1920 NSWRFL season

1920 New South Wales Rugby Football League
Teams	9
Premiers	Balmain (5th title)
Minor premiers	Balmain (5th title)
Matches played	60
Points scored	1981 (total) 33.017 (per match)
Top point scorer(s)	Frank Burge (110)
Top try scorer(s)	Gordon Wright (18)

The 1920 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the thirteenth season of Sydney's professional rugby league football club competition, Australia's first. The introduction of a Sydney University side saw nine teams from across the city contest during the season. Balmain were crowned premiers by virtue of finishing the season on top of the League.^[1]

Season summary

In a round 7 game between Glebe and University Frank Burge scored eight tries which remains the standing record for the most tries by an individual in a NSWRL/NRL premiership match. Arthur Oxford set the pace in goal kicking, scoring 29 goals in three games. He also took the record of most goals in succession (23) which would stand until 1978.

The NSWRFL ran the City Cup competition for the second half of the season.

The Balmain Tigers again dominated the season, while University's first year was a disappointment. Balmain played consistently and defensively throughout the season except for a slip-up 13-30 loss to Eastern Suburbs in Round 10. Holding a seven-point lead on the premiership ladder with three rounds left to play secured their fifth premiershp in six years. The final three rounds were left unplayed and no Finals were contested.

Teams

With the addition of Sydney University's team, the League was again at nine sides. At the end of the season however, Annandale exited the League after eleven seasons,^[2] having won only fifteen and drawn four of 126 games since 1912.^[3]

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
University, formed in 1919 at Sydney University


Annandale 11th season Ground: Birchgrove Park Coach: Captain: Tom McGuiness	Balmain 13th season Ground: Birchgrove Park Captain-Coach: Arthur Halloway	Eastern Suburbs 13th season Ground: Sydney Sports Ground Coach: Captain: Ray Norman
Glebe 13th season Ground: RAS Showground Coach: Captain: Frank Burge	Newtown 13th season Ground: Marrickville Oval Captain-Coach: Albert Johnston	North Sydney 13th season Ground: North Sydney Oval Coach: Chris McKivat Captain: Harold Horder
South Sydney 13th season Ground: RAS Showground Coach: Captain: Reg Fusedale	University 1st season Coach: Paddy McCue Captain: Alan McLeod	Western Suburbs 13th season Ground: Pratten Park Captain-coach: Tedda Courtney

Ladder

The geographical locations of the teams that contested the 1920 premiership across Sydney.

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Balmain	13	11	1	1	2	287	114	+173	27
2	South Sydney	13	8	0	5	2	258	149	+109	20
3	Glebe	13	8	0	5	2	268	166	+102	20
4	Western Suburbs	14	8	1	5	1	309	141	+168	19
5	North Sydney	13	7	0	6	2	237	151	+86	18
6	Eastern Suburbs	14	8	0	6	1	254	175	+79	18
7	Newtown	14	8	0	6	1	208	203	+5	18
8	University	13	1	0	12	2	101	498	-397	6
9	Annandale	13	0	0	13	2	59	384	-325	4

References

↑ Premiership Roll of Honour at rl1908.com
↑ "History of the Premiership". centenaryofrugbyleague.com.au. Australian Rugby League. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
↑ Annandale - Season Summary

Rugby League Tables - Notes The World of Rugby League
Rugby League Tables - Season 1920 The World of Rugby League
Premiership History and Statistics RL1908
Results: 1911-20 at rabbitohs.com.au

NRL seasons

NSWRL era	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

ARL / SL war	1995 1996 1997 (ARL / SL)

NRL era	1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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