Eastern Suburbs 1913 Season

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Eastern Suburbs (now known as the Sydney Roosters) competed in their sixth New South Wales Rugby League season in 1913. They took out the 1913 premiership to become the first team to win a treble of premierships in succession.

1 1913 results
2 1913 NSWRL ladder
3 1913 point analysis
- 3.1 Offence
- 3.2 Defence
4 1913 season highlights
5 References

[edit] 1913 results

Round	Opponent	Result	Roosters Score	Opponent Score	Date	Venue	Crowd
1	Newtown Jets	Won	17 (3-4-0)	15 (3-3-0)	3 May, 1913	SCG	7000
2	North Sydney Bears	Won	15 (3-3-0)	8 (2-1-0)	10 May, 1913	Agricultural	8000
3	Western Suburbs Magpies	Won	9 (1-2-1)	5 (1-1-0)	17 May, 1913	Pratten	1500
4	Annandale Dales	Won	33 (9-3-0)	5 (1-1-0)	24 May, 1913	Agricultural	5000
5	Balmain Tigers	Won	12 (2-2-1)	0 (0-0-0)	31 May, 1913	Wentworth	7000
6	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Won	12 (2-3-0)	0 (0-0-0)	14 June, 1913	SCG	23000
7	Glebe Dirty Reds	Won	28 (6-5-0)	9 (3-0-0)	28 June, 1913	Agricultural	12000
8	Newtown Jets	Lost	11 (1-3-1)	14 (2-4-0)	5 July, 1913	SCG	23000
9	North Sydney Bears	Won	24 (4-5-1)	18 (4-3-0)	12 July, 1913	SCG	7000
10	Western Suburbs Magpies	Won	11 (3-1-0)	10 (2-2-0)	19 July, 1913	Agricultural	4000
11	Annandale Dales	Won	19 (5-2-0)	8 (2-1-0)	26 July, 1913	Wentworth	2000
12	Balmain Tigers	Won	13 (3-2-0)	5 (1-1-0)	2 August, 1913	SCG	12000
13	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Won	14 (2-4-0)	7 (1-2-0)	9 August, 1913	SCG	25000
14	Glebe Dirty Reds	Lost	9 (1-3-0)	14 (4-1-0)	16 August, 1913	Agricultural	10000

[edit] 1913 NSWRL ladder

Rank	Team	P	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff	Points
1	Eastern Suburbs	14	12	0	2	227	118	+109	24
2	Newtown Jets	14	10	1	3	203	135	+68	21
3	South Sydney Rabbitohs	14	9	0	5	200	132	+68	18
4	Glebe Dirty Reds	14	8	0	6	198	161	+37	16
5	North Sydney Bears	14	5	2	7	199	193	+6	12
6	Balmain Tigers	14	4	1	9	83	135	-52	9
7	Annandale Dales	14	3	0	11	119	219	-100	6
8	Western Suburbs Magpies	14	3	0	11	115	251	-136	6

[edit] 1913 point analysis

[edit] Offence

The lowdown:

Eastern Suburbs completed the following score options in the 1913 season:

45 tries
42 goals
4 field goals

The result:

Eastern Suburbs scored a total of 227 points in 1913.

The verdict:

Eastern Suburbs try scoring ability dropped by 6.6% on their previous season.

Eastern Suburbs goal scoring ability dropped by 16% on their previous season.

Eastern Suburbs field goal kicking ability was improved by 100% on their previous season.

Eastern Suburbs overall point scoring ability dropped 3.1% on their previous season.

Eastern Suburbs total point score dropped by 1.3% on their previous season.

[edit] Defence

The lowdown:

Eastern Suburbs conceded the following score options in the 1913 season:

26 tries
20 goals
0 field goals

The result:

Eastern Suburbs conceded a total of 118 points in the 1913 season.

The verdict:

Eastern Suburbs try scoring defence dropped by 61.5% on their previous season.

Eastern Suburbs goal kicking defence improved by 28.5% on their previous season.

Eastern Suburbs field goal defence was maintained on their previous season.

Eastern Suburbs overall defense dropped by 5.5% on their previous season.

Eastern Suburbs total points against defensive effort dropped by 27.1% on their previous season.

[edit] 1913 season highlights

Won their 3rd successive premiership by finishing 1st at the end of the regular season.
Became the first team to win the premiership 3 times.
Became the first team to win the premiership 3 times in a row
Defeated the Annandale Dales 33-5 in round 4 to mark the biggest win of the year.