| New South Wales Competitions 1918 | 1917 - 1919 |
Representative
Sydney
Newcastle
- Hunter District
| Representative | 1917 - 1919 |
| Sydney | 1917 - 1919 |
| First Grade Premiership | Match Results - 1917 - 1919 |
1 South Sydney 14 12 0 2 257 121 136 24 2 Western Suburbs 14 11 0 3 182 102 80 22 3 Glebe 14 9 0 5 212 128 84 18 4 Balmain 14 8 1 5 215 148 67 17 5 Eastern Suburbs 14 8 0 6 160 153 7 16 6 North Sydney 14 3 2 9 131 202 -71 8 7 Newtown 14 2 3 9 115 175 -60 7 8 Annandale 14 0 0 14 73 316 -243 0
South Sydney were premiers.
Round 1:
Glebe 8 beat South Sydney 5.
Newtown 10 beat Balmain 4.
Eastern Suburbs 17 beat North Sydney 8.
Western Suburbs 31 beat Annandale 2.
Semifinals:
Western Suburbs 12 beat Glebe 8.
Newtown 8 beat Eastern Suburbs 2.
Final:
Western Suburbs 18 beat Newtown 8.
Round 1:
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Semifinals:
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Final:
South Sydney 10 beat Eastern Suburbs 4.
| Newcastle | 1917 - 1919 |
Again only three three grades were played. Only three teams entered the first grade competition, and it was abandoned after five weeks when it became clear there weren't enough quality players.
It came to the attention of the NSWRL that Dan Davies, who had been disqualified for life in Sydney, had played a match for Western Suburbs. As a result of this, and because of the failure of the NSWRL (Northern Branch) to provide medals for the first grade premiers in 1916, most of the Northern Branch officials were disqualified for a year. This didn't go down too well with the Novocastrians, who immediately set up their own rugby league competition, the Northern District Rugby Football Association. The NSWRL branded it an unauthorised body, and warned that anyone involved with it faced being banned for life.
The lower grade competitions petered out as the clubs sided with one group or the other.
Teams (4): Northern Suburbs, South-East Newcastle, Western Suburbs. Competition abandoned.
Teams (11): Broadmeadow, Carrington, Central Newcastle, East End, East Newcastle, Kurri Kurri, Northern Suburbs, South Newcastle, Waratah, Western Suburbs, Weston. [Table and final details (if any) unavailable.]
Teams (14): Abermain, Broadmeadow, Carrington, Central Newcastle, District Schools, East Newcastle, Horse Shoe Bend, Kurri Kurri, Northern Suburbs, South Newcastle, Stockton, Waratah, Western Suburbs no 1, Western Suburbs no 2. [Table and final details (if any) unavailable.]