1918 NSWRFL season

1918 NSWRFL season
Teams 8
Premiers South Sydney (4th title)
Minor premiers South Sydney (4th title)
Matches played 56
Points scored 1345 (total)
24.018 (per match)
Top point scorer(s) Harold Horder (87)
Top try scorer(s) Frank Burge (24)

The 1918 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the 11th season of Sydney's professional rugby league football club competition, Australia's first. Eight teams from across the city contested during the season, with South Sydney finishing on top of the lader to claim the premiership.[1]

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Season summary

Both South Sydney and Western Suburbs dominated the season, dropping just two and three games respectively. With just three rounds to go, both sides met each square on 18 points each. A win for South Sydney would virtually guarantee them the premiership unless they dropped their final two games. At the end of the day, South Sydney prevailed 11-3 and went on to win their remaining games as well, taking away their fourth premiership from 11 starts.

The season also saw the struggling Dales fail to win a game from fourteen starts. It signalled the beginning of the downfall of the side, who would just play a further two seasons in the premiership.

The Western Suburbs club claim ther first title by winning the knockoout competition, the City Cup.

Teams

The lineup teams remained unchanged from the 1917 season.

Annandale Balmain Eastern Suburbs Glebe
Newtown North Sydney South Sydney Western Suburbs

Ladder

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 South Sydney 14 12 0 2 257 121 +136 24
2 Western Suburbs 14 11 0 3 182 102 +80 22
3 Glebe 14 9 0 5 212 128 +84 18
4 Balmain 14 8 1 5 215 148 +67 17
5 Eastern Suburbs 14 8 0 6 160 153 +7 16
6 North Sydney 14 3 2 9 131 202 -71 8
7 Newtown 14 2 3 9 115 175 -60 7
8 Annandale 14 0 0 14 73 316 -243 0

References