Eastern Suburbs 1915 Season

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Eastern Suburbs (now known as the Sydney Roosters) competed in the 8th New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) premiership in 1915.

Contents 1 Details 2 Results 3 Ladder 4 City Cup Final 5 Season Highlights 6 References

[edit] Details

• Home Ground:
• The Eastern Suburbs line-up for the 1915 season included - C. Barker, George Challis, Edward Coyne, Les Cubitt, Barney Dalton, Jim Duffy, D. Flannery, Abraham Jonas, Charlie Lees, Bob Linklater, Wally Messenger, George McGowan, R. McKellar, Sid Sandy Pearce, Jack Watkins.

[edit] Results

• Premiership Round 1. Saturday the 8th of May 1915,

Eastern Suburbs 25 defeated Annandale 3 at the Agricultural Ground.

• Premiership Round 2, Saturday the 15th of May 1915,

Eastern Suburbs 23 defeated North Sydney 6( E Taplin, S McFarlane Tries) at North Sydney Oval.

• Premiership Round 3, Saturday the 22nd of May 1915,

Balmain 14 defeated Eastern Suburbs 7 at Sydney Cricket Ground.

• Premiership Round 4, Saturday the 29th of May 1915,

Newtown 5 defeated Eastern Suburbs 3 at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

• Premiership Round 5, Saturday the 12th of June 1915,

Eastern Suburbs 6 defeated Western Suburbs 3 at St Luke's Park.

• Premiership Round 6, Saturday the 19th of June 1915

South Sydney 10( Rex Norman, Thompson Tries; H Horder 2 Goals), defeated Eastern Suburbs 7 at the Agricultural Ground.

• Premiership Round 7, Saturday the 26th of June 1915

Glebe 15 defeated Eastern Suburbs 7 at Wentworth Park.

• Premiership Round 8, Saturday the 3rd of July 1915,

Eastern Suburbs 32 defeated Annandale 3 at Hampden.

• Premiership Round 9, Saturday the 10th of July 1915

Eastern Suburbs Eastern Suburbs 35 defeated North Sydney 4(R. Farnell , H. Stewart Goals) at Hampden.

• Premiership Round 10, ??? the 15th of July 1915

Balmain 14 defeated Eastern Suburbs Eastern Suburbs 7 at the Agricultural Ground.

• Premiership Round 11, ??? the 31st of July 1915

Newtown 9( 3 Tries) defeated Eastern Suburbs Eastern Suburbs 8(2 Tries; 1 Goal) at Wentworth Park.

• Premiership Round 12, ??? the 7th of August 1915,

Eastern Suburbs 12 (2 Tries; 3 Goals) defeated Western Suburbs 5(1 Try; 1 Goal) at Hampden.

• Premiership Round 13, Saturday 14 August 1915,

South Sydney 5( Groves Try; H. Horder Goal) defeated Eastern Suburbs 3 at Agricultural Ground.

• Premiership Round 14, Saturday 21 August 1915,

Glebe 13 defeated Eastern Suburbs 5 at Hampden.

[edit] Ladder

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Balmain	14	12	2	0	232	71	+161	26
2	Glebe	14	12	0	2	268	106	+162	24
3	Newtown	14	9	1	4	208	119	+89	19
4	South Sydney	14	8	1	5	157	94	+63	17
5	Eastern Suburbs	14	6	0	8	180	109	+71	12
6	Annandale	14	3	0	11	113	256	-143	6
7	Western Suburbs	14	2	0	12	67	200	-133	4
8	North Sydney	14	2	0	12	83	353	-270	4

[edit] City Cup Final

Eastern Suburbs again took out the City Cup defeating Glebe 22-3 in the final.

[edit] Season Highlights

• Won City Cup
• Won Presidents Cup
• Representatives:- Les Cubitt(NSW), George Challis(NSW), Jack Watkins(NSW).

[edit] References

Rugby League Tables and Statistics

Preceded by 1914

Season 1915

Succeeded by 1916