Then on 28 January 1924 he placed third in the 50 Yard Juvenile race at the Basin Reserve in Onehunga at a celebration to mark the one year anniversary of the Manukau Cruising Club.

[4] In late July, Brimble was chosen to attend Eden Park along with 39 other boys on 1 August in order to help the selectors chose an Auckland Primary Schools representative side.

The Sun said “Bryers, Manukau's hard-working and enterprising little half, and the nimble Brimble, were effective inside backs, and [Bill] Turei and Linden were both honest workers”.

[15] The Star said Brimble “showed up in the early stages for strong running, but later he was regularly pocketed, and his failure to send the ball along smartly often lost chances”.

[20] They had another win over Technical Old Boys at Onehunga a week later and the Star reported that “Brimble was up to his usual standard as a sound defensive player, being the only Manukau back to tackle his man low”.

[23][24] There was relatively little mention of Ted over the remainder of the season as Manukau began their Pollard Cup games though the Sun did say that he stood out along with Albon and Satherley in a 22–3 win over North Shore on 3 August.

[25] At the club's end of season prize giving it was noted that John had achieved Auckland representative honours while Wilfred and Lionel had been members of the champion sixth grade side.

[30] Two weeks later in a loss to Ponsonby at Eden Park the Star remarked that Brimble “was one of the weak links in the Manukau line, and the black rearguard were never really dangerous as a scoring machine”.

Ted was involved in some early defensive work and then later in the match secured the ball and “paved the way for Ed St George to score under the posts” with Cyril converting.

[35] The Auckland Star wrote that Ted, “the nippy Manukau rugby five eighths, made his first appearance in the thirteen-a-side game, and created quite a good impression, for his alertness to dart into openings and speed on the move.

It came early in the match to give them the lead when he scored following loose play after New Zealand international Claude Dempsey had kicked ahead, with Cyril missing the conversion.

They went on to say that the weakness of Newton in their backs was Cammick and “the result was that much of the responsibility fell on the first five eighths, E. [Ted] Brimble, who played brilliantly and proved himself the big thorn to the greens.

[71] Then a week later in a 13–13 draw with City, Brimble “maintained his form of the previous Saturday, and his incisive dash and sharp penetration on attack made the Newton back line a force to be reckoned with”.

Later in the half with the score tied 8–8 Cooke had mishandled the ball but “instead of being given the benefit of the advantage rule, New Zealand, for whom Brimble had touched down near the posts, were brought back for a scrum”.

His final game of the season came for an Auckland XIII against Marist Old Boys as a charity match to raise money for Trevor Hanlon to assist him and his family to return from England where he had been playing but had fallen on hard times.

[99] The Herald said they had “more thrust” in their back movements and better passing and “this in a large measure can be accounted for by Brimble's quickness off the mark which gave his outside men a chance to get on the move”.

[112] Newton then beat Ponsonby 27–15 to finish the Fox Memorial competition in 4th place of the 6 sides and he was said to be in “good form” along with Porteous, scoring a try and kicking a rare conversion.

[131] Newton then beat City 17–5 and “Brimble again revealed exhilarating brilliance, and his pace, thrustfulness and well timed passes meant much to the nimble Schlesinger”, a recent recruit from the Point Chevalier club.

Wilfred, “behind the Newton scrum, again revealed himself a brilliant half, … his partnership with [Ted] was good to watch, and the five eighth crowned his performance with a try full of merit”.

Six players handled in a fast run the length of the ground and when the defence offered resistance to Ted, his younger brother raced inside to accept a difficult transfer.

He gave Maurice Quirke the final pass for him to score and “played with resource throughout, being on hand when his side needed to be extricated from a tight corner, and always looking for the opening that would bring points.

[173] Ted was named in the squad to play Canterbury in their next match but was omitted from the final side which had Brian Riley and Arthur Kay as the other five eighth options.

Prior to the start of the 1936 club season, which was beginning earlier than usual due to the touring of the England team later in the year a preview was written of the sides.

Craddock Dufty a massive New Zealand rugby league personality of the era kicked a penalty in extra time to win the match for City.

[209] In a round 4 match, which Newton won 28–11 at Carlaw Park, Wilfred played brilliantly at half back and Ted “at five eighths, gave his brother excellent support, and his speed often cut out the City five-eighths”.

[213] Later in the week the Star wrote that “the real strength of Newton lies in their back play, and particularly the fine understanding that there is between Wilfred Brimble behind the scrum, and his brother, Ted at five eighth.

[219] The Auckland Star suggested that on the performance of Ted in the Māori v Pākēha match that “his play was a feature of the game, and there are many good judges who considered that he should have had a place in the New Zealand team”.

Bert Leatherbarrow, the Mount Albert hooker was not available so Newton won a lot of ball from the scrums and “the Brimble brothers made every use of this advantage and their speed usually resulted in giving the three quarters plenty of room to move”.

[246] Then in a 4 May, 20–0 win over Ponsonby the Auckland Star wrote “the mainspring of productive team result emanated from Teddy Brimble, that delightful five-eighth, whom many patrons of the game regretted did not earn recognition for the 1938 New Zealand tour of Australia.

On 6 February 1940, it was reported in the New Zealand Herald that Pansy, who was then aged 31, had been “sentenced by Mr. Justice Callan in the Supreme Court… on an admitted charge of wilfully making a false declaration under the Marriage Act”.