New South Wales Competitions 1911 1910 - 1912

Representative
Sydney
Newcastle - Hunter District


Representative 1910 - 1912

Australian tour  

At the end of the year, the Australian team left on a tour of Great Britain.

Other Representative Games  
    Metropolitan 10 beat Newcastle 6
    on Saturday 22nd June.

    Newcastle 29 beat Hunter District 14
    on Saturday 29th July.

    Kurri Kurri 13 beat Northern Suburbs (Newcastle) 6
    on Saturday 16th September.

Sydney 1910 - 1912

1911 saw the introduction of the right of challenge, whereby the minor premiers had the right to challenge the winners of the final in a grand final match if they themselves did not win it. This right lasted until the introduction of compulsory grand finals in 1954.

The first rugby league match was held at the Sydney Cricket Ground, when the pro-union SCG Trust weakened its stance to allow a match between New South Wales and New Zealand to take place. It was the beginning of an association that lasted until the opening of the Sydney Football Stadium in 1987.

The NSWRL aquired a lease on the Sydney Sports Ground (which stood on the site of what is now the Sydney Football Stadium).

The Marrickville club applied to field a first grade team in 1912, but was rejected.

First Grade Premiership Match Results - 1910 - 1912
 1 Glebe                14 11  0  3  -  244   88  156  22
 2 Eastern Suburbs      14  9  2  3  -  208  129   79  20
 3 South Sydney         14  9  2  3  -  188  117   71  20
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 4 Newtown              14  6  3  5  -  154  120   34  15
 5 Annandale            14  5  1  8  -  113  184  -71  11
 6 North Sydney         14  4  1  9  -  138  209  -71   9
 7 Western Suburbs      14  4  1  9  -  116  189  -73   9
 8 Balmain              14  3  0 11  -  130  255 -125   6

Playoff:

    Eastern Suburbs 23 beat South Sydney 10.

Final:

    Eastern Suburbs 22 beat Glebe 9.

Grand Final:

    Eastern Suburbs 11 beat Glebe 8.

Notes:

  1. 29 July: Glebe 9 beat Souths 5. RL95 reports it as 9-3, but the SMH contradicts this.
  2. 5 August: Easts 24 beat Souths 14. RL95 reports it as 24-11, but the SMH contradicts this.
Second Grade Premiership 1910 - 1912

16 teams were divided into two divisions: the A division consisting of reserve grade sides, and the B division other teams. Each played 10 games, then the top 8 teams played one extra game, then the top 4 teams played one extra game, then the top two played off in a final.

 1 Redfern              B  11  9  0  2  -  113   45   68  18
 2 Eastern Suburbs      A  11  8  1  2  -  219   57  162  17
 3 Glebe                A  11  7  3  1  -  161   42  119  17
 4 Grosvenor            B  11  8  0  3  -  115   72   43  16
 5 North Sydney         A  11  7  2  2  -   89   68   21  16
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 6 Marrickville         B  11  7  0  4  -  113   81   31  14
 7 Newtown              A  11  6  1  4  -  146   68   78  13
 8 South Sydney         A  11  5  1  5  -   74   68    6  13
 9 South Sydney Federal B  10  5  1  4  -   74   61   13  11
10 Balmain              A  10  3  4  9  -   59   47   12  10
11 Waverley             B  10  4  1  5  -   39   63  -24   9
12 Sydney               B  10  3  0  7  -   59  107  -48   6
13 Western Suburbs      A  10  2  1  7  -   24  159 -135   5
14 Mosman               B  10  2  0  8  -   64  154  -90   4
15 Annandale            A  10  0  1  9  -   30  235 -205   1
16 Banksia              B  10  0  0 10  -   14  187 -173   0
                                          (S.M.H, 21.8.1911)

Grosvenor and North Sydney each had 16 points, so there was
a play off for the semifinal position.

Playoff for Fourth:

    Grosvenor 8 beat North Sydney 7.

Semifinals:

    Glebe 16 beat Redfern 7.
    Eastern Suburbs 3 drew with Grosvenor 3.

Eastern Suburbs and Redfern now had 18 points each, so there
was a playoff for the final position.

Playoff for second:

    Eastern Suburbs 3 beat Redfern 2.

Final:

    Eastern Suburbs 12 beat Glebe 0.
Third Grade Premiership 1910 - 1912

22 teams were divided into two divisions of 11 (A division and B division). Each played the other teams in its division once (and one team from the other division), then the top 12 teams played one extra game, then the top 4 teams played one extra game, then the top two played off in a final.

 1 South Sydney Kinkora B  12 12  0  0  -  220   42  188  24
 2 Leichhardt           A  12 11  1  0  -  268   32  236  23
 3 St Peters            B  12 11  0  1  -  319   42  277  22
 4 South Sydney         A  12 10  2  0  -  110   30   80  22
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 5 South Sydney Federal A  12  9  1  2  -   85   50   35  19
 6 Parramatta           A  12  8  1  3  -  125   59   66  17
 7 Balmain              B  12  7  2  3  -  136   33  103  16
 8 North Sydney         B  12  7  1  4  -  114   77   37  15
 9 Glebe                B  12  7  0  5  -   81  141  -60  14
10 Western Suburbs      A  12  6  1  5  -   97   96    1  13
11 Eastern Suburbs      B  12  6  1  5  -   84  132  -48  13
12 Waterloo             A  12  5  0  7  -   53  105  -52  10
13 Newtown              A  11  5  0  6  -   37  150 -113  10
14 Fitzroy Carlton      B  11  3  0  8  -   40   58  -18   6
15 Paddington           B  11  3  0  8  -   58  185 -127   6
16 Waverley             B  11  3  0  8  -   30  156 -126   6
17 Mosman               B  11  2  0  9  -   11  151 -140   4
18 West Sydney          A  11  2  0  9  -   23   47  -24   4
19 Sydney               B  11  0  0 11  -   14  161 -147   0
20 Alexandria           A  11  0  0 11  -    7   21  -14   0
21 Ashfield             A  11  0  0 11  -    0   54  -54   0
22 Marrickville         A  11  0  0 11  -    0  120 -120   0
  * Zetland withdrew before the start of the season.
                                          (S.M.H, 21.8.1911)

Semifinals:

    South Sydney Kinkora 2 drew with St Peters 2.
    Leichhardt 12 beat South Sydney 0.

Final:

    Leihhardt 5 beat South Sydney Kinkora 0.
President's Cup 1910 - 1912

Played at the end of the season as a knock-out competition between teams representing each of the juniors.

Final:

    Eastern Suburbs 15 beat Western Suburbs 2.
Sydney Juniors Competitions 1910 - 1912

Finding these is pretty difficult!

Eastern Suburbs B Grade Final:

    Darlinghurst 3 beat Milton 0.

South Sydney C Grade Final:

    South Sydney Kinkora 7 beat Moore Park 2.

Newcastle 1910 - 1912

A fourth grade competition was introduced.

First Grade Premiership Match Results - 1910 - 1912
 1 Northern Suburbs     12  8  2  2  -  133   93   40  18
 2 Central Newcastle    12  8  1  3  -  156   93   63  17
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 3 Western Suburbs      11  3  0  8  -   92  133  -41   6
 4 South Newcastle      11  2  1  8  -  108  170  -62   5

Final:

    Northern Suburbs 10 beat Central Newcastle 2.
Second Grade Premiership 1910 - 1912
Teams (6): Central Newcastle, Northern Suburbs, South Newcastle,
  Waratah, Western Suburbs no.1, Western Suburbs no.2.

Note: Western Suburbs no.1 and no.2 were also known as Lambton no.1
  and Lambton no.2 and as Bottom Road and Top Road.

[Table unavailable.]

Final:

    Northern Suburbs 15 beat Western Suburbs no.2 3.
Third Grade Premiership 1910 - 1912
Teams (9): Cardiff, Central Newcastle no.1, Central Newcastle no.2,
  East Newcastle, Jesmond, Northern Suburbs, Western Suburbs no.1,
  Western Suburbs no.2, West Wallsend.
   * Cardiff withdrew before the end of the season.
   * Western Suburbs no.1 withdrew before the end of the season.

Note: Western Suburbs no.1 and no.2 were also known as Lambton no.1
and Lambton no.2 and as Bottom Road and Top Road.

[Table unavailable.]

Northern Suburbs were undefeated.

Final:

    Northern Suburbs 14 beat West Wallsend 2.
Fourth Grade Premiership 1912
Teams (9): Central Newcastle no.1, Central Newcastle no.2, Jesmond,
Northern Suburbs, South Newcastle, Waratah, Western Suburbs no.1,
Western Suburbs no.2, West Wallsend.
   * Jesmond withdrew before the end of the season.
   * Northern Suburbs withdrew before the end of the season.

Note: Western Suburbs no.1 and no.2 were also known as Lambton no.1
and Lambton no.2 and as Bottom Road and Top Road.

[Table unavailable.]

Final:

    South Newcastle 14 beat Western Suburbs no.1 10.
Eight Hour Day Knockout Competition Match Results - 1912

[Need to sort this out.]

Round 1:

    Western Suburbs 20 beat Central Newcastle 13.
    Central Newcastle 3 beat Northern Suburbs 0.
    Western Suburbs versus Northern Suburbs.

Western Suburbs won.

Hunter District 1912

 

A Grade Premiership Match Results - 1912

Two rounds of matches were played followed by a final series involving the top three teams. Extra games were played between the second round and the finals--why?

 1 Cessnock              6  4  1  1  -   50   13  18
 2 Kurri Kurri           6  3  1  2  -   53   33  14
 3 West Maitland         6  3  0  3  -   46   46  12
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 4 Morpeth               6  1  0  5  -   26   85   4
                       (Maitland Mercury, 11.7.1911)

Semifinals:

    Kurri Kurri 13 beat West Maitland 6.
    Cessnock beat West Maitland on forfeit.
    
Final:

    Kurri Kurri 17 beat Cessnock 12.
B Grade Premiership 1912

Two rounds of matches were played followed by a final series involving the top three teams. Extra games were played between the second round and the finals--why?

 1 Weston                6  5  1  0  -   94   24  22
 2 Kurri Kurri           5  3  1  1  -   38   29  14
 3 East Maitland         5  2  0  3  -   37   49   8
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 4 Raymond Terrace       6  0  0  6  -   34  101   0
                       (Maitland Mercury, 11.7.1911)

Semifinals:

    Weston 26 beat East Maitland 3.
    East Maitland 11 beat Kurri Kurri 8.

Final:

    Weston 26 beat East Maitland 3.
C Grade Premiership 1912
Teams (9): Cessnock, East Maitland, Greta, Heddon, Hinton,
  Horse Shoe Bend, Kurri Kurri, Morpeth, West Maitland.
   * Greta withdrew during the season.

[Table unavailable.]

Semifinals:

    Hinton beat East Maitland.
    Kurri Kurri 9 beat Cessnock 3.

Final:

    Hinton 23 beat Kurri Kurri 15.
D Grade Premiership 1912
Teams (8): Central Maitland, East Maitland, Kurri Advance, Morpeth,
  Neath, Singleton, West Maitland, Weston.

[Table unavailable.]

Semifinals:

    West Maitland 3 beat Singleton 2.
    Weston 12 beat Central Maitland 3.

Final:

    Weston beat West Maitland.