Gault's good work led to a try to Koroheke early in the match, with his own try coming soon after half time when he “battled a way through a melee and claimed a score”.

The match was played in a cold wind with heavy rain and occasional hail showers with the New Zealand Herald saying that Gault, along with Jack Whye and Len Kawe “were the best of the forwards” for Manukau.

Prior to leaving the field Gault was playing well and he, Pickrang, Whye, Kawe, and Watene “consistently caught the eye”.

The Auckland Star wrote that “the outstanding forward on the field was Gault, who was always following up and lending his weight in the tight stuff”.

[68] In a different article the Star wrote that “Gault… has been playing wonderfully in club games, … [and] will be making his first appearance in really big football and his form will be watched with interest” along with Bill Breed and Frank Pickrang’s.

England won the match 22–16 in fairly heavy conditions after rain in front of a 14,000 strong crowd at Carlaw Park.

[72] The following week after Manukau beat Mount Albert 11-9 Gault was selected as a forward reserve along with Harold Tetley for the New Zealand team to play England.

[77] During the week the Herald said that “in Pickrang and Gault, Manukau has two of the best forwards seen in Auckland for some years, and players likely to gain high honours next season”.

They beat Ponsonby 10–8 with Jack Hemi at five eighth playing “a rattling good game…and once he made a gem of an opening to send Gault over at the corner”.

The Herald went on to say “Gault, the big forward, was again called in for service on the wing, and had more that his share of defensive work to do as Ponsonby sensing him as a weakness, swung the play in his direction whenever possible.

At Manukau's annual meeting in late March before 250 members and supporters the success of the club was celebrated along with the individual achievements of several players including Gault's selection as a reserve for the New Zealand side.

[89][90] The Herald wrote during the week that “the Manukau vanguard this season looks a formidable set, and with the experience gained last year Brodrick, Kawe and Gault should develop into outstanding league forwards”.

[103] Gault's continued good form saw him selected at prop in the Auckland team to play Taranaki on June 9 at Carlaw Park.

[109] They then beat Marist 20–13 with “the Manukau pack working strenuously throughout, and men who emerged with honours were painter, Kawe, Brodrick and Gault”.

[117] The Herald mentioned him several times in their match report after he nearly scored early, then did cross for a try, and they later commented that he and Brodrick were “outstanding”.

[118] Gault was then chosen in New Zealand's 15 man squad to play Australia by selectors Thomas (Scotty) McClymont, Bert Avery, and Jim Amos.

[119] The Herald wrote that “the front row will include Cootes, Glynn, and Gault, and the trio should provide strong opposition for the Australians”.

[120] The Auckland Star opined: “the [New Zealand] forwards have brains and brawn, and players of the type of Glynn, the West Coaster, Gault and Brodrick should be able to keep their opponents moving throughout”.

[121] The test was played at Carlaw Park on August 7 and saw Australia win a close match 12-8 before a crowd of 20,000 after the scores were locked at 6–6 at half time.

[124] He was unsurprisingly named in the second test squad to train during the week while the Australian side was due to play New Zealand Māori midweek.

[136] The following week Manukau beat North Shore 26–21 with “good passing between Brodrick, Gault and Pita Ririnui was a feature of the game”.

[143] The Herald said that in the Auckland match “Gault, in the front row, … played a splendid game and excelled with good handling”.

[145] The inter-island match was played at Carlaw Park on May 21 and saw the North Island team run out huge victors by 55 points to 2 with Gault scoring 1 of their 12 tries.

The Auckland Star wrote “Jack McLeod, Gault, Brodrick, and John Anderson represent the best type of mid row players in the game”.

[153] Gault was selected to play in the second row with Brodrick in the first tour match against New South Wales on June 11 at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

[162] Gault was named in an extended 17 player squad with 8 forwards for the next match on the tour against Queensland on June 18 at the Brisbane Cricket Ground (Gabba).

It was said that “Gault was not indulging in any strenuous movements when he sustained the injury… he emerged from a ruck, and standing upright he felt a terrific pain in his side.

[179] Gault, Ririnui, and Maguire, were “the pick of the forwards” for Manukau in their 26-8 Phelan Shield semi final win over Ponsonby on September 24.

[184] Gault played “a particularly fine game” along with Ririnui and Brodrick in a 23–10 loss in which George Nēpia made a reappearance for the Manukau side.

Afterwards the Herald wrote that “Ririnui, Mataira, and Gault” had strong claims for selection in the full Auckland representative side in the front row.