1911 NSWRFL season

1911 NSWRFL season
LeagueNew South Wales Rugby Football League
DurationApril 29 to September 16
Teams8
Matches played59
Points scored1374
Premiers Eastern Suburbs[1] (1st title)
Minor Premiers Glebe (1st title)
Runners-up Glebe
Top point-scorer(s) Dally Messenger (148)
Top try-scorer(s) Dave Garlick (13)
Second Grade
Number of teams16
Premiers Eastern Suburbs
Runners-up Glebe
Third Grade
Number of teams22
PremiersLeichhardt
Runners-upSouth Sydney Kinkora

The 1911 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the fourth season of Sydney’s top-level rugby league club competition, Australia’s first. Eight teams from across the city contested during the season for the premiership and the Royal Agricultural Society Challenge Shield.

The League’s turnover for the 1911 season was £15,889, up £2,477 on the previous year.[2]

  1. ^ Premiership Roll of Honour Archived 2011-05-14 at the Wayback Machine at rl1908.com
  2. ^ "Football Takings". Grey River Argus. New Zealand. 1912-03-20. p. 5. Retrieved 2009-12-03.