1909 Queensland Rugby League season

June 2020 August 2019 1909 Queensland Rugby League season Queensland Amateur Rugby League May 8 to September 4 4 15 268 Fortitude Valley Diehards 16 Valley 1st Premiers New South Wales 16 South Brisbane Junior Premiership 6 St. Bridget's Premiers North Brisbane Runner's Up 1908 Queensland Rugby League season 1908 1910 Queensland Rugby League season 1910 The 1909 Queensland Rugby League season was the inaugural season of rugby league football club competition in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Club matches had begun in July 1908 and encouraged by a small profit, the Queensland Amateur Rugby League looked to establish club competitions.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article176880398 Amateur Rugby League First Annual Meeting The Telegraph Brisbane 15 April 1909 27 April 2016 3 National Library of Australia In April 1909, Valley, who had played matches in 1908, held a meeting to, "start a senior Valley Club to play under the Northern Union [Rugby League] rules". http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article202391247 Amateur Rugby League The Truth Brisbane 4 April 1909 27 April 2016 2 National Library of Australia Season summary The structure for competitive club Rugby League in Brisbane appears to be modelled on how Rugby Union was organised in the city at the time. Rugby Union in 1909 had Senior and Junior divisions, with multiple grades in each.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article202392243 Junior Rugby Union The Truth Brisbane 23 May 1909 25 April 2016 7 National Library of Australia Senior Competition Four teams entered the senior Rugby League competition: North Brisbane, South Brisbane, Toombul and Valley. Practice matches were arranged for May 1, with the competition to begin the following Saturday.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article176875900 Rugby League Football Executive Meeting The Telegraph Brisbane 29 April 1909 25 April 2016 9 National Library of Australia The first senior club competition matches in Brisbane were played on Saturday, May 8, 1909. Both matches were played at the Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba. In the first match played, North Brisbane 8 defeated Toombul nil. In the match that followed, South Brisbane 12 defeated Valley 2.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article202393744 Queensland Amateur Rugby League The Truth Brisbane 9 May 1909 24 April 2016 9 National Library of Australia Sharing the season calendar with representative fixtures, club senior competition matches were played on eight Saturdays across five months - May 8, 15, 22, 29, July 3, 10 24 (Semi-Finals) and September 4 (Final). As all Senior results were published in the newspapers (The Telegraph, The Brisbane Courier and Truth) it is possible to reconstruct a competition table. Team Pld W D L PF PA PD PtsFortitude Valley Diehards 16 Valley 6 4 1 1 62 34 +28 916x16px South Brisbane 6 3 0 3 54 39 +15 616x16px North Brisbane 6 2 1 3 40 47 -7 516x16px Toombul 6 2 0 4 27 63 -36 4 All four teams played in semi-finals. It is possible that the QARL was using a similar approach that the NSWRFL was using at the time. Namely, two points for a win in a semi-final or final were added to the team's tally. A challenger would have to pass on competition points the team they challenged. This may be the reason that while North Brisbane challenged South Brisbane for a place in the final, Valley played Toombul to give them an opportunity to secure a further two points. In the semi-finals South Brisbane 21 defeated North Brisbane 11 and Valley 30 defeated Toombul 0.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article180662609 Q.R.A. League The Telegraph Brisbane 26 July 1909 17 May 2016 5 National Library of Australia The Final of the competition was held on Saturday, September 4 at the Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba. South Brisbane opened the scoring with a penalty before Valley responded with a converted try. Following a second penalty to South Brisbane, Valley led 5 to 4 at the half-time break. Valley increased their lead in the second half, scoring four tries, converting one. South Brisbane did not add to their score. Full-time: Valley 19 defeated South Brisbane 4.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article174729394 Final of Competition The Telegraph Brisbane 6 September 1909 24 April 2016 9 National Library of Australia Junior Competition Junior division teams included Milton, North Brisbane, South Brisbane, St Bridget's, Toombul, Valley.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19588951 Rugby League The Brisbane Courier Brisbane 2 August 1909 24 April 2016 5 National Library of Australia St Bridget's won the junior premiership with North Brisbane juniors the runner's up.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article174729394 Football Notes The Telegraph Brisbane 9 September 1909 24 April 2016 10 National Library of Australiahttp://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article174736560 Football Notes The Telegraph Brisbane 8 September 1909 24 April 2016 6 National Library of Australia Contemporary newspaper reports refer to St Bridget's Church and Convent Grounds at Red Hill, suggesting that the team was linked to the church now known as St Bridid's. St Bridget's also had a cricket team, playing in the 1909-10 Fourth Grade Junior competition. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19604690 Women's World Garden Fete The Brisbane Courier Brisbane 13 September 1909 25 April 2016 7 National Library of Australia http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19599832 Fourth Grade Junior The Brisbane Courier Brisbane 27 September 1909 25 April 2016 6 National Library of Australia Sources Digitised newspapers at the National Library of Australia's Trove website The Brisbane Courier The Telegraph (Brisbane) The Truth (Brisbane) References Category:Queensland Rugby League Queensland Rugby League season