1912 NSWRFL season

1912 NSWRFL season
LeagueNew South Wales Rugby Football League
Duration4 May to 24 August
Teams8
Matches played56
Points scored1262
Premiers Eastern Suburbs[1] (2nd title)
Minor Premiers Eastern Suburbs (1st title)
Runners-up Glebe
Top point-scorer(s) Dally Messenger (80)
Top try-scorer(s) Roy Algie (12)
Second Grade
Number of teams17
Premiers Glebe
Runners-upRedfern
Third Grade
Number of teams20 (1 disqualified)
Premiers South Sydney
Runners-upSouth Sydney Federals

The 1912 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the fifth season of Sydney’s 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.

  1. ^ Premiership Roll of Honour Archived 2011-05-14 at the Wayback Machine at rl1908.com