Eastern Suburbs 1916 Season
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Eastern Suburbs (now known as the Sydney Roosters) competed in the 9th New South Wales Rugby League(NSWRL) premiership in 1916.
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[edit] Details
- Home Ground:Agricultural Ground
- Lineup:-
C. Barker • Harry Caples • George Challis • Les Cubitt • Jim Duffy • Herb Gilbert • T. Jones • Charlie Lees • Francis Male • R. McKellar • Wally Messenger • Sid 'Sandy' Pearce • W. Raymond • Jack 'Bluey' Watkins • Percy White • Bob 'Botsy' Williams.
[edit] 1916 NSWRL table
| Rank | Team | P | W | D | L | For | Agt | Diff | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Balmain | 14 | 11 | - | 3 | 181 | 100 | 81 | 22 | |
| 2 | South Sydney | 14 | 11 | - | 3 | 170 | 117 | 53 | 22 | |
| 3 | Glebe | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 217 | 106 | 111 | 21 | |
| 4 | Eastern Suburbs | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 170 | 89 | 81 | 16 | |
| 5 | North Sydney | 14 | 5 | - | 9 | 108 | 189 | -81 | 10 | |
| 6 | Newtown | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 134 | 153 | -19 | 9 | |
| 7 | Annandale | 14 | 4 | - | 10 | |||||
| 8 | Western Suburbs | 14 | 2 | - | 12 |
[edit] Results
- Premiership Round 1, Saturday the 6th of May 1916.
Eastern Suburbs 5(1 Try; 1 Goal) defeated Annandale 2(Goal) at Wentworth Park.
- Premiership Round 2, Saturday the 13th of May 1916.
Newtown 11(1 Try; 4 Goals) defeated Eastern Suburbs 5(1 Try; 1 Goal) at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
- Premiership Round 3, Saturday the 20th of May 1916.
North Sydney 6(L. Mayo 2, A. Wicham Goals) defeated Eastern Suburbs 4 (2 Goals) at the Sydney Sports Ground.
- Premiership Round 4, Saturday the 27th of May 1916.
South Sydney 9 (C. Horder, C. Phelps, A. Oxford Tries) defeated Eastern Suburbs 7 (1 Try; 2 Goals) at the Agricultural Ground.
- Premiership Round 5, Saturday the 3rd of June 1916.
Eastern Suburbs 12 (2 Tries, 3 Goals) Defeated Western Suburbs 5 (1 Try; 1 Goal) at St Luke's Park.
[edit] Season Highlights
- Won City Cup
[edit] References
Rugby League Tables and Statistics
| Preceded by 1915 |
Season 1916 |
Succeeded by 1917 |
