[16][17] On 18 January he competed in the Palmerston North Amateur Swimming Club's Carnival at the municipal baths and he won the Manawatu boy's 100 yard race in the intermediate division in a time of 70.15 seconds.

[27] He had also won the road race for the second year in a row, along with the McSweeney Cup for fielding in cricket, and was again the swimming champion of the school.

He began the season playing 4 games in their junior side before debuting for the senior team on 18 May in a 27–20 loss to Feilding Old Boys on the main Oval at the Palmerston North Showgrounds.

[29] He was heavily involved in the match and afterwards the Manawatu Times reported that he had been “borrowed for the day from the junior grade” and “was the one player who was consistently solid in defence and attack.

[37] The Horowhenua Chronicle made note of his play when they said “Fletcher was remarkably sound on defence, his tackling being performed in a capable and business-like manner that left his subjects under no misconception as to the solidity of Mother Earth.

He did not shine so much on attack as is usually the case, but when it is considered that he was playing his first big representative match, and that he was up against unusually formidable opposition, this is easily understandable.

Manawhenua were due to play the touring British side 3 weeks later so the selectors were staging trial matches earlier than usual in the season.

The Horowhenua Chronicle said “the three-quarter line, Page, Fletcher and Strange, did not see a great deal of the ball but was called on for a lot of solid defensive work.

[65][66] After the match the Manawatu Standard said that “the transfer of Fletcher into the five-eighth position did not show the local player in quite his customary favourable light, his handling close in not being so sure.

He had been in good enough form to be nominated by the sole selector from the Manawatu Union (A. W. Thompson) for the North Island side however he was ultimately not chosen.

[86] On 25 June he played his last match for Old Boys against Kia Toa and the same day the Manawatu Standard wrote a lengthy piece about his rugby career to that point.

The intimation will be sincerely regretted by all local players and enthusiasts, irrespective of the clubs they support, for it is readily granted that Fletcher is one of the most promising rugby exponents this centre has possessed for a long time past, and one whom Manawatu and Manawhenua can ill afford to lose"... "Of a somewhat light frame, Fletcher has been repeatedly likened to Cooke, the former brilliant All Black, for despite his comparative lightness he can get tremendous power behind his kicking, has a fund of pace and elusiveness, and has football brains.

They were the Old Boys of Seddon Technical College which was a school based at the top of Wellesley Street in the city before later moving out to Carlton near Cornwall Park and renaming themselves.

The New Zealand Herald made mention of him saying Technical Old Boys “will be strengthened by the inclusion at centre three-quarter of Fletcher, an ex-Manawatu representative”.

He began on 22 April playing for Technical Old Boys in a practice match before 2 competition games against North Shore and College Rifles however he injured a knee at some point early in the season.

[104] Then after the game against City Rovers on 4 August the Auckland Star said he protected Jack Satherley at full-back well and he “has the makings of a fine player”.

He had moved into the second five eighth spot outside Noel Bickerton and the Auckland Star reported after a round 3 match against Devonport United that they were “as good a pair of five-eighths seen together this season”.

[115] While his “fine tackling” was also noted and the herald stated he is fulfilling the promise he showed last season, and is a tower of strength to the team on defence, besides being good on attack”.

Interestingly Fletcher had started the year having mostly played at centre but he had moved into second five-eighth and had also switched with Cooke at fullback during a match with Marist.

[130] Fletcher once again started the year playing for Richmond however his season was cut short by injury and then a move back to Palmerston North.

[137] The Manawatu Times said “Fletcher, making his first appearance for college, played in their rearguard with fine dash, and had a couple of bright sorties”.

[138] After his second match it was reported that he was in the representative frame saying he “appeals most… when here before he was recognised as one of Manawatu's outstanding players and several season in the League should, if anything, have improved his handling”.

[145] After the match he was amongst 7 of the Manawatu team who were guests at the annual ball for J.R. McKenzie, Ltd.[146] They travelled further south to play Southland on 15 August in Invercargill.

[148] In a tour review by the Manawatu Standard they said “the backs, on defence, all shone out, while Fletcher and Bramwell always played very good football”.

They won 29 to 6 with Fletcher kicking a conversion and he “gave a good account of himself” with his accurate handling along with Thurston at five eighth “being of tremendous value in the passing rushes”.

[152] They then finished their season with a 28–27 win over Wairarapa in Masterton but it appears that Fletcher did not play after being named in a large travelling squad but not being mentioned at all in any reports of the match.

[157] Then at the end of January he played for Manawatu against Wairarapa in a Hawke Cup and scored 35 runs out of a total of 427 while batting at number 9.

[160] At the end of that season his averages for Old Boys in senior club cricket with the bat was 15.1 (136 runs) from 12 innings, with a top score of 38 not out.

In late March he won the A grade division of the second stroke handicap as part of the Manawatu Golf Club's Easter tournament.

[178] In an article in the newspaper following his death it was said that he had attended Palmerston North Boys High School from 1922 to 1925 and had been managing a farm in the Manawatu District at the time of his enlistment.