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1918 NSWRFL season
Rugby league competition
Rugby league competition
| Field | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| year | 1918 | |
| competition | New South Wales Rugby Football League | |
| teams | 8 | |
| premiers | [[Image:South Sydney colours.svg | 16x16px]] South Sydney |
| count | 4th | |
| minor premiers | [[Image:South Sydney colours.svg | 16x16px]] South Sydney |
| mpcount | 4th | |
| wooden_spoon | Annandale | |
| wooden_spoon_count | 2nd | |
| matches | 56 | |
| points | 1345 | |
| top point scorer | [[Image:South Sydney colours.svg | 16x16px]] Harold Horder (87) |
| top try scorer | [[Image:Glebe colours.svg | 16x16px]] Frank Burge (24) |
| prevseason_link | 1917 NSWRFL season | |
| prevseason_year | 1917 | |
| nextseason_link | 1919 NSWRFL season | |
| nextseason_year | 1919 |
The 1918 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the eleventh season of Sydney’s professional rugby league club competition, Australia’s first. Eight teams from across the city contested during the season, with South Sydney finishing on top of the ladder to claim the premiership.
Season summary
The quality of the competition in 1918 suffered due to the loss of players fighting in World War I. South Sydney and Western Suburbs dominated the season, dropping just two and three games respectively. With just three rounds to go, both sides met each square on 18 points each. A win for South Sydney would virtually guarantee them the premiership unless they dropped their final two games. At the end of the day, South Sydney prevailed 11–3 and went on to win all their remaining matches, taking away their fourth premiership from eleven seasons.
The season also saw the struggling Dales fail to win a game from fourteen starts. It was the first winless season in NSWRFL history and signalled the end for the club, who would play only a further two seasons in the premiership.
The Western Suburbs club claimed their first title by winning the knockout competition, the City Cup.
Teams
The lineup of teams remained unchanged from the previous season.
- 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 7 February 1908
- South Sydney, formed on 17 January 1908 at Redfern Town Hall
- Western Suburbs, formed on 4 February 1908
| [[Image:Newtown Jersey 1915.png | 100px | center]]Newtown | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11th season | |||
| Ground: Erskineville Oval | |||
| Coach: | |||
| Captain: George Bain | [[Image:North Sydney Jersey 1916.png | 100px | center]]North Sydney |
| 11th season | |||
| Ground: North Sydney Oval | |||
| Coach: George Green | |||
| Captain: Cec Blinkhorn | [[Image:South Sydney Jersey 1917.png | 100px | center]]South Sydney |
| 11th season | |||
| Ground: RAS Showground | |||
| Coach: Arthur Hennessy | |||
| Captain: Howard Hallett | [[Image:Western Suburbs Jersey 1918.png | 100px | center]]Western Suburbs |
| 11th season | |||
| Ground: St. Luke's Oval | |||
| Coach:Tedda Courtney | |||
| Captain: Herb Gilbert |
Ladder
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [[Image:South Sydney colours.svg | 16x16px]] South Sydney | 14 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 257 | 121 | +136 |
| 2 | [[Image:Western Suburbs colours.svg | 16x16px]] Western Suburbs | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 182 | 102 | +80 |
| 3 | [[Image:Glebe colours.svg | 16x16px]] Glebe | 14 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 212 | 128 | +84 |
| 4 | [[Image:Balmain colours.svg | 16x16px]] Balmain | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 215 | 148 | +67 |
| 5 | [[Image:Eastern Suburbs colours.svg | 16x16px]] Eastern Suburbs | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 160 | 153 | +7 |
| 6 | [[Image:North Sydney colours.svg | 16x16px]] North Sydney | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 131 | 202 | -71 |
| 7 | [[Image:Newtown colours.svg | 16x16px]] Newtown | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 115 | 175 | -60 |
| 8 | [[Image:Annandale colours.svg | 16x16px]] Annandale | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 73 | 316 | -243 |
References
References
- [http://www.rl1908.com/clubcomps/Honours.htm Premiership Roll of Honour] {{webarchive. link. (2011-05-14 at ''rl1908.com'')
- Middleton, David. (30 September 2013). "Ten of the most dominant seasons in rugby league history from historian David Middleton". The Daily Telegraph.
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