New South Wales Rugby Football League season 1910

Infobox rugby league season
year = 1910
competition = New South Wales Rugby Football League


imagesize = 125px
caption =
teams = 8
premiers =
count = 1st
minor premiers =
mpcount = 1st
matches = 57
points = 1578
attendance =
top points scorer = (71)
top try scorer = (18)The 1910 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the third season of the rugby league competition based in Sydney. Eight teams from across Sydney contested during the season for the premiership and the Royal Agricultural Society Challenge Shield.

Teams

With the loss of Cumberland at the end of the 1908 season, the league remained with eight teams a preferable outcome since no byes would be needed. However by the end of the 1909 season, interest for a local Newcastle competition as well as the difficulties of longer travel for the Newcastle side saw it pull out of the premiership. As a result, a team from Annandale joined the premiership to leave the competition with eight teams.

* 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

The jerseys of the 8 teams for the 1910 season are shown below.Unlike the previous two seasons where a play-off system was used to decide the premier, there was only one game played in 1910. The top two teams, Newtown and South Sydney, played off in a memorable match in front of 15,000 people at the Sydney Showground on September 17 1910. Leading 4-2 with reportedly only seconds to go, South Sydney seemed set to take out their third straight premiership. However, after Souths player Howard Hallett was forced to kick the ball clear from his own line, Newtown centre Albert Hawkes caught the ball on the full just metres away from halfway and the touch line. The rules at the time allowed Hawkes to claim a "fair mark" and Newtown to have a shot at goal. Newtown captain Charles "Boxer" Russell was successful in kicking the goal from a difficult position, allowing Newtown to tie the game and win the competition as they had been minor premiers.

Newtown 4 (Goals: Charles Russell 2)

drew with South Sydney Rabbitohs 4 (Goals: Jim Davis 2)

References

* [http://www.stats.rleague.com/rl/snotes.html Rugby League Tables - Notes] "The World of Rugby League"
* [http://www.stats.rleague.com/rl/seas/1910.html Rugby League Tables - Season 1910] "The World of Rugby League"
* [http://www.rl1908.com/premiership.htm Premiership History and Statistics] "RL1908"
* [http://rl1908.com/Grandfinals/1910.htm 1910 - Stunning Goal Gives Newtown The Title] "RL1908"
* [http://www.rl1908.com/Clubs/Annandale-Rugby-League.htm Annandale RLFC] "RL1908"
* [http://www.rl1908.com/Clubs/Newcastle-Rugby-League.htm Newcastle RLFC (1908/1909)] "RL1908"

ources

* [http://www.rabbitohs.com.au/The-Club/Tradition/Results---1908-1910.html Results: 1908-1910 at rabbitohs.com.au]