1920 Eastern Suburbs season

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1920 Eastern Suburbs season
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Eastern Suburbs (now known as the Sydney Roosters) competed in the 13th New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) premiership in 1920.

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Details

No.PositionPlayer
10 Flag of Australia (converted).svg HK Sid 'Sandy' Pearce
45 Flag of Australia (converted).svg PR Bob 'Botsy" Williams
54 Flag of Australia (converted).svg PR Charlie Lees
62 Flag of Australia (converted).svg CE Wally Messenger
66 Flag of Australia (converted).svg SR Jack 'Bluey' Watkins
67 Flag of Australia (converted).svg FE Les Cubitt
72 Flag of Australia (converted).svg FB George Challis
79 Flag of Australia (converted).svg WG Jim Duffy
86 Flag of Australia (converted).svg FE Harry Caples
92 Flag of Australia (converted).svg CE Ray Norman
94 Flag of Australia (converted).svg SR R. Adams
96 Flag of Australia (converted).svg WG Gordon Wright
99 Flag of Australia (converted).svg CE Rex Norman
No.PositionPlayer
103 Flag of Australia (converted).svg HB Sid Kaufman
105 Flag of Australia (converted).svg SR Harold Bawden
109 Flag of Australia (converted).svg SR R. Burton
110 Flag of Australia (converted).svg SR Robert Edward connerton
113 Flag of Australia (converted).svg SR Bill Cameron
114 Flag of Australia (converted).svg FB Ed 'Snowy' Rigney
115 Flag of Australia (converted).svg SR Fred Hume
116 Flag of Australia (converted).svg SR Arch Thompson
117 Flag of Australia (converted).svg SR Les Arthur
118 Flag of Australia (converted).svg SR Tommy Burns
119 Flag of Australia (converted).svg SR Jim Cromwell
120 Flag of Australia (converted).svg SR C Steel
121 Flag of Australia (converted).svg SR A. J. Thompson
122 Flag of Australia (converted).svg SR S. Ward

Results

Balmain 9 (Potter try; Craig 3 goals defeated Eastern Suburbs 7 (Caples try; Messenger goal; Challis field goal) at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

Eastern Suburbs 19 (Wright 2, Cameron tries; Wally Messenger 3; Caples 2 goals) defeated Newtown 7 (Boys try; Boys goal) at the Agricultural Society Ground.

Eastern Suburbs 44 (Wright, Warkins 2, Cameron, Messenger, Norman, Williams tries  ; Messenger 7 goals) defeated University 8 (Callan, Satterthwaite tries) at Agricultural Society Ground.

Eastern Suburbs 20 defeated Glebe 5 at Agricultural Ground.

Eastern Suburbs 18 defeated Western Suburbs 14 at Sydney Cricket Ground.

A crowd of 30,000 watched Easts defeat Wests.

Eastern Suburbs 42 defeated Annandale 10 at Sydney Cricket Ground No. 2

Premiership Round 7, Bye:

Premiership Round 8, Saturday 26 June 1920 Eastern Suburbs 12 defeated North Sydney 8 at Sydney Cricket Ground.

Premiership Round 9, Saturday 17 July 1920 - South Sydney 14 defeated Eastern Suburbs 11 at Agricultural Ground.

Eastern Suburbs 30 Wright 5 + 1 Tries; 6 Goals) defeated Balmain 13 at the Agricultural Ground.

Eastern Suburbs were the only side to defeat Balmain in the 1920 season.

Newtown 8(???) defeated Eastern Suburbs 0 at Agricultural Ground;

North Sydney 21 defeated Eastern Suburbs 10 at Sydney Cricket Ground

Eastern Suburbs 15 defeated Annandale 0 at Sydney Cricket Ground No.2.

Ladder

TeamPldWDLBPFPAPDPts
1 Balmain colours.svg Balmain 1311112287114+17327
2 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 138052258149+10920
3 Glebe colours.svg Glebe 138052268166+10220
4 Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs 148151309141+16819
5 North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney 137062237151+8618
6 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg EASTERN SUBURBS 148061254175+7918
7 Newtown colours.svg Newtown 148061208203+518
8 University colours.svg University 1310122101498-3976
9 Annandale colours.svg Annandale 130013259384-3254

Season's highlights

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