1912 South Sydney season
NSWRFL Rank4th (out of 8)
Play-off resultDid not qualify
City CupWinners
1912 recordWins: 8; draws: 0; losses: 6
Points scoredFor: 207; against: 137
Team information
Captain
StadiumSydney Sports Ground
Top scorers
TriesArthur McCabe (11)
GoalsStephen Darmody (21)
PointsStephen Darmody (57)
< 1911 1913 >

The 1912 South Sydney season was the 5th in the club's history. The club competed in the New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership (NSWRFL), finishing the season 4th and missing the finals for the first time in club history. Souths also competed in the inaugural season of the post season tournament, the City Cup. The competition culminated with Souths defeating Glebe in the final.

Ladder

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 Eastern Suburbs 14 13 0 1 230 86 +144 26
2 Glebe 14 11 0 3 199 83 +116 22
3 Newtown 14 9 0 5 178 132 +46 18
4 South Sydney 14 8 0 6 207 137 +70 16
5 Balmain 14 6 0 8 138 168 -30 12
6 North Sydney 14 6 0 8 124 197 -73 12
7 Annandale 14 2 0 12 86 134 -48 4
8 Western Suburbs 14 1 0 13 100 325 -225 2

Fixtures

Regular season (NSWRFL)

Round Opponent Result Score Date Venue Crowd Ref
1 North Sydney Win 16 – 3 Saturday 4 May North Sydney Oval 5,000 [1]
2 Newtown Win 12 – 6 Saturday 11 May Sports Ground 15,000 [2]
3 Eastern Suburbs Loss 8 – 9 Saturday 18 May Royal Agricultural Society Showground 18,000 [3]
4 Balmain Win 29 – 5 Saturday 25 May Birchgrove Oval 6,000 [4]
5 Western Suburbs Win 26 – 10 Saturday 8 June Sports Ground 400 [5]
6 Annandale Win 12 – 5 Saturday 15 June Sports Ground 6,000 [6]
7 Glebe Loss 5 – 6 Saturday 29 June Sports Ground 15,000 [7]
8 North Sydney Loss 7 – 18 Saturday 6 July Sports Ground 4,500 [8]
9 Newtown Win 20 – 13 Saturday 20 July Sports Ground 10,000 [9]
10 Eastern Suburbs Loss 10 – 7 Saturday 27 July Sports Ground 14,000 [10]
11 Balmain Loss 5 – 14 Saturday 3 August Birchgrove Oval 1,200 [11]
12 Western Suburbs Win 33 – 12 Saturday 10 August Sports Ground 400 [12]
13 Annandale Win 11 – 7 Saturday 17 August Sports Ground 4,000 [13]
14 Glebe Loss 16 – 19 Saturday 24 August Wentworth Park 4,000 [14]

City Cup

Round Opponent Result Score Date Venue Crowd Ref
Preliminary Final Eastern Suburbs Win 21 – 10 Saturday 31 August Sports Ground 11,000 [15]
Semi Final North Sydney Win 16 – 11 Saturday 7 September Sports Ground 10,000 [16]
Final Glebe Win 30 – 5 Saturday 14 September Royal Agricultural Society Showground 13,000 [17]

Statistics

Name App T G FG Pts
Harry Almond 4 0 0 0 0
Os Brown 9 2 0 0 6
Arthur Butler 17 2 2 0 10
Harold Butler 17 0 0 0 0
William "Billy" Cann 9 3 0 0 9
Charlie Collier 13 10 0 0 30
Stephen Darmody 7 5 21 0 57
Walter Davis 9 2 0 0 6
Herbert "Herb" Gilbert 7 2 0 0 6
Dick Green 6 0 0 0 0
Bill Groves 2 2 0 0 6
Perce Hale 5 0 0 0 0
George Hallett 9 0 0 0 0
Eddie Hilliard 13 0 0 0 0
Clarence Horder 1 1 0 0 3
Harold Horder 4 5 12 0 39
Ernie Hucker 9 2 0 0 6
John Leveson 5 0 0 0 0
Arthur McCabe 16 11 0 0 33
Tom McCann 1 0 0 0 0
Eugene McCarthy 8 0 0 0 0
George Maidment 6 1 12 0 27
Harry Nicholls 12 5 0 0 15
Edward Rigney 1 0 0 0 0
A. Smith 3 1 0 0 3
William Spence 14 3 0 0 9
Hash Thompson 14 3 0 0 9
Total 221 60 47 0 274

References

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