# 1909 South Sydney season

The 1909 South Sydney season was the 2nd in the club's history. Captained by primarily by Arthur Conlin, the club competed in the New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership (NSWRFL), finishing the season repeating as Australian rugby league premiers.

## Ladder

| | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 1 | South Sydney | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 210 | 41 | +169 | 18 |
| 2 | Balmain | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 130 | 62 | +68 | 16 |
| 3 | Newcastle | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 144 | 93 | +51 | 10 |
| 4 | Eastern Suburbs | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 167 | 141 | +26 | 10 |
| 5 | Glebe | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 62 | 159 | −97 | 8 |
| 6 | Newtown | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 73 | 107 | −34 | 7 |
| 7 | North Sydney | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 104 | 157 | −53 | 6 |
| 8 | Western Suburbs | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 42 | 172 | −130 | 5 |

## Fixtures
### Regular season

| Round | Opponent | Result | Score | Date | Venue | Crowd |
| 1 | Balmain | Win | 4 – 0 | Saturday 24 April | Birchgrove Oval | |
| 2 | Newcastle | Win | 28 – 9 | Saturday 1 May | Royal Agricultural Society Showground | 500 |
| 3 | Newtown | Win | 16 – 2 | Saturday 15 May | Royal Agricultural Society Showground | |
| 4 | Eastern Suburbs | Win | 22 – 10 | Saturday 22 May | Royal Agricultural Society Showground | 1,500 |
| 5 | Glebe | Win | 29 – 2 | Saturday 29 May | Royal Agricultural Society Showground | 300 |
| 6 | Western Suburbs | Win | 34 – 3 | Saturday 19 June | Royal Agricultural Society Showground | 800 |
| 7 | North Sydney | Win | 37 – 5 | Saturday 26 June | Royal Agricultural Society Showground | 200 |
| 8 | Eastern Suburbs | Win | 16 – 5 | Saturday 10 July | Royal Agricultural Society Showground | 2,500 |
| 9 | Glebe | Win | 24 – 0 | Saturday 17 July | Wentworth | 300 |
| 10 | Newcastle | Loss | 0 – 5 | Saturday 7 August | Newcastle Showgrounds | 3,000 |

### Finals

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 14 August 1909 – Wentworth | 14 August 1909 – Wentworth |
| Balmain | 15 |
| Balmain | 15 | 18 September 1909 – Showground | 18 September 1909 – Showground |
| Eastern Suburbs | 8 | 18 September 1909 – Showground | 18 September 1909 – Showground |
| Eastern Suburbs | 8 | South Sydney | |
| 14 August 1909 – Agricultural | 14 August 1909 – Agricultural | | South Sydney |
| 14 August 1909 – Agricultural | 14 August 1909 – Agricultural | Balmain | (forfeit) |
| South Sydney | 20 | Balmain | (forfeit) |
| Newcastle | 0 | | |

## Statistics

| Name | App | T | G | FG | Pts |
| Tommy Anderson | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
| Arthur Butler | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| Harold Butler | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 |
| William "Billy" Cann | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Pat Carroll | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Arthur Conlin | 8 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 43 |
| Maxwell Coxon | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Walter Davis | 9 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 19 |
| George Dawson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Henry Fletcher | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| William Fry | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Thomas Golden | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Dick Green | 10 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 19 |
| George Hallett | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Arthur Hennessy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Leveson | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| Thomas McCann | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| William Neill | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Rosewell | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Alexander Ross | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Frank Storie | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Hash Thompson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 143 | 58 | 27 | 1 | 230 |