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1916 NSWRFL season
Rugby league competition
Rugby league competition
| Field | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| year | 1916 | |
| competition | New South Wales Rugby Football League | |
| teams | 8 | |
| premiers | [[Image:Balmain colours.svg | 16x16px]] Balmain |
| count | 2nd | |
| minor premiers | [[Image:Balmain colours.svg | 16x16px]] Balmain |
| wooden_spoon | [[File:Western Suburbs colours.svg | 16x16px]] Western Suburbs |
| wooden_spoon_count | 5th | |
| mpcount | 2nd | |
| matches | 57 | |
| points | 1174 | |
| top point scorer | [[Image:Balmain colours.svg | 16x16px]] Charles Fraser (94) |
| top try scorer | [[Image:Glebe colours.svg | 16x16px]] Frank Burge (22) |
| prevseason_link | 1915 NSWRFL season | |
| prevseason_year | 1915 | |
| nextseason_link | 1917 NSWRFL season | |
| nextseason_year | 1917 |
The 1916 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the ninth season of Sydney’s top-level professional rugby league competition, Australia’s first. Eight teams from across the city contested during the season which culminated in a grand final between Balmain and South Sydney.
Season summary
Three teams dominated the season, Balmain, South Sydney and Glebe. With two rounds to go, each of the three teams had a genuine chance of winning the premiership with each separated by half a win. This created an interesting scenario with Balmain (20 points, first) facing South Sydney (18 points, third) and Glebe (19 points, second) facing Eastern Suburbs who were placed fourth at the time. As it turned out, Balmain lost 11–7 to Souths, leaving the competition wide open for Glebe to take the competition lead by one point. However, Glebe ended up losing crucially to Eastern Suburbs 8–5 on the same day. With both Balmain and Souths now equal on 20 points with one game to play, it would have taken a miracle for Glebe to come back given that they were still on 19 points. All three teams won their final games, but it was equal placed Balmain and South Sydney that would play off in a premiership decider.[[Image:NSWRL 1910-1919.png|200px|thumb|right|The geographical locations of the teams that contested the 1916 premiership across Sydney.]]
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
| [[Image:Newtown Jersey 1915.png | 100px | center]]Newtown | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9th season | |||
| Ground: Erskineville Oval | |||
| Coach: | |||
| Captain: Paddy McCue | [[Image:North Sydney Jersey 1916.png | 100px | center]]North Sydney |
| 9th season | |||
| Ground: North Sydney Oval | |||
| Coach: Denis Lutge | |||
| Captain: Con Sullivan | [[Image:South Sydney Jersey 1914.png | 100px | center]]South Sydney |
| 9th season | |||
| Ground: RAS Showground | |||
| Coach: | |||
| Captain: Roy Almond | [[Image:Western Suburbs Jersey 1916.png | 100px | center]]Western Suburbs |
| 9th season | |||
| Ground: St. Lukes Oval | |||
| Coach: | |||
| Captain: Harold Leddy |
Ladder
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [[Image:Balmain colours.svg | 16x16px]] Balmain | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 181 | 100 | +81 |
| 2 | [[Image:South Sydney colours.svg | 16x16px]] South Sydney | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 170 | 117 | +53 |
| 3 | [[Image:Glebe colours.svg | 16x16px]] Glebe | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 217 | 106 | +111 |
| 4 | [[Image:Eastern Suburbs colours.svg | 16x16px]] Eastern Suburbs | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 170 | 89 | +81 |
| 5 | [[Image:North Sydney colours.svg | 16x16px]] North Sydney | 14 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 108 | 189 | -81 |
| 6 | [[Image:Newtown colours.svg | 16x16px]] Newtown | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 134 | 153 | -19 |
| 7 | [[Image:Annandale colours.svg | 16x16px]] Annandale | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 94 | 163 | -69 |
| 8 | [[Image:Western Suburbs colours.svg | 16x16px]] Western Suburbs | 14 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 92 | 249 | -157 |
Final
| Balmain | Position | South Sydney |
|---|---|---|
| Lyall Wall | FB | Wally Dymant |
| Reg Latta | WG | Gordon Vaughan |
| Charles Fraser | CE | C. Phelps |
| Jim Craig | CE | Rex Norman |
| Jack 'Junker' Robinson | WG | Bill Cann |
| Albert "Rick" Johnston | FE | Roy Norman |
| Arthur Halloway (c) | HB | George McGowan |
| Alf Fraser | PR | Roy Almond |
| D. Cranston | HK | John Kerwick |
| Edward Burnicle | PR | Owen McCarthy |
| Bill Schultz | SR | Arthur Oxford |
| D. Stewart | SR | George Moore |
| Robert Craig | LK | Bill Groves |
Balmain 5 (Try: Arthur Halloway. Goal: Charles Fraser)
defeated
South Sydney 3 (Try: Gordon Vaughan )
Image:Bob Craig 1911.jpg|Bob Craig File:Jim Craig Australian Rugby League.jpg|Jim Craig Image:Arthur Halloway.jpg|Pony Halloway Image:Ricketty Johnston 1921.jpg |Ricketty Johnston Image: Billy Cann 1911.jpg |Bill Cann Image: Charles Fraser - rugby league player.jpg| Chook Fraser
References
References
- [http://www.rl1908.com/clubcomps/Honours.htm Premiership Roll of Honour] {{webarchive. link. (2011-05-14 at ''rl1908.com'')
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