1920 Eastern Suburbs season

Rugby league team season

1920 Eastern Suburbs season

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Eastern Suburbs (now known as the Sydney Roosters) competed in the 13th New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) premiership in 1920.

## Details

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* Home Ground: Agricultural Ground
* Lineup:-

| No.  |  | Position  | Player

10  Sid 'Sandy' Pearce – HK 45  Bob 'Botsy" Williams – PR 54  Charlie Lees – PR 62  Wally Messenger – CE 66  Jack 'Bluey' Watkins – SR 67  Les Cubitt – FE 72  George Challis – FB 79  Jim Duffy  – WG 86  Harry Caples – FE 92  Ray Norman – CE 94  R. Adams  – SR 96  Gordon Wright – WG 99  Rex Norman – CE

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103  Sid Kaufman – HB 105  Harold Bawden  – SR 109  R. Burton  – SR 110  Robert Edward connerton  – SR 113  Bill Cameron  – SR 114  Ed 'Snowy' Rigney – FB 115  Fred Hume  – SR 116  Arch Thompson  – SR 117  Les Arthur  – SR 118  Tommy Burns  – SR 119  Jim Cromwell  – SR 120  C Steel  – SR 121  A. J. Thompson  – SR 122  S. Ward  – SR

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## Results

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* premiership Round 1, Saturday 1 May 1920;

Balmain 9 (Potter try; Craig 3 goals defeated Eastern Suburbs 7 (Caples try; Messenger goal; Challis field goal) at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

* Premiership Round 2, Saturday 8 May 1920;

Eastern Suburbs 19 (Wright 2, Cameron tries; Wally Messenger 3; Caples 2 goals) defeated Newtown 7 (Boys try; Boys goal) at the Agricultural Society Ground.

* Premiership Round 3, Saturday 15 May 1920;

Eastern Suburbs 44 (Wright, Warkins 2, Cameron, Messenger, Norman, Williams tries ; Messenger 7 goals) defeated University 8 (Callan, Satterthwaite tries) at Agricultural Society Ground.

* Premiership Round 4, Saturday 22 May 1920

Eastern Suburbs 20 defeated Glebe 5 at Agricultural Ground.

* Premiership Round 5, Saturday 29 May 1920;

Eastern Suburbs 18 defeated Western Suburbs 14 at Sydney Cricket Ground.

> A crowd of 30,000 watched Easts defeat Wests.

* Premiership Round 6, Thursday 17 June 1920;

Eastern Suburbs 42 defeated Annandale 10 at Sydney Cricket Ground No. 2

Premiership Round 7, Bye:

Premiership Round 8, Saturday 26 June 1920 Eastern Suburbs 12 defeated North Sydney 8 at Sydney Cricket Ground.

Premiership Round 9, Saturday 17 July 1920 - South Sydney 14 defeated Eastern Suburbs 11 at Agricultural Ground.

* Premiership Round 10, Saturday 24 July 1920,

Eastern Suburbs 30 Wright 5 + 1 Tries; 6 Goals) defeated Balmain 13 at the Agricultural Ground.

> Eastern Suburbs were the only side to defeat Balmain in the 1920 season.

* Premiership Round 11, Saturday 31 July 1920;

Newtown 8(???) defeated Eastern Suburbs 0 at Agricultural Ground;

* Premiership Round 12, Saturday 7 August 1920;

North Sydney 21 defeated Eastern Suburbs 10 at Sydney Cricket Ground

* Premiership Round 13, Saturday 21 August 1920 - Glebe 29 defeated Eastern Suburbs 21 at Sydney Cricket Ground.
* Premiership Round 14, Saturday 28 August 1920 - Western Suburbs 29 defeated Eastern Suburbs 5 at Sydney Cricket Ground;
* Premiership Round 15, Wednesday 1 September 1920;

Eastern Suburbs 15 defeated Annandale 0 at Sydney Cricket Ground No.2.

## Ladder

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| Team  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | B  | PF  | PA  | PD  | Pts

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1 |  Balmain | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 287 | 114 | +173 | 27
2 |  South Sydney | 13 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 258 | 149 | +109 | 20
3 |  Glebe | 13 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 268 | 166 | +102 | 20
4 |  Western Suburbs | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 309 | 141 | +168 | 19
5 |  North Sydney | 13 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 237 | 151 | +86 | 18
6 |  EASTERN SUBURBS | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 254 | 175 | +79 | 18
7 |  Newtown | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 208 | 203 | +5 | 18
8 |  University | 13 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 101 | 498 | -397 | 6
9 |  Annandale | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 59 | 384 | -325 | 4

## Season's highlights

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* Won Presidents Cup
* Gordon Wright was once again the NSWRL's leading try scorer.
* Representatives:- Harry Caples (NSW), Sid Pearce (Australia, NSW).

## References

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## External links

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* Rugby League Tables and Statistics

Preceded by

1919

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1920  | Succeeded by

1921

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