Eastern Suburbs - Season Summary
- Captain
- Jim Duffy
- Biggest home crowd
- 16,000 (vs. South Sydney in round 4)
- Average home crowd
- 7,000
- Top pointscorer
- Premiership: Wally Messenger (67)
- All Matches: Wally Messenger (80)
- Top tryscorers
- Premiership: Les Cubitt, Wally Messenger, Gordon Wright (7)
- All Matches: Les Cubitt, Wally Messenger (8)
Results
| Date | Day | Competition | Opposition | Score | Captain(s) | Coach(es) | Venue | Crowd | Rank | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11 | Sat 3:15pm | Round 1 | A * | Newtown | W | 17 | - | 3 | J Duffy | RAS Showground | 2,000 | 2nd | ||
| 18 | Sat 3:15pm | Round 2 | H * | Western Suburbs | W | 8 | - | 2 | J Duffy | SCG | 2,000 | 1st | ||
| 25 | Sat 3:15pm | Round 3 | A * | Glebe | W | 17 | - | 9 | J Duffy | RAS Showground | 3,000 | 2nd | ||
| Jun 1 | Sat 3:15pm | Round 4 | H | Souths | L | 5 | - | 16 | J Duffy | RAS Showground | 16,000 | 1st | ||
| 3 | Mon 3:15pm | Round 5 | H | North Sydney | L | 8 | - | 16 | J Duffy | RAS Showground | 2nd | |||
| 8 | Sat 3:15pm | Round 6 | A | Annandale | W | 9 | - | 5 | J Duffy | Wentworth | 4th | |||
| 15 | Sat 3:15pm | Round 7 | A * | Balmain | L | 10 | - | 11 | J Duffy | SCG | 10,000 | 2nd | ||
| 24 | Mon 3:15pm | Round 8 | H | Newtown | W | 20 | - | 15 | J Duffy | RAS Showground | 5th | |||
| 29 | Sat 3:15pm | Round 9 | A * | Western Suburbs | L | 9 | - | 16 | J Duffy | SCG | 10,000 | 5th | ||
| Jul 6 | Sat 3:15pm | Round 10 | H | Glebe | L | 5 | - | 18 | J Duffy | RAS Showground | 3,000 | 5th | ||
| 13 | Sat 3:15pm | Round 11 | A * | Souths | L | 5 | - | 13 | J Duffy | SCG | 3,000 | 5th | ||
| 20 | Sat 3:15pm | Round 12 | A | North Sydney | W | 10 | - | 6 | J Duffy | North Sydney | 3,000 | 5th | ||
| 27 | Sat 3:15pm | Round 13 | H * | Annandale | W | 15 | - | 8 | J Duffy | SCG | 5th | |||
| Aug 3 | Sat 3:15pm | Round 14 | H | Balmain | W | 22 | - | 15 | J Duffy | RAS Showground | 2,000 | 5th | ||
| 10 | Sat 3:15pm | CC (1) | H * | North Sydney | W | 17 | - | 8 | S Pearce | SCG | 1,500 | |||
| 17 | Sat 3:15pm | CC (SF) | H * | Newtown | L | 2 | - | 8 | S Pearce | RAS Showground | 2,000 | |||
16 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 | |||||
| ARROWSMITH, Albert | 30 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| BARKER, Charles | 27 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 3 | - | - | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 2 | 9 | 3 | - | - | 9 | - | - | |||
| BATCHELOR, Robert | 27 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| CAPLES, Harry | 20 | Bathurst | 14 | - | 14 | 3 | - | - | 9 | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | - | 16 | 3 | - | - | 9 | - | - | ||
| CUBITT, Les | 25 | Sydney | ![]() | 11 | - | 11 | 7 | 1 | - | 23 | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | - | 13 | - | 13 | 8 | 1 | - | 26 | - | - | |
| DUFFY, Jim | 34 | 14 | - | 14 | 4 | - | - | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | - | 14 | 4 | - | - | 12 | - | - | |||
| FLANNERY, Dan | 26 | 12 | - | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | - | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| GLAZEBROOK, Tom | 30 | 7 | - | 7 | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | - | 9 | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | - | |||
| KAUFMANN, Sid | 27 | 3 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| KEANE, Henry | 21 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 2 | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 1 | 9 | 2 | - | - | 6 | - | - | |||
| LEES, Charlie | 30 | Sydney | ![]() | 14 | - | 14 | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | - | 16 | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | - | |
| LINKLATER, Bob | 24 | 12 | - | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | - | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| LYON, W | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| McKELLAR, Reginald | 24 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| MESSENGER, Wally | 27 | Sydney | ![]() ![]() | 10 | - | 10 | 7 | 23 | - | 67 | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | 5 | - | 13 | - | - | 12 | - | 12 | 8 | 28 | - | 80 | - | - | |
| MORAN, F | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| NORMAN, Ray | 29 | Sydney | ![]() ![]() | 11 | - | 11 | - | 2 | - | 4 | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | - | 13 | - | 2 | - | 4 | - | - | |
| NORMAN, Rex | 27 | Sydney | 12 | - | 12 | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | - | 14 | - | 14 | 2 | - | - | 6 | - | - | ||
| PEARCE, Sandy | 35 | Sydney | ![]() ![]() ![]() | 12 | - | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | - | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| TIJOU, William | 27 | 8 | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| WILLIAMS, Bob | 31 | Sydney | ![]() ![]() | 14 | - | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | - | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| WRIGHT, Gordon | 19 | 8 | - | 8 | 7 | - | - | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | 8 | 7 | - | - | 21 | - | - | |||
| 22 players | 27.49 | 0 cur. / 8 tot. | 14 matches | 36 | 26 | 0 | 160 | 0 | 0 | 2 matches | 3 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 16 matches | 39 | 31 | 0 | 179 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
* Greyed out numbers in the table below indicate that the corresponding data is incomplete.
Ages listed based on 17 Aug 1918.
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:
Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Shawn Dollin, Alan Katzmann, Tony McCarron



