1914 Eastern Suburbs season

1914 Eastern Suburbs season
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Eastern Suburbs (now known as the Sydney Roosters) competed in the 7th New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) premiership in 1914.

Details

No. Position Player

5 Dan Frawley – WG 9 Larry 'Jersey' O'Malley – PR 10 Sid 'Sandy' Pearce – HK 23 Percy White – PR 43 Barney Dalton – WG 45 Bob Williams – PR 51 Fred Kinghorn – FB 54 Charlie Lees – PR 61 Arthur Halloway – HB 62 Wally Messenger – CE 64 D. Flannery – PR

No. Position Player

65 Bob Tidyman – WG 66 Jack Watkins – PR 67 Les Cubitt – FE 69 Claude Nicholson – WG 72 George Challis – FB 73 W. Watson – WG 74 W. Allmen – WG 75  ?. Butler – WG 76  ?. Martin – WG 77 H. McNamarra – WG 78 Arthur Davidson – WG

Premiership results

  • Premiership Round 1, Saturday 2 May 1914.

Glebe 14 (2 Tries; 4 Goals) defeated Eastern Suburbs 12 (2 Tries; 3 Goals) at the Wentworth Park ground.

  • Premiership Round 2, Saturday 9 May 1914.

Eastern Suburbs 10 (2 Tries; 2 Goals) defeated Western Suburbs 2 (Goal) at Pratten Park.

  • Premiership Round 3, Saturday 16 May 1914 .

Newtown 2 (Goal) defeated Eastern Suburbs 0 at Sydney Cricket Ground.

  • Premiership Round 4, Saturday 23 May 1914.

Eastern Suburbs 10 (2 Tries; 2 Goals) defeated South Sydney 4 (Horder 2 Goals) at Sydney Cricket Ground.

  • Premiership Round 5, Saturday 30 May 1914.

Eastern Suburbs 17(3 Tries; 4 Goals) defeated North Sydney 7(Try; 2 Goals) at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

  • Premiership Round 6, Saturday 13 June 1914.

Eastern Suburbs 15(3 Tries; 3 Goals) defeated Annandale 5(Try; Goal) at the Agricultural Ground.

  • Premiership Round 7, Saturday 20 June 1914.

Eastern Suburbs 8(2 Tries; Goal) defeated Balmain 2 (Goal) at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

  • Premiership Round 8, Saturday 11 July 1914.

Eastern Suburbs 28(4 Tries; 7 Goals; Field Goal) defeated Glebe 24(F. Burge 2, + 2 Tries; 6 Goals) at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

Easts managed to hold on against Glebe after leading at one stage 26–4.

  • Premiership Round 9, Saturday 18 July 1914.

Eastern Suburbs 25 (5 Tries; 5 Goals) Defeated Western Suburbs 10( 2 Tries; 2 Goals) at Agricultural Ground.

  • Premiership Round 10, Saturday 25 July 1914.

Newtown 6 (1 C. Russell, +1 Goals; 1 Field Goal) Defeated Eastern Suburbs 5(1 Try; 1 Goal) at Sydney Cricket Ground.

This was described as a thriller of a match with Newtown sneaking home in the dying minutes thanks to a penalty goal from their winger, Charles 'Boxer' Russell, who kicked a penalty goal from the sideline.

  • Premiership Round 11, Saturday 1 August 1914.

South Sydney 10(Horder, McCabe Tries; Horder 2 Goals) Defeated Eastern Suburbs 5 (1 Try; 1 Goal) at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

  • Premiership Round 12, Saturday 8 August 1914.

Eastern Suburbs 13(3 Tries 1; Goal 1, Field Goal 1) defeated North Sydney 11(Gosper, King, O'Deane Tries; Gray Goal) at North Sydney Oval.

  • Premiership Round 13, Saturday 15 August 1914.

Annandale 16(4 Tries; 2 Goals) Defeated Eastern Suburbs 14(4 Tries; 1 Goal) at Wentworth Park.

  • Premiership Round 14, Saturday 22 August 1914.

Balmain 9(1 Try; 1 Goal; 2 Field Goals) Defeated Eastern Suburbs 2(Goal) at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

Table

Rank Team P W D L For Ag Diff Pts
1 South Sydney 14 11 1 2 166 79 +87 23
2 Newtown 14 11 - 3 185 111 +74 22
3 Eastern Suburbs 14 8 - 6 164 122 +42 16
4 Balmain 14 6 4 4 132 111 +21 16
5 Glebe 14 7 1 6 187 140 +47 15
6 North Sydney 14 5 1 8 158 165 -7 11
7 Western Suburbs 14 3 - 11 104 231 -127 6
8 Annandale 14 1 1 12 106 243 -137 3

For - 164

  • Tries 32
  • Goals 34

Against - 122

  • Tries 20
  • Goals 31

City Cup

City Cup Final; Eastern Suburbs 6 (W. Messenger, L. O'Malley Tries) defeated South Sydney 5 (H. Horder Try; H. Horder Goal).

Played at the Sydney Cricket Ground before 10,000 spectators, and won by Eastern Suburbs by 6 points to 5. South Sydney kicked off, and quickly had Eastern Suburbs defending. Watkins relieved the (pressure) by kicking out inside half-way, and then an unsuccessful attempt to goal from a [?] by Brown. Eastern Suburbs kept their opponents hemmed in for some time, but South Sydney [?] back to neutral territory, where Lees retired and he was replaced by O’Malley. South Sydney where in a good attacking position when Brown made a poor kick at goal from the field, and Eastern Suburbs forced. A little latter Brown was offside near his own line, and Messenger kicked over the (?) strongly. Cubitt being beaten by McCabe, [?] Messenger had made an attempt to goal from a penalty, the half-time whistle sounded with the scores at 0 all. Eastern Suburbs kept South Sydney busy defending their line. Messenger carried play into the opposition sides territory, and immediately afterwards the ball shot out from a ruck over the line, and Messenger dived and scored. He failed to convert. But was then prominent in several rushes which resulted in O’Malley crossing over. Messenger failed to goal. A few minutes later Cann secured and passed to Horder, who evaded several opponents before scoring and also converting. The play was waged at a lively pace until the fulltime whistle with the score 6 points to 5.

— Sydney Morning Herald

Season highlights

References

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