The 1912 South Sydney season was the 5th in the club's history. The club competed in the New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership (NSWRFL), finishing the season 4th and missing the finals for the first time in club history. Souths also competed in the inaugural season of the post season tournament, the City Cup. The competition culminated with Souths defeating Glebe in the final.
1912 South Sydney season | ||||
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NSWRFL Rank | 4th (out of 8) | |||
Play-off result | Did not qualify | |||
City Cup | Winners | |||
1912 record | Wins: 8; draws: 0; losses: 6 | |||
Points scored | For: 207; against: 137 | |||
Team information | ||||
Captain | ||||
Stadium | Sydney Sports Ground | |||
Top scorers | ||||
Tries | Arthur McCabe (11) | |||
Goals | Stephen Darmody (21) | |||
Points | Stephen Darmody (57) | |||
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Ladder
editTeam | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | |
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1 | Eastern Suburbs | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 230 | 86 | +144 | 26 |
2 | Glebe | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 199 | 83 | +116 | 22 |
3 | Newtown | 14 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 178 | 132 | +46 | 18 |
4 | South Sydney | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 207 | 137 | +70 | 16 |
5 | Balmain | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 138 | 168 | -30 | 12 |
6 | North Sydney | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 124 | 197 | -73 | 12 |
7 | Annandale | 14 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 86 | 134 | -48 | 4 |
8 | Western Suburbs | 14 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 100 | 325 | -225 | 2 |
Fixtures
editRegular season (NSWRFL)
editRound | Opponent | Result | Score | Date | Venue | Crowd | Ref |
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1 | North Sydney | Win | 16 – 3 | Saturday 4 May | North Sydney Oval | 5,000 | [1] |
2 | Newtown | Win | 12 – 6 | Saturday 11 May | Sports Ground | 15,000 | [2] |
3 | Eastern Suburbs | Loss | 8 – 9 | Saturday 18 May | Royal Agricultural Society Showground | 18,000 | [3] |
4 | Balmain | Win | 29 – 5 | Saturday 25 May | Birchgrove Oval | 6,000 | [4] |
5 | Western Suburbs | Win | 26 – 10 | Saturday 8 June | Sports Ground | 400 | [5] |
6 | Annandale | Win | 12 – 5 | Saturday 15 June | Sports Ground | 6,000 | [6] |
7 | Glebe | Loss | 5 – 6 | Saturday 29 June | Sports Ground | 15,000 | [7] |
8 | North Sydney | Loss | 7 – 18 | Saturday 6 July | Sports Ground | 4,500 | [8] |
9 | Newtown | Win | 20 – 13 | Saturday 20 July | Sports Ground | 10,000 | [9] |
10 | Eastern Suburbs | Loss | 10 – 7 | Saturday 27 July | Sports Ground | 14,000 | [10] |
11 | Balmain | Loss | 5 – 14 | Saturday 3 August | Birchgrove Oval | 1,200 | [11] |
12 | Western Suburbs | Win | 33 – 12 | Saturday 10 August | Sports Ground | 400 | [12] |
13 | Annandale | Win | 11 – 7 | Saturday 17 August | Sports Ground | 4,000 | [13] |
14 | Glebe | Loss | 16 – 19 | Saturday 24 August | Wentworth Park | 4,000 | [14] |
City Cup
editRound | Opponent | Result | Score | Date | Venue | Crowd | Ref |
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Preliminary Final | Eastern Suburbs | Win | 21 – 10 | Saturday 31 August | Sports Ground | 11,000 | [15] |
Semi Final | North Sydney | Win | 16 – 11 | Saturday 7 September | Sports Ground | 10,000 | [16] |
Final | Glebe | Win | 30 – 5 | Saturday 14 September | Royal Agricultural Society Showground | 13,000 | [17] |
Statistics
editName | App | T | G | FG | Pts |
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Harry Almond | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Os Brown | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Arthur Butler | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
Harold Butler | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
William "Billy" Cann | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
Charlie Collier | 13 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
Stephen Darmody | 7 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 57 |
Walter Davis | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Herbert "Herb" Gilbert | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Dick Green | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bill Groves | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Perce Hale | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
George Hallett | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Eddie Hilliard | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clarence Horder | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Harold Horder | 4 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 39 |
Ernie Hucker | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
John Leveson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Arthur McCabe | 16 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
Tom McCann | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Eugene McCarthy | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
George Maidment | 6 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 27 |
Harry Nicholls | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
Edward Rigney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
A. Smith | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
William Spence | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
Hash Thompson | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
Total | 221 | 60 | 47 | 0 | 274 |
References
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