NSWRFL 1908 - Rugby League Project

Stats

Premiers: South Sydney
Minor Premiers: Eastern Suburbs, South Sydney
No. Of Teams: 9
No. Of Games: 43
No. Of Players: 235
Top Tryscorer: Horace Miller (15)
Top Pointscorer: Horace Miller (47)

In the finals system used in 1908, first played third in a knockout semi-final, and second played fourth in a knockout semi. The winners then played in a Final, and the team which was ahead on points (after adding finals wins to their regular season tally) was declared the winner. If both teams were even on points, a second final would be played.

Because both Easts and Souths were theoretically even on 20 points heading into the Final, South Sydney's win took them to 22 points, making them the winner.

Ladder

		Home							Away							Overall
Team		P	W	L	D	F	A	PD	P	W	L	D	F	A	PD	P	W	L	D	F	A	Pts	PD
1.	Eastern Suburbs	7	7	-	-	165	67	+98	2	1	1	-	18	23	-5	9	8	1	-	183	90	18	+93
	South Sydney	7	6	1	-	157	46	+111	2	2	-	-	37	7	+30	9	8	1	-	194	53	18	+141
3.	Glebe	8	6	2	-	90	60	+30	1	1	-	-	16	3	+13	9	7	2	-	106	63	16	+43
4.	North Sydney	1	1	-	-	21	9	+12	8	5	3	-	134	57	+77	9	6	3	-	155	66	14	+89
5.	Newcastle	1	1	-	-	37	-	+37	8	3	5	-	114	116	-2	9	4	5	-	151	116	10	+35
6.	Balmain	7	2	4	1	68	87	-19	2	1	1	-	18	26	-8	9	3	5	1	86	113	9	-27
7.	Newtown	4	-	4	-	20	59	-39	5	1	3	1	50	89	-39	9	1	7	1	70	148	5	-78
8.	Cumberland (AUS)	3	1	2	-	20	67	-47	5	-	5	-	18	124	-106	8	1	7	-	38	191	* 4	-153
	Western Suburbs	2	-	2	-	10	47	-37	7	1	6	-	37	143	-106	9	1	8	-	47	190	4	-143
* Cumberland (AUS) deducted 2 competition points for not entering the competition until round 2 (hence they don't receive any points for a bye in round 1)
Total games played: 40 Total points scored: 1,030 Average points per game: 25.75 Best attack: South Sydney Rabbitohs (21.56 ppg - 167.46%) Best defense: South Sydney Rabbitohs (5.89 ppg - 45.75%) Worst attack: Cumberland (AUS) (4.75 ppg - 36.89%) Worst defense: Cumberland (AUS) (23.88 ppg - 185.48%)

Team Stats

Team Name	Position	Extra Info	W	L	D	Pts For	Pts Ag.	Coach	Top Tryscorer(s)			Top Pointscorer(s)			Home Venue(s)	Home Crowd Avg
Balmain Tigers	6th		3	5	1	86	113	Robert GRAVES	4	-	Alf LATTA Robert GRAVES	32	-	Alf LATTA		0
Cumberland (AUS)	8th		1	7	0	38	191	-	2	-	Edwin BELLAMY	19	-	Harold BLOOMFIELD		0
Eastern Suburbs	1st	Runners Up	9	2	0	218	114	-	15	-	Horace MILLER	47	-	Horace MILLER		0
Glebe	3rd	Semi Final	7	3	0	109	79	-	4	-	Vic HARRIS	35	-	Albert CONLON	Wentworth	500
Newcastle	5th		4	7	0	169	161	-	8	-	William BAILEY	36	-	Stanley CARPENTER		0
Newtown Jets	7th		1	7	1	70	148	-	4	-	John SCOTT	26	-	John SCOTT		0
North Sydney	4th	Semi Final	6	4	0	165	89	-	5	-	Bill McCARTHY	32	-	Harry GLANVILLE		0
South Sydney Rabbitohs	2nd	Premiers	10	1	0	224	68	Arthur HENNESSY Edward FRY	8	-	Arthur BUTLER	46	-	Arthur BUTLER		0
Western Suburbs Magpies	9th	Wooden Spoon	1	8	0	47	190	-	2	-	Raymond GORMLEY	13	-	J HODGSON		0