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Ellerslie Eagles
NZ rugby league club, based in Ellerslie
NZ rugby league club, based in Ellerslie
The Ellerslie Eagles are a rugby league club based in Ellerslie, New Zealand. The club was founded in 1912 and competes in Auckland Rugby League competitions. Its premier team competes in the Sharman cup. The club celebrated its centenary Queen's Birthday weekend, 2012.
History
1910s - 30s
The club was formed as the Ellerslie Wanderers at a meeting in April 1912 at the Ellerslie Hotel. However, with the outbreak of World War I in 1914 the club went into temporary recess for four years.
The club was reestablished on 26 July 1919 as the Ellerslie United Rugby League Club. With its reestablishment, the club adopted the Red, Blue and White colours that it still currently uses. They didn't however field a team until August 28, 1920 in the fourth grade competition, which was nearing the end of the season at the time. They also fielded a third grade side in a friendly match with Kingsland Athletic on September 25.
In 1925 they won their first ever grade trophy by taking out the B Division. [[File:Ellerslie United rugby league 1927 champions of the Auckland rugby league B Grade.png|thumb|The 1927 B Grade champion side.]]They won it again in 1927 and earned the right to play in the promotion relegation match with Grafton. They defeated them 11-3 and qualified to play in the A Grade (Monteith Shield - the forerunner to the Fox Memorial) for 1928.{{cite news
1940s
In May, 1942 Mr. G. Chapman of the Ellerslie club was made a life member of the Auckland Rugby League due to his 30 years of service to the game in Auckland.{{cite news
1950s - 60s
The club had a golden period in the 1950s, claiming the 1955 Roope Rooster and Stormont Shield, the 1956 Roope Rooster, the 1957 Fox Memorial and Rukutai Shield and the 1959 Roope Rooster and Stormont Shield. The club also played against three clubs from the New South Wales Rugby League premiership, losing to the Balmain Tigers 35–7 in 1956, defeating the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 16–15 in 1958 and losing to the St. George Dragons 10–11 in 1959.
During the 1960s the Auckland Rugby League instituted a districts programme and Ellerslie, City Newton and Eastern Suburbs combined to form Eastern Districts. The combination won almost every trophy between 1960 and 1963 before the clubs regained their separate identities. In 1968 the Pakuranga club was formed as a feeder club to Ellerslie. Former New Zealand national rugby league team representative Maurie Robertson was appointed as coach in 1970.
1970s - present
The club officially adopted the Eagles name in 1971. During the 1980s the club bounced between the first and second divisions, with Sharman Cup (second division) wins in 1981 and 1986. They again lifted the Sharman Cup in 1991 and 1992. The club was affiliated to the Auckland City Vulcans during the 1994 Lion Red Cup and joined the Eastern Tornadoes side with the advent of the Bartercard Cup in 2000. In 2004 the club left the Tornadoes to become part of the Otahuhu-Ellerslie Leopards side in the Bartercard Cup.
The club celebrated its centenary on Queen's Birthday weekend 2012.
Notable players
Main article: :Category:Ellerslie Eagles players
Ellerslie's best player ever is arguably Cyril Eastlake.
Both Sean Hoppe and Kevin Iro played for the Glen Innes Falcons, a feeder club to Ellerslie during the 1980s.
Other notable players include Aaron and Stuart Lester, Doc Murray, Tongan internationals David Fisiiahi and Filimone Lolohea, Glen Fisiiahi and Liam Foran.
Ellerslie Senior Team Records (1912-1943)
The season record for the most senior men’s team in the club.
| Season | Grade | Name | Played | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Position (Teams) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1912 | 2nd Grade | Ellerslie United | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 69 | -60 | 4 | Approximately 6th of 8, full results unknown |
| 1913 | 2nd Grade | Ellerslie United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 | 7 Teams, results unknown |
| 1914-20 | Did not field any teams in regular season | Ellerslie United | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1921 | 2nd Grade | Ellerslie United | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 13 | 22 | 2 | Approximately 4th of 10, full results unknown |
| 1922 | 2nd Grade | Ellerslie United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Last of 13 teams. Withdrew after 2 rounds with no results reported |
| 1923 | 2nd Grade | Ellerslie United | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 27 | -22 | 2 | Approximately 9th of 12, full results unknown |
| 1924 | 1st Grade (Monteith Shield) | Ellerslie United | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 87 | 191 | -104 | 7 | 9th of 9 |
| 1925 | B Division (Norton Cup) | Ellerslie United | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 89 | 62 | 27 | 18 | 1st of 5 |
| 1926 | B Division (Norton Cup) | Ellerslie United | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 103 | 98 | 5 | 16 | 3rd of 6 |
| 1927 | B Division (Norton Cup) | Ellerslie United | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 151 | 75 | 76 | 26 | 1st of 7 (winning score v Mangere is missing) Beat Grafton 11-3 in pro-rel game for promotion to 1st Grade. |
| 1928 | 1st Grade (Monteith Shield) | Ellerslie United | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 102 | 162 | -60 | 6 | 7th of 7, Beat Grafton in pro-rel 15-13 to stay in 1st Grade.{{cite news |
| 1929 | 1st Grade (Monteith Shield) | Ellerslie United | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 86 | 235 | -149 | 0 | 8th of 8, Beat Point Chevalier in pro-rel game 5-0 to stay in 1st Grade. |
| 1930 | 1st Grade (Monteith Shield) | Ellerslie United | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 141 | 171 | -30 | 9 | 7th of 8 |
| 1931 | 1st Grade (Fox Memorial) | Ellerslie-Otahuhu | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 85 | 237 | -152 | 3 | 7th of 7 (combined team) |
| 1932 | 2nd Grade | Ellerslie United | 16 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 62 | 77 | -15 | 12 | Approximately 6th of 9 |
| 1933 | 2nd Grade | Ellerslie United | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 47 | 125 | -78 | 9 | 6th of 7 |
| 1934 | 2nd Grade | Ellerslie United | 14 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 31 | 141 | -110 | 1 | 6th of 6 |
| 1935 | 3rd Grade | Ellerslie United | 15 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 66 | 43 | 23 | 9 | Approximately 6th of 14 |
| 1936 | 3rd Grade | Ellerslie United | 18 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 222 | 59 | 163 | 23 | 1st of 17, W v Ponsonby 11-10 in final |
| 1937 | 3rd Grade | Ellerslie United | 11 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 93 | 24 | 69 | 16 | 2nd of 7 in section 1 |
| 1938 | Senior B (Sharman Cup) | Ellerslie United | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 114 | 59 | 55 | 12 | 3rd of 6 |
| 1939 | Senior B (Sharman Cup) | Ellerslie United | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 123 | 36 | 87 | 12 | 2nd of 6 |
| 1940 | Senior B (Sharman Cup) | Ellerslie United | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 40 | 1 | 8 | 3rd of 5 (incomplete record) |
| 1941 | Senior B (Sharman Cup) | Ellerslie United | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 88 | 46 | 42 | 14 | 2nd of 8 (incomplete record) |
| 1912-43 | TOTAL | 243 | 98 | 13 | 116 | 1788 | 2012 | -224 | 209 |
All time top point scorers (1924, 1928-1931)
The point scoring lists are compiled from matches played in matches from the first grade championship, the Roope Rooster, Phelan Shield, and Sharman Cup only. One off matches and exhibition matches are not included. The statistics for the combined Ellerslie-Otahuhu team of 1931 are included. Matches in the B Division are not included due to a lack of records available at this stage.
| Top point scorers | No | Player | Start | End | Games | Tries | Con | Pen | DG | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | J Hemingway | 1928 | 1931 | 39 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 77 | |
| 2 | Craddock Dufty | 1929 | 1931 | 18 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 43 | |
| 3 | Ivan Littlewood | 1928 | 1929 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 37 | |
| 4 | Leslie Olliff | 1929 | 1931 | 39 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 33 | |
| 5 | John Shand | 1924 | 1928 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 27 | |
| 6 | A Hickey | 1930 | 1931 | 25 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | |
| 7 | Stan Webb | 1930 | 1931 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 25 | |
| 8 | Robert (Bob) Crewther | 1928 | 1929 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 21 | |
| 9 | Horatio Drew | 1930 | 1931 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |
| 10 | Quirke | 1929 | 1931 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |
| 11 | Bryan | 1924 | - | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | |
| 12 | Selby Crewther | 1928 | 1929 | 22 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | |
| 13= | A Hobbs | 1929 | 1931 | 38 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |
| 13= | Peebles | 1924 | - | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 | |
| 15= | Coster | 1930 | - | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
| 15= | S Davis | 1928 | - | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
| 15= | Victor Speight | 1928 | - | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
Ellerslie grade championships (1912-41)
- 1924 6th Grade B (Ellerslie B)
- 1925 B Grade (2nd division) - Norton Cup
- 1927 B Grade (2nd division) - Norton Cup
- 1932 Senior Schoolboys
- 1934 6th Grade
- 1936 3rd Grade
- 1939 Intermediate Schoolboys
- 1941 7th Grade
References
References
- [http://www.aucklandleague.co.nz/sports_clubdetail.asp?club=3 Ellerslie Eagles] ''aucklandleague.co.nz''
- link. (8 February 2013 ''ellerslieleague.co.nz'')
- [http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/east-bays-courier/5473943/Eagles-aim-to-soar-in-centenary-year Eagles aim to soar in centenary year] ''East & Bays Courier'', 19 August 2011
- Other [[New Zealand national rugby league team. Kiwi]] representatives include [[Ivan Littlewood]], [[Craddock Dufty]] (1930), [[Wally Somers]], [[Brian Campbell (rugby league). Brian Campbell]], [[Bruce Castle (rugby league). Bruce Castle]], [[Gary Phillips (rugby league). Gary Phillips]], [[Graham Brown (rugby league). Graham Brown]], [[Bruce Castle (rugby league). Bruce Castle]], [[Ken McCracken (rugby league). Ken McCracken]], [[Jim Patterson (rugby league). Jim Patterson]], [[Ray Sinel]], [[Brian Clark (rugby league). Brian Clark]], [[Robert Orchard (rugby league). Rob Orchard]], [[Ken Stirling]], [[Chris Jordan (rugby league). link. (2013-02-08 ''elleslieleague.co.nz'')
- Ellerslie Eagles Centenary Celebrations Soar ''NZ League'', Issue 3 July/August 2012, p.p. 44-45
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