Eastern Suburbs (now known as the Sydney Roosters) competed in the 12th New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) premiership in1919.
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R. Adams • Robert Batchelor • Harry Bawden • R. Burton, • Harry Caples, • Edward Connerton, • Les Cubitt, • Jim Duffy, • Reg Farnell, • W. Freeman, • Sid Kaufman, • Stan King, • R. Linklatter, • J. Larkin, • Charlie Lees • R. McKellar • Wally Messenger • Ray Norman • Sid 'Sandy' Pearce • Ernie Tate • W.Tijou • Jack 'Bluey' Watson • Gordon Wright
Eastern Suburbs 19 defeated Newtown 3 at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
Eastern Suburbs 10 defeated Glebe 13 at the Agricultural Ground.
Eastern Suburbs 23 defeated North Sydney 5 at North Sydney Oval.
Eastern Suburbs ??? defeated Western Suburbs 10 at Agricultural Ground.
Eastern Suburbs 16 defeated South Sydney 8 at Sydney Cricket Ground.
Eastern Suburbs 3( Wright Try) drew with Balmain 3( Halloway Try) at Sydney Cricket Ground;
Eastern Suburbs 15 defeated Glebe 11 at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
Eastern Suburbs 33 defeated North Sydney 0 at Sydney Cricket Ground.
Eastern Suburbs 28 defeated Annandale 0 at Wentworth Park.
South Sydney 15 defeated Eastern Suburbs 12 at the Agricultural Ground.
A late try to lowly placed South Sydney's Harold Horder cost Easts the outright premiership lead.
The premiership went right down to the final round of the competition.With no finals system in place for 1919, it was a case of first past the post. Balmain led 4-2 at the break after two penalty gaols to L. Wall. The Tricolours two points came from a penalty Goal to Wally Messenger. On the resumption of play the two fullbacks were involved in a kicking duel which eventually resulted in Wall kicking a field goal. Messenger was then reported to have kicked a goal but referee Tom McMahon overruled both touch judges and disallowed the goal. The Balmain fullback kicked another making the score 8-2. Following this Caples moved to five-eight. Easts struck back with a penallty goal to Wally Messenger. Easts winger Gordon Wright lost the ball on his own line, Robinson pounced on the lose ball and scored, Wall coverted making the final score 13-4, giving Balmain their fourth premiership.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | |
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| 1 | Balmain | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 277 | 121 | +168 | 23 |
| 2 | Eastern Suburbs | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 229 | 108 | +121 | 20 |
| 3 | Western Suburbs | 14 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 239 | 130 | +109 | 18 |
| 4 | Glebe | 14 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 209 | 134 | +75 | 18 |
| 5 | Newtown | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 123 | 186 | -63 | 14 |
| 6 | South Sydney | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 208 | 223 | -15 | 13 |
| 7 | Annandale | 14 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 86 | 270 | -184 | 3 |
| 8 | North Sydney | 14 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 103 | 314 | -211 | 3 |
| Preceded by 1918 |
Season 1919 |
Succeeded by 1920 |
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