1909 South Sydney season

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1909 South Sydney season
NSWRFL Rank1st (out of 8)
Play-off resultPremiers
1909 recordWins: 9; Draws: 0; Losses: 1
Points scoredFor: 210; Against: 41
Team information
Captains
Stadium Royal Agricultural Society Showground
Top scorers
Tries Tommy Anderson (11)
Goals Arthur Conlin (10)
Points Arthur Conlin (43)
<  1908 1910  >

The 1909 South Sydney season was the 2nd in the club's history. Captained by primarily by Arthur Conlin, the club competed in the New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership (NSWRFL), finishing the season repeating as Australian rugby league premiers.

Contents

Ladder

TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts
1 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 1090121041+16918
2 Balmain colours.svg Balmain 1080213062+6816
3 Newcastle foundation colours.svg Newcastle 1050514493+5110
4 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Eastern Suburbs 10505167141+2610
5 Glebe colours.svg Glebe 1040662159−978
6 Newtown colours.svg Newtown 1031673107−347
7 North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney 10226104157−536
8 Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs 1021742172−1305

Fixtures

Regular season

RoundOpponentResultScoreDateVenueCrowdRef
1 Balmain colours.svg Balmain Win4 0Saturday 24 April Birchgrove Oval [1]
2 Newcastle foundation colours.svg Newcastle Win28 9Saturday 1 May Royal Agricultural Society Showground 500 [2]
3 Newtown colours.svg Newtown Win16 2Saturday 15 May Royal Agricultural Society Showground [3]
4 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Eastern Suburbs Win22 10Saturday 22 May Royal Agricultural Society Showground 1,500 [4]
5 Glebe colours.svg Glebe Win29 2Saturday 29 May Royal Agricultural Society Showground 300 [5]
6 Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs Win34 3Saturday 19 June Royal Agricultural Society Showground 800 [6]
7 North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney Win37 5Saturday 26 June Royal Agricultural Society Showground 200 [7]
8 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Eastern Suburbs Win16 5Saturday 10 July Royal Agricultural Society Showground 2,500 [8]
9 Glebe colours.svg Glebe Win24 0Saturday 17 July Wentworth 300 [9]
10 Newcastle foundation colours.svg Newcastle Loss0 5Saturday 7 August Newcastle Showgrounds 3,000 [10]

Finals

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
14 August 1909 – Wentworth
 
 
Balmain colours.svg Balmain 15
 
18 September 1909 – Showground
 
Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Eastern Suburbs 8
 
South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney
 
14 August 1909 – Agricultural
 
Balmain colours.svg Balmain (forfeit)
 
South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 20
 
 
Newcastle foundation colours.svg Newcastle 0
 

Statistics

Name App T G FG Pts
Tommy Anderson 7110033
Arthur Butler 831011
Harold Butler 1132013
William "Billy" Cann 880024
Pat Carroll 61003
Arthur Conlin 8710143
Maxwell Coxon 113009
Walter Davis 935019
George Dawson 21003
Henry Fletcher 10000
William Fry 41003
Thomas Golden 51003
Dick Green 1018019
George Hallett 1070021
Arthur Hennessy 10000
John Leveson 1031011
Thomas McCann 10000
William Neill 110000
John Rosewell 81003
Alexander Ross 52006
Frank Storie 52006
Hash Thompson 20000
Totals14358271230

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