1914 Eastern Suburbs season
Eastern Suburbs (now known as the Sydney Roosters) competed in the 7th New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) premiership in 1914.
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Premiership results
- Premiership Round 1, Saturday 2 May 1914.
Glebe 14 (2 Tries; 4 Goals) defeated Eastern Suburbs 12 (2 Tries; 3 Goals) at the Wentworth Park ground.
- Premiership Round 2, Saturday 9 May 1914.
Eastern Suburbs 10 (2 Tries; 2 Goals) defeated Western Suburbs 2 (Goal) at Pratten Park.
- Premiership Round 3, Saturday 16 May 1914 .
Newtown 2 (Goal) defeated Eastern Suburbs 0 at Sydney Cricket Ground.
- Premiership Round 4, Saturday 23 May 1914.
Eastern Suburbs 10 (2 Tries; 2 Goals) defeated South Sydney 4 (Horder 2 Goals) at Sydney Cricket Ground.
- Premiership Round 5, Saturday 30 May 1914.
Eastern Suburbs 17(3 Tries; 4 Goals) defeated North Sydney 7(Try; 2 Goals) at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
- Premiership Round 6, Saturday 13 June 1914.
Eastern Suburbs 15(3 Tries; 3 Goals) defeated Annandale 5(Try; Goal) at the Agricultural Ground.
- Premiership Round 7, Saturday 20 June 1914.
Eastern Suburbs 8(2 Tries; Goal) defeated Balmain 2 (Goal) at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
- Premiership Round 8, Saturday 11 July 1914.
Eastern Suburbs 28(4 Tries; 7 Goals; Field Goal) defeated Glebe 24(F. Burge 2, + 2 Tries; 6 Goals) at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
Easts managed to hold on against Glebe after leading at one stage 26–4.
- Premiership Round 9, Saturday 18 July 1914.
Eastern Suburbs 25 (5 Tries; 5 Goals) Defeated Western Suburbs 10( 2 Tries; 2 Goals) at Agricultural Ground.
- Premiership Round 10, Saturday 25 July 1914.
Newtown 6 (1 C. Russell, +1 Goals; 1 Field Goal) Defeated Eastern Suburbs 5(1 Try; 1 Goal) at Sydney Cricket Ground.
This was described as a thriller of a match with Newtown sneaking home in the dying minutes thanks to a penalty goal from their winger, Charles 'Boxer' Russell, who kicked a penalty goal from the sideline.
- Premiership Round 11, Saturday 1 August 1914.
South Sydney 10(Horder, McCabe Tries; Horder 2 Goals) Defeated Eastern Suburbs 5 (1 Try; 1 Goal) at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
- Premiership Round 12, Saturday 8 August 1914.
Eastern Suburbs 13(3 Tries 1; Goal 1, Field Goal 1) defeated North Sydney 11(Gosper, King, O'Deane Tries; Gray Goal) at North Sydney Oval.
- Premiership Round 13, Saturday 15 August 1914.
Annandale 16(4 Tries; 2 Goals) Defeated Eastern Suburbs 14(4 Tries; 1 Goal) at Wentworth Park.
- Premiership Round 14, Saturday 22 August 1914.
Balmain 9(1 Try; 1 Goal; 2 Field Goals) Defeated Eastern Suburbs 2(Goal) at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
Table
| Rank | Team | P | W | D | L | For | Ag | Diff | Pts | |
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| 1 | South Sydney | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 166 | 79 | +87 | 23 | |
| 2 | Newtown | 14 | 11 | - | 3 | 185 | 111 | +74 | 22 | |
| 3 | Eastern Suburbs | 14 | 8 | - | 6 | 164 | 122 | +42 | 16 | |
| 4 | Balmain | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 132 | 111 | +21 | 16 | |
| 5 | Glebe | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 187 | 140 | +47 | 15 | |
| 6 | North Sydney | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 158 | 165 | -7 | 11 | |
| 7 | Western Suburbs | 14 | 3 | - | 11 | 104 | 231 | -127 | 6 | |
| 8 | Annandale | 14 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 106 | 243 | -137 | 3 |
For - 164
- Tries 32
- Goals 34
Against - 122
- Tries 20
- Goals 31
City Cup
- Final: The final, played between the 2 local rivals Eastern Suburbs and the South Sydney Rabbitohs at the Sydney Cricket Ground. The match attracted twice as many spectators as that year's premiership final.
City Cup Final; Eastern Suburbs 6 (W. Messenger, L. O'Malley Tries) defeated South Sydney 5 (H. Horder Try; H. Horder Goal).
Played at the Sydney Cricket Ground before 10,000 spectators, and won by Eastern Suburbs by 6 points to 5. South Sydney kicked off, and quickly had Eastern Suburbs defending. Watkins relieved the (pressure) by kicking out inside half-way, and then an usuccessful attempt to goal from a [?] by Brown. Eastern Suburbs kept their opponents hemmed in for some time, but South Sydney [?] back to neutral territory, where Lees retired and he was replaced by O’Malley. South Sydney where in a good attacking position when Brown made a poor kick at goal from the field, and Eastern Suburbs forced. A little latter Brown was offside near his own line, and Messenger kicked over the (?) strongly. Cubitt being beaten by McCabe, [?] Messenger had made an attempt to goal from a penalty, the half-time whistle sounded with the scores at 0 all. Eastern Suburbs kept South Sydney busy defending their line. Messenger carried play into the opposition sides territory, and immediately afterwards the ball shot out from a ruck over the line, and Messenger dived and scored. He failed to convert. But was then prominent in several rushes which resulted in O’Malley crossing over. Messenger failed to goal. A few minutes later Cann secured and passed to Horder, who evaded several opponents before scoring and also converting. The play was waged at a lively pace until the fulltime whistle with the score 6 points to 5.
— Sydney Morning Herald
Season highlights
- Won City Cup.
- Won third grade.
- Eastern Suburbs players to play for Australia were Arthur Halloway, Jack Watkins, Sid Pearce, Dan Frawley, Wally Messenger and Bob Tidyman.