1912 NSWRFL season

1912 New South Wales Rugby Football League
Teams	8
Premiers	Eastern Suburbs^[1] (2nd title)
Minor premiers	Eastern Suburbs (1st title)
Matches played	56
Points scored	1262 (total) 22.536 (per match)
Top point scorer(s)	Dally Messenger (80)
Top try scorer(s)	Roy Algie (12)

The 1912 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the fifth season of Sydney's rugby league football club competition, Australia's first. Eight teams from across the city contested during the season for the premiership and the Royal Agricultural Society Challenge Shield.

Season summary

From 1912 to 1925, the minor premiers were deemed to be the premiers automatically as well unless two clubs were on equal points at the end of the season in which case a final was held. This move by the New South Wales Rugby League may well have been in response to Eastern Suburbs' victory in the season before, where they overcame minor premiers Glebe in two successive finals to claim the premiership.

With four rounds remaining in the 1912 season, Eastern Suburbs and Glebe were clearly ahead of the rest of the teams and it looked unlikely that they would be caught. The two clubs were matched up against each other in Round 11 at the Sydney Sports Ground in what would ultimately decide the fate of the premiership, with Glebe just two points behind Eastern Suburbs on the ladder. In front of 25,000 people, the two clubs played out a closely fought match in muddy conditions. Dally Messenger was able to break a 4-4 deadlock late in the match by kicking a field goal after a scrum win close to the sideline and win the game 6-4 for Eastern Suburbs.

With a four point premiership lead and only three rounds to play, Eastern Suburbs, who had only lost one game before in the season to eventual third-placed Newtown, looked uncatchable. That turned out to be the case, with Eastern Suburbs winning their remaining three games to take away the premiership.

Also this season Pratten Park became the Western Suburbs club's homeground.

Teams

The teams remained unchanged from the previous season.

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


Annandale 3rd season Ground: Wentworth Park Coach: Captain: Ray Norman	Balmain 5th season Ground: Birchgrove Oval Coach: Bob Graves Captain: Bob Craig	Eastern Suburbs 5th season Ground: Sydney Sports Ground Captain-Coach: Dally Messenger	Glebe 5th season Ground: Wentworth Park Captain-Coach: Chris McKivat
Newtown 5th season Ground: Erskineville Oval Captain-Coach: Bill Noble	North Sydney 5th season Ground: North Sydney Oval Coach: Captain: Albert Broomham	South Sydney 5th season Ground: Sydney Sports Ground Coach: Captain: Arthur Butler	Western Suburbs 5th season Ground: Pratten Park Captain-Coach: Tedda Courtney

Ladder

The geographical locations of the teams that contested the 1912 premiership across Sydney.

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Eastern Suburbs	14	13	1	230	86	+144	26
2	Glebe	14	11	3	199	83	+116	22
3	Newtown	14	9	5	178	132	+46	18
4	South Sydney	14	8	6	207	137	+70	16
5	Balmain	14	6	8	138	168	-30	12
6	North Sydney	14	6	8	124	197	-73	12
7	Annandale	14	2	12	86	134	-48	4
8	Western Suburbs	14	1	13	100	325	-225	2

Premiers

Eastern Suburbs won the premiership when they beat Norths at North Sydney Oval 15-10 on August 17. The premiership squad was:^[2]

A Allen • Tom Bruce • JD Campbell• Harold Corbett • Barney Dalton • W Dalton • Dan Frawley • Mick Frawley• Eddie Griffiths • Arthur Halloway • Fred Kinghorn • Charlie Lees • Dally Messenger • Wally Messenger• Larry O'Malley • Sandy Pearce • W Smith • Eddie White • Percy White • Bob Williams

References

↑ Premiership Roll of Honour at rl1908.com
↑ Haddan, Stephen (1991). History of the NSW Rugby League Finals. Australia. p. 22. Retrieved 13 July 2014.

Rugby League Tables - Notes The World of Rugby League
Rugby League Tables - Season 1912 The World of Rugby League
Premiership History and Statistics RL1908
1912 - Messenger Leads Easts To 2nd Title RL1908
Results: 1911-20 at rabbitohs.com.au

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

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