1928 Eastern Suburbs season

Eastern Suburbs (now known as the Sydney Roosters) competed in the 31st New South Wales Rugby League season in 1928.

Details

Home Ground:Agricultural Ground

Lineup: Cyril Abotomey Coach;

• G. Boddigton, • Dick Brown(HK) • Sam Byrant • Joe 'Chimpy' Busch(HB) • Hugh Byrne • A.Carter • Bill Cole (HB) • Bill Dyer • Gordon Fletcher • T.Fitzpatrick • Nelson Hardy • G.Harris • Larry Hedger • H.Kavanagh • Arthur Oxford • Norm Pope • Les Steel • A.Toby • Tom Trotter • Vic Webber(WG).

Ladder

	Team	Pld	W	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	St. George	13	12	1	1	200	98	+102	26
2	Eastern Suburbs	12	11	1	2	192	116	+76	26
3	South Sydney	13	8	5	1	216	152	+64	18
4	North Sydney	12	6	6	2	157	149	+8	16
5	University	13	6	7	1	184	176	+8	14
6	Western Suburbs	12	4	8	2	174	206	-32	12
7	Glebe	12	4	8	2	94	149	-55	12
8	Balmain	13	4	9	1	180	236	-56	10
9	Newtown	12	1	11	2	112	227	-115	6

Season summary

Eastern Suburbs finished the season as runnersup after being defeated by South Sydney in that year's premier decider.

Eastern Suburbs took part in the first night rugby league match to be played in Australia. A ten aside exhibition match that was played between the two premiership finalists, Souths were victorious once again winning 10-6.

1928 Season Results

Premiership Round 1, 21 April 1928;

Eastern Suburbs 18 (4 Tries; 3 Goals) defeated University 14(2 Tries; 4 Goals) at the Agricultural Ground.

Premiership Semi-Final, 7 September 1928

Eastern Suburbs 26(Steel 2, Webber, H. Kavanagh, Oxford Tries; Oxford 4 Goals) defeated North Sydney 13( K. Woods, T. Murray, L. McGrath Tries; L. Carroll 2 Goals) at Wentworth Park.

With 8 minutes remaining and scores locked at 13 all, Easts' piled on three tries in quick time against an exhausted North Sydney who finished the match with just eleven men.

Premiership Final, 15 September 1928;

South Sydney 26( Harry Kadwell, George Treweek, Williams, Quinlivan Tries; B. Wearing 2, Quinlivivan Goals) defeated Eastern Suburbs 5(Steel Try; Oxford Goal) at the Agricultural Ground. Details

References

Preceded by 1927	Season 1928	Succeeded by 1929

Sydney Roosters

Est. 1908 in Paddington, New South Wales

The Club	History Records Honours Seasons Players Representatives Coaches

Home grounds	Current Sydney Football Stadium Past Royal Agricultural Society Ground Sydney Sports Ground Sydney Cricket Ground Henson Park

Culture	Nick Politis Brian Canavan Eastern Suburbs Leagues Club Royal Agricultural Society Shield ANZAC Day Cup Foundation Cup Jack Gibson Cup Ron Coote Cup

Hall of Fame	Arthur Beetson Brad Fittler Dally Messenger Dave Brown Dick Dunn Jack Gibson Kevin Hastings Ray Stehr Ron Coote

League	Current NRL Past NSWRL ARL

Titles	Premierships – 13 1911 1912 1913 1923 1935 1936 1937 1940 1945 1974 1975 2002 2013 Minor Premierships – 19 1912 1913 1923 1931 1934 1935 1936 1937 1940 1941 1945 1974 1975 1980 1981 2004 2013 2014 2015

Seasons – 108	1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Other competitions	Current Auckland Nines National Youth Competition S. G. Ball Cup Harold Matthews Cup Past Amco Cup New South Wales Cup Jersey Flegg Cup

Affiliations	Sydney Roosters Juniors Wyong Roos

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