1920 Eastern Suburbs season

Eastern Suburbs (now known as the Sydney Roosters) competed in the 13th New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) premiership in 1920.

Details
  • Home Ground: Agricultural Ground
  • Lineup:-
No. Position Player
10 HK Sid 'Sandy' Pearce
45 PR Bob 'Botsy" Williams
54 PR Charlie Lees
62 CE Wally Messenger
66 SR Jack 'Bluey' Watkins
67 FE Les Cubitt
72 FB George Challis
79 WG Jim Duffy
86 FE Harry Caples
92 CE Ray Norman
94 SR R. Adams
96 WG Gordon Wright
99 CE Rex Norman
No. Position Player
103 HB Sid Kaufman
105 SR Harold Bawden
109 SR R. Burton
110 SR Robert Edward connerton
113 SR Bill Cameron
114 FB Ed 'Snowy' Rigney
115 SR Fred Hume
116 SR Arch Thompson
117 SR Les Arthur
118 SR Tommy Burns
119 SR Jim Cromwell
120 SR C Steel
121 SR A. J. Thompson
122 SR S. Ward

Results

Balmain 9 (Potter try; Craig 3 goals defeated Eastern Suburbs 7 ( Caples try; Messenger goal; Challis field goal) at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

  • Premiership Round 2, Saturday 8 May 1920;

Eastern Suburbs 19 (Wright 2, Cameron tries; Wally Messenger 3; Caples 2 goals) defeated Newtown 7 (Boys try; Boys goal) at the Agricultural Society Ground.

  • Premiership Round 3, Saturday 15 May 1920;

Eastern Suburbs 44 (Wright, Warkins 2, Cameron, Messenger, Norman, Williams tries ; Messenger 7 goalsdefeated University 8 (Callan, Satterthwaite tries ) at Agricultural Society Ground.

  • Premiership Round 4, Saturday 22 May 1920

Eastern Suburbs 20 defeated Glebe 5 at Agricultural Ground.

  • Premiership Round 5, Saturday 29 May 1920;

Eastern Suburbs 18 defeated Western Suburbs 14 at Sydney Cricket Ground.

A crowd of 30,000 watched Easts defeat Wests.

  • Premiership Round 6, Thursday 17 June 1920;

Eastern Suburbs 42 defeated Annandale 10 at Sydney Cricket Ground No. 2

Premiership Round 7, Bye:

Premiership Round 8, Saturday 26 June 1920 Eastern Suburbs 12 defeated North Sydney 8 at Sydney Cricket Ground.

Premiership Round 9, Saturday 17 July 1920 - South Sydney 14 defeated Eastern Suburbs 11 at Agricultural Ground.

  • Premiership Round 10, Saturday 24 July 1920,

Eastern Suburbs 30 Wright 5 + 1 Tries; 6 Goals) defeated Balmain 13 at the Agricultural Ground.

Eastern Suburbs were the only side to defeat Balmain in the 1920 season.

  • Premiership Round 11, Saturday 31 July 1920;

Newtown 8(???) defeated Eastern Suburbs 0 at Agricultural Ground;

  • Premiership Round 12, Saturday 7 August 1920;

North Sydney 21 defeated Eastern Suburbs 10 at Sydney Cricket Ground

  • Premiership Round 13, Saturday 21 August 1920 - Glebe 29 defeated Eastern Suburbs 21 at Sydney Cricket Ground.
  • Premiership Round 14, Saturday 28 August 1920 - Western Suburbs 29 defeated Eastern Suburbs 5 at Sydney Cricket Ground;
  • Premiership Round 15, Wednesday 1 September 1920;

Eastern Suburbs 15 defeated Annandale 0 at Sydney Cricket Ground No.2.

Ladder
Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Balmain 1311112287114+17327
2 South Sydney 138052258149+10920
3 Glebe 138052268166+10220
4 Western Suburbs 148151309141+16819
5 North Sydney 137062237151+8618
6 EASTERN SUBURBS 148061254175+7918
7 Newtown 148061208203+518
8 University 1310122101498-3976
9 Annandale 130013259384-3254

Season's highlights
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References

    Rugby League Tables and Statistics

    Preceded by
    1919    		 Season
    1920    		 Succeeded by
    1921
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