Northern Districts was a combination of North Shore and Northcote.
He also played two test matches on the 1955-1956 tour of Great Britain and France.
[3] Grey coached Ponsonby to runners-up in the 1967 Auckland Rugby League championship before winning the competition in 1968.
[3] Grey later moved to Australia and served as the Victorian Rugby League Chairman between 1988 and 1993.
He died in Blairgowrie, Victoria, on 7 July 2009 after a short battle with cancer.