Eastern Suburbs 1923 Season

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Eastern Suburbs (now known as the Sydney Roosters) competed in the 16th New South Wales Rugby League season in 1923

1 Details
2 Results
3 Ladder
4 Season Highlights
5 References

[edit] Details

Home Ground: Sydney Sports Ground
Coach: Ray Norman
Lineup:-

G.Agar Cyril Abotomey Harry Caples(c) G. H. Clambrook E.Conneton J Dawson H. Holmes Bill Ives Sandy Kaufman V. Kennedy T. J. Moody T.Molloy Arthur Oxford W.Richards Ed 'Snowy' Rigney Les Steel Jack Watkins.

[edit] Results

Premiership Round 1, 5th of May 1923;

Eastern Suburbs '’’21’’’ (5 Tries; 3 Goals) defeated University ‘’’5’’’ (1 Try; 1 Goal) at the Sydney Sports Ground.

Premiership Round 2, 2nd of May 1923;

Eastern Suburbs 14(2 Tries; 4 Goals)) defeated Newtown 8( 2 Tries; 1 Goal) at the Sydney Sports Ground

Premiership Round. 3, 19th of May 1923;

South Sydney 15 defeated Eastern Suburbs 5 At the Sydney Sports Ground;

Premiership Round 4, 26th of May 1923;

Western Suburbs 19 beat Eastern Suburbs 14 at Pratten Park

Premiership Round 5, 2 June 1923. Eastern Suburbs 4 beat St George 0 at Sydney Sports Ground

Premiership Round 6, 9 June 1923*

Eastern Suburbs 16 beat North Sydney 8 at Sydney Cricket Ground

Premiership Round 7 - Eastern Suburbs had the bye.

•Premiership Round 8, 30 June 1923. Eastern Suburbs 13(3 Tries; 2 Goals) beat Glebe 3 (1 Try) at Birchgrove Oval

Premiership Round 9, 7 July 1923;

Eastern Suburbs 10 beat Balmain 8 at Sydney Sports Ground.

Premiership Round 10, 14 July;

Eastern Suburbs 12 beat University 5 at Sydney Cricket Ground

Premiership Round 11 21 July

Eastern Suburbs 25 beat Newtown 5 at Sydney Cricket Ground No. 2

Premiership Round 12 28 July

Eastern Suburbs 19 beat South Sydney 5 at Sydney Sports Ground

Premiership Round 13 4 August

SatuPremiership Rounday 4 August 1923 Eastern Suburbs 22 beat Western Suburbs 8 at Sydney Cricket Ground

Premiership Round 14 11 August

Eastern Suburbs 24 beat St George 2 at Sydney Sports Ground

Premiership Round 15 18 August

Eastern Suburbs 12 beat North Sydney 10 at Sydney Cricket Ground

Premiership Round 16 25 August - Bye: Eastern Suburbs;

Premiership Round 17 1 September

Eastern Suburbs 13 beat Glebe 11 at Sydney Cricket Ground

Premiership Round 18, Saturday the 8th of September 1923 ;

Balmain 12 beat Eastern Suburbs 11 at Sydney Sports Ground

By losing their final round match, Eastern Suburbs were joined by traditional rivals South Sydney in the top spot, this resulted in a final needing to be played to determine the premiers for that season.

[edit] Ladder

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Eastern Suburbs	16	13	0	3	2	235	124	+111	30
2	South Sydney	16	13	0	3	2	242	173	+69	30
3	Balmain	16	10	1	5	2	247	136	+111	25
4	Western Suburbs	16	9	0	7	2	257	218	+39	22
5	North Sydney	16	8	0	8	2	245	223	+22	20
6	Glebe	16	6	0	10	2	160	193	-33	16
7	St. George	16	5	0	11	2	168	236	-68	14
8	Newtown	16	4	2	10	2	161	297	-136	14
9	University	16	2	1	13	2	120	235	-115	9