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1934 NSWRFL Season
The 1934 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the twenty-seventh season of Sydney’s top-grade rugby league club competition, Australia’s first. Eight teams from across the city contested the premiership during the season which lasted from April until September and culminated in Western Suburbs’ victory over Eastern Suburbs in the premiership final. at ''rl1908.com'' Season summary At the height of , the New South Wales Rugby Football League again banned of matches, blaming them for a sev ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Suburbs Colours
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South Sydney Rabbitohs
The South Sydney Rabbitohs are a professional Australian rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ... club based in Redfern, a suburb of inner-southern Sydney, New South Wales. They participate in the National Rugby League (NRL) premiership and are one of nine existing teams from the state capital, Sydney. They are often called Souths or The Bunnies. The club was formed in New South Wales Rugby League season 1908, 1908, as one of the founding members of the New South Wales Rugby Football League, making them one of Australia's oldest rugby league teams. The Rabbitohs were formed, under their original 1908 articles of association, with the NSWRL competition, to represent the Sydney municipalities of Redfern, Alexandria, Zetland, Waterloo, Mascot and Botany. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith Ellis (rugby League)
Keith Gregory Ellis (1905-1972) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s and 1930s Background Ellis was born at Marrickville, New South Wales to parents Charles and Catherine Ellis. Playing career A Newtown junior, he was chosen to play reserve grade in 1924 and went on to play eight seasons in first grade for the Newtown Jets between 1925-1928 and 1932–1935. He is mostly remembered as the club captain the Newtown club when it won the 1933 Grand Final over St George Dragons 18–5. His only representative appearance was for New South Wales ) , nickname = , image_map = New South Wales in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of New South Wales in AustraliaCoordinates: , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , es ... in 1926, playing in 5 matches. He was a long term committeeman at Newtown and also successfully coached the Newtown reserve grade team to premierships in 1947 an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Russell (rugby)
Charles "Boxer" Joseph Russell (5 December 1884 – 15 May 1957) was a pioneer Australian rugby union and rugby league footballer and coach. He represented his country in both sports and was one Australia's early dual-code rugby internationals. He was a gold medallist at the 1908 Summer Olympics. Rugby union career Russell was a centre/winger whose club rugby was played with the Newtown RUFC in Sydney. He played three Tests for the Wallabies in 1907 against the All Blacks before being selected for the first Wallaby tour of Britain in 1908. He played in both Tests of the tour scoring tries in each. His 24 tries in all games of that tour still stands as Wallaby record. He was a member of the Australian Olympic team who won Gold in London in 1908 in the team captained by Chris McKivat. Rugby league career On his return to Australia he joined the fledgling code of rugby league along with 13 of his Olympic teammates. He played at full-back in the first Test against Great Britain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newtown Jersey 1915
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Arthur Halloway
Arthur 'Pony' Halloway (1885–1961), was a pioneering Australian rugby league footballer and coach. Born in Sydney, New South Wales he played for the Glebe Dirty Reds (1908), Balmain Tigers (1909–1911 and 1915–1920) and Eastern Suburbs (1912–1914), in the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership. He played for New South Wales in the first rugby match run by the newly created 'New South Wales Rugby Football League' which had just split away from the established New South Wales Rugby Football Union. He was a half-back for the Australian national team. He played in ten Tests between 1908 and 1919, as captain on three occasions in 1919. Halloway was nicknamed 'Pony', but despite his small stature he was recognised as one of the fiercest competitors to play the game and one of the nation's finest footballers of the 20th century Halloway holds the record for the most premierships won as a coach in Australian rugby league history with eight premierships. Halloway also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sydney Sports Ground
The Sydney Sports Ground No. 1 was a Stadium and Dirt track racing venue in Sydney, New South Wales. The ground was located where the car park of the Sydney Football Stadium (SFS) currently sits. The ground had two main grandstands and was surrounded by a grass covered hill, giving it a capacity of more than 35,000. It was demolished along with the smaller No.2 Ground in 1986 to allow the building of the SFS, which opened in 1988. During its lifespan the Sports Ground hosted Rugby league, Rugby Union, Soccer, Motorcycle speedway and Speedway car racing. The Sports Ground was the home ground of NSWRL team, the Eastern Suburbs Roosters, the club playing 500 games at the ground from 1911 until 1986, with a 283-199-18 W-L-D record. History Sport The ground's primary use was as the home venue for Eastern Suburbs, who began playing at the ground in Round 2 of the 1911 NSWRFL season with a 22–9 win over the North Sydney Bears on 6 May in front of 5,000 fans. The Roosters played the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trumper Oval
Trumper Park Oval is a sporting oval in Paddington, New South Wales. The oval is located at the corner of Glenmore Road & Hampden Street, Paddington and is named in honour of Victor Trumper. The oval has a long history of catering for Australian Football in the form of NSWFL foundation club, East Sydney, as well as catering for cricket and athletics. A series of walking trails connect surrounding streets. Australian football has been played at this oval since at least 1903. To put this date of 1903 in perspective, Australian football was played on Trumper Oval five years prior to the establishment of the first rugby league competition in Australia and only one year after the establishment of the Hawthorn football club. All the Sydney FL grand finals (bar one) between 1952 and 1977 were played at this venue. Some of the biggest names in Australian football history have played on this oval including Jack Dyer (Richmond vs NSW 1946), Keith Miller (Sydney Naval), Bill Morris (Richmon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1934 Eastern Suburbs DRLFC Season
Eastern Suburbs (now known as the Sydney Roosters) finished as runners up in the 26th New South Wales Rugby League(NSWRL) premiership in the 1934 season. Details Lineup: - Cyril Abotomey, Jack Beaton, Dave Brown(c), Frank Buchanan, John Clarke, Jack 'Buster' Craigie, Tom Dowling, T. Lang, J. Lane, Tom McLachlan, Max Nixon, Ernie Norman, Andy Norval, Joe Pearce, Henry 'Harry' Pierce, Ray Stehr, Viv Thicknesse, H. Thompson. Ladder Season summary *Eastern Suburbs were minor premiers and finished the season as runners up. * Dave Brown was the New South Wales Rugby League(NSWRL)'s leading point scorer for the 1934 season. * Dave Brown was the NSWRFL (equal) leading Try scorer in 1934 with 11 tries. References External links Rugby League Tables and Statistics {{Sydney Roosters Sydney Roosters seasons East East or Orient is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern Suburbs Jersey 1914
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Syd Christensen
Sydney Henry Albert Christensen (31 May 1910 – 9 February 1942) was an Australian rugby league player who played in the 1920s and 1930s and a casualty of World War II. Background Christensen was born at Sydney on 31 May 1910 and was of Danish descent. Playing career Syd 'Sardie' Christensen was a first grade player for Glebe for two seasons between 1928 and 1929. He transferred to the Balmain Tigers when the Glebe club disbanded in 1929 and went on to become a prolific point scorer for the Tigers. He played six seasons with Balmain between 1930, 1933–37. In 1936 he became club captain, and became the first Balmain player to reach 100 points in a season, a record that he achieved three years in a row. He was the NSWRFL top point scorer in 1933 and 1936. He was captain of the Balmain team that were defeated by Eastern Suburbs in the 1936 Grand Final. He was known as an excellent tactician and goal kicker during his rugby league career. War service Syd Christensen enliste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leichhardt Oval
Leichhardt Oval is a rugby league and soccer stadium in Lilyfield, New South Wales, Australia. It is currently one of three home grounds for the Wests Tigers National Rugby League (NRL) team, along with Campbelltown Stadium and Western Sydney Stadium. Prior to its merger with the Western Suburbs Magpies, it was the longtime home of the Balmain Tigers, who used the ground from 1934–1994 and 1997–1999. It was named after Ludwig Leichhardt. As of July 2012, Leichhardt Oval is the most played-on Australian professional rugby league ground in active use in the National Rugby League, having hosted 794 games since Balmain played its first game at the ground against Western Suburbs in Round 1 of the 1934 NSWRFL season, held on ANZAC Day, Wests winning the game 18-5. Balmain's first win at the ground came in the very next game of the 1934 season with a 27-13 win over University. History Leichhardt Oval was first used as a rugby league football ground in 1934 and became the home g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
