NSWRL 1908

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New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 1908
opening 20th of April
Endgame 29th August
societies 9
Games 43
Points 1,108
(25,767 per game)
Minor Premiership South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs
master South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs
Wooden spoon Cumberland colors.svg Cumberland
Top try scorer Eastern suburbs Horrie Miller (15)
Top scorer Eastern suburbs Horrie Miller (47)

The NSWRL 1908 was the first season of the New South Wales Rugby League Premiership , the first Australian rugby league championship. Eight teams took part in the first season, seven of which were from Sydney . These are called "foundation clubs". In the second round, a ninth team was added, but they dropped out at the end of the season and in 1909 no longer took part in the NSWRL. First place after the end of the regular season went to the South Sydney Rabbitohs , who won the final 14:12 against the Eastern Suburbs .

Origin and Success

In 1906, the number of viewers at rugby league games rose sharply. The reason for this was Dally Messenger , a very talented gamer. In 1907 he agreed to take part in a professional competition organized by the New South Wales Rugby Football League . After all, it was his popularity that ensured that the new competition would be a long-term success.

The season began on April 20, 1908, with two games, one at Wentworth Park and one at Birchgrove Oval . It was supposed to be a financial disaster as there were hardly any stars apart from Dally Messenger. In addition, there were problems with the referees and the fact that the press hardly reported about the new competition. Many of the players had also moved from rugby union to rugby league , which meant that they were not allowed to enter the Sydney Cricket Ground , which was then owned by the New South Wales Rugby Union .

table

See NSWRL 1908 / Results for a full listing of all regular season results.
  • Playoff participation
    • team Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
    points     		Diff. Table
    points
    01. South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 9 8th 0 1 194: 53 + 141 18th
    02. Eastern Suburbs colors.svg Eastern suburbs 9 8th 0 1 183: 90 + 93 18th
    03. Same colours.svg Glebe 9 7th 0 2 106: 63 + 43 16
    04th North Sydney colors.svg North Sydney Bears 9 6th 0 3 155: 66 + 89 14th
    05. Newcastle foundation colors.svg Newcastle Rebels 9 4th 0 5 151: 116 + 35 10
    06th Balmain colors.svg Balmain Tigers 9 3 1 5 86: 113 - 27 9
    07th Newtown colors.svg Newtown Jets 9 1 1 7th 70: 148 - 78 5
    08th. Western Suburbs colors.svg Western Suburbs Magpies 9 1 0 8th 47: 190 - 143 4th
    09. Cumberland colors.svg Cumberland 9 1 0 7th 38: 191 - 153 4th
    • Since every team had a bye this season, only 2 points were added to the normal number of points after the season.

    Table history

  • Playoff place

    • Underlined numbers indicate a bye.

    1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10
    South Sydney Rabbitohs 2 * 6 6th 6th 8th 10 12 14th 16 18th
    Eastern Suburbs RLFC 2 4th 6th 8th 10 12 14th 14th 16 18th
    Glebe 2 4th 6th 8th 10 10 12 14th 16 16
    North Sydney Bears 0 2 4th 4th 6th 6th 8th 10 12 14th
    Newcastle Rebels 0 2 4th 6th 6th 8th 8th 10 10 10
    Balmain Tigers 2 2 3 3 5 7th 7th 7th 7th 9
    Newtown Jets 0 0 1 3 3 3 5 5 5 5
    Cumberland - 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 4th
    Western Suburbs Magpies 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 4th 4th
    • Since Cumberland only got in in the second round, the Rabbitohs completed two games in round 2. But her bye in round 2 was not counted.

    Playoffs

      Semifinals final
                     
    2 Eastern Suburbs colors.svg Eastern suburbs 23    
    4th North Sydney colors.svg North Sydney 10  
    2 Eastern Suburbs colors.svg Eastern suburbs 12
      1 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 14th
    1 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 16
    3 Same colours.svg Glebe 3  

    Semifinals

    15th August
    3:15 pm     		Eastern Suburbs colors.svg Eastern suburbs 23:10 North Sydney colors.svg North Sydney Bears Royal Agricultural Society Showground , Sydney
    Spectators: 400
    Referee: Charlie Hutchison
    (10: 5)
    Report
    15th August
    3:15 pm     		South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 16: 3 Same colours.svg Glebe Wentworth Park , Sydney
    Spectators: 1,200
    Referee: Edward Hooper
    (11: 0)
    report

    Grand Final

    August 29,
    3:15 p.m.     		South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 14:12 Eastern Suburbs colors.svg Eastern suburbs Royal Agricultural Society Showground , Sydney
    Spectators: 4,000
    Referee: Charlie Hutchison
    Attempts: Butler , Conlin , Golden , Senior
    Increases: Conlin (1/4)
    		 (8: 7)
    Report     		Attempts: Miller (2)
    Elevations: Brackenreg (2/2)
    Dropgoals: McNamara (1)
    1 William Neill
    2 Frank Storie
    3 F. Jarman
    4th Ed Fry
    5 Leo senior
    6th Arthur Conlin (C)Captain of the crew
    7th Jack Leveson
    8th Harry Butler
    9 J. Cochrane
    10 R. McCallum
    11 Dick Green
    12 Maxwell Coxon
    13 Tom Golden
    1 Bill King
    2 W. Smith
    3 Percy McNamara
    4th David Brown
    5 Horrie Miller
    6th Harold Kelly
    7th Lou D'Alpuget
    8th Bob Mable
    9 Jersey Flegg (C)Captain of the crew
    10 Ted Briscoe
    11 Mick Frawley
    12 Herbert Brackenreg
    13 Percy White

    statistics

    Most attempts made

    Surname tries society
    1. Horrie Miller 15th Eastern suburbs
    2. Dan Frawley 9 Eastern suburbs
    3. William Bailey 8th Newcastle Rebels
    Arthur Butler South Sydney Rabbitohs
    5. Tommy Anderson 6th South Sydney Rabbitohs
    William Cann South Sydney Rabbitohs
    Artie Coleman Newcastle Rebels
    Dick Green South Sydney Rabbitohs
    Frank Storie South Sydney Rabbitohs
    10. Bill McCarthy 5 North Sydney Bears

    Most points scored

    Surname tries Elevations / Penalties Drop goals total society
    1. Horrie Miller 15th 0 1 47 Eastern suburbs
    2. Arthur Butler 4th 3 0 46 South Sydney Rabbitohs
    3. Herbert Brackenreg 2 17th 0 40 Eastern suburbs
    4th Stan Carpenter 2 15th 0 36 Newcastle Rebels
    5. Albert Conlon 1 15th 1 35 Glebe
    6th Dick Green 6th 8th 0 34 South Sydney Rabbitohs
    7th Alf Latta 4th 9 1 32 Balmain Tigers
    Harry Glanville 2 13 0 North Sydney Bears
    9. Dan Frawley 9 0 0 27 Eastern suburbs
    10. John Scott 4th 6th 1 26th Newtown Jets

    referee

    Surname Number d.
    Games
    George Boss 03
    Tom Costello 05
    Fred Henlen 04th
    Edward Hooper 011
    Charlie Hutchison 08th
    M. McDermott 01
    Tom McMahon Sr. 02
    George Seabrook 07th
    Arthur Welch 02

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