	Auckland Domain
	3:00	Try: Keith Helander, Boyen, Rundle Con: Unknown x 1 Pen: Ernie Bailey	[28]	Try: Glynn, Smith Con: Clarke	Referee: Len Farrant

Round 9

The Auckland Star reported that the matches at Victoria Park saw the largest crowds for club games ever on that ground.

	5 July	Ponsonby	7–4	City	Victoria Park 1
	3:00	Try: David Norgrove Con: Eric McGregor Pen: Eric McGregor	[29]	Pen: Postlewaight, Harry Francis	Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Eddowes

	5 July	Maritime	8–8	North Shore	Victoria Park 2
	3:00	Try: George Davidson, A Sutton Con: George Davidson	[30]	Try: Scott, Nelson Con: Ernie Bailey	Attendance: 7,000 Referee: William Wynyard

	5 July	Newton	27–3	Marist	Victoria Park 3
	3:00	Try: Leonard Newdick, Manson, Jack Keenan 3, Nelson Bass, McLiver Con: Jack Keenan, A Cowley, Isles	[31]	Try: Morton	Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Hill

Round 10

Round 10 featured two rarities. The Newton v North Shore match was played as a curtain-raiser to the Ponsonby v Maritime match on Auckland Domain 1. When matches were normally played at the same venue they all were played at the same time of 3pm on adjacent fields. In the 3rd match due to be played on the Domain the referee, F Thompson failed to turn up and after waiting for 40 minutes the decision was made to abandon the game. It was later revealed that he had been called away on an urgent business matter and had tried to contact the league but been unable to. The Auckland Rugby League accepted his explanation. The round was also significant for another reason. Craddock Dufty also debuted for Newton and kicked 2 conversions. He was to go on to represent New Zealand along with touring with the New Zealand Maori side.

	12 July	Ponsonby	3–3	Maritime	Auckland Domain 1
	3:00	Try: Arthur Cadman	[32]	Try: Bert Avery	Referee: W Murray

	12 July	Newton	22–0	North Shore	Auckland Domain
	1:30	Try: George Iles 3, McSweeney 2, W Condon Con: Craddock Dufty 2	[33]

	12 July	City	Abandoned	Marist	Auckland Domain
	3:00		[34]		Referee: F Thompson (did not arrive)

Round 4 Postponed Match

	20 July	Ponsonby	11–2	Marist	Victoria Park
	3:00	Try: Eric McGregor, A Cross, S Chatfield Con: Unknown x 1	[35]	Pen: Unknown x 1

Roope Rooster knockout competition

The round 1 match between Ponsonby United and Newton Rangers was abandoned towards the end with Newton leading by 12 points to 10 after Ponsonby supporters encroached on the field in protest against the referee and refused to move back. Marist Old Boys recorded their first competitive win in their history with a round 1 win over North Shore Albions. The final was won by Newton Rangers after they defeated Maritime by 8 points to 5.

Round 1

In the Newton match with Ponsonby there was no crossbar and so they tied a piece of string between the two posts to act as a makeshift marker for kicks at goal.

	26 July	Maritime	14–6	City	Auckland Domain 1
	3:00	Try: Bert Avery 2, John Lang 2 Con: John Lang, Unknown x 1	[36]	Try: Clarke, Harry Francis	Referee: A Ball

	26 July	Newton	10–8*	Ponsonby	Auckland Domain 2
	3:00	Try: George Iles, A Thomas Con: Craddock Dufty Pen: Craddock Dufty	[37]	Try: Arthur Cadman, J Brien Pen: A Cross	Referee: Murray

	26 July	Marist	17–3	North Shore	Auckland Domain 3
	3:00	Try: White, Keenan 2 Con: Clarke, Billy Ghent Pen: Clarke Drop: Robertson	[38]	Try: Leonard Boon	Referee: Eddowes

Round 1 replay

	2 August	Newton	12–10	Ponsonby	Auckland Domain
	3:00	Try: George Iles, Wally Somers Con: Craddock Dufty Pen: Craddock Dufty Drop: Craddock Dufty	[39]	Try: Sam Lowrie, Eric McGregor Con: Thomas McClymont Drop: S McNamara	Attendance: 8,000 Referee: W Murray

Semi final

	16 August	Maritime	22–21	Marist	Auckland Domain
	3:00	Try: George Davidson 2, Eric Grey 3, A Sutton Con: George Yardley, A Sutton	[40]	Try: James Hing, Harris, Mitchell, Eustace 2 Con: Unknown x 2 Pen: Neville St George	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: A Tobin

Final

	30 August	Newton	8–5	Maritime	Auckland Domain
	3:00	Try: Nelson Bass, Wally Somers Con: Bill Cloke	[41]	Try: Cargill Con: A Sutton	Referee: A Ball

Top try scorers and point scorers

The following point scoring lists include Senior Championship matches and the Roope Rooster competition matches only. George Davidson the champion New Zealand sprinter, who represented New Zealand at the 1920 Olympics top scored with 64 points and he also led the league with 14 tries.

Several teams featured multiple players with the same surname with many sets of brothers. As a result, some of the scoring lists are inaccurate. For Ponsonby Lawrence Cadman scored 1, Arthur Cadman scored 2, and "Cadman" scored 3.

Rank	Player	Team	Tries
1	George Davidson	Maritime	14
2	George Iles	Newton	10
3	A Sutton	Maritime	8
4	Jack Keenan	Newton	7
5	McAneny	North Shore	6
6	Bert Avery	Maritime	5
6	S Chatfield	Ponsonby United	5
8	R Clarke	City Rovers	4
8	Clarke	Newton	4
8	Eric McGregor	Ponsonby	4

Rank	Player	Team	Tries	Con	Pen	Mark	Points
1	George Davidson	Maritime	14	8	2	1	64
2	McAneny	North Shore	6	4	3	1	34
3	A Sutton	Maritime	8	3	0	0	30
4	George Iles	Newton Rangers	10	0	0	0	30
5	Eric McGregor	Ponsonby United	4	5	2	0	26
6	Jack Keenan	Newton Rangers	7	1	0	0	23
7	Bill Davidson	City Rovers	2	4	3	0	20

Other club matches and lower grades

Lower grade teams and clubs

There were 5 lower grades in 1919.

Devonport Presbyterian
W.Y.M.I.
Thames Old Boys
Sunnyside
Mangere Rangers
Manukau
Northcote Ramblers
Post and Telegraph
Richmond Rovers

Grades were made of the following teams with the winners in bold:

2nd grade – City Rovers, City Rovers B, Maritime, Otahuhu, North Shore Albion, Sunnyside, and Mangere Rangers.
3rd grade – Manukau, Ponsonby, Otahuhu.
4th grade – City Rovers, Otahuhu, Sunnyside, Newton Rangers, Newton Rangers B, Manukau, Grafton Athletic, Richmond Rovers, Northcote Ramblers, Maritime, Post and Telegraph, Devonport Presbyterian, W.Y.M.I.
5th grade – City Rovers, Sunnyside, Richmond Rovers A, Northcote Ramblers, Manukau, North Shore Albion, Ponsonby United A, Devonport Presbyterian, W.Y.M.I, Otahuhu.
6th grade – City Rovers, Manukau, Ponsonby, Richmond Rovers, Post and Telegraph, Devonport Presbyterian, North Shore Albion A.

Benefit match for Albert Asher

A match was played on 27 September between Maritime and City Rovers with the proceeds going to the benefit of Mr. Opai Asher, a league veteran who was incapacitated as the result of an accident. A match was also played between the Auckland Star and The New Zealand Herald. It was won 23 points to 5 by the Star.[42]

	27 September	Maritime	19–13	City	Victoria Park
	3:00	Try: Neville St George 3, A Sutton, Eric Grey Con: C Grey, George Davidson	[43]	Try: Cole, Duggan, Maurice Wetherill Con: Maurice Wetherill 2	Referee: Dempsey

St Johns benefit match

To end the season a rugby union and rugby league match was played at the Auckland Domain for the benefit of the St. John Ambulance Brigade, whose members regularly attend league and union matches to perform first aid to injured players. The rugby league match was between City and Ponsonby, and was won by City 13–10. Ben Davidson made his debut for City Rovers and scored 2 tries in what was to be a prolific try scoring career for City and later Wigan.

	4 October	City	13–10	Ponsonby	Auckland Domain
	3:00	Try: Tate, Ben Davidson 2 Con: Bill Davidson Pen: Bill Davidson	[44]	Try: Thomas McClymont, Sam Lowrie Con: Thomas McClymont, Cook	Referee: Eddowes

Maritime team tour

In Mid October the Maritime senior team embarked on an end of season tour to Hawkes Bay. They played Petane and Ahuriri and had two comfortable victories. Ahuriri had won the Vigor Brown Shield and the Charity Cup and the match was reportedly played in front of a large crowd. After their return they traveled to Thames on 18 October to play in a series of exhibition matches along with the Richmond club though the results are unknown.

	9 October	Petane	0–32	Maritime	McLean Park, Napier
	3:00		[45]	Try: Dougie McGregor, E McGregor, A Sutton 2, Grey 2, Unknown x 2 Con: E McGregor, Harry Francis, Unknown 2

	11 October	Ahuriri	3–37	Maritime	McLean Park, Napier
	3:00	Try: Unknown x 1	[46]	Try: C Grey 3, A Sutton 2, Dougie McGregor 2, B Shearer, E McGregor Con: B Shearer, McGregor 2, Harry Francis, Lunn

	15 October	Taradale	3–31	Maritime	Taradale
	3:00

Representative fixtures

On 14 May the selectors conducted a trial match between Auckland A and B teams to help choose both an Auckland and New Zealand team. The B team won the match by 15 points to 14. The first representative fixture of the season was a match played against the New Zealand team which was preparing to depart for their tour of Australia. The New Zealand team won 25–19 at the Auckland Domain in front of 8,000. On 20 July Auckland played a match at the Auckland Domain with a Returned Soldiers team as part of a “Peace Day” sports celebration involving sports from several different codes.[47]

On 23 August Auckland played against a team composed of available members of the New Zealand team which had toured Australia earlier in the year. The Auckland team was composed of Auckland players who remained so in essence was largely a ‘B’ team. The match was played at Victoria Park and resulted in a high scoring win to the ‘NZ’ team 45–30.

Then on 20 September, Auckland played against the touring Australian side and were well defeated by 32 points to 8. The match was played at the Auckland Domain in front of 18,000 spectators.

Auckland v New Zealand

	24 May	Auckland	19–25	New Zealand	Auckland Domain
	3:00	Try: George Davidson, A Sutton, R Clarke, Pullan, Penalty Try Con: Harry Francis, Phil Castles	[48]	Try: Bill Davidson, Karl Ifwersen 3, Archie Waddell Con: Karl Ifwersen 3 Pen: Karl Ifwersen 2	Attendance: 8000 Referee: A Ball

Auckland v Returned Soldiers

	20 July	Auckland	24–26	Returned Soldiers	Auckland Domain
	3:00	Try: George Davidson 2, George Iles 2, Eric McGregor, Unknown x 1 Con: George Davidson, Unknown x 2	[49]	Try: Nicholson, John Lang, George Neal, Thomas, Bert Avery, Unknown x 3 Con: Unknown x 1	Referee: A Ball

Auckland v Hawke's Bay (Northern Union C.C.)

	9 August	Auckland	38–13	Hawkes Bay	Eden Park
	3:00	Try: George Iles 2, Craddock Dufty, Dougie McGregor, Tom Haddon 3, George Davidson Con: Craddock Dufty 7	[50]	Try: J Atwood, Con McCarthy, G Jackson Con: G Jackson Pen: Con McCarthy	Attendance: 9,000 Referee: A Ferguson

Rest of Auckland v New Zealand touring team

New Zealand was playing a test match against the touring Australian side so as a way to select a team for Auckland for their upcoming match against Australia the selectors decided to play a match between New Zealand players who had toured Australia recently but weren't selected for the test side, and remaining Auckland players.

	23 August	Rest of Auckland	30–45	New Zealand Touring Team	Victoria Park 1
	3:00	Try: Eric McGregor, R Mitchell, Newdick, George Yardley, Delaney 2, Cargill, A Ivil Con: Eric McGregor, Harry Francis, Delaney	[51]	Try: Dougie McGregor, Thomas McClymont 2, Bill Cloke, Jim Rukutai, Wally Somers 2, Unknown x 4 Con: Bill Davidson 2, Thomas McClymont, Bert Laing 2, Unknown x 1	Attendance: 6,500 Referee: T Hill

Auckland v Australia

	20 September	Auckland	8–32	Australia	Auckland Domain
	3:00	Try: Bill Davidson, Bert Avery Pen: Karl Ifwersen	[52]	Try: Les Cubitt 2, Frank Burge 4, Herbert Gilbert 2 Con: Charles Fraser 2, Ray Norman 2	Attendance: 18,000 Referee: A Ball

Auckland representative matches played and scorers

No	Name	Club Team	Play	Tries	Con	Pen	Points
1	Craddock Dufty	Newton Rangers	1	5	0	0	15
3	George Davidson	Maritime	5	4	1	0	14
4	George Iles	Newton Rangers	3	4	0	0	12
5	Tom Haddon	City Rovers	1	3	0	0	9
6	Delaney	Marist Old Boys	1	2	1	0	8
6	Eric McGregor	Ponsonby United	2	2	1	0	8
8	Harry Francis	City Rovers	4	0	2	0	4
9	A Sutton	Maritime	1	1	0	0	3
9	R Clarke	City Rovers	1	1	0	0	3
9	Bob Mitchell	Grafton Athletic*	4	1	0	0	3
9	Newdick	Newton Rangers	2	1	0	0	3
9	Dougie McGregor	Grafton Athletic	2	1	0	0	3
9	Bert Avery	Maritime	2	1	0	0	3
9	George Yardley	Maritime	1	1	0	0	3
9	Cargill	Maritime	1	1	0	0	3
9	A Ivil	Newton Rangers	1	1	0	0	3
9	Bill Davidson	City Rovers	1	1	0	0	3
19	Phil Castles	Newton Rangers	2	0	1	0	2
19	Karl Ifwersen	Grafton Athletic	1	0	0	1	2
20	Keenan	Newton Rangers	3	0	0	0	0
20	Frank Delgrosso	Ponsonby United	4	0	0	0	0
20	Sam Lowrie	Ponsonby United	3	0	0	0	0
20	James Hing	Marist Old Boys	2	0	0	0	0
20	Ernie Bailey	North Shore Albions	2	0	0	0	0
20	A Cross	Maritime	1	0	0	0	0
20	Thomas	City Rovers	1	0	0	0	0
20	Nelson Bass	Newton	2	0	0	0	0
20	Ernie Herring	Grafton Athletic	1	0	0	0	0
20	? Cadman	Ponsonby United	1	0	0	0	0
20	H Wynn	City Rovers	1	0	0	0	0
20	Bert Laing	City Rovers	1	0	0	0	0
20	George Neal	Newton Rangers	1	0	0	0	0
20	Keith Helander	North Shore Albions	1	0	0	0	0
20	Arthur Matthews	North Shore Albions	1	0	0	0	0
20	Thomas McClymont	Ponsonby United	1	0	0	0	0
20	Ivan Stewart	City Rovers	1	0	0	0	0
20	Billy Ghent	Grafton Athletic	1	0	0	0	0
20	Stan Walters	North Shore Albions	1	0	0	0	0
20	Bill Williams	Newton Rangers	1	0	0	0	0
20	George Paki	City Rovers	1	0	0	0	0

Bob Mitchell transferred to Marist during the season after his Grafton Athletic side began defaulting games.

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"Ponsonby United Wins Comfortably/Nine Points Margin Over Maritime/Grafton's Default". Auckland Star. L (136). 9 June 1919. p. 8. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
"Ponsonby Defeats City/Ponsonby V City". The New Zealand Herald. LVI (17188). 16 June 1919. p. 7. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
"Wins for Maritime and Shore/Maritime V Marist Old Boys". The New Zealand Herald. LVI (17188). 16 June 1919. p. 7. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
"North Shore V Grafton". The New Zealand Herald. LVI (17188). 16 June 1919. p. 7. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
"Maritime's Narrow Win/Shore Beaten by Three Points". Auckland Star. L (148). 23 June 1919. p. 8. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
"A Default By Marist Brothers". Auckland Star. L (148). 23 June 1919. p. 8. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
"Something Like a Crowd/Sees Two Fair Games/City Downs Watersiders". Auckland Star. L (154). 30 June 1919. p. 8. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
"Ponsonby Accounts for Newton". Auckland Star. L (154). 30 June 1919. p. 8. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
"A Poor Game On the Domain". Auckland Star. L (154). 30 June 1919. p. 8. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
"Great Test Between City and Ponsonby/"Ponies" Win, 7 to 4". Auckland Star. L (160). 7 July 1919. p. 8. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
"North Shore and Maritime 8 A Piece". Auckland Star. L (160). 7 July 1919. p. 8. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
"Marist Old Boys Big Defeat by Newton". Auckland Star. L (160). 7 July 1919. p. 8. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
"A Tight Struggle/Maritime 3, Ponsonby 3". Auckland Star. L (166). 14 July 1919. p. 8. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
"Newton Vanquishes Shore". Auckland Star. L (166). 14 July 1919. p. 8. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
"A Tight Struggle/Maritime 3, Ponsonby 3/Newton Vanquishes Shore". Auckland Star. L (166). 14 July 1919. p. 8. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
"Under League Rules/Ponsonby 11, Marist Old Boys 2/A Well Contested Game". The New Zealand Herald. LVI (17218). 22 July 1919. p. 5. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
"Maritime Defeats City/Maritime V City". The New Zealand Herald. LVI (17223). 28 July 1919. p. 7. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
"Ponsonby V Newton Undecided". The New Zealand Herald. LVI (17223). 28 July 1919. p. 7. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
"Marist Old Boys 17: North Shore 3/Notes on the Game/Marist Old Boys V North Shore". The New Zealand Herald. LVI (17223). 28 July 1919. p. 7. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
"Eight Thousand People Watch Newton Down Ponsonby/With a Two-Point Margin". Auckland Star. L (183). 4 August 1919. p. 8. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
"Maritime Win Semi-Final/Marist Old Boys Just Beaten". The New Zealand Herald. LVI (17211). 18 August 1919. p. 4. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
"Roope Rooster Competition/Final Won by Newton/Game Played in Downpour". The New Zealand Herald. LVI (17253). 1 September 1919. p. 4. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
""Star" V. "Herald"". Auckland Star. L (231). 29 September 1919. p. 8. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
""Star" V. "Herald"". Auckland Star. L (231). 29 September 1919. p. 8. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
"End of Football Season". Auckland Star. L (237). 6 October 1919. p. 9. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
"Maritime Defeats Petane". Auckland Star. L (241). 10 October 1919. p. 7. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
"Maritime Team's Tour". Auckland Star. L (243). 13 October 1919. p. 9. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
"Peace Celebration Sports/Big Day in the Domain/Track Events and Field Games". Auckland Star. L (172). 22 July 1919. p. 9. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
"New Zealand Beats Auckland/Keenly Contested Game". The New Zealand Herald. LVI (17170). 26 May 1919. p. 9. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
"Northern Union Grade". Auckland Star. L (172). 22 July 1919. p. 9. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
"Representative Match/Auckland V Hawke's Bay". The New Zealand Herald. LVI (17235). 11 August 1911. p. 9. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
"Touring Team V Auckland/Trial Game Before Selectors/Win for Traveller Players". The New Zealand Herald. LVI (17247). 25 August 1919. p. 4. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
"Another Aussie Win/Australia 32, Auckland 8/A Game of Incidents". Auckland Star. L (225). 22 September 1919. p. 8. Retrieved 19 August 2019.

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[1] "Marist Bros. Old Boys/New Club Formed". The New Zealand Herald. LVI (17144). 25 April 1919. p. 9. Retrieved 10 August 2019.

[2] "Visit of English Team". The New Zealand Herald. LVI (17253). 1 September 1919. p. 4. Retrieved 20 August 2019.

[3] "An Eventful Season/Record Gate Receipts". The New Zealand Herald. LVI (17291). 15 October 1919. p. 10. Retrieved 10 February 2020.

[4] "The Executive Body". The New Zealand Herald. LVI (17149). 1 May 1919. p. 9. Retrieved 15 December 2019.

[5] "North Shore V Grafton". The New Zealand Herald. LVI (17188). 16 June 1919. p. 7. Retrieved 19 August 2019.

[6] "Championship Games Commence/Maritime Defeat City/City V Maritime". The New Zealand Herald. LVI (17152). 5 April 1919. p. 9. Retrieved 19 August 2019.

[7] "Championship Games Commence/Newton V Marist Old Boys". The New Zealand Herald. LVI (17152). 5 April 1919. p. 9. Retrieved 19 August 2019.

[8] "Championship Games Commence/Ponsonby V Grafton". The New Zealand Herald. LVI (17152). 5 April 1919. p. 9. Retrieved 19 August 2019.

[9] "Championship Games Commence/North Shore V Otahuhu". The New Zealand Herald. LVI (17152). 5 April 1919. p. 9. Retrieved 19 August 2019.

[10] "Championships Continue/City V North Shore". The New Zealand Herald. LVI (17158). 12 May 1919. p. 5. Retrieved 19 August 2019.

[11] "Championships Continue/Maritime Beats Newton/Margin of One Point/Newton V Maritime". The New Zealand Herald. LVI (17158). 12 May 1919. p. 5. Retrieved 19 August 2019.

[12] "Championships Continue/Marist Old Boys V Grafton". The New Zealand Herald. LVI (17158). 12 May 1919. p. 5. Retrieved 19 August 2019.

[13] "City Defeats Newton/City V Newton". The New Zealand Herald. LVI (17164). 19 May 1919. p. 7. Retrieved 19 August 2019.

[14] "Maritime V Grafton". The New Zealand Herald. LVI (17164). 19 May 1919. p. 7. Retrieved 19 August 2019.

[15] "North Shore V Ponsonby". The New Zealand Herald. LVI (17164). 19 May 1919. p. 7. Retrieved 19 August 2019.

[16] "Newton Defeats North Shore/Newton V North Shore". The New Zealand Herald. LVI (17176). 2 June 1919. p. 8. Retrieved 19 August 2019.

[17] "Grafton Outpointed by City/City V Grafton". The New Zealand Herald. LVI (17176). 2 June 1919. p. 8. Retrieved 19 August 2019.

[18] "Newton Defeats North Shore". The New Zealand Herald. LVI (17176). 2 June 1919. p. 8. Retrieved 19 August 2019.

[19] "Ponsonby United Wins Comfortably/Nine Points Margin Over Maritime". Auckland Star. L (136). 9 June 1919. p. 8. Retrieved 19 August 2019.

[ponsby_united-20] "Ponsonby United Wins Comfortably/Nine Points Margin Over Maritime/Grafton's Default". Auckland Star. L (136). 9 June 1919. p. 8. Retrieved 19 August 2019.

[21] "Ponsonby Defeats City/Ponsonby V City". The New Zealand Herald. LVI (17188). 16 June 1919. p. 7. Retrieved 19 August 2019.

[22] "Wins for Maritime and Shore/Maritime V Marist Old Boys". The New Zealand Herald. LVI (17188). 16 June 1919. p. 7. Retrieved 19 August 2019.

[23] "North Shore V Grafton". The New Zealand Herald. LVI (17188). 16 June 1919. p. 7. Retrieved 19 August 2019.

[narrow_win-24] "Maritime's Narrow Win/Shore Beaten by Three Points". Auckland Star. L (148). 23 June 1919. p. 8. Retrieved 10 August 2019.

[25] "A Default By Marist Brothers". Auckland Star. L (148). 23 June 1919. p. 8. Retrieved 10 August 2019.

[26] "Something Like a Crowd/Sees Two Fair Games/City Downs Watersiders". Auckland Star. L (154). 30 June 1919. p. 8. Retrieved 19 August 2019.

[27] "Ponsonby Accounts for Newton". Auckland Star. L (154). 30 June 1919. p. 8. Retrieved 19 August 2019.

[28] "A Poor Game On the Domain". Auckland Star. L (154). 30 June 1919. p. 8. Retrieved 19 August 2019.

[29] "Great Test Between City and Ponsonby/"Ponies" Win, 7 to 4". Auckland Star. L (160). 7 July 1919. p. 8. Retrieved 10 August 2019.

[30] "North Shore and Maritime 8 A Piece". Auckland Star. L (160). 7 July 1919. p. 8. Retrieved 10 August 2019.

[31] "Marist Old Boys Big Defeat by Newton". Auckland Star. L (160). 7 July 1919. p. 8. Retrieved 10 August 2019.

[32] "A Tight Struggle/Maritime 3, Ponsonby 3". Auckland Star. L (166). 14 July 1919. p. 8. Retrieved 10 August 2019.

[33] "Newton Vanquishes Shore". Auckland Star. L (166). 14 July 1919. p. 8. Retrieved 10 August 2019.

[34] "A Tight Struggle/Maritime 3, Ponsonby 3/Newton Vanquishes Shore". Auckland Star. L (166). 14 July 1919. p. 8. Retrieved 10 August 2019.

[35] "Under League Rules/Ponsonby 11, Marist Old Boys 2/A Well Contested Game". The New Zealand Herald. LVI (17218). 22 July 1919. p. 5. Retrieved 12 February 2020.

[36] "Maritime Defeats City/Maritime V City". The New Zealand Herald. LVI (17223). 28 July 1919. p. 7. Retrieved 15 August 2019.

[37] "Ponsonby V Newton Undecided". The New Zealand Herald. LVI (17223). 28 July 1919. p. 7. Retrieved 15 August 2019.

[38] "Marist Old Boys 17: North Shore 3/Notes on the Game/Marist Old Boys V North Shore". The New Zealand Herald. LVI (17223). 28 July 1919. p. 7. Retrieved 15 August 2019.

[39] "Eight Thousand People Watch Newton Down Ponsonby/With a Two-Point Margin". Auckland Star. L (183). 4 August 1919. p. 8. Retrieved 20 August 2019.

[40] "Maritime Win Semi-Final/Marist Old Boys Just Beaten". The New Zealand Herald. LVI (17211). 18 August 1919. p. 4. Retrieved 20 August 2019.

[41] "Roope Rooster Competition/Final Won by Newton/Game Played in Downpour". The New Zealand Herald. LVI (17253). 1 September 1919. p. 4. Retrieved 20 August 2019.

[42] ""Star" V. "Herald"". Auckland Star. L (231). 29 September 1919. p. 8. Retrieved 20 August 2019.

[43] ""Star" V. "Herald"". Auckland Star. L (231). 29 September 1919. p. 8. Retrieved 20 August 2019.

[44] "End of Football Season". Auckland Star. L (237). 6 October 1919. p. 9. Retrieved 12 February 2020.

[45] "Maritime Defeats Petane". Auckland Star. L (241). 10 October 1919. p. 7. Retrieved 12 February 2020.

[46] "Maritime Team's Tour". Auckland Star. L (243). 13 October 1919. p. 9. Retrieved 12 February 2020.

[47] "Peace Celebration Sports/Big Day in the Domain/Track Events and Field Games". Auckland Star. L (172). 22 July 1919. p. 9. Retrieved 19 August 2019.

[48] "New Zealand Beats Auckland/Keenly Contested Game". The New Zealand Herald. LVI (17170). 26 May 1919. p. 9. Retrieved 10 August 2019.

[49] "Northern Union Grade". Auckland Star. L (172). 22 July 1919. p. 9. Retrieved 10 August 2019.

[50] "Representative Match/Auckland V Hawke's Bay". The New Zealand Herald. LVI (17235). 11 August 1911. p. 9. Retrieved 18 August 2019.

[51] "Touring Team V Auckland/Trial Game Before Selectors/Win for Traveller Players". The New Zealand Herald. LVI (17247). 25 August 1919. p. 4. Retrieved 20 August 2019.

[52] "Another Aussie Win/Australia 32, Auckland 8/A Game of Incidents". Auckland Star. L (225). 22 September 1919. p. 8. Retrieved 19 August 2019.