1913 NSWRFL season
| 1913 NSWRFL season | |
|---|---|
| League | New South Wales Rugby Football League |
| Duration | 3 May to 16 August |
| Teams | 8 |
| Matches played | 56 |
| Points scored | 1344 |
| Premiers |  Eastern Suburbs[1] (3rd title) |
| Minor Premiers | Eastern Suburbs (2nd title) |
| Top point-scorer(s) |  Harold Horder (65) |
| Top try-scorer(s) | Harold Horder (13) |
| Second Grade | |
| Number of teams | 14 |
| Premiers | South Sydney |
| Runners-up | Grosvenor |
| Third Grade | |
| Number of teams | 21 (1 withdrew) |
| Premiers | South Sydney Federals |
| Runners-up | South Sydney Kinkora |
The 1913
Season summary
By the start of the 1913 season, the
As occurred in the
This Eastern Suburbs side is still considered to be one of the greatest club teams ever assembled, with players including Dally Messenger, Wally Messenger, Sandy Pearce, Larry O'Malley, Les Cubitt, Dan Frawley and Arthur "Pony" Halloway. This season also saw the retirement from the League of future Australian Rugby League Hall of Fame inductee, Dally Messenger.
Teams
- Annandale
- Balmain, formed on 23 January 1908 at Balmain Town Hall
- Eastern Suburbs, formed on 24 January 1908 at Paddington Town Hall
- Glebe, formed on 9 January 1908
- Newtown, formed on 14 January 1908
- North Sydney, formed on February 7, 1908, at the North Sydney School of Arts in Mount Street
- South Sydney, formed on 17 January 1908 at Redfern Town Hall
- Western Suburbs, formed on 4 February 1908
 4th season Ground: Wentworth Park Captain-Coach: Paddy McCue |
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Erskineville Oval
Captain-Coach: Charles "Boxer" Russell |
 6th season Ground: North Sydney Oval Coach: Captain: Sid Deane & Jim Devereux |
 6th season Ground: Pratten Park Captain-Coach: Tedda Courtney , Jim Abercrombie |
Ladder
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| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eastern Suburbs
|
14 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 227 | 118 | +109 | 24 |
| 2 |  Newtown
|
14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 203 | 135 | +68 | 21 |
| 3 | South Sydney
|
14 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 200 | 132 | +68 | 18 |
| 4 | Glebe
|
14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 198 | 161 | +37 | 16 |
| 5 |  North Sydney
|
14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 199 | 193 | +6 | 12 |
| 6 |  Balmain
|
14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 83 | 135 | -52 | 9 |
| 7 |  Annandale
|
14 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 119 | 219 | -100 | 6 |
| 8 |  Western Suburbs
|
14 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 115 | 251 | -136 | 6 |
Records set in 1913
On 19 July, South Sydney's reserve grade team scored 102 points against Mosman, which remains the greatest number of points scored in any grade of NSWRFL/NSWRL/ARL/NRL rugby league. The Rabbitohs scored 49 points in the first half and 59 in the second, conceding only a solitary penalty goal.[3][4]
References
- ^ Premiership Roll of Honour Archived 14 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine at rl1908.com
- ISBN 1-86395-266-7. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
- ^ 'Rugby League: Second Grade'; The Sunday Times, 20 July 1913, p. 13
- Sydney Morning Herald, 13 May 1935, p. 17