Representative
Sydney
Newcastle
- Hunter District
Berrima District
[Not all representative fixtures are listed.]
A series of games played in Sydney to select the team to take on Queensland in the interstate match.
Far North Coast 10 beat Western Districts 6
on 21st June at Sydney Sports Ground.
Southern Districts 19 beat North Coast 7
on 21st June at Sydney Sports Ground.
South Coast-Berrima 12 beat Northern Districts 10
on 21st June at Sydney Sports Ground.
Combined Country 14 beat Newcastle 8
on 23rd June at Sydney Sports Ground.
Country Seconds 18 beat Combined Reserve Grade 13
on 23rd June at Sydney Sports Ground.
Queensland 23 beat Sydney Metropolitan 14
on 23rd June at Sydney Cricket Ground.
Sydney Metropolitan 22 beat Combined Country-Newcastle 12
on 25th June at Sydney Sports Ground.
Ipswich 45 beat Newcastle 25
on 2nd June at Newcastle Sports Ground.
Ipswich 19 beat Newcastle 3
on 4th June at Newcastle Sports Ground.
Sydney Metropolitan 23 beat Newcastle 15
on 23rd June at Newcastle Sports Ground.
Newcastle 10 drew with Sydney Metropolitan 10
on 25th June at Newcastle Showground.
Tweed River 18 beat Richmond River 13
on 25th June.
Manning River 8 beat Hunter 0
on 25th June at Maitland Showground.
Hunter 24 beat Tamworth 2
on 8th September at Tamworth.
Taree 16 beat Upper Manning 8
on 22nd September at Wingham.
When a Sydney club had a bye it would occasionally arrange a visit to a country area to play the local district team.
North Sydney 49 beat Newcastle 26
on 26th May at Newcastle Sports Ground.
North Sydney Reserves 7 beat Newcastle Seconds 5
on 26th May at Newcastle Sports Ground.
Premiership, reserve grade and third grade competitions were run. A separate table was kept over the second round of the premiership and reserve grade competitions, with the top four teams in each playing off for the City Cup and Sports Ground Cup respectively. The top 8 third grade sides competed in a post-season knockout competition.
Eleven districts ran junior competitions and each competed for the President's Cup, which was run as a knockout competition.
1 Eastern Suburbs 16 13 0 3 2 235 124 111 30
2 South Sydney 16 13 0 3 2 242 173 69 30
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3 Balmain 16 10 1 5 2 247 136 111 25
4 Western Suburbs 16 9 0 7 2 257 218 39 22
5 North Sydney 16 8 0 8 2 245 223 22 20
6 Glebe 16 6 0 10 2 160 193 -33 16
7 St George 16 5 0 11 2 168 236 -68 14
8 Newtown 16 4 2 10 2 161 297 -136 14
9 University 16 2 1 13 2 120 235 -115 9
Final:
Eastern Suburbs 15 beat South Sydney 12.
Notes:
1 Balmain 8 7 0 1 1 161 73 88 16
2 South Sydney 8 7 0 1 1 123 72 51 16
3 Eastern Suburbs 8 7 0 1 1 138 58 0 16
4 Glebe 8 4 0 4 1 105 84 21 10
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5 Western Suburbs 8 4 0 4 1 117 113 4 10
6 Newtown 8 2 1 5 1 54 171 -117 7
7 North Sydney 8 2 0 6 1 120 126 -6 6
8 University 8 1 1 6 1 62 102 -40 5
9 St George 8 1 0 7 1 60 141 -81 4
Playoff:
Glebe 15 beat Wetsern Suburbs 10.
Semifinals:
Balmain 16 drew with South Sydney 16.
(Balmain won the replay 8-5.)
Glebe 12 beat Eastern Suburbs 7.
Final:
Balmain 25 beat Glebe 5.
1 South Sydney 16 15 0 1 2 216 67 149 34
2 Balmain 16 15 0 1 2 205 85 120 34
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3 Western Suburbs 16 9 0 7 2 134 152 -18 22
4 Glebe 16 7 1 8 2 122 127 -5 19
5 Eastern Suburbs 16 6 1 9 2 137 139 -2 17
6 Newtown 16 6 1 9 2 143 148 -5 17
7 St George 16 6 1 9 2 149 158 -9 17
8 North Sydney 16 6 0 10 2 143 180 -37 16
9 University 16 0 0 16 2 71 282 -211 4
(S.M.H., 10/9/1923)
Final:
South Sydney 13 beat Balmain 6.
Final points: South Sydney 16, Balmain 16, Western Suburbs 12,
St George 12, Eastern Suburbs 9, Newtown 9, Glebe 2, North Sydney 2,
University 2.
Semifinals:
?
Final:
Balmain 17 beat St George 7 after extra time.
1 Kensington 13 11 0 1 1 143 47 96 24
2 Glebe 13 10 0 2 1 178 49 129 22
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3 Eastern Suburbs 13 9 0 3 1 155 89 66 20
4 Newtown 13 8 1 3 1 171 65 106 19
5 North Sydney 13 8 0 4 1 125 114 11 18
6 Mascot 13 7 1 4 1 163 74 89 17
7 Redfern United 13 7 1 4 1 166 56 110 17
8 Marrickville 13 5 0 7 1 117 89 28 12
9 Mosman 13 5 0 7 1 119 150 -31 12
10 Camperdown 13 3 0 9 1 78 160 -82 8
11 Teachers' College 13 2 2 8 1 90 195 -105 8
12 Sydney 13 1 0 11 1 54 229 -175 4
13 University 13 0 1 11 1 56 207 -151 3
* South Sydney and Western Suburbs withdrew.
(S.M.H., 6.8.1923)
8th Place Playoff:
Marrickville 20 beat Mosman 9.
Final:
Kensington 2 beat Glebe 0.
Round 1:
Glebe 3 beat Newtown 0.
Redfern United 7 beat North Sydney 3.
Eastern Suburbs 6 beat Kensington 5.
Marrickville 12 beat Mascot 7.
Semifinals:
Glebe 17 beat Marrickville 7.
Eastern Suburbs 7 beat Redfern United 5.
Final:
Glebe 14 beat Eastern Suburbs 3.
Round 1:
Eastern Suburbs beat Western District.
North Sydney beat South Sydney.
St George beat Glebe.
Newtown beat Western Suburbs.
Canterbury-Bankstown beat Southern District.
Balmain bye.
Round 2: (25.6)
Balmain 8 beat Canterbury-Bankstown 0.
North Sydney 9 beat St George 3.
Newtown 10 beat Eastern Suburbs 8.
Semifinal: (18.8)
Eastern Suburbs 14 beat Balmain 11.
Final: (8.9)
Eastern Suburbs 11 beat North Sydney 8.
Balmain District:
A Grade:
B Grade: Drummoyne Rovers 17 baet Rozelle Fernleigh 6.
C Grade: Balmain Arlines 10 beat Balmain Shamrocks 8.
Canterbury-Bankstown District.
A Grade: ?
B Grade: ?
Eastern Suburbs District.
A Grade: ?
B Grade: ?
C Grade: ?
Glebe District.
A Grade: ?
B Grade: ?
Newtown District.
A Grade: ?
B Grade: ?
C Grade: St Peters 8 drew with Warren 8.
North Sydney District.
A Grade: ?
B Grade: ?
Southern District.
?
South Sydney District.
A Grade: ?
B Grade: ?
C Grade: ?
St George District.
A Grade: ?
B Grade: ?
Western District.
?
Western Suburbs District.
A Grade: ?
B Grade: ?
City Houses.
A Grade: ?
A Grade Reserves: Colonial Rubber 8 beat Hardys 2.
B Grade: GPO 7 beat Raleigh Park Students 6.
Three grades of competition were run plus two junior grades. The Kerr Cup was run as an end of season competition.
Format: played over three rounds with a final. A four way tie for first place mean't that semifinals were necessary. The third round also counted as the first round of the Kerr Cup.
1 Eastern Suburbs 12 7 0 5 3 100 57 43 20
2 Western Suburbs 12 6 2 4 3 107 77 30 20
3 Northern Suburbs 12 7 0 5 3 89 74 15 20
4 South Newcastle 12 6 2 4 3 84 87 -3 20
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5 Central Newcastle 12 2 0 11 3 53 141 -88 10
Semifinals:
Eastern Suburbs 5 beat Western Suburbs 2.
Northern Suburbs 8 beat South Newcastle 6.
Final:
Eastern Suburbs 17 beat Northern Suburbs 8.
Played over two rounds with a final.
Teams (9): Broadmeadow, Carrington, Central Newcastle,
Eastern Suburbs, Northern Suburbs, South Newcastle, Stockton,
Toronto, Western Suburbs.
[Final table unavailable.]
Final:
South Newcastle 13 beat Toronto 2.
Played over two rounds with a final.
Teams (9): Belmont, Broadmeadow, Carrington, Central Newcastle,
Dangar Park, Northern Suburbs, South Newcastle, Stockton, Waratah.
[Final table unavailable.]
Final:
Dangar Park 8 beat Central Newcastle 6.
Format: two rounds and a final, with only the top eight teams contesting the second round. (Originally 6 teams, but three tied for 6th place.)
Teams (13): Carrington, Central Newcastle, Dangar Park,
Eastern Suburbs, Northern Suburbs no.1, Northern Suburbs no.2,
Northern Suburbs no.4, South Newcastle no.1, South Newcastle no.2,
Toronto, Wallsend, Western Suburbs, West Wallsend.
Teams eliminated after first round: Central Newcastle,
Eastern Suburbs, Northern Suburbs no.4, South Newcastle no.2,
Toronto, Wallsend, West Wallsend.
[Final table unavailable.]
Final:
Western Suburbs 5 drew with Carrington 5.
(Western Suburbs won the replay 5-4.)
Format: two rounds and a final, with only the top six teams contesting the second round.
Teams (12): Broadmeadow, Carrington no.1, Carrington no.2,
Central Newcastle, Eastern Suburbs, Northern Suburbs no.1,
Northern Suburbs no.3, Northern Suburbs no.4, South Newcastle no.1,
Stockton, Wallsend, Waratah.
Teams eliminated after first round: Broadmeadow, Central Newcastle,
Eastern Suburbs, Northern Suburbs no.1.
[Final table unavailable.]
Final:
Wallsend 3 beat Waratah 0.
Format two rounds and a final, with the third round of the First Grade competition counting as the first round of the Kerr Cup. The second round was contested by only four teams; Central Newcastle decided to try their luck in the Hunter District's Knock-Out Competition.
1 Northern Suburbs 7 4 1 2 1 61 58 3 11
2 Eastern Suburbs 7 5 0 2 1 59 34 25 12
3 Western Suburbs 7 3 0 4 1 60 56 4 8
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4 South Newcastle 7 3 1 3 1 63 67 -4 9
5 Central Newcastle 4* 0 0 4 1 15 43 -28 2
* Central Newcastle withdrew after the first round.
Playoff for 2nd:
Western Suburb 5 beat Eastern Suburbs 0.
Final:
Western Suburbs 9 beat Northern Suburbs 4.
Western Suburbs, having won the Kerr Cup for the third time, got to keep it.
Initially three grades of competition were attempted, but after two weeks it became apparent that the A Grade was going to collapse and all the B Grade teams were promoted to A Grade. Two rounds were played in the A Grade comp followed by a final. Under 16s and cadets were also played.
At the end of the season the League attempted to hold a knockout competition open to all Northern clubs. It was not a success.
Teams (3): East End, Eastern Suburbs, Western Suburbs.
Teams (7): East End, Eastern Suburbs, Kurri Kurri, Neath, Singleton,
Western Suburbs, Weston.
* Singleton withdrew.
* Weston withdrew.
[Final table unavailable.]
Semifinal:
Eastern Suburbs 11 beat Western Suburbs 8.
East End 5 beat Kurri Kurri 3.
Final:
Eastern Suburbs versus East End abandoned.
(Due to violence.)
(Eastern Suburbs won the replay 12-5.)
Teams (7): East End, Kurri Kurri, Neath, Singleton, Western Suburbs, Weston. Abandoned after two rounds when all teams were promoted to A Grade.
Teams (11): Cessnock, East End, Eastern Suburbs, East Maitland,
Greta, Kurri Kurri, Patterson, Rothbury, Thornton, Western Suburbs,
Weston.
[Final table unavailable.]
Semifinals:
Eastern Suburbs 20 beat Rothbury 3.
East End 13 beat Kurri Kurri 0.
Final:
East End 13 beat Eastern Suburbs 12.
Preliminary Matches:
Western Suburbs 22 beat Greta 0.
Eastern Suburbs 18 beat Central Newcastle 9.
Eastern Suburbs 11 beat East End 0.
Final:
Eastern Suburbs 12 beat Western Suburbs 5.
Teams (5): Bargo, Bowral, Mittagong, Moss Vale, Robertson. [Final table and series unavailable.]
Teams (7): Bowral, Exeter, Mittagong Farm Homes, Moss Vale, Robertson, Thirlmere, Wilde's Meadow. [Final table and series unavailable.]
First Grade Final:
North Goulburn 8 beat West Goulburn 5.
Second Grade Final:
Goulburn High School 28 beat South Goulburn 5.