1921 Eastern Suburbs season

Rugby league team season

1921 Eastern Suburbs season

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Eastern Suburbs (now known as the Sydney Roosters) competed in the 14th New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) premiership in 1921.[1]

## Details

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* Home Ground: Agricultural Ground
* Line ups:-

| No.  |  | Position  | Player

10  Sid 'Sandy' Pearce – HK 49  John 'Dinny' Campbell – CE 54  Charlie Lees – PR 66  Jack 'Bluey' Watkins – SR 67  Les Cubitt – FE 86  Harry Caples – FE 92  Ray Norman – CE 96  Gordon Wright – WG

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99  Rex Norman – CE 103  Sid Kaufman – HB 104  Robert batchelor  – SR 113  Bill Cameron  – SR 114  Ed 'Snowy' Rigney – FB 115  Fred Hume  – CE 123  Harold Holmes  – SR 124  Bill Ives – SR

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## Results

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In 1921 there was only one round of matches played![citation needed]

* Premiership Round 1, bye.
* Premiership Round 2, Saturday 30 April 1921;

Eastern Suburbs 32( 6 Tries; 7 Goals) defeated South Sydney 8( Funnell, McGrath Tries; Oxford Goal) at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

* Premiership Round 3, Saturday 7 May 1921;

Eastern Suburbs 30 (Tries 6; Goals 6) defeated Newtown 5(Try; Goal) at Sydney Cricket Ground.

> This was reported to be a particularly wild match, reporter for the Sun newspaper, Claude Corbett, wrote "The first half was one of the wildest exhibitions of football I have ever seen. Newtown was solely responsible. There were times when a dozen players were tossing about in a heap, tearing and reefing at each other. Fists and feet flew on occasions and it was a miracle that no one was hurt.

* Premiership Round 4, Saturday 14 May 1921;

Eastern Suburbs 23( Tries 5; Goals 4) defeated St George 11(Try; Goals 3; Field Goal) at the Sydney Cricket Ground No.2.

> This was the first meeting of the two clubs.

* Premiership Round 5, Saturday 21 May;

Eastern Suburbs 8( Norman 4 Goals) drew with North Sydney 8( Blinkhorn, Green Tries; Thompson Goal) at Sydney Cricket Ground.

> Described as the match of the season, Premiers, North Sydney, and eventual runners up Eastern Suburbs drew their match 8-all. The win, with no final played that year, virtually assured Norths of their 1st premiership. The official attendance was 44,818, but thousands more scaled the surrounding fences and walls - It was the largest crowd seen at a club match and remained so until the 1940s. A last gasp try by North’s George Green, just as Easts forward Jack 'Bluey' Watkins nailed him right on the corner flag, secured the draw for Norths.

* Premiership Round 6, Saturday 28 May 1921;

Balmain 14(Tries 2; Goals 4) defeated Eastern Suburbs 8(Tries 2; Goal) at Sydney Sports Ground.

* Premiership Round 7, ??? 11 June;

Eastern Suburbs 19 (Tries 5; Goals 2) defeated Glebe 3(Tries) at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

* Premiership Round 8, ??? 18 June;

Eastern Suburbs 55(Rex Norman 3, + 10 Tries; Rex Norman 8 Goals) defeated University 11 (Tries 3; Goal) at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

* Premiership Round 9, Saturday 25 June 1921;

Eastern Suburbs 12( Tries 2; Goals 3) defeated Western Suburbs 7( Try; Goals 2) at Pratten Park.

## Ladder

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

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1 |  North Sydney | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 172 | 82 | +90 | 17
2 |  Eastern Suburbs | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 187 | 67 | +120 | 15
3 |  Glebe | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 115 | 71 | +44 | 14
4 |  Balmain | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 135 | 71 | +64 | 12
5 |  South Sydney | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 141 | 104 | +37 | 10
6 |  Newtown | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 77 | 117 | +40 | 8
7 |  St George | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 87 | 124 | -37 | 6
8 |  Western Suburbs | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 90 | 155 | -65 | 6
9 |  University | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 82 | 295 | -213 | 2

## Season highlights

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* Eastern Suburbs were defeated by South Sydney 21-10 in the final of that year's City Cup.
* Rex Norman Was the New South Wales Rugby League's leading pointscorer.
* Gordon Wright was the New South Wales Rugby League's leading try scorer for the 3rd year running.
* Sid 'Sandy' Pearce, the last remaining member of Eastern suburbs original 1908 team, retired after breaking his leg on that year's 'Kangaroo Tour'.
* Representatives: Rex Norman(NSW), Bill Ives(NSW), Ed Rigney(NSW), Sid 'Sandy' Pearce (Australia)

## References

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1. ^ Rugby League Tables and Statistics Archived 21 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine

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