| 词条 | 1917 New Zealand rugby league season |
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The 1917 New Zealand rugby league season was the tenth season of rugby league that had been played in New Zealand. International competitions{{see also|List of New Zealand Kiwis matches}}New Zealand played in no international matches in 1917. National competitionsNorthern Union CupAuckland again held the Northern Union Cup at the end of the season. Club competitionsAuckland{{see also|Auckland Rugby League club trophies}}Ponsonby United won the Auckland Rugby League's competition and the Roope Rooster.[1]The Auckland Rugby Union champions, Railway (themselves a War time combination of the Marist and City clubs), split with a breakaway group led by Conrad McDevitt challenging Ponsonby United to a game of rugby league. Railway XIII, who included most of the club's leading players, defeated Ponsonby United 12-3 at the Auckland Domain. They then lost to the City Rovers 6-18. Railway XIII included Ces Dacre, who later represented New Zealand at cricket.[2] In 1918 the club merged with Grafton Athletic. McDevitt was later involved in the formation of the Marist club in 1919.[2] CanterburySydenham won the Canterbury Rugby League's competition, for which they were awarded the Thacker Shield.[1] Federal, Hornby, Linwood and Sydenham were the only senior teams. During the year former Canterbury captain and New Zealand international Bill Bussell was killed in action.[3] Other CompetitionsThe Wellington Rugby League's competition was suspended from 1916 until 1918. References1. ^1 Lion Red Rugby League Annual 1990 New Zealand Rugby League, 1990. p.72 {{Rugby League in New Zealand}}{{DEFAULTSORT:1917 New Zealand Rugby League Season}}2. ^1 Coffey, John and Bernie Wood Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009, 2009. {{ISBN|978-1-86969-366-4}}. 3. ^Coffey, John. Canterbury XIII, Christchurch, 1987 2 : New Zealand rugby league seasons|1917 in New Zealand rugby league |
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