By the start of the 1913 season, the NSWRFL had secured the use of the Sydney Cricket Ground for its games.

Eastern Suburbs, who finished top of the table for the second time in as many years, claimed their third straight premiership as a result.

Of the team's two losses, one came at the hands of runners-up Newtown midway through the season and the other in the final round to Glebe after the title had already been won.

This Eastern Suburbs side is still considered to be one of the greatest club teams ever assembled, with players including Dally Messenger, Wally Messenger, Sandy Pearce, Larry O'Malley, Les Cubitt, Dan Frawley and Arthur "Pony" Halloway.

The Rabbitohs scored 49 points in the first half and 59 in the second, conceding only a solitary penalty goal.