Representative
Sydney
Newcastle
- Hunter District
The Sydney Premiership final playoff between Balmain and South Sydney was the first football match ever broadcast on radio in Australia. The Balmain secretary, Bob Savage, called it for 2SB (now 2BL).
The Australian Rugby League Board of Control (ARL) was formed in December to manage the international side of the game.
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.
Western Division 40 beat Northern Division 5
on 20th May at Sydney Cricket Ground.
North Coast 6 beat South Coast 5
on 20th May at Sydney Cricket Ground.
Far North Coast 40 beat Southern District 7
on 20th May at Sydney Cricket Ground.
Far North Coast 11 beat South Coast 8
on 22nd May at Sydney Cricket Ground.
Western District 22 beat North Coast 7
on 22nd May at Sydney Cricket Ground.
Southern District 29 beat Northern Districts 8
on 22nd May at Sydney Cricket Ground.
Combined Country beat Newcastle.
When a Sydney club had a bye it would occasionally arrange a visit to a country area to play the local district team.
Glebe 34 beat Hunter District 6
on Monday 9th June at Maitland Showground.
Only nine competition rounds were played due to the English tour of Australia.
1 Balmain 8 6 1 1 1 124 53 71 15
2 South Sydney 8 6 1 1 1 104 60 44 15
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3 Western Suburbs 8 4 0 4 1 130 103 27 10
4 Glebe 8 4 0 4 1 87 95 -8 10
5 St George 8 3 2 3 1 94 125 -31 10
6 North Sydney 8 3 0 5 1 107 128 -21 8
7 Eastern Suburbs 8 3 0 5 1 85 106 -21 8
8 University 8 2 1 5 1 85 115 -30 7
9 Newtown 8 2 1 5 1 98 129 -31 7
Final:
Balmain 3 beat South Sydney 0.
Only six rounds of cup games were played in 1924.
1 Eastern Suburbs 6 4 2 0 0 129 54 75 10
2 South Sydney 6 4 1 1 0 88 73 15 9
3 North Sydney 5 2 3 0 1 64 57 7 9
4 University 5 3 0 2 1 89 49 40 8
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5 Balmain 5 2 1 2 1 57 55 2 7
6 St George 6 3 0 3 0 72 80 -8 6
7 Newtown 5 1 0 4 1 49 83 -34 4
8 Western Suburbs 5 1 0 4 1 29 86 -57 4
9 Glebe 5 0 1 4 1 30 70 -40 3
Semifinals:
South Sydney 14 beat North Sydney 10.
University 8 beat Eastern Suburbs 5.
Final:
South Sydney 23 beat University 2.
Semifinals:
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Final:
Newtown 17 beat Western Suburbs 5.
Four grades of competition were run plus under-16s. The President's Cup was run as an end of season competition.
1 Eastern Suburbs 8 6 2 0 2 59 26 18
2 Northern Suburbs 8 4 1 3 2 72 73 13
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3 Central Newcastle 8 4 0 4 2 87 60 12
4 South Newcastle 8 2 1 5 2 54 75 9
5 Western Suburbs 8 2 0 6 2 61 99 8
(calculated)
Final:
Eastern Suburbs 9 beat Northern Suburbs 2.
Teams (8): Broadmeadow, Carrington, Central Newcastle,
Eastern Suburbs, Northern Suburbs, South Newcastle, Toronto,
Western Suburbs.
[Final table unavailable.]
Semifinal:
Carrington beat Eastern Suburbs.
Final:
Carrington 5 beat South Newcastle 3.
Teams (16): Carrington no.1, Carrington no.2, Central Newcastle,
Dangar Park, Eastern Suburbs no.1, Eastern Suburbs no.2, Maryville,
South Newcastle no.1, South Newcastle no.2, Stockton no.1,
Stockton no.2, Tighe's Hill, Wallsend, Waratah, Western Suburbs,
Wickham.
[Plus Northern Suburbs teams?]
[Final table unavailable.]
Semifinal:
Northern Suburbs no.1 6 beat Western Suburbs 0.
Final:
Northern Suburbs no.1 13 beat Carrington 7.
Teams (12): Broadmeadow, Carrington, Dangar Park, Eastern Suburbs,
Islington, Maryville, South Newcastle, St Andrew's, Stockton,
Tighe's Hill, Waratah, Western Suburbs.
Second round teams (6): Dangar Park, Eastern Suburbs, Islington,
South Newcastle, St Andrew's, Waratah.
[Final table unavailable.]
Final:
Waratah 5 beat South Newcastle 2.
Teams (6): Carrington, Central Newcastle, South Newcastle, Toronto,
Waratah, Western Suburbs.
[Final table unavailable.]
Semifinal:
Waratah beat Western Suburbs.
Final:
Waratah 12 beat Central Newcastle 8.
1 South Newcastle 6 5 0 1 1 89 45 12
2 Eastern Suburbs 5 4 0 1 2 50 20 12
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3 Northern Suburbs 6 1 3 2 1 38 55 7
4 Western Suburbs 5 0 2 3 2 23 46 6
5 Central Newcastle 6 1 1 4 1 45 79 5
(calculated)
Final:
Eastern Suburbs 20 beat South Newcastle 11.
Two grades of competition were played plus juniors. The A grade initially had three entrants: Eastern Suburbs, Western Suburbs and Greta. After the first round Kurri Kurri and Cessnock decided they also wanted to field teams, so the competition was put on hold and then redrawn. After round four Greta withdrew because they could not field enough players. Then two weeks later Kurri Kurri withdrew for no apparent reason, though it was believed they wanted to join the Newcastle competition (they didn't). The season ended in controversy when Maitland United walked off during the final after their captain was sent off for laying a hand on the referee. As Eastern Suburbs were fielding an illegal player both teams were disqualified and no premiership was awarded.
The league experimented with a home and away format to see if it would generate greater team support.
The standard of refereeing attracted a lot of comment, as apparently each had different ideas about how the ball should be played.
1 Maitland United 11 8 0 3 3 87 42 45 32
2 Eastern Suburbs 9 4 0 5 4 62 50 12 16
3 Cessnock 9 3 0 6 2 43 63 -20 12
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4 Kurri Kurri 4 3 0 1 1 17 16 1 12
5 Greta 3 0 0 3 2 3 41 -38 0
* Cessnock and Kurri Kurri joined for round 2.
* Greta withdrew afer round 4.
* Kurri Kurri withdrew after round 6.
* Missing scores of Kurri Kurri versus Cessnock.
Semifinal:
Eastern Suburbs 15 beat Cessnock 3.
Final:
Maitland United versus Eastern Suburbs abandoned.
(Both teams disqualified.)
Teams (12): Bellbird, Branxton, Cessnock no.1, Cessnock no.2, East End,
Eastern Suburbs, East Maitland, Martin's Creek, Paxton, Thornton,
Western Suburbs, Weston.
[Final table unavailable.]
Semifinals:
Branxton beat Weston.
East End 10 beat East Maitland 3.
Final:
East End 20 beat Branxton 5.