He was a plumber by trade, and at the time of signing up for World War I, he was living on Ardmore Road in Ponsonby with his family and working for A.J.

He served in Egypt during the latter part of the war, and when his overseas duty was complete, he departed from Plymouth, England to New Zealand onboard the Hororata.

[4] He made his Auckland debut the same season when he came on to replace Bill Davidson in their match against a Military Representative side on October 13.

After returning from the war Wetherill rejoined the City club and began regularly playing for the first grade side in 1920.

He was small in stature, measuring just 5 feet 5 inches and spent his career playing in the halves or on the wing.

They also won the Roope Rooster trophy after defeating Maritime in the final by 30 points to 14 with Wetherill kicking a conversion.

[8] Wetherill then played 5 further matches all resulting in wins, against Hawkes Bay (18-3), Wellington (23-21), West Coast (47-7), Canterbury (38-14), and South Auckland (35-13).

[18] He then went on to play in a loss to South Auckland which saw the Northern Union Challenge Cup change hands.

[22] In 1923 he was part of the City Rovers team which won the first grade championship for the 3rd consecutive season.

He played at halfback in the first test against the touring England side and scored New Zealand’s first try in the corner in a 16-8 win.

While he missed many matches for City Rovers while on tour he still helped to captain the side to another first grade championship where they edged out Ponsonby United.

From 1919-28 he was living with wife Stella at 21 Sheehan Street according to electoral rolls and working as a plumber.

In 1946 the electoral roll stated that they were living at 31 John Street and was working as a plumber with his wife and son Maurice also.