1913 NSWRFL season

Rugby league competition March 2024 March 2020 1913 NSWRFL season New South Wales Rugby Football League 3 May to 16 August 8 56 1344 16x16px Eastern SuburbsPremiership Roll of Honour https://web.archive.org/web/20110514030740/http://rl1908.com/clubcomps/Honours.htm 14 May 2011 at rl1908.com 3rd Premiers 16x16px Eastern Suburbs 2nd Minor Premiers 16x16px Western Suburbs 4th 16x16px Harold Horder (65) 16x16px Harold Horder (13) Second Grade 14 16x16px South Sydney Premiers Grosvenor Third Grade 21 (1 withdrew) South Sydney Federals Premiers South Sydney Kinkora 1912 NSWRFL season 1912 1914 NSWRFL season 1914 The 1913 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the sixth season of Sydney's top-level rugby league club competition, Australia's first. Eight teams from across the city contested during the season. Season summary By the start of the 1913 season, the NSWRFL had secured the use of the Sydney Cricket Ground for its games. The best ever Australian Sports Writing Cunneen Chris 2001 Black Inc. Australia 1-86395-266-7 316 https://books.google.com/books?id=66OBschGE_YC 19 February 2011 As occurred in the 1912 season, the minor premiers were deemed the overall premiers. Eastern Suburbs, who finished top of the table for the second time in as many years, claimed their third straight premiership as a result. The team's success could be attributed to the talent in the team at the time, with ten players having played for Australia and another three for New South Wales. Of the team's two losses, one came at the hands of runners-up Newtown midway through the season and the other in the final round to Glebe after the title had already been won. 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 230px|thumb|right|The geographical locations of the teams that contested the 1913 premiership across Sydney.The teams remained unchanged from the previous season. 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 100px|centerAnnandale4th seasonGround: Wentworth Park Captain-Coach: Paddy McCue 100px|centerBalmain6th seasonGround: Birchgrove Oval Coach: Robert GravesCaptain: Bill Noble100px|centerEastern Suburbs6th seasonGround: Sydney Sports GroundCaptain-Coach: Dally Messenger100px|centerGlebe6th seasonGround: Wentworth Park Captain-Coach: Chris McKivat 100px|centerNewtown6th seasonGround: Erskineville Oval Captain-Coach: Charles "Boxer" Russell 100px|centerNorth Sydney6th seasonGround: North Sydney Oval Coach: Captain: Sid Deane & Jim Devereux100px|centerSouth Sydney6th seasonGround: Sydney Sports Ground Coach: John Rosewell Captain: Arthur Butler 100px|centerWestern Suburbs6th seasonGround: Pratten Park Captain-Coach: Tedda Courtney, Jim Abercrombie Ladder right|200px|thumb|The 1913 Eastern Suburbs DRLFC's premiership winning team with the Royal Agricultural Society Shield. TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts116x16px Eastern Suburbs141202227118+10924216x16px Newtown141013203135+6821316x16px South Sydney14905200132+6818416x16px Glebe14806198161+3716516x16px North Sydney14527199193+612616x16px Balmain1441983135-529716x16px Annandale143011119219-1006816x16px Western Suburbs143011115251-1366 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.'Rugby League: Second Grade'; The Sunday Times, 20 July 1913, p. 13'Records Made: St. George and Griffen'; Sydney Morning Herald, 13 May 1935, p. 17 References External links Rugby League Tables - Notes AFL Tables Rugby League Tables - Season 1913 AFL Tables Premiership History and Statistics RL1908 1913 - Eastern Suburbs Make It Three In A Row RL1908 Results: 1911-20 at rabbitohs.com.au Category:New South Wales Rugby League premiership Nswrfl Season