Eastern Suburbs 1921 Season
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Eastern Suburbs (now known as the Sydney Roosters) competed in the 14th New South Wales Rugby League(NSWRL) premiership in1921.
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[edit] Details
- Home Ground: Agricultural Ground
- Line ups:-
Robert Batchelor • John 'Dinny' Campbell • W. Cameron • Harry Caples • Charlie Lees • Les Cubitt • Harold Holmes • Bill Ives • Fred Hume • Sid Kaufman • Ray Noeman • Rex Norman • Sandy Pearce • Ed Rigney • Jack Watkins • Gordon Wright.
[edit] Results
- Premiership Round 1, Eastern Suburbs had a bye.
- Premiership Round 2, Saturday the 30th of April 1921.
Eastern Suburbs 32(6 Tries; 7 Goals) defeated South Sydney 8(F. Funnell, T. McGrath Tries; A. Oxford Goal) at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
- Premiership Round 3, Saturday the 7th of May 1921.
Eastern Suburbs 30(Tries 6; Goals 6) defeated Newtown 5(Try; Goal) at Sydney Cricket Ground.
This was reported to be a particularly wild match, reporter for the Sun newspaper, Claude Corbette, wrote "The first half was one of the wildest exhibitions of football I have ever seen. Newtown was solely responsible. There were times when a dozen players were tossing about in a heap, tearing and reefing at each other. Fists and feet flew on occasions and it was a miracle that no one was hurt.
- Premiership Round 4, Saturday 14th of May 1921.
Eastern Suburbs 23(Tries 5; Goals 4) defeated St George 11(Try; Goals 3; Field Goal) at the Sydney Cricket Ground No.2.
This was the first meeting of the two clubs.
- Premiership Round 6, Saturday the 28th of May 1921 .
Balmain 14(Tries 2; Goals 4) defeated Eastern Suburbs 8(Tries 2; Goal) at Sydney Sports Ground.
* Premiership Round 7, ??? the 11th of June1921.
Eastern Suburbs 19(Tries 5; Goals 2 defeated Glebe 3(Try) at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
* Premiership Round 8, ??? the 18th of June .
Eastern Suburbs 55(Rex Norman 3, + Tries 10; Rex Norman 8 Goals) defeated University 11(Tries 3; Goal) at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
- Premiership Round 9, Saturday the 25th June 1921.
Eastern Suburbs 12(Tries 2; Goals 3) defeated Western Suburbs 7(Try; Goals 2) at Pratten Park.
[edit] 1921 NSWRL table
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[edit] Noteable Achievments
- Sid 'Sandy' Pearce, the only remaining player from Eastern suburbs first team, retired at the end of the 1922 season.
[edit] References
Rugby League Tables and Statistics
| Preceded by 1920 |
Season 1921 |
Succeeded by 1922 |
