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1915 NSWRFL season

Rugby league competition

Field	Value
year	1915
competition	New South Wales Rugby Football League
imagesize	125px
teams	8
premiers	[[Image:Balmain colours.svg	16x16px]] Balmain
count	1st
minor premiers	[[Image:Balmain colours.svg	16x16px]] Balmain
wooden_spoon	North Sydney
wooden_spoon_count	1st
mpcount	1st
matches	56
points	1308
top point scorer	[[Image:Eastern Suburbs colours.svg	16x16px]] Wally Messenger (73)
top try scorer	[[Image:Glebe colours.svg	16x16px]] Frank Burge (20)
prevseason_link	1914 NSWRFL season
prevseason_year	1914
nextseason_link	1916 NSWRFL season
nextseason_year	1916

The 1915 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the eighth season of Sydney’s top-grade rugby league football club competition, Australia’s first. Eight teams from across the city contested during the season, with the Balmain club finishing on top of the ladder to claim the premiership.

Season summary

Even though World War I had broken out across Europe and many players were unavailable, there was a general consensus amongst the public that the rugby league premiership continue. On 8 May in good weather the first matches were played between the eventual top four clubs: In front of a record crowd of 13,000 Glebe defeated defending premiers Easts at the SCG, and at Wentworth Oval Balmain drew 11–all with Newtown. Midway through the season, three clubs had clearly broken ahead of the others: Balmain, Glebe and South Sydney. With South Sydney falling away in the second half of the season, Balmain and Glebe became the two remaining contenders for the title, and they clashed with four rounds to play. In front of 20,000 people, the two clubs played out a memorable match at the Sydney Sports Ground, where Balmain eventually prevailed 12–2 on a cold, rainy day. Balmain were assured their first premiership without the need for a playoff after their close last-round win over South Sydney 7–4.

Balmain went through 1915 undefeated – a feat achieved by only five other teams since. They won the premiership in all three grades. Members of the Balmain first-grade premiership winning side included Bob Craig, Bill Schultz and E. Burnicle.

In 1915, the NSWRFL lost its first ever full-time Secretary Edward Larkin when he was killed in fighting at Gallipoli on 25 April.

Teams

The teams remained unchanged from the 1914 season.

Annandale
Balmain, formed on 23 January 1908 at Balmain Town Hall
Eastern Suburbs, formed on 24 January 1908 at Paddington Town Hall
Glebe, formed on 9 January 1908
Newtown, formed on 14 January 1908
North Sydney, formed on February 7, 1908, at the North Sydney School of Arts in Mount Street
South Sydney, formed on 17 January 1908 at Redfern Town Hall
Western Suburbs, formed on 4 February 1908

[[File:Newtown Jersey 1915.png	100px	center]]Newtown
8th season
Ground: Erskineville Oval, Sydney
Coach:
Captain: Paddy McCue	[[File:North Sydney Jersey 1909.png	100px	center]]North Sydney
8th season
Ground: North Sydney Oval
Coach: Denis Lutge
Captain: Con Sullivan	[[File:South Sydney Jersey 1914.png	100px	center]]South Sydney
[8th season](1915-south-sydney-season)
Ground: RAS Showground
Coach: Arthur Hennessy
Captain: Arthur Butler	[[File:Western Suburbs Jersey 1915.png	100px	center]]Western Suburbs
8th season
Ground: St Lukes Oval
Coach:
Captain: Tedda Courtney

Ladder

The geographical locations of the teams that contested the 1915 premiership across Sydney.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	[[Image:Balmain colours.svg	16x16px]] Balmain	14	12	2	0	232	71	+161
2	[[Image:Glebe colours.svg	16x16px]] Glebe	14	12	0	2	268	106	+162
3	[[Image:Newtown colours.svg	16x16px]] Newtown	14	9	1	4	208	119	+89
4	[[Image:South Sydney colours.svg	16x16px]] South Sydney	14	8	1	5	157	94	+63
5	[[Image:Eastern Suburbs colours.svg	16x16px]] Eastern Suburbs	14	6	0	8	180	109	+71
6	[[Image:Annandale colours.svg	16x16px]] Annandale	14	3	0	11	113	256	-143
7	[[Image:Western Suburbs colours.svg	16x16px]] Western Suburbs	14	2	0	12	67	200	-133
8	[[Image:North Sydney colours.svg	16x16px]] North Sydney	14	2	0	12	83	353	-270

References

[http://www.rl1908.com/clubcomps/Honours.htm Premiership Roll of Honour] {{webarchive. link. (2011-05-14 at ''rl1908.com'')
(1991). "History of the NSW Rugby League Finals".

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