The 1912 South Sydney season was the 5th in the club's history. The club competed in the New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership (NSWRFL), finishing the season 4th and missing the finals for the first time in club history. Souths also competed in the inaugural season of the post season tournament, the City Cup. The competition culminated with Souths defeating Glebe in the final.
Ladder TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts1 Eastern Suburbs14130123086 +144262 Glebe14110319983 +116223 Newtown14905178132 +46184 South Sydney14806207137 +70165 Balmain14608138168 -30126 North Sydney14608124197 -73127 Annandale14201286134 -4848 Western Suburbs141013100325 -2252
Fixtures
Regular season (NSWRFL) RoundOpponentResultScoreDateVenueCrowdRef1 North SydneyWin16 – 3Saturday 4 MayNorth Sydney Oval5,0002 NewtownWin12 – 6Saturday 11 MaySports Ground15,0003 Eastern SuburbsLoss8 – 9Saturday 18 MayRoyal Agricultural Society Showground18,0004 BalmainWin29 – 5Saturday 25 MayBirchgrove Oval6,0005 Western SuburbsWin26 – 10Saturday 8 JuneSports Ground4006 AnnandaleWin12 – 5Saturday 15 JuneSports Ground6,0007 GlebeLoss5 – 6Saturday 29 JuneSports Ground15,0008 North SydneyLoss7 – 18Saturday 6 JulySports Ground4,5009 NewtownWin20 – 13Saturday 20 JulySports Ground10,00010 Eastern SuburbsLoss10 – 7Saturday 27 JulySports Ground14,00011 BalmainLoss5 – 14Saturday 3 AugustBirchgrove Oval1,20012 Western SuburbsWin33 – 12Saturday 10 AugustSports Ground40013 AnnandaleWin11 – 7Saturday 17 AugustSports Ground4,00014 GlebeLoss16 – 19Saturday 24 AugustWentworth Park4,000
City Cup RoundOpponentResultScoreDateVenueCrowdRefPreliminary Final Eastern SuburbsWin21 – 10Saturday 31 AugustSports Ground11,000Semi Final North SydneyWin16 – 11Saturday 7 SeptemberSports Ground10,000Final GlebeWin30 – 5Saturday 14 SeptemberRoyal Agricultural Society Showground13,000
Statistics NameAppTGFGPtsHarry Almond40000Os Brown92006Arthur Butler1722010Harold Butler170000William "Billy" Cann93009Charlie Collier13100030Stephen Darmody7521057Walter Davis92006Herbert "Herb" Gilbert72006Dick Green60000Bill Groves22006Perce Hale50000George Hallett90000Eddie Hilliard130000Clarence Horder11003Harold Horder4512039Ernie Hucker92006John Leveson50000Arthur McCabe16110033Tom McCann10000Eugene McCarthy80000George Maidment6112027Harry Nicholls1250015Edward Rigney10000A. Smith31003William Spence143009Hash Thompson143009Total22160470274
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