1908 South Sydney season
NSWRFL Rank1st (out of 9)
Play-off resultPremiers
1908 recordWins: 8; draws: 0; losses: 1
Points scoredFor: 194; against: 53
Team information
CoachArthur Hennessy
Captains
StadiumRoyal Agricultural Society Showground
Top scorers
TriesArthur Butler (8)
GoalsArthur Butler (11)
PointsArthur Butler (46)
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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.

Ladder

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*

Fixtures

Regular season

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

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
15 August 1908 – Agricultural
 
 
 Eastern Suburbs23
 
29 August 1908 – Agricultural
 
 North Sydney10
 
 South Sydney14
 
15 August 1908 – Wentworth
 
 Eastern Suburbs12
 
 South Sydney16
 
 
 Glebe3
 

Statistics

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

  1. ^ Whiticker, Alan; Collis, Ian (2006). The History of Rugby League Clubs. New Holland, Sydney. p. 120. ISBN 9781741104707.((cite book)): CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ^ "NSWRFL 1908 - Round 1 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
  3. ^ "NSWRFL 1908 - Round 2 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
  4. ^ "NSWRFL 1908 - Round 2 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
  5. ^ "NSWRFL 1908 - Round 3 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
  6. ^ "NSWRFL 1908 - Round 5 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
  7. ^ "NSWRFL 1908 - Round 6 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
  8. ^ "NSWRFL 1908 - Round 7 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
  9. ^ "NSWRFL 1908 - Round 9 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
  10. ^ "NSWRFL 1908 - Round 10 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
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