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lower grades ranging from schoolboys through to the 3rd to 6th grades. Delgrosso was also appointed as a linesman for the senior matches at Carlaw Park in June and also refereed senior B fixtures. Beyond this season there is no record of him continuing any official involvement in
Auckland rugby league match officiating.
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Frank
Delgrosso was born 3 November 1899, and was the son of Maud Alice and Dominic Delgrosso. He had a brother named Victor who was 4 years younger. Frank married Ivy Beatrice King on 16 February 1921, in Ponsonby, Auckland, and they had a daughter, Ivis Maud (1921-1945) in the same year. They had a
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was to be his last. He played the first 3 matches of the season before being injured in a Round 3 match with Marist and leaving the field. He decided to retire at this point finishing his club career with a remarkable 181 appearances in a
Ponsonby jersey, scoring 761 points, comfortably the most of
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Auckland's match against South Auckland (Waikato) towards the end of the season. In 1935 he was elected Ponsonby club captain and on the executive committee in 1937. In 1939 he stood for a position on the refereeing board and was elected. He began by refereeing
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in 1919 as well as playing for both
Auckland City and Auckland Province against touring sides. In 1925 Delgrosso was selected for the North Island team in an inter-island match as part of the lead up to selecting the New Zealand side. He scored a try in a 27–9 win. In October of that year he also
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Zealand in the second and third Test matches in 1924. He also played for the Auckland Provincial team in 1924 and scored a try in a 13–28 loss. He was part of the
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Dominic died in 1948. Frank's wife Ivy died in 1960, while his brother Victor died in 1961. Frank died in 1981 aged 81. His son Francis died on 24 September 2005.
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