# 1927 Auckland Rugby League season

The 1927 Auckland Rugby League season was its 18th. 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.
| Preceded by1926 | 18th Auckland Rugby League season 1927 | Succeeded by1928 |

## Auckland rugby league news
### Club teams by grade participation

| Team | 1st | B Div. | 2nd | 3rd Open | 3rd Int. | 4th | 5th | 6th A | 6th B | Schools | Total |
| Richmond Rovers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Devonport United | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Ponsonby United | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| City Rovers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Grafton Athletic | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Kingsland Rovers | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Point Chevalier | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Marist Old Boys | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Newton Rangers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Māngere United | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Northcote & Birkenhead Ramblers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Ellerslie United | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Akarana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Parnell | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Otahuhu Rovers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Remuera | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Glen Eden | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| New Lynn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Onehunga Convent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Onehunga Primary School | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Newmarket Primary School | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Papatoetoe Primary School | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 7 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 70 |

### 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. 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.
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.

### 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. The Buller side was coached by Bill Davidson who had spent many years playing for City Rovers, Auckland, and played for New Zealand from 1919 to 1921. He had later moved to the Canterbury region where he was involved in sporting administration. He later returned to Auckland and coached Ponsonby in the 1938 season. Auckland lost the Northern Union Challenge Cup to South Auckland in their final game of the season.

## Monteith Shield (first grade championship)
### Monteith Shield standings

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | Pts |
| Newton Rangers | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 190 | 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 | 305 | 0 |

### Monteith Shield results

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 Jim 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. Well known Auckland sprint champion, Harry Hudson, debuted for Grafton on the wing and scored a try in their 20-8 loss to Marist.Les Bull refereed his 50th match involving senior rugby league teams in Auckland and was the third man to do this after Archie Ferguson (1912–22) and Billy Murray (1913-25). Ernest Ruby, the well known Devonport forward was unable to play in their opening match after suffering an injury at the gas works where he was employed.

#### 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. Future New Zealand coach Bill Telford debuted for Richmond and scored a try in their 15–15 draw with City. In the same match brothers Ken and Ray Hyland clashed heads diving to save a try with the result that Ken had to leave the field and Ray had to bandage his bleeding head to continue. Gordon Campbell also suffered a bad thigh injury and was taken to Auckland Hospital. Jim O'Brien (Devonport) was taken to hospital for treatment after a head injury sustained in their match with Marist.

#### 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. Arthur Rae made his first grade refereeing debut in the match between Devonport and Grafton on the Devonport Domain.

#### Round 4

Leslie Knott debuted for Marist. He was a well known representative tennis player who along with N.G. Sturt was the New Zealand doubles champion. Knott was to play on the wing for Marist during the 1927 season. Ben Davidson scored a try and kicked a conversion for City in their loss but had to leave the field injured with a broken rib in the second half leaving them with 12 players.

#### 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. Leslie Knott scored two tries for Marist. At the end of the season he became the Auckland singles tennis champion and New Zealand doubles champion before moving to Australia to advance his career.

#### Round 6

City were without the services of twin brothers Lou Brown and Ernest Brown, along with Maurice Wetherill, Nelson Bass and Alf Townsend and were soundly beaten by Marist. Frank Delgrosso of Ponsonby was ordered off in their match with Devonport. With the recent lifting of the ban on foreign players being allowed to play in the English league Ben Davidson had been signed by Wigan along with Lou Brown. Lou, twin brother Ernest, and Maurice Wetherill were all absent from the City side. Davidson who had broken a rib two weeks earlier had not intended to play but with the team short took a chance by playing and managed to come through unscathed.

#### 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. With the scores tied 13-13 with two minutes remaining Frank Delgrosso kicked a penalty to hand Ponsonby a two point win.

#### 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, Norman King broke a bone in his hand and had to leave the field.

#### 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. Te Huia Hawira 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 (H. Taylor) was escorted from the field by two police officers as several spectators crowded and heckled him. Opponents Jack Kirwan and his namesake Jim O'Brien (Marist) had tried to plead his case to the referee to allow him to stay on the field and the Devonport later wrote a letter to the Marist club thanking them. Taylor had replaced Wally Ripley as referee after Ripley fell ill before the match. He was suspended for their following match. 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". The former New Zealand hooker Sam Lowrie had his jaw broken playing for Ponsonby and retired from the game having played 144 games for Ponsonby from 1914 to 1927.

#### Round 10

After their game 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. Ponsonby fielded 3 brothers, future New Zealand international Tim Peckham, and his older brother Joseph, and younger brother Kenneth.

#### 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. Grafton was heavily hit by illness and injury and had five regular players absent and needed to send a message to Grey Lynn Park where their 4th grade side had played for emergency players.

#### Round 14

The games at Carlaw Park were played in poor conditions with all teams covered in mud by the end. The City v Grafton game at Victoria Park saw a large number of juniors playing for each side, said to be about ten in total with some coming up from as low as the fifth grade. With the retirement of Bert Avery the captaincy was taken over by Grafton's small halfback, E. Lucas. Lucas, normally a halfback moved out to standoff once more with Martin continuing in the halfback position where he debuted a week earlier. Lindsay Simons debuted at fullback for Devonport. With the score 3-3 at halftime, Craddock Dufty won the game for Newton with a penalty who had to finish the game with 12 players after their forward, Henry, had to leave the field with a head injury. Dufty's goal meant that a playoff was needed to decide the champion. Rhodes played halfback for Devonport as Stan Webb was unavailable due to a broken bone in his hand.

#### Final

In the championship final Ponsonby lost centre Sydney Usher early in the second half when they led 3-0. Bert Payne had to come out of the scrum to take a place on the wing as a result. Then during the half Craddock Dufty kicked two penalties to give Newton the lead. With three minutes to go M Herewini, the Newton fullback fielded the ball and ran into position about forty yards out and drop kicked a long range goal. Newton held on to win and with the full time whistle their supporters rushed the field and carrier several players off on their shoulders. It was their second championship title following one in 1912 and was to be their last.

### Roope Rooster knockout competition
#### Round 1

Craddock Dufty and captain Alan Clarke were both out injured from the Newton side for their match with Marist. The Marist backline was very reshuffled with Charles Gregory moving from fullback to first five eighth where he was said to have been outstanding, Jack Kirwan to the unaccustomed position of fullback, Leslie Knott from wing to outside centre, and Hec Brisbane from outside centre to inside centre. Bill 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 Bill Telford scoring and Edmund (Mick) 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.

#### Semi finals

The Auckland representative team had left for their southern tour and so all teams were fielding greatly weakened sides. P. Holmes, an Auckland rugby representative three-quarter who played 3 games for Auckland in 1926 signed for Devonport just before their game with Ponsonby.

#### Final

Angus Finlayson switched codes to join Richmond signing one minute before kick off so as to keep the switch secret. He was the brother of Innes "Bunny" Finlayson the All Black of 1925-30. Angus represented Northland at rugby and also Auckland from 1924 to 1934. 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.

### 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. George Morman the Newton captain was concussed and had his jaw broken, Dick Stack fractured his leg above the knee and a paling was torn off the fence to act as a splint. His injury was so serious that he would have his leg amputated four weeks later and spend months in Hospital. 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. There were several matches in the following season used to raise funds for Stack and his family due to his inability to be able to work for some time.

### 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.

### Top try scorers and point scorers

Top try and point scorers for A Division, Roope Rooster and Stormont Shield competitions.
| Top try scorers |
| Rk | Player | Team | Gms | Tries |
| 1 | Len Scott | Devonport | 14 | 14 |
| 2 | J Beattie | Devonport | 14 | 12 |
| 3 | George Wade | City | 12 | 11 |
| 4 | Hec Brisbane | Marist | 12 | 10 |
| 5= | Bert Little | Newton | 14 | 9 |
| 5= | Allan Seagar | Devonport | 14 | 9 |
| 7= | Leslie Knott | Marist | 10 | 8 |
| 7= | Sydney Usher | Ponsonby | 15 | 8 |
| 9= | Frank Delgrosso | Ponsonby | 15 | 7 |
| 9= | Roy Hardgrave | Newton | 10 | 7 |
| Top point scorers |
| Rk | Player | Team | G | T | C | P | M | Pts |
| 1 | Craddock Dufty | Newton | 14 | 4 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 64 |
| 2 | L Taylor | Richmond | 13 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 49 |
| 3 | George Gardiner | Ponsonby | 15 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 44 |
| 4 | Frank Delgrosso | Ponsonby | 15 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 43 |
| 5 | Len Scott | Devonport | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 |
| 6 | J Beattie | Devonport | 14 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 |
| 7 | Allan Seagar | Devonport | 14 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| 8 | George Wade | City | 12 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
| 9 | Hec Brisbane | Marist | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| 10 | Leslie Knott | Marist | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 28 |

## B Division (Norton Cup) 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, Kingsland x 2, Parnell x 1, Mangere x 4, Point Chevalier x 1, and Otahuhu x 1). In addition there were two cancelled matches. The round 4 match between Mangere and Kingsland did not have the result reported though it was said several weeks later that Kingsland was undefeated so they must have won the match. The Ellerslie match with Mangere on July 9 is missing the score so Ellerslie and Mangere teams for and against is incomplete.

### B Division standings

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | Pts |
| Ellerslie United | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 151* | 75* | 26 |
| Kingsland Rovers | 13* | 10 | 0 | 2 | 137 | 60 | 20 |
| Northcote & Birkenhead Ramblers | 13 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 74 | 66 | 14 |
| Parnell | 12* | 3 | 1 | 7 | 103 | 131 | 7 |
| Māngere United | 12* | 3 | 0 | 7 | 63* | 79* | 6 |
| Point Chevalier | 13* | 2 | 1 | 9 | 82 | 139 | 5 |
| Otahuhu Rovers | 12* | 2 | 0 | 9 | 63 | 123 | 4 |

### B Division (Norton Cup) fixtures

The Round 8 match between Mangere and Northcote was not played due to the condition of the ground at Mangere. However, after an inquiry it was stated that the Mangere team was willing to play and the referee said the match could go ahead. The Northcote team thought the match shouldn't be played and did not take the field. They also complained that they had to get changed underneath a gorse bush while a local official said there was a dressing room at Northcote's disposal. The league awarded the match to Mangere. The Round 15 match between Otahuhu and Northcote at the Auckland Domain was not played due to the condition of the field.
On May 14 Walker Park in Point Chevalier was used for the first time for a genuine senior grade match when Point Chevalier beat Māngere 9–5. It was approximately the 20th different ground to be used for senior rugby league in Auckland since its origins in 1908.
| | Date | | Score | | Score | Venue |
| Round 1 | 7 May | 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 | Kingsland | 8 | Parnell | 5 | Victoria Park |
| – | 14 May | Otahuhu | 6 | Ellerslie | 8 | Otahuhu Reserve |
| – | 14 May | Point Chevalier | 9 | Māngere | 5 | Walker Park, Point Chevalier |
| Round 3 | 21 May | Ellerslie | 26 | Mangere | 7 | Ellerslie Reserve, 3pm |
| – | 21 May | Otahuhu | 3 | Kingsland | 11 | Otahuhu Trotting Ground, 3pm |
| – | 21 May | Point Chevalier | 5 | Northcote | 6 | Walker Park, Point Chevalier, 3pm |
| Round 4 | 28 May | Ellerslie | 6 | Northcote | 0 | Auckland Domain # 1, 3pm |
| – | 28 May | Otahuhu | 8 | Parnell | 11 | Otahuhu Reserve |
| – | 28 May | Mangere | L | Kingsland | W | Mangere, 3pm |
| Round 5 | 4 June | 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 | 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 | Otahuhu | 5 | Northcote | 8 | Otahuhu Reserve, 3pm |
| – | 18 June | Ellerslie | 9 | Kingsland | 5 | Ellerslie Reserve, 3pm |
| – | 18 June | Point Chevalier | ? | Parnell | ? | Walker Park, Point Chevalier, 3pm |
| Round 8 | 25 June | Point Chevalier | 19 | Otahuhu | 3 | Walker Park, Point Chevalier, 3pm |
| – | 25 June | Mangere | WBD* | Northcote | LBD* | Mangere, 3pm |
| – | 25 June | Ellerslie | 21 | Parnell | 20 | Auckland Domain # 1, 3pm |
| Round 9 | 2 July | Mangere | ? | Point Chevalier | ? | Mangere, 3pm |
| – | 2 July | Ellerslie | 13 | Otahuhu | 0 | Ellerslie Reserve, 3pm |
| – | 2 July | Kingsland | 23 | Parnell | 7 | Victoria Park, 3pm |
| Round 10 | 9 July | Northcote | 13 | Point Chevalier | 0 | Victoria Park, 3pm |
| – | 9 July | Kingsland | 25 | Otahuhu | 0 | Auckland Domain # 2, 3pm |
| – | 9 July | Mangere | L | Ellerslie | W | Otahuhu Trotting Ground, 3pm |
| Round 11 | 23 July | Mangere | 8 | Kingsland | 11 | Otahuhu Reserve, 3pm |
| – | 16 July | Parnell | 11 | Otahuhu | 7 | Victoria Park, 3pm |
| – | 16 July | Ellerslie | 8 | Northcote | 0 | Ellerslie Reserve, 3pm |
| Round 12 | 30 July | 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 | Walker Park, Point Chevalier, 3pm |
| Round 13 | 6 Aug | Mangere | ? | Otahuhu | ? | Mangere Trotting Ground, 3pm |
| – | 6 Aug | Parnell | 11 | Northcote | 8 | Victoria Park, 3pm |
| – | 6 Aug | Point Chevalier | 8 | Kingsland | 20 | Walker Park, Point Chevalier, 3pm |
| Round 14 | 13 Aug | Ellerslie | 9 | Kingsland | 3 | Carlaw Park # 2, 3pm |
| – | 13 Aug | Northcote | 5 | Otahuhu | 2 | Auckland (Outer) Domain # 2, 3pm |
| – | 13 Aug | Point Chevalier | 11 | Parnell | 11 | Walker Park, Point Chevalier, 3pm |
| Round 15 | 20 Aug | 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 | Kingsland | 13 | Parnell | 8 | Auckland Domain # 5, 3pm |
| – | 3 Sep | Ellerslie | W | Otahuhu | L | Ellerslie Reserve, 3pm |
| Final | 10 Sep | Ellerslie | 15 | Kingsland | 10 | Carlaw Park # 1, 1:30pm |

## Other club matches and lower grades
### Lower grade competitions
#### Second grade (Wright Cup)

Devonport won the competition with a season record of played 14, won 13, lost 1, points for 252 and against 62. Devonport also won knock out competition (Foster Shield) when they beat Remuera 15 to 7 on October 8 at Carlaw Park. City withdrew after 3 rounds, Grafton Athletic (Maritime) withdrew after 4 rounds, and Marist withdrew after round 15 near the end of the season. Newton entered a side in the knockout competition but were knocked out by Devonport immediately 32 points to 0. Ponsonby lost their semi final to Devonport, while Mangere were the other losing semi finalists, going down to Remuera 12 to 5.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | F | A | Pts |
| Devonport United | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 252 | 62 | 26 |
| Remuera | 14 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 195 | 57 | 18 |
| Ponsonby United | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 123 | 33 | 14 |
| Kingsland Rovers | 14 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 90 | 78 | 8 |
| Richmond Rovers | 13 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 48 | 121 | 4 |
| Māngere United | 13 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 142 | 4 |
| Marist Old Boys | 12 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 85 | 2 |
| Grafton Athletic | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 0 |
| City Rovers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 |

#### Third grade open (Walker Shield)

New Lynn won the competition by one point after a 3–3 draw with Grafton Athletic on July 30. The majority of match results were not reported so the standings are significantly incomplete. Grafton Athletic (Maritime) won the knockout competition when they defeated Devonport 12–3 on September 24. Grafton had beaten Glen Eden 3–2 in one semi final while Devonport beat Ponsonby 6–3 in the other semi final. Northcote withdrew from the championship after 7 rounds.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | F | A | Pts |
| New Lynn | 12 | 2* | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 5* |
| Grafton Athletic | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 44 | 32 | 9 |
| Ponsonby United | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 51 | 32 | 8 |
| Devonport United | 10 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 43 | 48 | 2 |
| Northcote & Birkenhead Ramblers | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 26 | 2 |
| Glen Eden | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 0 |
| Māngere United | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 0 |

#### Third grade intermediate

There were several results not reported and the winner of the championship was never reported in any of the Auckland newspapers however in the 1949 Rugby League Annual it was stated that Richmond B had won this championship. Interestingly the following season at the Auckland Rugby League annual meeting when trophies were presented to winning teams in all grades there was none presented in this grade, possibly because it was an intermediate grade and only in its second year of competition. Richmond had won it in 1926 and won it again in 1928. The Richmond A team won the knockout competition when they defeated City in the final on October 8 by 20 points to 0. City had beaten Parnell 20–2 in one semi-final, while Richmond A won their semi-final 5–0 against Newton. Devonport withdrew from the championship after 16 rounds near the end of the season.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | F | A | Pts |
| Richmond Rovers A | 17 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 162 | 39 | 22 |
| Richmond Rovers B | 15 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 97 | 31 | 20 |
| City Rovers | 17 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 102 | 65 | 12 |
| Devonport United | 14 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 63 | 56 | 12 |
| Ellerslie United | 16 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 61 | 8 |
| Parnell | 17 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 63 | 7 |
| Kingsland Rovers | 18 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 63 | 98 | 6 |
| Point Chevalier | 14 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 34 | 69 | 5 |
| Newton Rangers | 16 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 25 | 117 | 2 |

#### Fourth grade (Hospital Cup)

Richmond won the championship. Devonport won the knockout competitions when they beat Richmond 12–5 in the final on October 15. Richmond beat Remuera 19–0 in one semi final while Devonport beat Grafton Athletic (Maritime) in the other by 24 points to 2.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | F | A | Pts |
| Richmond Rovers | 17 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 238 | 14 | 18 |
| Devonport United | 13 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 111 | 30 | 16 |
| Grafton Athletic | 14 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 107 | 47 | 8 |
| Ponsonby United A | 13 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 57 | 44 | 7 |
| Remuera | 13 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 143 | 2 |
| Ponsonby United B | 13 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 161 | 2 |
| Ellerslie United | 13 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 110 | 1 |

#### Fifth grade (Endean Shield)

Akarana won the championship. Not all of the results were reported so the standings are incomplete. They also won the knockout competition when they beat City in the final on October 15 by 7 points to 3. Newton withdrew from the competition after 4 rounds.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | F | A | Pts |
| Akarana | 14 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 68 | 10 | 15 |
| Richmond Rovers | 14 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 59 | 29 | 15 |
| City Rovers | 13 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 66 | 24 | 10 |
| Northcote & Birkenhead Ramblers | 14 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 19 | 40 | 5 |
| Ponsonby United | 13 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 60 | 1 |
| Newton Rangers | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 0 |

#### Sixth grade A

Akarana won the championship after beating Grafton Athletic (Maritime) 11 to 5 in the final on August 27. Devonport United won the Hammill Cup for winning the knockout competition when they beat Grafton Athletic in the final on October 22.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | Pts |
| Akarana | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 77 | 38 | 17 |
| Grafton Athletic | 16 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 78 | 59 | 15 |
| Richmond Rovers | 14 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 89 | 66 | 8 |
| Point Chevalier | 15 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 35 | 88 | 8 |
| City Rovers | 13 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 36 | 51 | 7 |
| Devonport United | 15 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 44 | 57 | 5 |

#### Sixth grade B (Myers Cup)

Richmond win the championship after beating Marist 6–0 on September 3. Marist won the knockout competition when they defeated Akarana 5–0 on October 8. Marist beat Richmond 7–6 in the semi-final. It was the Marist clubs first ever junior grade trophy.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | F | A | Pts |
| Richmond Rovers | 16 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 130 | 19 | 24 |
| Marist Old Boys | 16 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 161 | 25 | 20 |
| Point Chevalier | 14 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 60 | 83 | 10 |
| Akarana | 15 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 35 | 92 | 9 |
| City Rovers | 14 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 24 | 75 | 2 |
| Kingsland Rovers | 13 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 43 | 2 |
| Devonport United | 14 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 88 | 1 |

#### Schoolboys competition

Otahuhu was a combination of students from several schools in the area and as such did not represent Otahuhu Primary School. The other schools were from the individual schools though the Papatoetoe school side had some players from the local Orphanage too. Newton Central Primary School entered a team in some matches late in the season and Newmarket Primary school entered a second side around the same time.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | Pts |
| Otahuhu Schools | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 207 | 9 | 18 |
| Richmond Primary School | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 145 | 28 | 16 |
| Newmarket Primary School | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 131 | 38 | 14 |
| Papatoetoe Primary School | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 40 | 138 | 8 |
| Onehunga Convent | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 94 | 2 |
| Onehunga Primary School | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 180 | 2 |

### Other matches
#### Huntly v Newton

For Huntly, winger Stan Raynor scored a try on fulltime with his brother George converting it to give a strong Huntly side the win. Huntly had a strong forward pack with future New Zealand representatives Tom Timms, James Jones, and Bob Stephenson in it.

#### Devonport v Ponsonby (Mayors Unemployment Relief Fund)

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 relief fund. Due to other events on during the day there was only time to play two 30 minute spells. The day raised around 250 pounds for the fund.

#### Additional Matches

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

## Representative season

The Auckland teams for the season were to be selected by Ernie Asher, Edward Vincent Fox, and Alan 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. Buller was coached by former New Zealand and Auckland player Bill Davidson. 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.

#### Southern Tour

In September Auckland toured the south, playing 4 matches. The 18 man touring side was Charles Gregory, Craddock Dufty, M Little, George Wade, Claude List, Joe Wilson jun., Maurice Wetherill, Stan Prentice, Stan Webb, A McIntyre, Wally Somers, Jim O'Brien (Devonport), Lou Hutt, Alan Clarke, Trevor Hall, Horace Dixon, A Payne, and F Bass. Several players originally named were unable to make the trip including Hec Brisbane, Riley, Usher, Frank Delgrosso, and J Beattie.

##### Wellington v Auckland
#### Interisland fixture
#### Auckland v Buller

The Buller side was coached by former City Rovers, Auckland, and New Zealand player, Bill Davidson.

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

In the first half Albert Payne was injured and as there was no forward reserve for Auckland Allan Seagar had to replace him with Lou Hutt moving in to the hooking position. He was outplayed there by future New Zealand representative Bob Stephenson.

### Auckland representative matches played and scorers

| No | Name | Club Team | Play | Tries | Con | Pen | Drop Goal | Points |
| 1 | Craddock Dufty | Newton | 6 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 38 |
| 2 | Claude List | Kingsland | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| 3 | Albert (Bert) Payne | Ponsonby | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| 3 | Horace Dixon | Devonport | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| 5 | Joe Wilson jun. | Mangere | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| 6 | Maurice Wetherill | City | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 6 | M Little | Newton | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 6 | Stan Webb | Devonport | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 9 | Charles Gregory | Marist | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 10 | J Beattie | Devonport | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 11 | Frederick Bass | Richmond | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 12 | Alan Clarke | Newton | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 13 | George Wade | City | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 13 | Lou Hutt | Ponsonby | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 15 | Tim Peckham | Richmond | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 16 | E Spencer | City | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 17 | Ivan Littlewood | Ellerslie | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 17 | Jim O'Brien | Devonport | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 17 | Trevor Hall | Newton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 17 | Roy Hardgrave | Newton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 17 | Allan Seagar | Devonport | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 22 | Trevor Hanlon | Richmond | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Stan Prentice | Richmond | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Neville St George | Devonport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Wally Somers | Newton | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | A McIntyre | Newton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Stanley Rule | Devonport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Selby Crewther | Ellerslie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Ernest Ruby | Devonport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |