1914 NSWRFL season
1914 NSWRFL season | |
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League | New South Wales Rugby Football League |
Duration | 2 May to 22 August |
Teams | 8 |
Matches played | 56 |
Points scored | 1202 |
Premiers | South Sydney[1] (3rd title) |
Minor Premiers | South Sydney (3rd title) |
Top point-scorer(s) | Harold Horder (87) |
Top try-scorer(s) | Harold Horder (19) |
Second Grade | |
Number of teams | 14 |
Premiers | South Sydney |
Runners-up | Eastern Suburbs |
Third Grade | |
Number of teams | 16 |
Premiers | Eastern Suburbs |
Runners-up | South Sydney Kinkora |
The 1914
Season summary
Following the retirement of
The season was punctuated by matches against the 1914 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand, and was the last for future Australian Rugby League Hall of Fame inductee Chris McKivat who went on to have a prominent coaching career.
Teams
The teams remained unchanged from
- 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
Annandale Ground: Wentworth Park Captain :William Lindsay |
Eastern Suburbs 7th season Ground: Sydney Sports Ground Captain: Dan Frawley |
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North Sydney Ground: North Sydney Oval Captain: Albert Broomham |
South Sydney Ground: Sydney Cricket Ground Captain: Arthur Butler |
Western Suburbs Ground: Pratten Park Captain: Tedda Courtney |
Ladder
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | |
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1 | South Sydney | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 166 | 79 | +87 | 23 |
2 | Newtown | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 185 | 111 | +74 | 22 |
3 | Eastern Suburbs | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 164 | 122 | +42 | 16 |
4 | Balmain | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 132 | 111 | +21 | 16 |
5 | Glebe
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14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 187 | 140 | +47 | 15 |
6 | North Sydney | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 158 | 165 | -7 | 11 |
7 | Western Suburbs | 14 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 104 | 231 | -127 | 6 |
8 | Annandale | 14 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 106 | 243 | -137 | 3 |
References
- ^ Premiership Roll of Honour Archived 14 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine at rl1908.com
- ^ "Rugby League's Gate Receipts". Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 64. New Zealand. 5 March 1915. p. 8. Retrieved 3 December 2009.
- ISBN 9780646050980. Retrieved 13 July 2014.)
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Sources
- Rugby League Tables - Notes AFL Tables
- Rugby League Tables - Season 1914 AFL Tables
- Premiership History and Statistics RL1908
- 1914 - South Sydney Edge Out Newtown RL1908
- Results: 1911-20 at rabbitohs.com.au
Collis, Ian; Whiticker, Alan (2007). 100 Years of Rugby League. Vol. 1. Chatswood, NSW: New Holland. p. 52.