G. Fisher, Sydney Wynyard, H. Murphy, J.E. Cooke, J. Gibbons, J. Chaplin, G. Wheeler (captain), A.G. Martin, Frank Colebourne, W. Chaplin, J. Wheeler, R. Fuller, V. White, C. Stone, and G. Cobb. On August 28 both teams wore black arm bands after learning of the death of player Sergeant Major Charles Sinton who had been killed at the Dardanelles. On September 11 the 4th grade side played against a N.Z. Jockeys team at Victoria Park as a curtain-raiser to the Roope Rooster final between North Shore Albions and Newton Rangers. The Sunnyside team won 9-3 with “the most prominent players” for them being Sydney Wynyard (younger brother of former New Zealand internationals Richard Wynyard, and William Wynyard), N.M. Robertson, A.G. Martin, and V. White. At the conclusion of the season on the evening of October 2 the club held their annual concert. They farewelled several members who were “leaving with the next reinforcement draft for Trentham”. There were 120 members in attendance and it was hosted by Mr. Crandall with Mr. Wilfred Hayward, the president of the club as chairman. There were several toasts made to various parts of the rugby league community such as the Junior Advisory Board, the Referees Association, and other clubs, along with “King”, and “our absent members at the Front”. The champion third and fourth grade teams were presented with their caps by the Auckland Rugby League chairman, Mr. Richard (Dick) Benson. Several entertainment items were performed while secretary Mr. William O'Shaughnessy, was presented with “a handsome traveling bag and a set of military brushes”. 1916-17-18 seasons, losses to war In 1916 Sunnyside entered a team in the 3rd grade and came mid table out of 8 sides, and a team in the 4th grade which came around 2nd out of 8. They reported at their annual meeting that 32 out of 45 members from their 1915 membership had enlisted in World War 1. Regimental Sergeant Major Charles Bramwell Sinton had been killed at Gallipoli in 1915 on August 8, aged 23, as had Alan Miller who was killed on August 10, aged 21. Cecil Harold Marks, and E. Johnson had both been wounded. Other men who were at the front or enlisted included Arthur Lloyd, Eric Joseph Spraggon, Leslie Arthur O’Leary, Edward John Parker, William Roy Jaggs, Sydney Montague Wynyard, Gordon William Lepine, Gordon William Spraggon, Thomas Chaplin, William Charles Dalton, Thomas James Edkin,