Eastern Suburbs 1920 Season

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Eastern Suburbs (now known as the Sydney Roosters) competed in the 13th New South Wales Rugby League(NSWRL) premiership in 1920.

Contents 1 Details 2 Results 3 Ladder 4 Seasons Highlights 5 References

[edit] Details

• Home Ground: Agricultural Ground
• Lineup:-

Les Arthur Harry Bawden Tommy Burns Bill Cameron Harry Caples George Challis Edward Connerton Jim Crowell Les Cubitt Jim Duffy Fred Hume Sid Kaufman Charlie Lees Wally Messenger Sandy Pearce Ed Rigney C. Steel Arch Thompson A.J.Thompson S.Ward Gordon Wright.

[edit] Results

• Premiership Round 1, Saturday the 1 May 1920;

Balmain 9 defeated Eastern Suburbs 7 at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

• Premiership Round 2, Saturday the 8 May 1920;

Eastern Suburbs 19 defeated Newtown 7 at the Agricultural Ground.

• Premiership Round 3, Saturday the 15 May 1920;

Eastern Suburbs 4 defeated University 8 at Agricultural Ground.

• Premiership Round 4, Saturday the 22 May 1920

Eastern Suburbs 20 defeated Glebe 5 at Agricultural Ground.

• Premiership Round 5, Saturday the 29 May 1920;

Eastern Suburbs 18 defeated Western Suburbs 14 at Sydney Cricket Ground.

A crowd of 30,000 watched Easts defeat Wests.

• Premiership Round 6, Thursday 17th June 1920;

Eastern Suburbs 42 defeated Annandale 10 at Sydney Cricket Ground No. 2

Premiership Round 7, Bye:

Premiership Round 8, Saturday 26 June 1920 Eastern Suburbs 12 defeated North Sydney 8 at Sydney Cricket Ground.

Premiership Round 9, Saturday 17 July 1920 - South Sydney 14 defeated Eastern Suburbs 11 at Agricultural Ground.

• Premiership Round 10, Saturday the 24 July 1920,

Eastern Suburbs 30 Wright 5 + 1 Tries; 6 Goals) defeated Balmain 13 at the Agricultural Ground.

Eastern Suburbs were the only side to defeat Balmain in the 1920 season.

• Premiership Round 11, Saturday the 31 July 1920;

Newtown 8(???) defeated Eastern Suburbs 0 at Agricultural Ground;

• Premiership Round 12, Saturday the 7 August 1920;

North Sydney 21 defeated Eastern Suburbs 10 at Sydney Cricket Ground

• Premiership Round 13, Saturday the 21 August 1920 - Glebe 29 defeated Eastern Suburbs 21 at Sydney Cricket Ground.

• Premiership Round 14, Saturday the 28 August 1920 - Western Suburbs 29 defeated Eastern Suburbs 5 at Sydney Cricket Ground;

• Premiership Round 15, Wednesday the 1st September 1920;

Eastern Suburbs 15 defeated Annandale 0 at Sydney Cricket Ground No.2.

[edit] Ladder

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Balmain	13	11	1	1	2	287	114	+173	27
2	South Sydney	13	8	0	5	2	258	149	+109	20
3	Glebe	13	8	0	5	2	268	166	+102	20
4	Western Suburbs	14	8	1	5	1	309	141	+168	19
5	North Sydney	13	7	0	6	2	237	151	+86	18
6	EASTERN SUBURBS	14	8	0	6	1	254	175	+79	18
7	Newtown	14	8	0	6	1	208	203	+5	18
8	University	13	1	0	12	2	101	498	-397	6
9	Annandale	13	0	0	13	2	59	384	-325	4

[edit] Seasons Highlights

• Won Presidents Cup
• Gordon Wright was once again the NSWRL's leading try scorer.
• Representatives:- Harry Caples(NSW), Sid Pearce(Australia, NSW).

[edit] References

Rugby League Tables and Statistics

Preceded by 1919

Season 1920

Succeeded by 1921