1910 Auckland Rugby League season

ARL annual meeting At the Auckland Rugby League annual meeting the following committee was elected:Chairman, Mr Barry Brigham; Hon Secretary, Mr A.J. Powley; hon treasurer, Mr Percy Usher; hon auditors, Mr D.W. MacLean and E.W. Watts; president, Mr C.D. Grey; vice-presidents, Mr F.E.N. Gaudin, M. Molloy, W.T. Thompson, J. Patterson, W.M. Evans, T. Craig, A.E. Glover MP, T. Buxton. At the meeting information was received that two new clubs were forming, one in the city and the other at a marine suburb. The Round 4 match between North Shore and City won by City 12–6 did not have the point scorers reported. In the Round 6 match between Ponsonby and City the match was abandoned after Albert Opai Asher led the City team off the field after protesting the non awarding of a 'try' to the City team. After an inquiry by the league during the week Asher apologised. ==Senior competition==

Statistics There were 16 first grade games played with 69 tries, 24 conversions, and 10 penalties. The average number of points per game was 18.3, with 4.3 tries per game. With 24 conversions from 69 attempts the successful percentage was 35. Final standings Results Round 1 The North Shore v City match was played on the Takapuna Racecourse. Bob Mitchell likely made his debut for City in the 0-0 draw at the ground. He went on to play 29 games for Auckland over 5 years and also 8 games for New Zealand from 1912 to 1914. Round 2 Harold (Ray) Denize scored the first ever points for City in their 8-8 draw with Newton. He would go on to play for them for several seasons being one of the mainstays in their forward pack. Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Future Kiwi, Joe Bennett was on debut for Newton Rangers. He had played a few seasons of rugby for Waiuku and club teams in that area before moving to Auckland. After one match for the City Rugby Club weeks earlier he switched codes. Round 6 Arthur Thompson Haddon had recently joined the North Shore Albions team. It was said that he had recently played the game in the "Old Country". On 6 June Northcote beat Ponsonby by default and North Shore beat City 12–6. On 25 June Northcote beat City 5–3. City beat Ponsonby 15-0 on July 2. The points table was published in The New Zealand Herald on 3 August. There had been two rounds of play scheduled for 13 and 20 August however it appears they were not played and the final table remained as follows. On 27 August the Northcote side played a combined team from the other 3 sides at Victoria Park and was defeated 14 to 5. ==Representative season==

Auckland v Rotorua Auckland trial match On 9 July a trial match was played between an A and B team selected in preparation for the visit of the British team and refereed by R.J. Sharrock but no result was given. A further trial match was played on 16 July which the A team won by 20 points to 18. Auckland v Great Britain The team for the match was: (fullback) Alf Chorley; (three-quarters) L Nolan, George Smith, Albert Asher; (five-eights) Alfred Jackson, Ronald MacDonald; (halfback) Len Farrant; (forwards) Fred Jackson (captain), Charles Dunning, Jim Griffin, Alex Stanaway, Harry Fricker, and George Seagar. The emergency players named were (backs) Sid Riley, Arthur Carlaw; (forwards) Joe Bennett, Jim Rukutai, and Bob Mitchell. Auckland trial match On September 3 an Auckland trail was played at Devonport Domain to help the selectors choose the team for the Southern Tour. The match was one-sided and the Auckland Star said that the A Team scored nearly 50 points while the B Team only scored 15. There were no scorers mentioned. Auckland tour practice match For the Auckland B side Tom Avery and Charles Brockliss scored tries. Both players were included in the touring side. It is unknown if other members of the touring side played for the B team as there was no team list published. This was the first time rugby league had been played on the Auckland Domain. Auckland then went on a seven match tour of New Zealand. The following squad was selected to make the tour: Harry Childs, George Harrison, Ernie Asher, William Bonner, Sid Riley, Lional Nolan, Arthur Carlaw, Alfred Jackson, W J Walker (Rotorua), Ronald MacDonald, Sid Kean, Joe Bennett, Sydney Cole, Tom Avery, Harold Denize, Charles Dunning (captain), Harry Fricker, George Seagar, Bob Mitchell, Harry Oakley, and Charles Brockliss. The manager for the tour was Teddy Watts with Oakley assisting him. Tour Match v Wanganui Tour Match v Bluff Remarkably George Seagar after scoring 4 tries then went on to compete in the annual September boxing tournament at the Municipal Theatre later that evening where he beat J O'Shea of Invercargill with loud applause from many of his teammates who were in attendance. He then beat F. Moir of Winton in three rounds.{{cite news Tour Match v Southland Tour Match v Otago/Southland Tour Match v Nelson For Nelson, W Doyle scored a try while Charles James scored 2 tries and kicked 2 conversions. James was later killed in action in France during World War I in 1917. Tour Match v Hawke's Bay Towards the end of the match Lionel Nolan and J Johnstone had to leave the field due to minor injuries. Tour Match v Dannevirke Auckland representative matches played and scorers Matches include the match versus the touring Great Britain side and the seven tour matches made by the Auckland team. The Dannevirke match did not have a team list reported and therefore only the point scorers are included in the 'played' statistics (Mitchell, Carlaw, Dunning, Nolan, Riley, Cole, and Dunning) meaning there are 6 players with unattributed games played. ==Auckland representative matches played and scorers==