New South Wales Rugby Football League season 1910
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
New South Wales Rugby Football League season 1910 | |
Teams | 8 |
Premiers | Newtown (1st title) |
Minor premiers | Newtown (1st title) |
Matches played | 57 |
Points scored | 1578 (average 27.684 per match) |
Top points scorer(s) | Dally Messenger (71 points) |
Top try scorer(s) | Arthur McCabe (18 tries) |
The 1910 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the third season of the rugby league competition based in Sydney. Eight teams from across Sydney contested during the season for the premiership and the Royal Agricultural Society Challenge Shield.
Contents |
[edit] Teams
With the loss of Cumberland at the end of the 1908 season, the league remained with eight teams a preferable outcome since no byes would be needed. However by the end of the 1909 season, interest for a local Newcastle competition as well as the difficulties of longer travel for the Newcastle side saw it pull out of the premiership. As a result, a team from Annandale joined the premiership to leave the competition with eight teams.
- Annandale
- Balmain, formed on January 23, 1908 at Balmain Town Hall
- Eastern Suburbs, formed on January 24, 1908 at Paddington Town Hall
- Glebe, formed on January 9, 1908
- Newtown, formed on January 14, 1908
- North Sydney, formed on February 7, 1908
- South Sydney, formed on January 17, 1908 at Redfern Town Hall
- Western Suburbs, formed on February 4, 1908
[edit] Colours
[edit] Ladder
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Newtown | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 262 | 92 | +170 | 23 |
2 | South Sydney | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 326 | 109 | +217 | 22 |
3 | Eastern Suburbs | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 248 | 116 | +132 | 20 |
4 | Balmain | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 153 | 190 | -37 | 16 |
5 | Glebe | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 175 | 194 | -19 | 12 |
6 | Annandale | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 145 | 200 | -55 | 11 |
7 | North Sydney | 14 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 146 | 283 | -137 | 6 |
8 | Western Suburbs | 14 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 115 | 386 | -271 | 2 |
[edit] Final
Newtown | Position | South Sydney |
---|---|---|
William "Webby" Neill | FB | Frank Twiss |
Charles Russell (c) | WG | Tommy Anderson |
Viv Farnsworth | CE | Howard Hallett |
Albert Hawkes | CE | Jack Levison |
F. Munnery | WG | Arthur Conlin |
Bill Farnsworth | FE | Arthur McCabe |
W. Hayes | HB | Arthur Butler |
J. Morgan | PR | Bill Spence |
J. Chevall | HK | Jim "Barra" Davis |
David Grundie | PR | Ernie Huckler |
Jack Barnett | SR | Harry Butler |
Patrick McCue | SR | Johnny Rosewell |
Joe Murray | LK | Arthur Hennessy (c) |
Charles Russell | Coach | Arthur Hennessy |
Unlike the previous two seasons where a play-off system was used to decide the premier, there was only one game played in 1910. The top two teams, Newtown and South Sydney, played off in a memorable match in front of 15,000 people at the Sydney Showground on September 17, 1910. Leading 4-2 with reportedly only seconds to go, South Sydney seemed set to take out their third straight premiership. However, after Souths player Howard Hallett was forced to kick the ball clear from his own line, Newtown centre Albert Hawkes caught the ball on the full just metres away from halfway and the touch line. The rules at the time allowed Hawkes to claim a "fair mark" and Newtown to have a shot at goal. Newtown captain Charles "Boxer" Russell was successful in kicking the goal from a difficult position, allowing Newtown to tie the game and win the competition as they had been minor premiers.
Newtown 4 (Goals: Charles Russell 2)
drew with
South Sydney Rabbitohs 4 (Goals: Jim Davis 2)
[edit] References
- Rugby League Tables - Notes The World of Rugby League
- Rugby League Tables - Season 1910 The World of Rugby League
- Premiership History and Statistics RL1908
- 1910 - Stunning Goal Gives Newtown The Title RL1908
- Annandale RLFC RL1908
- Newcastle RLFC (1908/1909) RL1908
[edit] Sources
Collis, Ian; Whiticker, Alan (2007). 100 Years of Rugby League 1. Chatswood, NSW: New Holland, pages 33-34. ISBN 9781741104639.