Western Suburbs Magpies - Season Summary
- Captains
- Harold Leddy (11)
- Alf Bossi (2)
- Ed Courtney (1)
- Biggest home crowd
- 3,000 (vs. North Sydney in round 1)
- Average home crowd
- 1,350
- Top pointscorer
- Premiership: Alexander McPherson (17)
- All Matches: Alf Bossi (18)
- Top tryscorer
- Premiership: Alf Bossi (5)
- All Matches: Alf Bossi (6)
Results
| Date | Day | Competition | Opposition | Score | Captain(s) | Coach(es) | Venue | Crowd | Rank | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6 | Sat 3:15pm | Round 1 | H | North Sydney | L | 6 | - | 9 | H Leddy | St Luke's | 3,000 | 2nd | ||
| 13 | Sat 3:15pm | Round 2 | H * | Balmain | L | 10 | - | 19 | H Leddy | Birchgrove | 4,000 | 6th | ||
| 20 | Sat 3:15pm | Round 3 | H * | Souths | L | 5 | - | 13 | H Leddy | Erskineville | 3,000 | 7th | ||
| 27 | Sat 3:15pm | Round 4 | A * | Annandale | L | 3 | - | 8 | H Leddy | St Luke's | 300 | 7th | ||
| Jun 3 | Sat 3:15pm | Round 5 | H | Eastern Suburbs | L | 5 | - | 12 | H Leddy | St Luke's | 1,500 | 8th | ||
| 5 | Mon 3:15pm | Round 6 | A | Newtown | W | 4 | - | 2 | H Leddy | Erskineville | 500 | 8th | ||
| 10 | Sat 3:15pm | Round 7 | A | Glebe | L | 13 | - | 25 | H Leddy | Wentworth | 2,000 | 7th | ||
| 17 | Sat 3:15pm | Round 8 | A * | North Sydney | W | 21 | - | 8 | E Courtney | St Luke's | 500 | 7th | ||
| 24 | Sat 3:15pm | Round 9 | A | Balmain | L | 3 | - | 16 | H Leddy | Birchgrove | 2,500 | 7th | ||
| 26 | Mon 3:15pm | Round 10 | A * | Souths | L | 6 | - | 19 | H Leddy | Erskineville | 2,000 | 7th | ||
| Jul 1 | Sat 3:15pm | Round 11 | H | Annandale | L | 0 | - | 11 | H Leddy | St Luke's | 500 | 7th | ||
| 8 | Sat 3:15pm | Round 12 | A * | Eastern Suburbs | L | 0 | - | 53 | A Bossi | Sports Ground | 500 | 7th | ||
| 15 | Sat 3:15pm | Round 13 | H | Newtown | L | 6 | - | 17 | H Leddy | St Luke's | 400 | 8th | ||
| 22 | Sat 3:15pm | Round 14 | H * | Glebe | L | 10 | - | 37 | A Bossi | Wentworth | 500 | 8th | ||
| 29 | Sat 3:15pm | CC (1) | A * | North Sydney | L | 3 | - | 6 | A Bossi | Wentworth | 500 | |||
15 games
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Legend
H = Home
A = Away
N = Neutral/Alternative Venue
W = Win
L = Loss
D = Draw
Players
| Player ↓ | Age | Born | Rep | Premiership | Cups/Other | Totals | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| App | Int | Tot | T | G | FG | Pts | B | S | App | Int | Tot | T | G | FG | Pts | B | S | App | Int | Tot | T | G | FG | Pts | B | S | |||||
| BOSSI, Alf | - | England | 13 | - | 13 | 5 | - | - | 15 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | - | 14 | - | 14 | 6 | - | - | 18 | - | - | ||
| CARROLL, Arthur | 24 | Sydney | 3 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| CONNELLY, Bill | 20 | Australia | 2 | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | 4 | - | - | ||
| COURTNEY, Ed | 31 | Townsville | ![]() ![]() ![]() | 11 | - | 11 | 2 | - | - | 6 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | - | 12 | 2 | - | - | 6 | - | - | |
| DENNIS, Eric | 23 | Sydney | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| HOLT, Frank | 27 | Sydney | 11 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 1 | - | 14 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 1 | - | 14 | - | - | ||
| JOASS, William | 29 | Sydney | ![]() | 4 | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| JOHNSON, Edward | 29 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| LANGLEY, Stan | 19 | Sydney | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| LARGE, Fred | 28 | Junee | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| LEDDY, Harold | 22 | Sydney | 11 | - | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | - | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| LEE, Hector | 26 | Sydney | 7 | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 1 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| McCAULEY, Tom | 22 | Sydney | 8 | - | 8 | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | - | 9 | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | - | ||
| McFAYDEN, Claude | 29 | Armidale | 13 | - | 13 | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | - | 14 | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | - | ||
| McPHERSON, Alexander | 23 | Queanbeyan | 10 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 7 | - | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 7 | - | 17 | - | - | ||
| NAYLOR, Henry | 28 | Sydney | ![]() | 12 | - | 12 | - | 3 | - | 6 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | - | 13 | - | 3 | - | 6 | - | - | |
| NORMAN, Roy | 31 | Sydney | ![]() | 3 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| PRENTICE, Archie | 26 | Sydney | 13 | - | 13 | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | - | 13 | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | - | ||
| PRENTICE, Clarrie | 25 | Sydney | 9 | - | 9 | 2 | - | - | 6 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | - | 10 | 2 | - | - | 6 | - | - | ||
| SMITH, Joe | 27 | Sydney | 14 | - | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | - | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| SWANSON, Richard | 22 | Sydney | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | - | ||
| TYE, Clarrie | 23 | Sydney | 11 | - | 11 | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | - | 12 | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | - | ||
| VEST, Dick | 19 | Barmedman | 9 | 1 | 10 | 3 | - | - | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 1 | 10 | 3 | - | - | 9 | - | - | ||
| WHITE, Athol | 25 | Sydney | 13 | - | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | - | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 24 players | 25.64 | 0 cur. / 5 tot. | 14 matches | 22 | 13 | 0 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 1 matches | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 matches | 23 | 13 | 0 | 95 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
* Greyed out numbers in the table below indicate that the corresponding data is incomplete.
Ages listed based on 29 Jul 1916.
Age is sorted on both years and days. Other columns use player name as a secondary sort, or squad number if applicable.
Legend
Rep = Representative Status
App = Starting Appearances
Int = Interchange Appearances
T = Try/Penalty Try
G = Conversion/Penalty Goal
FG = Field Goal/Drop Goal
Pts = Points
B = 5/10 Minute Sin Bins
S = Sendoffs
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Tony McCarron, Alan Katzmann, Wests Archives



