On his return to the City side he helped lead them to the Roope Rooster final which they lost to Richmond Rovers by 20 to 8.

On 16 July he made his Auckland debut against the returning New Zealand side who had been on tour in Australia.

The match was played at Carlaw Park with Auckland winning 21 to 13 and Banham scoring one of their tries.

He was named for New Zealand in 1939 but did not play a test, due to the cancellation of the 1939 tour of Great Britain.

This rugby league football biography relating to an Australian born in the 1910s is a stub.