Eastern Suburbs - Season Summary
- Captain
- Arthur Toby
- Biggest home crowd
- 14,000 (vs. North Sydney in round 2)
- Average home crowd
- 10,646
- Top pointscorer
- Premiership: Arthur Oxford (87)
- All Matches: Arthur Oxford (108)
- Top tryscorers
- Premiership: Les Steel (8)
- All Matches: Larry Hedger, Harry Kavanagh, Les Steel (8)
Results
| Date | Day | Competition | Opposition | Score | Captain(s) | Coach(es) | Venue | Crowd | Rank | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21 | Sat 3:15pm | Round 1 | H | University | W | 18 | - | 14 | A Toby | RAS Showground | 7,291 | 3rd | ||
| 25 | Wed 3:15pm | Round 2 | H | North Sydney | W | 13 | - | 10 | A Toby | RAS Showground | 14,000 | 1st | ||
| 28 | Sat 3:15pm | Round 3 | A | Balmain | W | 42 | - | 17 | A Toby | Birchgrove | 4,000 | 1st | ||
| May 5 | Sat 3:15pm | CC (6) | H * | Southern Division | W | 20 | - | 13 | A Toby | Sports Ground | 1,000 | |||
| 26 | Sat 3:15pm | Round 4 | A * | Souths | W | 9 | - | 7 | A Toby | SCG | 28,002 | 1st | ||
| Jun 16 | Sat 3:15pm | Round 5 | A | Glebe | W | 5 | - | 0 | A Toby | Wentworth | 2,000 | 1st | ||
| 23 | Sat 3:15pm | Round 6 | H * | Newtown | W | 16 | - | 10 | A Toby | SCG | 13,000 | 1st | ||
| 30 | Sat 3:15pm | Round 7 | H * | St George | L | 5 | - | 14 | A Toby | SCG | 16,450 | 1st | ||
| Round 8 | [bye] | - | 1st | |||||||||||
| Jul 9 | Mon 3:15pm | CC (9) | H * | Southern Division | L | 19 | - | 23 | A Toby | SCG | 6,000 | |||
| 28 | Sat 3:15pm | Round 9 | A | Western Suburbs | W | 14 | - | 6 | A Toby | Pratten | 2,000 | 1st | ||
| Aug 4 | Sat 3:15pm | Round 10 | A | Newtown | W | 26 | - | 5 | A Toby | Marrickville | 1st | |||
| 11 | Sat 3:15pm | Round 11 | H * | Western Suburbs | W | 22 | - | 17 | A Toby | SCG | 10,000 | 1st | ||
| 18 | Sat 3:15pm | Round 12 | H | Glebe | W | 14 | - | 12 | A Toby | RAS Showground | 2nd | |||
| Round 13 | [bye] | - | 1st | |||||||||||
| Sep 1 | Sat 3:15pm | Round 14 | H * | University | W | 8 | - | 4 | A Toby | Wentworth | 1st | |||
| 8 | Sat 3:15pm | Semi Final | H * | North Sydney | W | 26 | - | 13 | A Toby | Wentworth | 5,000 | - | ||
| 15 | Sat 3:15pm | Final | A * | Souths | L | 5 | - | 26 | A Toby | RAS Showground | 25,000 | - | ||
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 | |||||
| BODDINGTON, George | 29 | 3 | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | 4 | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | - | |||
| BROWN, Dick | 24 | Kalgoorlie | 13 | - | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | - | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| BRYANT, Sammy | 24 | Auckland | 7 | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| BUSCH, Joe | 21 | Maclean |    | 12 | - | 12 | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | - | 14 | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | - | |
| BYRNE, Hugh | 24 | | 7 | - | 7 | 5 | - | - | 15 | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | - | 9 | - | 9 | 6 | - | - | 18 | - | - | ||
| COLE, Bill | - | 3 | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | - | |||
| DYER, Bill | 19 | 7 | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| FITZPATRICK, Tom | 27 | 14 | - | 14 | 6 | - | - | 18 | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | - | 16 | 6 | - | - | 18 | - | - | |||
| FLETCHER, Gordon | 20 | Parkes | | 11 | - | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | - | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| HARDY, Nelson | 23 | Sydney | | 8 | - | 8 | 3 | 2 | - | 13 | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | 6 | - | - | 10 | - | 10 | 5 | 2 | - | 19 | - | - | |
| HARRIS, George | - | 14 | - | 14 | 2 | - | - | 6 | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | - | 16 | 2 | - | - | 6 | - | - | |||
| HEDGER, Larry | 20 | 14 | - | 14 | 7 | - | - | 21 | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | - | 16 | - | 16 | 8 | - | - | 24 | - | - | |||
| KAVANAGH, Harry | 24 | | 13 | - | 13 | 6 | - | - | 18 | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | 6 | - | - | 15 | - | 15 | 8 | - | - | 24 | - | - | ||
| OXFORD, Arthur | 34 | Sydney |  | 14 | - | 14 | 3 | 39 | - | 87 | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | 9 | - | 21 | - | - | 16 | - | 16 | 4 | 48 | - | 108 | - | - | |
| POPE, Norm | 20 | Melbourne | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| STEEL, Les | 28 | Sydney | | 14 | - | 14 | 8 | - | - | 24 | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | - | 16 | 8 | - | - | 24 | - | - | |
| TOBY, Arthur | 25 | Sydney | 14 | - | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | - | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| TROTTER, Tom | 24 | 6 | - | 6 | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | 6 | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | - | |||
| WEBBER, Vic | 22 | Maclean | 6 | - | 6 | 3 | - | - | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | 6 | 3 | - | - | 9 | - | - | ||
| 19 players | 24.45 | 10 cur. / 13 tot. | 14 matches | 47 | 41 | 0 | 223 | 0 | 0 | 2 matches | 7 | 9 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 16 matches | 54 | 50 | 0 | 262 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
* Greyed out numbers in the table below indicate that the corresponding data is incomplete.
Ages listed based on 15 Sep 1928.
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, Tony McCarron, Max Turner, Shawn Dollin, Alan Katzmann