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Eastern Suburbs 1908 Season
The 1908 season was the first in the history of the Eastern Suburbs District Rugby League Football Club (now known as the Sydney Roosters). Eastern Suburbs competed in the inaugural match of the inaugural season, of the newly formed New South Wales Rugby Football League, reaching the final which they lost to South Sydney. They have the distinction of being the only club to have competed in every season since that time. The early years The Eastern Suburbs District Rugby League Football club was founded at a meeting held at the Paddington Town Hall on 24 January 1908. The meeting was chaired by Harry 'Jersey' Flegg who was named Easts first Secretary and a delegate to the NSWRL. Flegg was also appointed as the club's first captain and made a team selector. Legendary cricketer of the time Victor Trumper was appointed to Easts first committee, while Lieutenant-Colonel Onslow was made Patron of the Eastern Suburbs club. At a subsequent meeting held on 7 February James White wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1909 Eastern Suburbs Season
The 1909 season was the second in which the Eastern Suburbs DRLFC competed in the New South Wales Rugby Football League competition. They finished the regular season in 4th (of 8) position, before being knocked out in the semi-final by Balmain. Players Season * Premiership round 5, Saturday 29 May 1909. Eastern Suburbs 18 defeated Newcastle Rebels 16 at the Newcastle Sports Ground. Described this way "As an exhibition the game was all that could have been desired It was fast, open, exciting and even." * Premiership round 9, Saturday 17 July 1909. Balmain 24 (Apploney 2, Moore 2, Halloway, Regent Tries; Fitzpatrick 3 Goals) defeated Eastern Suburbs 15 ( M. Frawley, Kelley, Webb Tries; Surridge 2, King Goals) at the Agricultural Society's Ground. This was reported to be a particularly rough affair, Easts lost a player early in the match through injury, and two more players were severely concussed, Four were sent off for fighting, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry O'Malley
Larry 'Jersey' O'Malley (1883–1967) was a pioneer Australian rugby league player for the Eastern Suburbs club. He was the fifth Australian rugby league captain and the second from the Eastern Suburbs Club. Before switching codes and joining the Eastern Suburbs club in rugby league's foundation year, 1908, O'Malley played rugby union firstly for the East Borough and then the Sydney Rugby Union Clubs in 1906-07 Rugby league career Born in Ireland in 1883, he arrived in Australia with his parents and older brother the following year aboard the ''Selkirkshire '' as assisted immigrants. The family settled in Paddington, and Larry played rugby with the local juniors. He gained his nickname of 'Jersey' because of his red hair. Larry 'Jersey' O'Malley played with Eastern Suburbs for six seasons: 1908, 1909 and 1911–1914, and played over 50 first grade games. He had a reputation as a tough 'no nonsense' forward.Whiticker pp31-32 Representative career He made his representative ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Percy White
Percy Rowett White (1888–1918) was an Australian pioneer rugby league player. He played in the New South Wales Rugby League competition at the time of the code's Australian foundation in 1908, and won a premiership with Sydney's Sydney Roosters, Eastern Suburbs club in 1912. He later served in World War I, and was killed by artillery fire in France in 1918. Rugby League career Born in the inner-city Sydney suburb of Paddington, New South Wales, Paddington, White played 89 matches for the Sydney Roosters, Eastern Suburbs club between 1908 and 1916. He played as a Rugby league positions#Prop forward, prop forward in East's 14-12 loss to South Sydney Rabbitohs, South Sydney in rugby league's Eastern Suburbs 1908 Season, first premiership decider in 1908 NSWRFL season, season 1908. He was a squad member of the Easts sides who won premierships in 1911 NSWRFL season, 1911, 1912 NSWRFL season, 1912 and 1913 NSWRFL season, 1913, as well as the City Cup-winning sides of 1914, 1915 and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Shakespeare
Joe Shakespeare (1883–1935) was a rugby league footballer in the New South Wales Rugby League(NSWRL)'s foundation season of 1908. Joseph Shakespear played for the Eastern Suburbs club. He was also a boxing promoter, referee, and an Alderman at Cessnock, New South Wales Cessnock is a city in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia, about by road west of Newcastle, New South Wales, Newcastle. It is the administrative centre of the City of Cessnock Local government in Australia, LGA and was named after a .... References * The Eastern Suburbs club website Australian rugby league players Sydney Roosters players 1883 births 1935 deaths Place of birth missing {{Australia-rugbyleague-bio-1880s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Playfair
Alfred Donald Playfair (1871-1943) was a rugby league footballer in the New South Wales Rugby League's inaugural season of 1908. Alfred was a member of the Sydney side Eastern Suburbs - one of only two surviving foundation clubs. During his life he was vice president of the Royal Agricultural Society. He is listed as the Sydney Roosters The Sydney Roosters are an Australian professional Rugby league, Rugby League Football Club based in the Eastern Suburbs (Sydney) and parts of inner Sydney. The club competes in the National Rugby League (NRL) competition. The Roosters have won ... 21st ever player. References * The Eastern Suburbs club website Australian rugby league players Sydney Roosters players 1871 births 1943 deaths Place of birth missing {{Australia-rugbyleague-bio-1870s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Green (rugby League)
Edward George Green (born 17 December 1883 in Grafton, New South Wales), was a pioneer Australian Rugby League player. He is reputed to have been the first Indigenous Australian to play rugby league at first-grade level in Australia. Club career George Green played for the club sides Eastern Suburbs for four seasons between 1908–11 and North Sydney for 10 seasons between 1912–1916 and 1918–1922. A utility forward, Green made his debut playing for the Eastern Suburbs club in 1908 season, rugby league's founding year in Australia. He played in the Eastern suburbs side in 1911, the year that club won their first premiership. He moved to the North Sydney club the following year where he played for the next ten seasons. In 1916 Green captained the North Sydney club and in 1918-1919 he was Captain-coach. Green was a vice-captain with the Norths during the club's golden era in its only two premiership winning seasons – 1921 and 1922. Green, who has been described as "scho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Woodhill
Herbert Stanley Woodhill (1875–1963) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) competition. He was a fullback, from the Paddington rugby juniors in the 1890s and was a first grade Rugby player for Eastern Suburbs in the 1900s before switching codes. Woodhill played for the Eastern Suburbs Eastern Suburbs may refer to: Places *Eastern Suburbs (Mumbai), India *Eastern Suburbs (Sydney), Australia **Eastern Suburbs railway line, Sydney, Australia Sports clubs ;Association football *Eastern Suburbs AFC, Auckland, New Zealand * Eastern ... club in rugby league's founding season of 1908. After retiring from his playing career, he became a rugby league referee. He was also a veteran of the Boer War, serving with the N.S.W. Mounted Rifles between 1899 and 1902. References * Australian rugby league players Sydney Roosters players 1875 births 1963 deaths Rugby league players from New South Wales {{Australia-rugbyl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dally Messenger
Herbert Henry Messenger, nicknamed "Dally" and sometimes "The Master" (12 April 1883 – 24 November 1959) was one of Australasia's first professional rugby footballers, recognised as one of the greatest-ever players in either code. He played for New South Wales in the first 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. Messenger had a stocky build, and while standing only about in height, he was a powerful runner of the ball and a solid defender. According to his peers, the centre's greatest attributes were his unpredictability and astonishing physical co-ordination, coupled with a freakish ability to kick goals from almost any part of the ground. He was a teetotaller and non-smoker during his career and other than breakfast, Messenger would rarely eat before a match. Early life Messenger was born in the Sydney waterfront suburb of Balmain, New South Wales, and grew u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Kelley (rugby League)
Harold Percival Sidney Kelley (1880-1948) was a rugby league footballer in the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership in rugby league's founding season in Australia. Kelley played for the Eastern Suburbs club in the years 1908 and 1909. A Kelley played in the NSWRL's first premiership decider. Kelley is remembered as the Sydney Roosters The Sydney Roosters are an Australian professional Rugby league, Rugby League Football Club based in the Eastern Suburbs (Sydney) and parts of inner Sydney. The club competes in the National Rugby League (NRL) competition. The Roosters have won ... 17th player. References * The Encyclopedia Of Rugby League Players, Alan Whiticker and Glen Hudson Australian rugby league players Sydney Roosters players 1880 births 1948 deaths Place of birth missing Rugby league five-eighths {{Australia-rugbyleague-bio-1880s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Thompson (rugby League)
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Percy McNamara
Percy Vernon John McNamara (1870–1940) was a pioneer rugby league footballer in the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership. He was also a noted rugby union player, initially with Randwick DRUFC, and later with the 'Pirates', who won state wide fame, and also represented New South Wales against New Zealand (in 1897) and Victoria before switching codes. He played with the Eastern Suburbs club in the codes inaugural season - 1908, as a 38-year-old. Playing career Known as "Percy Mac", he was an outside back and played in the NSWRL's first premiership final. The match was played between Eastern suburbs and South Sydney resulting in a 14–12 victory to Souths. McNamara kicked a field goal in the deciding match. McNamara played 9 matches for the Eastern Suburbs club in the years (1908–09), he scored 21 points - 3 tries and kicked 6 goals A goal is an objective that a person or a system plans or intends to achieve. Goal may also refer to: Sport * Goal ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnno Stuntz
John "Johnno" Stuntz (1884–1917) was an Australian pioneer rugby league footballer and soldier who served in World War I and died on the Western Front. A national and state representative winger, his club career was played with Eastern Suburbs, Western Suburbs and South Sydney in Australia, as well as one season with English club, Warrington. He played for New South Wales in the very 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. Rugby league career One of Australian rugby league's founding players, Stuntz was a member of the 1907 rebel side ("the 1907 Pioneers") that played against the New Zealand ' All Golds' in the series that helped to establish rugby league football in Australia. A fireman by profession, he played 14 matches (all grades) with Easts in the years (1908–10). In Easts' first match - the opening game of club rugby league in Australia, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
