1918 NSWRFL season

1918 New South Wales Rugby Football League
Teams	8
Premiers	South Sydney (4th title)
Minor premiers	South Sydney (4th title)
Matches played	56
Points scored	1345 (total) 24.018 (per match)
Top point scorer(s)	Harold Horder (87)
Top try scorer(s)	Frank Burge (24)

The 1918 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the eleventh season of Sydney's professional rugby league football club competition, Australia's first. Eight teams from across the city contested during the season, with South Sydney finishing on top of the lader to claim the premiership.^[1]

Season summary

The quality of the competition in 1918 suffered due to the loss of players fighting in World War I.^[2] Both South Sydney and Western Suburbs dominated the season, dropping just two and three games respectively. With just three rounds to go, both sides met each square on 18 points each. A win for South Sydney would virtually guarantee them the premiership unless they dropped their final two games. At the end of the day, South Sydney prevailed 11-3 and went on to win their remaining games as well, taking away their fourth premiership from 11 starts.

The season also saw the struggling Dales fail to win a game from fourteen starts. It was the first winless season in NSWRFL history and signalled the end for the club, who would play only a further two seasons in the premiership.

The Western Suburbs club claimed their first title by winning the knockout competition, the City Cup.

Teams

The lineup of teams remained unchanged from the previous season.

Annandale
Balmain, formed on January 23, 1908 at Balmain Town Hall
Eastern Suburbs, formed on January 24, 1908 at Paddington Town Hall
Glebe, formed on January 9, 1908
Newtown, formed on January 14, 1908
North Sydney, formed on February 7, 1908
South Sydney, formed on January 17, 1908 at Redfern Town Hall
Western Suburbs, formed on February 4, 1908


Annandale 9th season Ground:Wentworth Park Coach: Captain: Arthur Butler	Balmain 11th season Ground: Birchgrove Oval Captain-Coach: Arthur Halloway	Eastern Suburbs 11th season Ground: Sydney Sports Ground Coach: Sandy Pearce Captain: Sandy Pearce	Glebe 11th season Ground: Wentworth Park Coach: Chris McKivat Captain: Albert Burge
Newtown 11th season Ground: Erskineville Oval Coach: Captain: George Bain	North Sydney 11th season Ground: North Sydney Oval Coach: George Green Captain: Cec Blinkhorn	South Sydney 11th season Ground: RAS Showground Coach: Arthur Hennessy Captain: Howard Hallett	Western Suburbs 11th season Ground: St. Luke's Oval Coach:Tedda Courtney Captain: Herb Gilbert

Ladder

The geographical locations of the teams that contested the 1918 premiership across Sydney.

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	South Sydney	14	12	0	2	257	121	+136	24
2	Western Suburbs	14	11	0	3	182	102	+80	22
3	Glebe	14	9	0	5	212	128	+84	18
4	Balmain	14	8	1	5	215	148	+67	17
5	Eastern Suburbs	14	8	0	6	160	153	+7	16
6	North Sydney	14	3	2	9	131	202	-71	8
7	Newtown	14	2	3	9	115	175	-60	7
8	Annandale	14	0	0	14	73	316	-243	0

References

↑ Premiership Roll of Honour at rl1908.com
↑ Middleton, David (30 September 2013). "Ten of the most dominant seasons in rugby league history from historian David Middleton". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 6 February 2014.

Rugby League Tables - Notes The World of Rugby League
Rugby League Tables - Season 1918 The World of Rugby League
Premiership History and Statistics RL1908
Results: 1911-20 at rabbitohs.com.au

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