Huntly Press Reports from 1973 here
Club members outside the clubrooms photo
1973 Ngaruawahia United, Waikato Div. 2 (Matches Played)
Date Venue Opponent Result F A
14-Apr-73 H Te Kuiti Albion Lost 1 2
21-Apr-73 A Waikeria Lost
28-Apr-73 H Cambridge 2nd X1 Lost 2 4
5-May-73 A Hamilton 3rd X1 Lost 1 6
12-May-73 H Matamata Drew 2 2
26-May-73 A Otorohanga College 2nd X1 Lost
2-Jun-73 H Putaruru Rangers Won 2 0
9-Jun-73 A Te Awamutu Lost 1 6
16-Jun-73 A Te Kuiti Albion Lost
23-Jun-73 H Waikeria Lost 1 2
30-Jun-73 A Cambridge 2nd X1 Lost 1 3
7-Jul-73 H Hamilton 3rd X1 Lost 3 6
14-Jul-73 A Matamata Lost 2 5
28-Jul-73 H Otorohanga College 2nd X1 Won 9 1
4-Aug-73 A Putaruru Rangers Lost 3 7
11-Aug-73 H Te Awamutu Lost 0 2
Waikato Breweries Cup
18-Aug-73 H Te Awamutu Lost 1 4
25-Aug-73 H Waikeria Won 2 1
1-Sep-73 A Otorohanga Lost 2 5
Northern League 4th Division
From the opening five games of the season, under the eye of Keith Holmes, AFFCo Rangers had taken maximum points and scored 29 goals. Then Keith Holmes was sidelined with injury and the team began to slip back. The only two losses (to Hamilton Wanderers) nearly cost the championship but some stirling work in the latter half of the season was put in by Bill Trembath, Pradyat Mandal and Russell Holmes, along with midfielder Reg King and goalkeeper Alex McFadyen.
1973 Northern League Div.4 Table
NL Div Four P W D L F A GD Pts
Affco Rangers 14 10 2 2 51 17 34 22
Hamilton Wanderers 14 10 1 3 39 25 14 21
Pukekohe Ramblers 14 7 3 4 32 21 11 15
University 14 6 2 6 32 23 9 15
Pt. Chevalier 14 7 0 7 27 29 -2 14
Pakuranga Town 14 6 3 5 28 32 -4 14
Kelston West 14 3 0 11 23 44 -21 6
Cornwall 14 1 1 12 10 51 -41 5
Auckland University and Cornwall
picked up infringement points from
Pukekohe Ramblers and Pakuranga Town.
1973 AFFCo Rangers, Northern League Div. 4 (Matches Played)
Date Venue Opponent Goalscorers
7-Apr-73 A Kelston West Won 6 0 Trembath 2, Mandal 2, K Holmes, B Heappey
21-Apr-73 A Cornwall Won 8 1 Trembath 3, R Holmes 3, K Holmes 2
28-Apr-73 H Pakuranga Town Won 9 0 R Holmes 4, Trembath 2, Mandal 2, Smith
5-May-73 A University Won 3 1 Trembath 2, K Holmes
19-May-73 H Pukekohe Ramblers Won 3 1 Trembath, Smith, Baker
23-Jun-73 H Point Chevalier Won 2 0 Trembath, B Heappey
30-Jun-73 H Kelston West Won 5 0 Trembath 3, Mandal 2
14-Jul-73 A Pakuranga Town Drew 1 1 Trembath
21-Jul-73 H Cornwall Won 2 1 Noorland, Prasad
28-Jul-73 A Hamilton Wanderers Lost 2 4 R Holmes, Tozer
4-Aug-73 H University Won 2 0 Smith, Tozer
11-Aug-73 H Hamilton Wanderers Lost 1 4 R Holmes
25-Aug-73 A Point Chevalier Won 4 1 Baker, Mandal, K Holmes, Noorland
8-Sep-73 A Pukekohe Ramblers Drew 3 3 Mandal, Baker, B Heappey
SUBSIDIARY
16-Jun-73 Kelston West Won 3 2 Sowerby, Trembath, Mandal
7-Jul-73 Pakuranga Town Drew 2 2 Maharaj, Noorland
18-Aug-73 Kelston West Drew 2 2 Smith, K Holmes
15-Sep-73 Pakuranga Town Won 4 2 Mandal 2, Trembath 2
22-Sep-73 Hamilton Wanderers Lost 0 2
CHATHAM CUP
14-Apr-73 Tokoroa Won 3 1 R Holmes, K Holmes, Baker
26-May-73 Hamilton Lost 0 6
1973 AFFCo Rangers, Northern League Div. 4 (Appearances)
Lastname Firstname Starts Sub Goals
Baker Allen 12 0 3
Bettis Steven 1 1 0
Clarkson Steven 0 1 0
Finn Shaun 2 0 0
Gwilliam Keith 7 1 0
Hales Roger 13 0 0
Heappey Bruce 9 4 3
Holmes Russell 5 0 9
Holmes Keith 8 2 5
King Reg 9 0 0
Lloyd Brian 1 0 0
Lloyd Kevin 0 1 0
MacFadyen Alex 12 0 0
Maharaj Arjun 3 0 0
Mandal Pradyat 12 0 8
Manifold Grant 1 0 0
McIlwaine Peter 0 3 0
McLennan Paul 5 1 0
McLuskie Brian 1 0 0
Noorland Rene 14 0 2
Prasad Mahesh 1 0 1
Read Jeff 2 1 0
Smith Cliff 11 1 3
Sowerby Mel 2 1 0
Tozer Jeff 14 0 2
Trembath Bill 9 1 15
Tucker George 0 1 0
Vuletich Les 0 3 0
154 22 51
1973 AFFCo Rangers, Northern League Div. 4 (Subsidiary Appearances)
Firstname Lastname Starts Sub Goals
Rene Noorland 5 0 1
Jeff Tozer 5 0 0
Pradyat Mandal 5 0 3
Reg King 5 0 0
Bruce Heappey 4 1 0
Bill Trembath 4 1 3
Keith Gwilliam 4 0 0
Roger Hales 3 0 0
Allen Baker 3 0 0
Shaun Finn 3 0 0
Alex MacFadyen 2 0 0
Cliff Smith 2 1 1
Keith Holmes 2 0 1
Jeff Read 2 0 0
Mel Sowerby 2 0 1
Paul McLennan 1 0 0
Russell Holmes 1 0 0
Arjun Maharaj 1 0 1
Grant Manifold 1 0 0
Steven Bettis 0 1 0
Brian Lloyd 0 0 0
Brian McLuskie 0 1 0
Mahesh Prasad 0 0 0
Peter McIlwaine 0 0 0
Les Vuletich 0 0 0
Steven Clarkson 0 1 0
Kevin Lloyd 0 0 0
George Tucker 0 0 0
55 6 11
1973 AFFCo Rangers, Chatham Cup (No Record of Appearances)
CHATHAM CUP Starts Sub Goals
Rene Noorland 0 0 0
Jeff Tozer 0 0 0
Roger Hales 0 0 0
Allen Baker 0 0 1
Alex MacFadyen 0 0 0
Pradyat Mandal 0 0 0
Cliff Smith 0 0 0
Bruce Heappey 0 0 0
Bill Trembath 0 0 0
Reg King 0 0 0
Keith Holmes 0 0 1
Keith Gwilliam 0 0 0
Paul McLennan 0 0 0
Russell Holmes 0 0 1
Arjun Maharaj 0 0 0
Jeff Read 0 0 0
Mel Sowerby 0 0 0
Shaun Finn 0 0 0
Steven Bettis 0 0 0
Brian Lloyd 0 0 0
Grant Manifold 0 0 0
Brian McLuskie 0 0 0
Mahesh Prasad 0 0 0
Peter McIlwaine 0 0 0
Les Vuletich 0 0 0
Steven Clarkson 0 0 0
Kevin Lloyd 0 0 0
George Tucker 0 0 0
An Other 22 0 0
22 0 3
Waikato Representative
Jeff Tozer represented Waikato in one appearance against Franklyn, in which Franklyn won 4-2.
Waikato 1st Division – Howden Shield Table
| WAIKATO 1st Div. | P | W | D | L | F | A | PTS |
| Hamilton 2nds | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 9 | 24 |
| Wanderers 2nds | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 39 | 27 | 15 |
| Claudelands Rovers 2nds | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 13 |
| Teachers / University | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 34 | 32 | 11 |
| Tokoroa 2nds | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 50 | 8 |
| Otorohanga College | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 22 | 37 | 8 |
| AFFCo Rangers 2nds | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 47 | 3 |