Eastern Suburbs 1914 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.

1 Details
2 Results
3 Table
4 City Cup
5 Season Highlights
6 References

[edit] Details

Homeground: Agricultural Ground
Lineup: W. Allman, Butler, Barney Dalton, George Challis, Les Cubitt, Arthur Davidson, D. Flannery, Dan Frawley, Arthur Halloway, Frank Kinghorn, Charlie Lees, Martin, H. McNamarra, Wally Messenger, Claude Nicholson, Larry O'Malley, Sandy Pearce, Bob Tidyman, W. Watson, Jack Watkins.

[edit] Results

Premiership Round 1, Saturday the 2nd of 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 the 9th of May 1914.

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

Premiership Round 3, Saturday the 16 of May 1914 .

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

Premiership Round 4, Saturday the 23rd May 1914.

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

Premiership Round 5, Saturday the 30th of May 1914.

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

Premiership Round 6, Saturday the 13th of June 1914.

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

Premiership Round 7, Saturday the 20th of June 1914.

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

Premiership Round 8, Saturday the 11th of 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 leeding at one stage 26-4.

Premiership Round 9, Saturday the 18th July 1914.

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

Premiership Round 10, Saturday the 25th of 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 there winger, Chales 'Boxer' Russell, who kicked a penalty goal from the sideline.

Premiership Round 11, Saturday the 1st of 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 the 8th of August 1914.

Eastern Suburbs 13(3 Tries 1; Goal 1, Field Goal 1) defeated North Sydney 11(3 Tries; 1 Goal) at North Sydney Oval.

Premiership Round 13, Saturday the 15th of August 1914.

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

Premiership Round 14, Saturday the 22nd of August 1914.

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

[edit] 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

[edit] City Cup

Final: The final, played between the 2 local rivals, Eastern Suburbs and South Sydney, attracted twice as many spectators as that years premiership final.

Eastern Suburbs 6 (W. Messenger, L. O'Malley Tries) defeated South Sydney 5 (H. Horder Try; H. Horder Goal) match played at the Sydney Cricket Ground.