1920 Eastern Suburbs season

Eastern Suburbs (now known as the Sydney Roosters) competed in the 13th New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) premiership in 1920.

1920 Eastern Suburbs season
← 1919 1921 →

Details

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  • Home Ground: Agricultural Ground
  • Lineup:-
No. Position Player

10 Sid 'Sandy' Pearce HK 45 Bob 'Botsy" Williams PR 54 Charlie Lees PR 62 Wally Messenger CE 66 Jack 'Bluey' Watkins SR 67 Les Cubitt FE 72 George Challis FB 79 Jim Duffy WG 86 Harry Caples FE 92 Ray Norman CE 94 R. Adams SR 96 Gordon Wright WG 99 Rex Norman CE

No. Position Player

103 Sid Kaufman HB 105 Harold Bawden SR 109 R. Burton SR 110 Robert Edward connerton SR 113 Bill Cameron SR 114 Ed 'Snowy' Rigney FB 115 Fred Hume SR 116 Arch Thompson SR 117 Les Arthur SR 118 Tommy Burns SR 119 Jim Cromwell SR 120 C Steel SR 121 A. J. Thompson SR 122 S. Ward SR

Results

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Balmain 9 (Potter try; Craig 3 goals defeated Eastern Suburbs 7 (Caples try; Messenger goal; Challis field goal) at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

  • Premiership Round 2, Saturday 8 May 1920;

Eastern Suburbs 19 (Wright 2, Cameron tries; Wally Messenger 3; Caples 2 goals) defeated Newtown 7 (Boys try; Boys goal) at the Agricultural Society Ground.

  • Premiership Round 3, Saturday 15 May 1920;

Eastern Suburbs 44 (Wright, Warkins 2, Cameron, Messenger, Norman, Williams tries ; Messenger 7 goals) defeated University 8 (Callan, Satterthwaite tries) at Agricultural Society Ground.

  • Premiership Round 4, Saturday 22 May 1920

Eastern Suburbs 20 defeated Glebe 5 at Agricultural Ground.

  • Premiership Round 5, Saturday 29 May 1920;

Eastern Suburbs 18 defeated Western Suburbs 14 at Sydney Cricket Ground.

A crowd of 30,000 watched Easts defeat Wests.

  • Premiership Round 6, Thursday 17 June 1920;

Eastern Suburbs 42 defeated Annandale 10 at Sydney Cricket Ground No. 2

Premiership Round 7, Bye:

Premiership Round 8, Saturday 26 June 1920 Eastern Suburbs 12 defeated North Sydney 8 at Sydney Cricket Ground.

Premiership Round 9, Saturday 17 July 1920 - South Sydney 14 defeated Eastern Suburbs 11 at Agricultural Ground.

  • Premiership Round 10, Saturday 24 July 1920,

Eastern Suburbs 30 Wright 5 + 1 Tries; 6 Goals) defeated Balmain 13 at the Agricultural Ground.

Eastern Suburbs were the only side to defeat Balmain in the 1920 season.

  • Premiership Round 11, Saturday 31 July 1920;

Newtown 8(???) defeated Eastern Suburbs 0 at Agricultural Ground;

  • Premiership Round 12, Saturday 7 August 1920;

North Sydney 21 defeated Eastern Suburbs 10 at Sydney Cricket Ground

  • Premiership Round 13, Saturday 21 August 1920 - Glebe 29 defeated Eastern Suburbs 21 at Sydney Cricket Ground.
  • Premiership Round 14, Saturday 28 August 1920 - Western Suburbs 29 defeated Eastern Suburbs 5 at Sydney Cricket Ground;
  • Premiership Round 15, Wednesday 1 September 1920;

Eastern Suburbs 15 defeated Annandale 0 at Sydney Cricket Ground No.2.

Ladder

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Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1   Balmain 13 11 1 1 2 287 114 +173 27
2   South Sydney 13 8 0 5 2 258 149 +109 20
3   Glebe 13 8 0 5 2 268 166 +102 20
4   Western Suburbs 14 8 1 5 1 309 141 +168 19
5   North Sydney 13 7 0 6 2 237 151 +86 18
6   EASTERN SUBURBS 14 8 0 6 1 254 175 +79 18
7   Newtown 14 8 0 6 1 208 203 +5 18
8   University 13 1 0 12 2 101 498 -397 6
9   Annandale 13 0 0 13 2 59 384 -325 4

Season's highlights

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References

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Preceded by Season
1920
Succeeded by