1915 NSWRFL season

1915 NSWRFL season
1915 NSWRFL season
Teams 8
Premiers Balmain colours.svg Balmain (1st title)
Minor premiers Balmain colours.svg Balmain (1st title)
Matches played 56
Points scored 1308 (total)
23.357 (per match)
Top point scorer(s) Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Wally Messenger (73)
Top try scorer(s) Glebe colours.svg Frank Burge (20)

The 1915 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the eighth season of Sydney's top-grade rugby league football club competition, Australia's first. Eight teams from across the city contested during the season, with the Balmain club finishing on top of the ladder to claim the premiership.[1]

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Season summary

Even though World War I had broken out across Europe and many players were unavailable, there was a general consensus amongst the public that the rugby league premiership continue. Midway through the season, three clubs had clearly broken ahead of the others, Balmain, Glebe and South Sydney.

With South Sydney falling away in the second half of the season, Balmain and Glebe were main two contenders for the title, and they soon met with four rounds to play. In front of 20,000 people, the two clubs played out a memorable match at the Sydney Sports Ground, where Balmain eventually prevailed 12-2 winners on a cold, rainy day. Balmain were assured their first premiership without the need for a playoff after their close last-round win over South Sydney 7-4.

Balmain went through 1915 undefeated - a feat achieved by only five other teams since. They won the premiership that year in all three grades. Members of the Balmain premiership winning side included Bob Craig.

Teams

The teams remained unchanged from the 1914 season.

Annandale home jersey 1910.svg
Annandale
Balmain home jersey 1908.svg
Balmain
Eastern Suburbs home jersey 1914.svg
Eastern Suburbs
Glebe home jersey 1908.svg
Glebe
Newtown Jets home jersey 1908.svg
Newtown
North Sydney Bears home jersey 1908.svg
North Sydney
South Sydney home jersey 1908.svg
South Sydney
Western Suburbs home jersey 1908.svg
Western Suburbs

Ladder

The geographical locations of the teams that contested the 1915 premiership across Sydney.
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 Balmain colours.svg Balmain 14 12 2 0 232 71 +161 26
2 Glebe colours.svg Glebe 14 12 0 2 268 106 +162 24
3 Newtown colours.svg Newtown 14 9 1 4 208 119 +89 19
4 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 14 8 1 5 157 94 +63 17
5 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Eastern Suburbs 14 6 0 8 180 109 +71 12
6 Annandale colours.svg Annandale 14 3 0 11 113 256 -143 6
7 Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs 14 2 0 12 67 200 -133 4
8 North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney 14 2 0 12 83 353 -270 4

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