1921 NSWRFL season

1921 NSWRFL season
Teams	9
Premiers	North Sydney (1st title)
Minor premiers	North Sydney (1st title)
Matches played	36
Points scored	1086 (total) 30.167 (per match)
Top point scorer(s)	Rex Norman (75)
Top try scorer(s)	Gordon Wright (11)

The 1921 New South Wales Rugby League premiership was the fourteenth season of Australia's first rugby league football club competition which was based in Sydney. Nine teams from across the city contested the season, with North Sydney being crowned premiers by virtue of finishing the season on top of the League.^[1] The 1921 season also saw the St George club enter the competition, replacing the Annandale club, who after thirteen seasons, exited the League.

Season summary

Premiers North Sydney became the second team to go through a season undefeated - seven wins and an 8-8 draw with Easts in round 5. Their brilliant performance earned them their maiden premiership.

The premiership was decided with no finals on a first-past-the-post basis. Because of the departing 1921-22 Kangaroo tour in mid-July only one round of 9 rounds was played with the second round being devoted to the City Cup.

University became the second side to have gone through a season winless, as Annandale had done the previous year. University's season yielded 8 losses from 8 starts, conceding 295 points at an average of 36.88 per match.

Teams

• 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
• St George, formed on November 8, 1920 at Kogarah School of Arts
• Western Suburbs, formed on February 4, 1908
• University, formed in 1919 at Sydney University

Balmain	Eastern Suburbs	Glebe
Newtown	North Sydney	St. George First season Ground: Hurstville Oval Captain & Coach Herb Gilbert
South Sydney	University	Western Suburbs

Ladder

The geographical locations of the teams that contested the 1921 premiership across Sydney.

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	North Sydney	8	7	1	0	1	172	82	+90	17
2	Eastern Suburbs	8	6	1	1	1	187	67	+120	15
3	Glebe	8	6	0	2	1	115	71	+44	14
4	Balmain	8	5	0	3	1	135	71	+64	12
5	South Sydney	8	4	0	4	1	141	104	+37	10
6	Newtown	8	3	0	5	1	77	117	-40	8
7	St George	8	2	0	6	1	87	124	-37	6
8	Western Suburbs	8	2	0	6	1	90	155	-65	6
9	University	8	0	0	8	1	82	295	-213	2

References

1. ^ Premiership Roll of Honour at rl1908.com

• Rugby League Tables - Notes The World of Rugby League
• Rugby League Tables - Season 1921 The World of Rugby League
• Premiership History and Statistics RL1908
• Results: 1921-30 at rabbitohs.com.au