1921 NSWRFL season

Rugby league competition March 2024 1921 New South Wales Rugby Football League 125px 9 16x16px North Sydney 1st 16x16px North Sydney 1st 36 1086 16x16px Rex Norman (75) 16x16px Gordon Wright (11) University 1st 1920 NSWRFL season 1920 1922 NSWRFL season 1922 The 1921 New South Wales Rugby League premiership was the fourteenth season of Australia’s first rugby league football club competition which was based in Sydney. Nine teams from across the city contested the season, with North Sydney being crowned premiers by virtue of finishing the season on top of the League.Premiership Roll of Honour https://web.archive.org/web/20110514030740/http://rl1908.com/clubcomps/Honours.htm 2011-05-14 at rl1908.com The 1921 season also saw the St George club enter the competition, replacing the Annandale club, who after eleven seasons, exited the League. Season summary Because the 1921–22 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain departed in mid-July only one series of nine rounds was played, with the second series being devoted to the City Cup. The premiership was decided with no finals on a first-past-the-post basis. Premiers North Sydney became the second team to go through a season undefeated - seven wins and an 8-8 draw with Easts in round 5. Their brilliant performance earned them their maiden premiership. University became the third team to have gone through a season winless, as Annandale had done the previous season and in 1918. University’s season yielded eight losses from eight starts, conceding 295 points at an average of 36.88 per match. The season saw an experiment with referees instead of halfbacks feeding the scrum. Although the experiment was very quickly viewed a dismal failure and abandoned, the amendment was sometimes advocated in later years after scrums became largely uncontested.Lester, Gary; Clouds of Dust, Buckets of Blood: the Story of the Western Suburbs Rugby League Magpies; p. 56. 0949853526 Teams With the addition of St George in place of the recently departed Annandale club, the number of teams in the League remained at nine.History of the Premiership http://www.centenaryofrugbyleague.com.au/site/about/history/history-of-the-premiership.aspx https://web.archive.org/web/20080209104018/http://www.centenaryofrugbyleague.com.au/site/about/history/history-of-the-premiership.aspx dead 9 February 2008 centenaryofrugbyleague.com.au Australian Rugby League 21 October 2013 Balmain, formed on January 23, 1908, at Balmain Town Hall Eastern Suburbs, formed on January 24, 1908, at Paddington Town Hall Glebe, formed on January 9, 1908 Newtown, formed on January 14, 1908 North Sydney, formed on February 7, 1908 South Sydney, formed on January 17, 1908, at Redfern Town Hall St George, formed on November 8, 1920, at Kogarah School of Arts Western Suburbs, formed on February 4, 1908 University, formed in 1919 at Sydney University Balmain100px|center14th seasonGround: Birchgrove OvalCaptain-Coach: Charles FraserEastern Suburbs100px|center14th seasonGround: Sydney Cricket GroundCaptain-Coach: Sandy PearceCaptain: Harry CaplesGlebe100px|center14th seasonGround: Wentworth ParkCaptain: Frank BurgeNewtown100px|center14th seasonGround: Marrickville OvalCaptain: Alex BolewskiNorth Sydney100px|center14th seasonGround: North Sydney Oval Coach: Chris McKivatCaptain: Harold Horder/ Duncan ThompsonSt. George100px|center1st seasonGround: Hurstville OvalCaptain-Coach Herb GilbertSouth Sydney100px|center14th seasonGround: Sydney Sports GroundCoach: Howard HallettCaptains:Arthur Oxford, Ted McGrathUniversity100px|center2nd SeasonCoach: Bill KellyCaptain: Alan McLeodWestern Suburbs100px|center14th seasonGround: Pratten ParkCaptain-Coach: Viv Farnsworth Ladder 230px|thumb|right|The geographical locations of the teams that contested the 1921 premiership across Sydney. TeamPldWDLBPFPAPDPts116x16px North Sydney8710117282+9017216x16px Eastern Suburbs8611118767+12015316x16px Glebe8602111571+4414416x16px Balmain8503113571+6412516x16px South Sydney84041141104+3710616x16px Newtown8305177117-408716x16px St George8206187124-376816x16px Western Suburbs8206190155-656916x16px Sydney University8008182295-2132 References External links Rugby League Tables - Notes The World of Rugby League Rugby League Tables - Season 1921 The World of Rugby League Premiership History and Statistics RL1908 Results: 1921-30 at rabbitohs.com.au Category:New South Wales Rugby League premiership NSWRFL season