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1919 NSWRFL season

Rugby league competition

Field	Value
year	1919
competition	New South Wales Rugby Football League
image	NSWRFL 1983.jpg
imagesize	125px
teams	8
premiers	[[Image:Balmain colours.svg	16x16px]] Balmain
count	4th
minor premiers	[[Image:Balmain colours.svg	16x16px]] Balmain
mpcount	4th
matches	56
points	1474
top point scorer	[[Image:Western Suburbs colours.svg	16x16px]] Alexander McPherson (89)
top try scorer	[[Image:Eastern Suburbs colours.svg	16x16px]] Gordon Wright (17)
wooden_spoon	North Sydney
wooden_spoon_count	3rd
prevseason_link	1918 NSWRFL season
prevseason_year	1918
nextseason_link	1920 NSWRFL season
nextseason_year	1920

The 1919 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the twelfth season of Sydney’s professional rugby league club competition, Australia’s first. Eight teams from across the city contested during the season, with Balmain finishing on top of the ladder to claim the premiership.

Season summary

Balmain and Eastern Suburbs dominated the 14-round season, dropping just two and three games respectively. Balmain were undefeated after eight rounds but a mid-year Australian tour to New Zealand saw the black and golds lose their representative stars and their lead was lost to Eastern Suburbs for one week late in the season.

With eleven rounds played, Balmain led Eastern Suburbs by one point on the ladder but relinquished this lead by losing their round 12 match against Glebe as Eastern Suburbs beat winless Annandale 28–0. This meant Eastern Suburbs now led by one point with two rounds to play. However, they lost the very next round 15–12 to South Sydney, who had won just four of their twelve previous matches. Meanwhile, Balmain managed to beat Newtown 18–5, giving them the one point advantage heading into the final round.

The final match of the season turned out to be the decider for the premiership, with the top two teams playing one another at the Royal Agricultural Society Ground. The winner of the match would take out the premiership, whilst a draw would give Balmain the title. At the end of the day, it was the goal kicking of Balmain's Lyall Wall that secured the premiership, with a 13–4 win over Eastern Suburbs. Five of Wall’s attempts hit the post that day, but four crossed the bar and won Balmain the title.{{cite book Members of the Balmain premiership winning side included Bob Craig and Bill Kelly.

The City Cup was won by Wests for the second consecutive season.

Teams

The teams remained unchanged from the 1918 season

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

[[Image:Newtown Jersey 1915.png	100px	center]]Newtown
12th season
Ground: Wentworth Park
Coach: Charles "Boxer" Russell
Captain: Albert "Ricketty" Johnston	[[Image:North Sydney Jersey 1916.png	100px	center]]North Sydney
12th season
Ground: North Sydney Oval
Captain-Coach: George Green	[[Image:South Sydney Jersey 1917.png	100px	center]]South Sydney
12th season
Ground: RAS Showground
Coach:
Captain: Howard Hallett	[[Image:Western Suburbs Jersey 1919.png	100px	center]]Western Suburbs
12th season
Ground: St. Luke's Oval
Coach:
Captain: Tedda Courtney

Ladder

The geographical locations of the teams that contested the 1919 premiership across Sydney.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	[[Image:Balmain colours.svg	16x16px]] Balmain	14	11	1	2	277	109	+168
2	[[Image:Eastern Suburbs colours.svg	16x16px]] Eastern Suburbs	14	9	2	3	229	108	+121
3	[[Image:Western Suburbs colours.svg	16x16px]] Western Suburbs	14	9	0	5	239	130	+109
4	[[Image:Glebe colours.svg	16x16px]] Glebe	14	9	0	5	209	134	+75
5	[[Image:Newtown colours.svg	16x16px]] Newtown	14	6	2	6	123	186	-63
6	[[Image:South Sydney colours.svg	16x16px]] South Sydney	14	6	1	7	208	223	-15
7	[[Image:Annandale colours.svg	16x16px]] Annandale	14	1	1	12	86	270	-184
8	[[Image:North Sydney colours.svg	16x16px]] North Sydney	14	1	1	12	103	314	-211

References

[http://www.rl1908.com/clubcomps/Honours.htm Premiership Roll of Honour] {{webarchive. link. (2011-05-14 at ''rl1908.com'')

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