1891 Southern Rugby Union season
Second Junior Badges
### Second Junior Badges

Twenty\-two clubs submitted entries for the Second Junior Badges, previously known as the Union Badges. Like the Junior Badges, the competition continued to rank teams by points with the top four progressing to the semi\-finals. Interestingly, the Rosedale club continued to have a presence in the Second Junior competition despite their senior team pulling out of the Agricultural Cup. At the end of the preliminary matches Randwick 2nd and Carlton finished tied on the top of the table. Both University 2nd and Liverpool finished in the top four to also progress to the semi\-finals. The draw for these matches saw Randwick 2nd up against University 2nd at the Agricultural Society Ground and Carlton drawn against Liverpool at Burwood. The Varsity defeated their opponents 13 points to 3 to progress to the finals. The second match saw Carlton defeat Liverpool 8 points to 3\. The final was eagerly anticipated with both University and Carlton having played a draw during the preliminary matches. A keenly contested match saw Carlton defeat the Varsity by 10 points to 3\.

| **Carlton** | Clifton | Double Bay 2nd | Eurotah 2nd | Fort Street College 2nd | Glebe 2nd | Hawkesbury | Liverpool |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [20px](/wiki/File:Manly_1887.png "Manly 1887.png") Manly | Permanent Artillery | [20px](/wiki/File:Sydney_1904.png "Sydney 1904.png") The Pirates 2nd | [20px](/wiki/File:Randwick_1893.png "Randwick 1893.png") [Randwick 2nd](/wiki/Randwick_DRUFC "Randwick DRUFC") | [20px](/wiki/File:Rosedale_1888.svg "Rosedale 1888.svg") Rosedale 2nd | Ryde | Stanmore | [20px](/wiki/File:Strathfield_c1890.png "Strathfield c1890.png") Strathfield 2nd |
| [20px](/wiki/File:University_1865.png "University 1865.png") [Sydney University 2nd](/wiki/Sydney_University_Football_Club "Sydney University Football Club") | [20px](/wiki/File:University_1865.png "University 1865.png") [Sydney University 3rd](/wiki/Sydney_University_Football_Club "Sydney University Football Club") | [20px](/wiki/File:Wallaroo_Colours.svg "Wallaroo Colours.svg") Wallaroo 2nd | Warringal | Wentworth 2nd | [20px](/wiki/File:Zealandia_1891.png "Zealandia 1891.png") Zealandia 2nd |  |  |


How many clubs submitted entries for the Second Junior Badges?