1910 Eastern Suburbs season explained

Year:	1910
Next Season:	1911

The 1910 season was the 3rd in which the Eastern Suburbs District Rugby League Football Club's competed in the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership. They finishing the season in 3rd position(out of 8).

Season

Round		Opponent	Result	Roosters Score	Opponent Score	Date	Venue	Crowd
1		Western Suburbs Magpies	Won	24 (6-3-0)	14 (2-4-0)	30 April 1910	Agricultural	500
2		North Sydney Bears	Won	11 (1-4-0)	7 (1-2-0)	14 May 1910	Agricultural	2000

South Sydney 14 (T. Anderson 2, J.Rosewell, H.Butler Tries; Hallett Goal) defeated Eastern Suburbs 10 (Messenger 5 Goals) at the Agricultural Society's Ground.

Round	Opponent	Result	Roosters Score	Opponent Score	Date	Venue	Crowd
4	Annandale Dales	Won	20 (4-4-0)	12 (2-2-1)	28 May 1910	Wentworth	250
5	Newtown Jets	Won	20 (4-4-0)	11 (3-1-0)	25 June 1910	Agricultural	7000
6	Balmain Tigers	Lost	0 (0-0-0)	10 (2-2-0)	2 July 1910	Birchgrove	2500
7	Glebe Dirty Reds	Lost	10 (2-2-0)	14 (2-4-0)	16 July 1910	Wentowrth	6000
8	North Sydney Bears	Won	16 (4-2-0)	5 (1-1-0)	23 July 1910	North Sydney	1800
9	Newtown Jets	Draw	4 (0-2-0)	4 (0-2-0)	30 July 1910	Metters	4000
10	Annandale Dales	Draw	12 (2-3-0)	12 (2-3-0)	13 August 1910	Metters	1200
11	Western Suburbs Magpies	Won	38 (8-7-0)	8 (2-1-0)	20 August 1910	St Lukes	1500
12	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Won	8 (0-4-0)	3 (1-0-0)	27 August 1910	Agricultural	12000
13	Balmain Tigers	Won	39 (9-6-0)	2 (0-1-0)	3 September 1910	Agricultural	5000
14	Glebe Dirty Reds	Won	36 (8-6-0)	0 (0-0-0)	10 September 1910	Agricultural	1500

width=20 abbr="Position×"		width=175	Team	width=20 abbr="Played"	Pld	width=20 abbr="Won"	W	width=20 abbr="Drawn"	D	width=20 abbr="Lost"	L	width=20 abbr="Points for"	PF	width=20 abbr="Points against"	PA	width=20 abbr="Points difference"	PD	width=20 abbr="Points"	Pts
1	Newtown	14	11	1	2	262	92	+170	23
2	South Sydney	14	11	0	3	326	109	+217	22
3	Eastern Suburbs	14	9	2	3	248	116	+132	20
4	Balmain	14	8	0	6	153	190	-37	16
5	Glebe	14	6	0	8	175	194	-19	12
6	Annandale	14	5	1	8	145	200	-55	11
7	North Sydney	14	3	0	11	146	283	-137	6
8	Western Suburbs	14	1	0	13	115	386	-271	2

The lowdown:

Eastern Suburbs completed the following score options in the 1910 season:

The result:

Eastern Suburbs scored a total of 248 points in 1910.

The verdict:

Eastern Suburbs try scoring ability improved by 22.9% on their previous season.
Eastern Suburbs goal scoring ability improved by 38.4% on their previous season.
Eastern Suburbs field goal kicking ability was maintained on their previous season.
Eastern Suburbs overall point scoring ability improved 31% on their previous season.
Eastern Suburbs total point score improved by 32.6% on their previous season.

The lowdown:

Eastern Suburbs conceded the following score options in the 1908 season:

The result:

Eastern Suburbs conceded a total of 116 points in the 1910 season.

The verdict:

Eastern Suburbs try scoring defence improved by 42.1% on their previous season.
Eastern Suburbs goal kicking defence dropped by 12.5% on their previous season.
Eastern Suburbs field goal defence dropped by 100% on their previous season.
Eastern Suburbs overall defense improved by 20.3% on their previous season.
Eastern Suburbs total points against defensive effort improved by 17.7% on their previous season.

Eastern Suburbs finished the 1910 season in 3rd (of 8) position.
For the third consecutive season Eastern Suburbs won the reserve grade competition.
Dally Messenger was the top point scorer in the New South Wales Rugby League with 71 points.
Dally Messenger was the only Eastern Suburbs player to be selected to represent Australia in 1910.

The semi-final format had been changed for the 1910 season, and saw only the leading two sides play-off for that year's premiership.
Dan Frawley, previously contracted to the Warrington club, made a guest appearance for England in there tour match against Newcastle.