# 1920 Eastern Suburbs season

Eastern Suburbs (now known as the Sydney Roosters) competed in the 13th New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) premiership in 1920.

## Details

* Home Ground: Agricultural Ground
* Lineup:-
| No. | Position | Player 10 Sid 'Sandy' Pearce – HK 45 Bob 'Botsy" Williams – PR 54 Charlie Lees – PR 62 Wally Messenger – CE 66 Jack 'Bluey' Watkins – SR 67 Les Cubitt – FE 72 George Challis – FB 79 Jim Duffy – WG 86 Harry Caples – FE 92 Ray Norman – CE 94 R. Adams – SR 96 Gordon Wright – WG 99 Rex Norman – CE |
| No. | Position | Player 103 Sid Kaufman – HB 105 Harold Bawden – SR 109 R. Burton – SR 110 Robert Edward connerton – SR 113 Bill Cameron – SR 114 Ed 'Snowy' Rigney – FB 115 Fred Hume – SR 116 Arch Thompson – SR 117 Les Arthur – SR 118 Tommy Burns – SR 119 Jim Cromwell – SR 120 C Steel – SR 121 A. J. Thompson – SR 122 S. Ward – SR |

## Results

* premiership Round 1, Saturday 1 May 1920;
Balmain 9 (Potter try; Craig 3 goals defeated Eastern Suburbs 7 (Caples try; Messenger goal; Challis field goal) at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
* Premiership Round 2, Saturday 8 May 1920;
Eastern Suburbs 19 (Wright 2, Cameron tries; Wally Messenger 3; Caples 2 goals) defeated Newtown 7 (Boys try; Boys goal) at the Agricultural Society Ground.
* Premiership Round 3, Saturday 15 May 1920;
Eastern Suburbs 44 (Wright, Warkins 2, Cameron, Messenger, Norman, Williams tries ; Messenger 7 goals) defeated University 8 (Callan, Satterthwaite tries) at Agricultural Society Ground.
* Premiership Round 4, Saturday 22 May 1920
Eastern Suburbs 20 defeated Glebe 5 at Agricultural Ground.
* Premiership Round 5, Saturday 29 May 1920;
Eastern Suburbs 18 defeated Western Suburbs 14 at Sydney Cricket Ground.
   A crowd of 30,000 watched Easts defeat Wests.
* Premiership Round 6, Thursday 17 June 1920;
Eastern Suburbs 42 defeated Annandale 10 at Sydney Cricket Ground No. 2
Premiership Round 7, Bye:
Premiership Round 8, Saturday 26 June 1920 Eastern Suburbs 12 defeated North Sydney 8 at Sydney Cricket Ground.
Premiership Round 9, Saturday 17 July 1920 - South Sydney 14 defeated Eastern Suburbs 11 at Agricultural Ground.
* Premiership Round 10, Saturday 24 July 1920,
Eastern Suburbs 30 Wright 5 + 1 Tries; 6 Goals) defeated Balmain 13 at the Agricultural Ground.
   Eastern Suburbs were the only side to defeat Balmain in the 1920 season.
* Premiership Round 11, Saturday 31 July 1920;
Newtown 8(???) defeated Eastern Suburbs 0 at Agricultural Ground;
* Premiership Round 12, Saturday 7 August 1920;
North Sydney 21 defeated Eastern Suburbs 10 at Sydney Cricket Ground
* Premiership Round 13, Saturday 21 August 1920 - Glebe 29 defeated Eastern Suburbs 21 at Sydney Cricket Ground.
* Premiership Round 14, Saturday 28 August 1920 - Western Suburbs 29 defeated Eastern Suburbs 5 at Sydney Cricket Ground;
* Premiership Round 15, Wednesday 1 September 1920;
Eastern Suburbs 15 defeated Annandale 0 at Sydney Cricket Ground No.2.

## Ladder

| | Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 1 | Balmain | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 287 | 114 | +173 | 27 |
| 2 | South Sydney | 13 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 258 | 149 | +109 | 20 |
| 3 | Glebe | 13 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 268 | 166 | +102 | 20 |
| 4 | Western Suburbs | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 309 | 141 | +168 | 19 |
| 5 | North Sydney | 13 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 237 | 151 | +86 | 18 |
| 6 | EASTERN SUBURBS | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 254 | 175 | +79 | 18 |
| 7 | Newtown | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 208 | 203 | +5 | 18 |
| 8 | University | 13 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 101 | 498 | -397 | 6 |
| 9 | Annandale | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 59 | 384 | -325 | 4 |

## Season's highlights

* Won Presidents Cup
* Gordon Wright was once again the NSWRL's leading try scorer.
* Representatives:- Harry Caples (NSW), Sid Pearce (Australia, NSW).