1912 NSWRFL season

Rugby league competition March 2024 1912 NSWRFL season New South Wales Rugby Football League 4 May to 24 August 8 56 1262 16x16px Eastern SuburbsPremiership Roll of Honour https://web.archive.org/web/20110514030740/http://rl1908.com/clubcomps/Honours.htm 2011-05-14 at rl1908.com 2nd Premiers 16x16px Eastern Suburbs 1st Minor Premiers 16x16px Glebe 16x16px Western Suburbs 3rd 16x16px Dally Messenger (80) 16x16px Roy Algie (12) Second Grade 17 16x16px Glebe Premiers Redfern Third Grade 20 (1 disqualified) 16x16px South Sydney Premiers South Sydney Federals 1911 NSWRFL season 1911 1913 NSWRFL season 1913 The 1912 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the fifth season of Sydney’s 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. Season summary From 1912 to 1925, the team finishing on top of the ladder after the home-and-away rounds was automatically deemed premiers unless two clubs were on equal points at this point in which case a final was held. This move by the New South Wales Rugby League may well have been in response to Eastern Suburbs’ victory in the season before, where they overcame minor premiers Glebe in two successive finals to claim the premiership. With four rounds remaining in the 1912 season, Eastern Suburbs and Glebe were clearly ahead of the rest of the teams and it looked unlikely that they would be caught. The two clubs were matched up against each other in Round 11 at the Sydney Sports Ground in what would ultimately decide the fate of the premiership, with Glebe just two points behind Eastern Suburbs on the ladder. In front of 25,000 people, the two clubs played out a closely fought match in muddy conditions. Dally Messenger was able to break a 4–4 deadlock late in the match by kicking a field goal after a scrum win close to the sideline and win the game 6–4 for Eastern Suburbs. With a four-point premiership lead and only three rounds to play, Eastern Suburbs, who had only lost one game before in the season to eventual third-placed Newtown, looked uncatchable. That turned out to be the case, with Eastern Suburbs winning their remaining three games to take away the premiership. Also this season Pratten Park became the Western Suburbs club's homeground. Teams 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|centerAnnandale3rd seasonGround: Wentworth ParkCoach: Captain: Ray Norman100px|centerBalmain5th seasonGround: Birchgrove OvalCoach: Bob Graves Captain: Bob Craig100px|centerEastern Suburbs5th seasonGround: Sydney Sports GroundCaptain-Coach: Dally Messenger100px|centerGlebe5th seasonGround: Wentworth Park Captain-Coach: Chris McKivat100px|centerNewtown5th seasonGround: Erskineville Oval Captain-Coach: Bill Noble100px|centerNorth Sydney5th seasonGround: North Sydney Oval Coach: Captain: Albert Broomham100px|centerSouth Sydney5th seasonGround: Sydney Sports GroundCoach: Captain: Arthur Butler100px|centerWestern Suburbs5th seasonGround: Pratten ParkCaptain-Coach: Tedda Courtney Ladder 230px|thumb|right|The geographical locations of the teams that contested the 1912 premiership across Sydney. TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts116x16px Eastern Suburbs14130123086+14426216x16px Glebe14110319983+11622316x16px Newtown14905176132+4418416x16px South Sydney14806207135+7216516x16px Balmain14608138168-3012616x16px North Sydney14608124197-7312716x16px Annandale14201286134-484816x16px Western Suburbs141013100325-2252 Premiers Eastern Suburbs won the premiership when they beat Norths at North Sydney Oval 15–10 on 17 August. The premiership squad was:Haddan Stephen History of the NSW Rugby League Finals 1991 Australia 22 9780646050980 https://books.google.com/books?id=8yLwAAAAMAAJ 13 July 2014 A Allen Tom Bruce JD Campbell Harold Corbett Barney Dalton W Dalton Dan Frawley Mick Frawley Eddie Griffiths Arthur Halloway Fred Kinghorn Charlie Lees Dally Messenger Wally Messenger Larry O'Malley Sandy Pearce W Smith Eddie White Percy White Bob Williams References External links Rugby League Tables - Notes AFL Tables Rugby League Tables - Season 1912 AFL Tables Premiership History and Statistics RL1908 1912 - Messenger Leads Easts To 2nd Title RL1908 Results: 1911–20 at rabbitohs.com.au Category:New South Wales Rugby League premiership NSWRFL Season