Career
Representative career
Mason was part of the 1926-1927 tour of Great Britain that was marred by player discontent. Championship final appearances
Mason played centre, id est (that is) number 3, in Wigan"s 15-3 victory over Salford in the Championship final during the 1933-1934 season at Wilderspool Stadium, Warrington on Saturday 28 April 1934. Challenge Cup final appearances
Mason played Right-second-row, id est (that is) number 12, in Wigan"s 13-2 victory over Dewsbury in the Challenge Cup final during the 1928-1929 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 4 May 1929.
County Cup final appearances
Mason played Left-second-row, id est (that is) number 11 in Wigan"s 5-4 victory over Widnes in the 1928 Lancashire Cup final during the 1928-1929 season at Wilderspool Stadium, Warrington on Saturday 24 November 1928.
Notable tour matches
Mason played Left-second-row, id est (that is) number 11 in Wigan"s 30-27 victory over France at Central Park, Wigan, on Saturday 10 March 1934. Club career
Mason represented South Auckland as a teenager before briefly playing for Grafton Athletic.
Work then took him to Christchurch where he joined the Hornby club in the Canterbury Rugby League competition before moving to England in 1927 to join Wigan. He scored for South Island in the 1926 inter-island match.
Mason later joined Keighley and was still a first grade football player at 39 years of age.
Mason returned to the Waikato and was a Waikato selector in the later 1940s. He died in Hamilton, New Zealand in 1953.