1910 NSWRFL season

Rugby league competition March 2024 1910 NSWRFL season New South Wales Rugby Football League April 30 to September 17 8 57 1576 16x16px Newtownhttp://www.rl1908.com/clubcomps/Honours.htm Premiership Roll of Honour rl1908.com https://web.archive.org/web/20110514030740/http://rl1908.com/clubcomps/Honours.htm 14 May 2011 1st Premiers 16x16px Newtown Minor Premiers 16x16px Western Suburbs 2nd Easts 16 Dally Messenger (71) Souths 16 Arthur McCabe (18) Second Grade 12 16x16px Eastern Suburbs Premiers 16x16px Newtown Third Grade 16 Sydney Premiers Rozelle 1909 NSWRFL season 1909 1911 NSWRFL season 1911 The 1910 NSWRFL season was the third season of the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership, Sydney’s top-level rugby league club competition, Australia’s first. Eight teams from across the city contested during the season for the premiership and the Royal Agricultural Society Challenge Shield. During the season, many of the league’s top players took part in matches of the 1910 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia. Season summary On 23 July 1910 at the Sydney Showground the South Sydney club defeated Western Suburbs 67–0. This still stands as Souths’ highest ever score and biggest winning margin in a premiership game.http://www.rabbitohs.com.au/The-Club/Tradition/Club-Records.html Club Records rabbitohs.com.au https://web.archive.org/web/20120319204248/http://www.rabbitohs.com.au/The-Club/Tradition/Club-Records.html 19 March 2012 It was not beaten in the NSWRFL until 11 May 1935 when St. George defeated Canterbury-Bankstown 91–6, which remains the record score and margin as of 2025.Rugby League Tables – Game Records; AFL Tables During the season Annandale’s Ray, Roy, Rex and Bernard Norman became the first set of four brothers to play in the same NSWRFL side.Rugby league history as FOUR English brothers star for Russell Crowe's side https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/burgess-brothers-make-rugby-league-2239417 19 October 2013 Mirror 30 August 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20141029204837/http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/burgess-brothers-make-rugby-league-2239417 29 October 2014 The League's takings for all matches this year amounted to £13,512, an increase of over £6,000 on the previous season.A Flourishing League Grey River Argus New Zealand 5 en 1911-03-21 http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=GRA19110321.2.81 2009-12-03 1910 was the first season where the NSFWRFL had more people in attendance than Rugby Union.A Thoroughly Unhelpful History of Australian Sport Titus O'Reily 20 August 2018 Penguin Books 9780143793519 210 Teams With the loss of Cumberland at the end of the 1908 season, the league remained with eight teams; a preferable outcome since no byes would be needed. However by the end of the 1909 season, interest for a local Newcastle competition as well as the difficulties of longer travel for the Newcastle side saw it pull out of the premiership. As a result, a team from Annandale joined the premiership to leave the competition with eight teams.History of the Premiership http://www.centenaryofrugbyleague.com.au/site/about/history/history-of-the-premiership.aspx https://archive.today/20131021091506/http://www.centenaryofrugbyleague.com.au/site/about/history/history-of-the-premiership.aspx dead 21 October 2013 centenaryofrugbyleague.com.au Australian Rugby League 21 October 2013 Also this season St. Luke's Park became the Western Suburbs club's home ground. 100px|centerAnnandale1st seasonGround: Wentworth Park Coach: Captain: George Wilcox100px|centerBalmain3rd seasonGround: Birchgrove Park Coach: Robert GravesCaptain: Arthur Halloway100px|centerEastern Suburbs3rd seasonGround: RAS Showground Captain- Coach: Dally Messenger100px|centerGlebe3rd seasonGround: Wentworth Park Coach:Chris McKivat Captain: Alex Burdon100px|centerNewtown3rd seasonGround: Erskineville Metters Park Captain-Coach: Charles 'Boxer' Russell100px|centerNorth Sydney3rd seasonGround: North Sydney Oval Coach: Captain: Tedda Courtney100px|centerSouth Sydney3rd seasonGround: RAS Showground Captain-Coach: Arthur Hennessy100px|centerWestern Suburbs3rd seasonGround: St. Luke's ParkCoach: Captain: Percy Bolt Ladder Newtown finished on top of the League's ladder at the end of the regular season. 210px|thumb|right|The geographical locations of the teams that contested the 1910 premiership across Sydney. TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts116x16px Newtown14111226092+16823216x16px South Sydney141103326109+21722316x16px Eastern Suburbs14923248116+13220416x16px Balmain14806153190-3716516x16px Glebe14608175194-1912616x16px Annandale14518145200-5511716x16px North Sydney143011146281-1356816x16px Western Suburbs141013115386-2712 Final NewtownPositionSouth Sydney William "Webby" Neill FB Frank Twiss Charles Russell (Ca./Co.) WG Tommy Anderson Viv Farnsworth CE Howard Hallett Albert Hawkes CE Jack Leveson Fred Munnery WG Arthur Conlin Bill Farnsworth FE Arthur McCabe William Hayes HB Arthur Butler James Mogan PR Bill Spence John Chevall HK Jim "Barra" Davis David Grundie PR Ernie Hucker Jack Barnett SR Harry Butler Patrick McCue SR Johnny Rosewell Joe Murray LK Arthur Hennessy (Ca./Co.) Unlike the previous two seasons where a play-off system was used to decide the premier, there was only one game played in 1910. The top two teams, Newtown and South Sydney, played off in a memorable match in front of around 15,000 Football The Sydney Mail 54 1910-09-21 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Z0sQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HJIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3205,3960820 2009-12-13 people at the RAS Showground. Leading 4–2 with reportedly only seconds to go, South Sydney seemed set to take out their third straight premiership. However, after Souths player Howard Hallett was forced to kick the ball clear from his own line, Newtown centre Albert Hawkes caught the ball on the full just metres away from halfway and the touch line. The rules at the time allowed Hawkes to claim a "fair mark" and Newtown to have a shot at goal. Newtown captain Charles "Boxer" Russell was successful in kicking the goal from a difficult position, allowing Newtown to tie the game and win the competition as they had been minor premiers. League football. Evening Post, Volume LXXX, Issue 69 New Zealand 4 1910-09-19 http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19100919.2.44 2009-12-03 Neither team scored a try in the final, although both teams had opportunities to cross the try line recalled by the referee. Additionally multiple attempts at goal were missed by both teams.Rugby (League) - Newtown premiers for 1910 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/166751840/16000624 2 September 2025 Sydney Sportsman 21 September 1910 Sydney, New South Wales 7 Scoreboard 1910 NSWRFL Final Saturday, 17 September 15:30 AEST (UTC+10) Newtown Newtown 16 1Russell (1/2)Hayes (0/1) 1Russell (1/1) 4 – 4 4–0 0–4 Report Souths 16 South Sydney 2Davis (2/3) 0Conlin (0/1) Davis RAS Showground, Sydney ≈15,000League Final - Newtown Wins Premiership https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/15177429/1303325 Sydney Morning Herald 19 September 1910 Sydney, New South Wales 7 Bill Finegan References Collis Ian Whiticker, Alan 100 Years of Rugby League New Holland 2007 Chatswood, NSW 33–34 1 978-1-74110-463-9 External links http://stats.rleague.com/rl/snotes.html Rugby League Tables - Notes stats.rleague.com https://web.archive.org/web/20130807205808/http://stats.rleague.com/rl/snotes.html 7 August 2013 http://stats.rleague.com/rl/seas/1910.html Rugby League Tables - Season 1910 stats.rleague.com https://web.archive.org/web/20141008072825/http://stats.rleague.com/rl/seas/1910.html 8 October 2014 Premiership History and Statistics RL1908 (archived) 1910 - Stunning Goal Gives Newtown The Title RL1908 (archived) Annandale RLFC RL1908 (archived) Newcastle RLFC (1908/1909) RL1908 (archived) Results: 1908-1910 at rabbitohs.com.au Category:New South Wales Rugby League premiership NSWRFL season