1926 in Oceania - 1926 in Australia, 1926 in New Zealand, 1926 Nswrfl Season, Forrest River Massacre, Murulla Rail Accident (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: 1926 in Australia, 1926 in New Zealand, 1926 Nswrfl Season, Forrest River Massacre, Murulla Rail Accident, Clyde Engineering Co Ltd V Cowburn, Bisset V Wilkinson, Australian Referendum, 1926, Eden By-Election, 1926, 1926 Chatham Cup. Excerpt: The 1926 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the nineteenth season of Sydney's top-level rugby league football club competition, Australia's first. Nine teams from across the city contested during the season. Rugby league had been going through a period of declining popularity. Falling crowd numbers led to the NSWRFL making a substantial loss in 1925, forcing changes to be made. The 1926 season saw the introduction of the finals series to determine the Premiership between the leading four teams. The "first past the post" method had resulted in a number of seasons where the premiership was decided before the end of scheduled matches, killing interest in the final rounds. The rules concerning the play-the-ball were changed so that only two players could play at the ball, with one player from each side being allowed to stand immediately behind, and all other players having to stay behind that second man until the ball was heeled. Previously any number of players could play at the ball, and by 1925 play-the-balls had become a real mess. The rules were changed so that when a ball was forced in goal by the defending side play restarted with a line drop-out rather than a scrum. These changes combined with the use of multiple reserve balls made league a faster and much more attractive game to watch, and the fans returned. The geographical locations of the teams that contested the 1926 premiership across Sydney. At one stage in the second half of the season, University had been sitting just o... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=11172377