The 1908 South Sydney season was the first in the club's history. They competed in the New South Wales Rugby Football League (NSWRFL) Premiership, finishing as the inaugural Australian rugby league premiers.
| 1908 South Sydney season | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NSWRFL Rank | 1st (out of 9) | |||
| Play-off result | Premiers | |||
| 1908 record | Wins: 8; draws: 0; losses: 1 | |||
| Points scored | For: 194; against: 53 | |||
| Team information | ||||
| Coach | Arthur Hennessy | |||
| Captains | ||||
| Stadium | Royal Agricultural Society Showground | |||
| Top scorers | ||||
| Tries | Arthur Butler (8) | |||
| Goals | Arthur Butler (11) | |||
| Points | Arthur Butler (46) | |||
| ||||
Ladder
edit| Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  South Sydney
|
9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 194 | 53 | +141 | 18 |
| 2 |  Eastern Suburbs
|
9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 183 | 90 | +93 | 18 |
| 3 |  Glebe
|
9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 106 | 63 | +43 | 16 |
| 4 |  North Sydney
|
9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 155 | 66 | +89 | 14 |
| 5 |  Newcastle
|
9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 151 | 116 | +35 | 10 |
| 6 |  Balmain
|
9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 86 | 113 | −27 | 9 |
| 7 |  Newtown
|
9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 70 | 148 | −78 | 5 |
| 8 |  Western Suburbs
|
9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 47 | 190 | −143 | 4 |
| 9 |  Cumberland[1]
|
8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 38 | 191 | −153 | 4* |
- Cumberland deducted 2 points due to late entry into the competition.
Fixtures
editRegular season
edit| Round | Opponent | Result | Score | Date | Venue | Crowd | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Sydney
|
Win | 11 – 7 | Monday 20 April | Birchgrove | 3,000 | [2] |
| 2 | Western Suburbs
|
Win | 42 – 7 | Saturday 25 April | Royal Agricultural Society Showground | [3] | |
| Cumberland Fruit Pickers
|
Win | 23 – 2 | Saturday 9 May | Royal Agricultural Society Showground | 20,000 | [4] | |
| 3 | Eastern Suburbs
|
Loss | 12 – 13 | Saturday 16 May | Royal Agricultural Society Showground | 3,000 | [5] |
| 4 | BYE | ||||||
| 5 | Newtown
|
Win | 31 – 3 | Friday 30 May | Royal Agricultural Society Showground | 800 | [6] |
| 6 | Glebe
|
Win | 21 – 5 | Saturday 20 June | Wentworth | 1,500 | [7] |
| 7 | Newcastle
|
Win | 30 – 11 | Saturday 27 June | Royal Agricultural Society Showground | 4,000 | [8] |
| 8 | BYE | ||||||
| 9 | Balmain
|
Win | 16 – 2 | Saturday 25 July | Birchgrove | 800 | [9] |
| 10 | Newcastle
|
Win | 8 – 3 | Sunday 8 August | Wentworth | 200 | [10] |
Finals
edit| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 15 August 1908 – Agricultural | ||||||
| Eastern Suburbs | 23 | |||||
| 29 August 1908 – Agricultural | ||||||
| North Sydney | 10 | |||||
| South Sydney | 14 | |||||
| 15 August 1908 – Wentworth | ||||||
| Eastern Suburbs | 12 | |||||
| South Sydney | 16 | |||||
| Glebe | 3 | |||||
Statistics
edit| Name | App | T | G | FG | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Anderson | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 20 |
| Arthur Butler | 9 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 46 |
| Harold Butler | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 18 |
| William "Billy" Cann | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| John Cochrane | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Arthur Conlin | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| Maxwell Coxon | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Walter Davis | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Bruce Douglas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Edward "Ed" Fry | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Thomas Golden | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Dick Green | 11 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 34 |
| William Harden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arthur Hennessy | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Fred Jarman | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| John Leveson | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Arthur McCallum | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| William Neill | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Rosewell | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| Leo Senior | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Frank Storie | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| George Wells | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Richard Wylie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 143 | 56 | 20 | 0 | 224 |
References
edit- ^ Whiticker, Alan; Collis, Ian (2006). The History of Rugby League Clubs. New Holland, Sydney. p. 120. ISBN 9781741104707.
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