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

premiership Round 1, Saturday 1 May 1920;

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	13	11	1	1	2	287	114	+173	27
2	South Sydney	13	8	0	5	2	258	149	+109	20
3	Glebe	13	8	0	5	2	268	166	+102	20
4	Western Suburbs	14	8	1	5	1	309	141	+168	19
5	North Sydney	13	7	0	6	2	237	151	+86	18
6	EASTERN SUBURBS	14	8	0	6	1	254	175	+79	18
7	Newtown	14	8	0	6	1	208	203	+5	18
8	University	13	1	0	12	2	101	498	-397	6
9	Annandale	13	0	0	13	2	59	384	-325	4

Season's highlights

Won Presidents Cup
Gordon Wright was once again the NSWRL's leading try scorer.
Representatives:- Harry Caples (NSW), Sid Pearce (Australia, NSW).

References

Rugby League Tables and Statistics

Preceded by 1919	Season 1920	Succeeded by 1921

Sydney Roosters

Est. 1908 in Paddington, New South Wales

The Club	History Records Honours Seasons Players Representatives Coaches

Home grounds	Current Sydney Football Stadium Past Royal Agricultural Society Ground Sydney Sports Ground Sydney Cricket Ground Henson Park

Culture	Nick Politis Brian Canavan Eastern Suburbs Leagues Club Royal Agricultural Society Shield ANZAC Day Cup Foundation Cup Jack Gibson Cup Ron Coote Cup

Hall of Fame	Arthur Beetson Brad Fittler Dally Messenger Dave Brown Dick Dunn Jack Gibson Kevin Hastings Ray Stehr Ron Coote

League	Current NRL Past NSWRL ARL

Titles	Premierships – 13 1911 1912 1913 1923 1935 1936 1937 1940 1945 1974 1975 2002 2013 Minor Premierships – 19 1912 1913 1923 1931 1934 1935 1936 1937 1940 1941 1945 1974 1975 1980 1981 2004 2013 2014 2015

Seasons – 108	1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Other competitions	Current Auckland Nines National Youth Competition S. G. Ball Cup Harold Matthews Cup Past Amco Cup New South Wales Cup Jersey Flegg Cup

Affiliations	Sydney Roosters Juniors Wyong Roos

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