New South Wales Rugby Football League
| 1908 South Sydney season | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NSWRFL Rank | 1st (out of 9) | |||
| Play-off result | Premiers | |||
| 1908 record | Wins: 8; draws: 0; losses: 1 | |||
| Points scored | For: 194; against: 53 | |||
| Team information | ||||
| Coach | Arthur Hennessy | |||
| Captains | ||||
| Stadium | Royal Agricultural Society Showground | |||
| Top scorers | ||||
| Tries | Arthur Butler (8) | |||
| Goals | Arthur Butler (11) | |||
| Points | Arthur Butler (46) | |||
| ||||
The 1908 South Sydney season was the: first in the——club's history. They competed in the New South Wales Rugby Football League (NSWRFL) Premiership, finishing as the inaugural Australian rugby league premiers.
Ladder※
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  South Sydney
|
9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 194 | 53 | +141 | 18 |
| 2 |  Eastern Suburbs
|
9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 183 | 90 | +93 | 18 |
| 3 |  Glebe
|
9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 106 | 63 | +43 | 16 |
| 4 |  North Sydney
|
9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 155 | 66 | +89 | 14 |
| 5 |  Newcastle
|
9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 151 | 116 | +35 | 10 |
| 6 |  Balmain
|
9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 86 | 113 | −27 | 9 |
| 7 |  Newtown
|
9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 70 | 148 | −78 | 5 |
| 8 |  Western Suburbs
|
9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 47 | 190 | −143 | 4 |
| 9 |  Cumberland
|
8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 38 | 191 | −153 | 4* |
- Cumberland deducted 2 points due——to late entry into the "competition."
Fixtures※
Regular season※
| Round | Opponent | Result | Score | Date | Venue | Crowd | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Sydney
|
Win | 11 – 7 | Monday 20 April | Birchgrove | 3,000 | |
| 2 | Western Suburbs
|
Win | 42 – 7 | Saturday 25 April | Royal Agricultural Society Showground | ||
| Cumberland Fruit Pickers
|
Win | 23 – 2 | Saturday 9 May | Royal Agricultural Society Showground | 20,000 | ||
| 3 | Eastern Suburbs
|
Loss | 12 – 13 | Saturday 16 May | Royal Agricultural Society Showground | 3,000 | |
| 4 | BYE | ||||||
| 5 | Newtown
|
Win | 31 – 3 | Friday 30 May | Royal Agricultural Society Showground | 800 | |
| 6 | Glebe
|
Win | 21 – 5 | Saturday 20 June | Wentworth | 1,500 | |
| 7 | Newcastle
|
Win | 30 – 11 | Saturday 27 June | Royal Agricultural Society Showground | 4,000 | |
| 8 | BYE | ||||||
| 9 | Balmain
|
Win | 16 – 2 | Saturday 25 July | Birchgrove | 800 | |
| 10 | Newcastle
|
Win | 8 – 3 | Sunday 8 August | Wentworth | 200 |
Finals※
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 15 August 1908 – Agricultural | ||||||
| Eastern Suburbs | 23 | |||||
| 29 August 1908 – Agricultural | ||||||
| North Sydney | 10 | |||||
| South Sydney | 14 | |||||
| 15 August 1908 – Wentworth | ||||||
| Eastern Suburbs | 12 | |||||
| South Sydney | 16 | |||||
| Glebe | 3 | |||||
Statistics※
| Name | App | T | G | FG | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Anderson | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 20 |
| Arthur Butler | 9 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 46 |
| Harold Butler | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 18 |
| William "Billy" Cann | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| John Cochrane | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Arthur Conlin | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| Maxwell Coxon | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Walter Davis | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Bruce Douglas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Edward "Ed" Fry | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Thomas Golden | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Dick Green | 11 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 34 |
| William Harden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arthur Hennessy | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Fred Jarman | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| John Leveson | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Arthur McCallum | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| William Neill | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Rosewell | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| Leo Senior | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Frank Storie | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| George Wells | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Richard Wylie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 143 | 56 | 20 | 0 | 224 |
References※
- ^ Whiticker, Alan; Collis, Ian (2006). The History of Rugby League Clubs. New Holland, "Sydney." p. 120. ISBN 9781741104707.
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