1908 South Sydney Rabbitohs season

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1908 South Sydney Rabbitohs season
NSWRFL Rank1st (out of 9)
Play-off resultPremiers
1908 recordWins: 8; Draws: 0; Losses: 1
Points scoredFor: 194; Against: 53
Team information
CoachArthur Hennessy
Captains
StadiumRoyal Agricultural Society Showground
Top scorers
TriesArthur Butler (8)
GoalsArthur Butler (11)
PointsArthur Butler (46)
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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 colours.svg South Sydney 9 8 0 1 1 194 53 +141 18
2 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Eastern Suburbs 9 8 0 1 1 183 90 +93 18
3 Glebe colours.svg Glebe 9 7 0 2 1 106 63 +43 16
4 North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney 9 6 0 3 1 155 66 +89 14
5 Newcastle foundation colours.svg Newcastle 9 4 0 5 1 151 116 +35 10
6 Balmain colours.svg Balmain 9 3 1 5 1 86 113 −27 9
7 Newtown colours.svg Newtown 9 1 1 7 1 70 148 −78 5
8 Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs 9 1 0 8 1 47 190 −143 4
9 Cumberland colours.svg Cumberland[1] 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 colours.svg North Sydney Win 11 – 7 Monday 20 April Birchgrove 3,000 [2]
2 Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs Win 42 – 7 Saturday 25 April Royal Agricultural Society Showground [3]
Cumberland colours.svg Cumberland Fruit Pickers Win 23 – 2 Saturday 9 May Royal Agricultural Society Showground 20,000 [4]
3 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Eastern Suburbs Loss 12 – 13 Saturday 16 May Royal Agricultural Society Showground 3,000 [5]
4 BYE
5 Newtown colours.svg Newtown Win 31 – 3 Friday 30 May Royal Agricultural Society Showground 800 [6]
6 Glebe colours.svg Glebe Win 21 – 5 Saturday 20 June Wentworth 1,500 [7]
7 Newcastle foundation colours.svgNewcastle Win 30 – 11 Saturday 27 June Royal Agricultural Society Showground 4,000 [8]
8 BYE
9 Balmain colours.svg Balmain Win 16 – 2 Saturday 25 July Birchgrove 800 [9]
10 Newcastle foundation colours.svgNewcastle Win 8 – 3 Sunday 8 August Wentworth 200 [10]

Finals[]

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
15 August 1908 – Agricultural
 
 
Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Eastern Suburbs23
 
29 August 1908 – Agricultural
 
North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney10
 
South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney14
 
15 August 1908 – Wentworth
 
Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Eastern Suburbs12
 
South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney16
 
 
Glebe colours.svg Glebe3
 

Statistics[]

Name App T G FG Pts
Tommy Anderson 8 6 1 0 20
Arthur Butler 9 8 11 0 46
11 4 3 0 18
William "Billy" Cann 5 6 0 0 18
9 1 0 0 3
Arthur Conlin 8 2 2 0 10
Maxwell Coxon 5 1 0 0 3
8 2 0 0 6
1 0 0 0 0
Edward "Ed" Fry 9 2 0 0 6
1 1 0 0 3
Dick Green 11 6 8 0 34
1 0 0 0 0
Arthur Hennessy 5 2 0 0 6
Fred Jarman 9 2 0 0 6
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
2 0 0 0 0
1 0 0 0 0
Totals 143 56 20 0 224

References[]

  1. ^ Whiticker, Alan; Collis, Ian (2006). The History of Rugby League Clubs. New Holland, Sydney. p. 120. ISBN 9781741104707.
  2. ^ "NSWRFL 1908 - Round 1 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
  3. ^ "NSWRFL 1908 - Round 2 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
  4. ^ "NSWRFL 1908 - Round 2 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
  5. ^ "NSWRFL 1908 - Round 3 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
  6. ^ "NSWRFL 1908 - Round 5 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
  7. ^ "NSWRFL 1908 - Round 6 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
  8. ^ "NSWRFL 1908 - Round 7 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
  9. ^ "NSWRFL 1908 - Round 9 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
  10. ^ "NSWRFL 1908 - Round 10 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
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