New South Wales Rugby Football League season 1914

Infobox rugby league season
year = 1914
competition = New South Wales Rugby Football League


imagesize = 125px
caption =
teams = 8
premiers =
count = 3rd
minor premiers =
mpcount = 3rd
matches = 56
points = 1202
attendance =
top points scorer = (87 points)
top try scorer = (19 tries)
1914's New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the seventh season of the rugby league competition based in Sydney. Eight teams from across Sydney contested during the season.

eason Summary

Eastern Suburbs' stranglehold on the premiership came to an end following the retirement of Dally Messenger at the end of the 1913 season. In their place, previous premiers South Sydney and Newtown took control of the premiership instead. Newtown were in a good position to take out their second premiership midway through the season but a loss to middle-placed Balmain hurt their cause, even though Newtown beat South Sydney the following week. It turned out that this loss would make the difference, with South Sydney finishing just one point ahead of Newtown at the end of the season to claim their third premiership. No Finals were contested.

Members of the South Sydney premiership winning side included Arthur McCabe, Howard Hallett ("Player of the Season") and Harold Horder.

Teams

The teams remained unchanged from the 1913 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

Ladder

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/1914.html Rugby League Tables - Season 1914] "The World of Rugby League"
* [http://www.rl1908.com/premiership.htm Premiership History and Statistics] "RL1908"
* [http://rl1908.com/Grandfinals/1914.htm 1914 - South Sydney Edge Out Newtown] "RL1908"

ources

* [http://www.rabbitohs.com.au/The-Club/Tradition/Results---1911-1920.html Results: 1911-20 at rabbitohs.com.au]