Eastern Suburbs Roosters 23–10 South Sydney Rabbitohs — Playoff, 1911 NRL Finals Series
2 Sep 1911 · Sydney Sports Ground, Sydney, NSW · Attendance: 14,000
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Playoff, 1911 NRL finals series: Eastern Suburbs Roosters 23–10 South Sydney Rabbitohs, at Sydney Sports Ground, Sydney, NSW on 2 Sep 1911.
Sourcing caveat: RLP's own scoresheet initially listed only 2 tries for Messenger with no other Eastern Suburbs try, undercounting the total by 3 points; Wikipedia's account of Eddie White also scoring a try was needed to reconcile the 23-point score.
Scorers
| Eastern Suburbs Roosters | Tries: Messenger (2); White Goals: Messenger (7) |
| South Sydney Rabbitohs | Tries: Hilleard; McCabe Goals: Dymant (2) |
Team sheets
| Eastern Suburbs Roosters | South Sydney Rabbitohs | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kinghorn | Fullback | Brown | 1 |
| 2 | B. Dalton | Wing | H. Thompson | 2 |
| 3 | Messenger (c) | Centre | Fry | 3 |
| 4 | Campbell | Centre | B. Thompson | 4 |
| 5 | White | Wing | Collier | 5 |
| 6 | Collins | Five-Eighth | McCabe | 6 |
| 7 | Cody | Halfback | Rix | 7 |
| 8 | Frawley | Lock | T. Butler | 8 |
| 9 | O'Malley | Second Row | Nicholls | 9 |
| 10 | Griffiths | Second Row | Hilleard | 10 |
| 11 | Pearce | Prop | H. Butler | 11 |
| 12 | Lees | Hooker | Coxon | 12 |
| 13 | W. Dalton | Prop | Spence (c) | 13 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| Dymant | ||||
| Dally Messenger | Coach | Arthur Hennessy | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Tom McMahon |
Match report
2 Sep 1911, Sydney Sports Ground. Halftime: Eastern Suburbs 8, South Sydney 2.