1925 NSWRFL season

The 1925 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the eighteenth season of Sydney’s top-level rugby league club competition, Australia’s first. Nine teams from across the city contested during the season, with South Sydney being crowned premiers by finishing on top of the League.[1]

1925 New South Wales Rugby Football League
Teams9
Premiers South Sydney (5th title)
Minor premiers South Sydney (5th title)
Matches played52
Points scored1197
Top points scorer(s) Benny Wearing (80)
Top try-scorer(s) Benny Wearing (12)

Season summary

For this season the St George Dragons found a permanent homeground at Earl Park, Arncliffe. The NSWRFL introduced reserve footballs, so that a game could continue even if the ball had been booted out of the stadium.

South Sydney won all their twelve matches during the season, and remain the only club to achieve this in the history of the competition and just one of five to go through a season undefeated. The Rabbitohs made a clean sweep of all three grades.

It was the first of seven premierships South Sydney would win in eight years through to 1932. There were no finals played. By Round 13 South Sydney was in such a dominant position (10 points ahead with five rounds to play) that the NSWRFL curtailed the competition and proceeded to the City Cup knockout tournament, which Souths also won.

Teams

  • Balmain, formed on January 23, 1908, at Balmain Town Hall
  • Eastern Suburbs, formed on January 24, 1908, at Paddington Town Hall
  • Glebe, formed on January 9, 1908
  • Newtown, formed on January 14, 1908
  • North Sydney, formed on February 7, 1908
  • South Sydney, formed on January 17, 1908, at Redfern Town Hall
  • St. George, formed on November 8, 1920, at Kogarah School of Arts
  • Western Suburbs, formed on February 4, 1908
  • University, formed in 1919 at Sydney University
Balmain
18th season
Ground: Birchgrove Oval
Coach: Alf Fraser
Captain: Charles Fraser
Eastern Suburbs
18th season
Ground: Sydney Sports Ground
Captain: Bill Ives
Glebe
18th season
Ground: Wentworth Oval
Captain: Bert Gray
Newtown
18th season
Ground: Marrickville Oval
Coach: Albert Johnston
Captain: Perce Horne
North Sydney
18th season
Ground: North Sydney Oval
Coach: Jim Devereux
Captain: Herman Peters
St. George
5th season
Ground: Earl Park
Coach: Herb Gilbert
Captain: Arnold Traynor
South Sydney
18th season
Ground: Royal Agricultural Society Ground & Sydney Sports Ground
Coach: Howard Hallett
Captain: Alf Blair , Jack Lawrence
University
6th season
Captains: Hubert Finn, Frank O'Rourke
Western Suburbs
18th season
Ground: Pratten Park
Captain: Gordon Stettler

Ladder

The geographical locations of the teams that contested the 1925 premiership across Sydney.
Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 South Sydney 121200119087+10326
2 Western Suburbs 116052166150+1616
3 Balmain 126151130112+2115
4 North Sydney 126151157138+1915
5 St. George 115152132141-915
6 Glebe 125071107171-5312
7 Sydney University 113172168142-2411
8 Eastern Suburbs 124081161120-3110
9 Newtown 113082120136-4210

See also

References

  1. Premiership Roll of Honour Archived May 11, 2006, at the Wayback Machine at rl1908.com
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