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1913 NSWRFL season
Rugby league competition
Rugby league competition
| Field | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| title | 1913 NSWRFL season | |
| league | New South Wales Rugby Football League | |
| duration | 3 May to 16 August | |
| no_of_teams | 8 | |
| matches | 56 | |
| points | 1344 | |
| season_champs | [[File:Eastern Suburbs colours.svg | 16x16px]] Eastern Suburbs |
| season_champs_count | 3rd | |
| season_champ_name | Premiers | |
| league_leaders | [[File:Eastern Suburbs colours.svg | 16x16px]] Eastern Suburbs |
| league_leaders_count | 2nd | |
| league_leaders_name | Minor Premiers | |
| wooden_spoon | [[File:Western Suburbs colours.svg | 16x16px]] Western Suburbs |
| wooden_spoon_count | 4th | |
| top_scorer | [[File:South Sydney colours.svg | 16x16px]] Harold Horder (65) |
| top try scorer | [[File:South Sydney colours.svg | 16x16px]] Harold Horder (13) |
| season2 | Second Grade | |
| no_of_teams2 | 14 | |
| season_champs2 | [[File:South Sydney colours.svg | 16x16px]] South Sydney |
| season_champ_name2 | Premiers | |
| second_place2 | Grosvenor | |
| season3 | Third Grade | |
| no_of_teams3 | 21 (1 withdrew) | |
| season_champs3 | South Sydney Federals | |
| season_champ_name3 | Premiers | |
| second_place3 | South Sydney Kinkora | |
| prevseason_link | 1912 NSWRFL season | |
| prevseason_year | 1912 | |
| nextseason_link | 1914 NSWRFL season | |
| nextseason_year | 1914 |
The 1913 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the sixth season of Sydney's top-level rugby league club competition, Australia's first. Eight teams from across the city contested during the season.
Season summary
By the start of the 1913 season, the NSWRFL had secured the use of the Sydney Cricket Ground for its games.{{cite book |access-date= 19 February 2011}}
As occurred in the 1912 season, the minor premiers were deemed the overall premiers. Eastern Suburbs, who finished top of the table for the second time in as many years, claimed their third straight premiership as a result. The team's success could be attributed to the talent in the team at the time, with ten players having played for Australia and another three for New South Wales. Of the team's two losses, one came at the hands of runners-up Newtown midway through the season and the other in the final round to Glebe after the title had already been won.
This Eastern Suburbs side is still considered to be one of the greatest club teams ever assembled, with players including Dally Messenger, Wally Messenger, Sandy Pearce, Larry O'Malley, Les Cubitt, Dan Frawley and Arthur "Pony" Halloway. This season also saw the retirement from the League of future Australian Rugby League Hall of Fame inductee, Dally Messenger.
Teams
- Annandale
- Balmain, formed on 23 January 1908 at Balmain Town Hall
- Eastern Suburbs, formed on 24 January 1908 at Paddington Town Hall
- Glebe, formed on 9 January 1908
- Newtown, formed on 14 January 1908
- North Sydney, formed on February 7, 1908, at the North Sydney School of Arts in Mount Street
- South Sydney, formed on 17 January 1908 at Redfern Town Hall
- Western Suburbs, formed on 4 February 1908
| [[File:Newtown Jersey 1910.png | 100px | center]]Newtown | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6th season | |||
| Ground: Erskineville Oval | |||
| Captain-Coach: Charles "Boxer" Russell | [[File:North Sydney Jersey 1909.png | 100px | center]]North Sydney |
| 6th season | |||
| Ground: North Sydney Oval | |||
| Coach: | |||
| Captain: Sid Deane & Jim Devereux | [[File:South Sydney Jersey 1912.png | 100px | center]]South Sydney |
| 6th season | |||
| Ground: Sydney Sports Ground | |||
| Coach: John Rosewell | |||
| Captain: Arthur Butler | [[File:Western Suburbs Jersey 1910.png | 100px | center]]Western Suburbs |
| 6th season | |||
| Ground: Pratten Park | |||
| Captain-Coach: Tedda Courtney, Jim Abercrombie |
Ladder
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [[File:Eastern Suburbs colours.svg | 16x16px]] Eastern Suburbs | 14 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 227 | 118 | +109 |
| 2 | [[File:Newtown colours.svg | 16x16px]] Newtown | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 203 | 135 | +68 |
| 3 | [[File:South Sydney colours.svg | 16x16px]] South Sydney | 14 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 200 | 132 | +68 |
| 4 | [[File:Glebe colours.svg | 16x16px]] Glebe | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 198 | 161 | +37 |
| 5 | [[File:North Sydney colours.svg | 16x16px]] North Sydney | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 199 | 193 | +6 |
| 6 | [[File:Balmain colours.svg | 16x16px]] Balmain | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 83 | 135 | -52 |
| 7 | [[File:Annandale colours.svg | 16x16px]] Annandale | 14 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 119 | 219 | -100 |
| 8 | [[File:Western Suburbs colours.svg | 16x16px]] Western Suburbs | 14 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 115 | 251 | -136 |
Records set in 1913
On 19 July, South Sydney's reserve grade team scored 102 points against Mosman, which remains the greatest number of points scored in any grade of NSWRFL/NSWRL/ARL/NRL rugby league. The Rabbitohs scored 49 points in the first half and 59 in the second, conceding only a solitary penalty goal.
References
References
- [http://www.rl1908.com/clubcomps/Honours.htm Premiership Roll of Honour] {{webarchive. link. (14 May 2011 at ''rl1908.com'')
- 'Rugby League: Second Grade'; ''[[The Sunday Times (Sydney). The Sunday Times]]'', 20 July 1913, p. 13
- 'Records Made: St. George and Griffen'; ''[[Sydney Morning Herald]]'', 13 May 1935, p. 17
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