1912 South Sydney season

StadiumSydney Sports GroundTop scorersTriesArthur McCabe (11)GoalsStephen Darmody (21)PointsStephen Darmody (57)

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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.

Ladder

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
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

Regular season (NSWRFL)

Round	Opponent	Result	Score	Date	Venue	Crowd	Ref
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

Round	Opponent	Result	Score	Date	Venue	Crowd	Ref
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

Name	App	T	G	FG	Pts
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