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1929 NSWRFL season
Rugby league competition
Rugby league competition
| Field | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| year | 1929 | |
| competition | New South Wales Rugby Football League | |
| imagesize | 125px | |
| teams | 9 | |
| premiers | [[Image:South Sydney colours.svg | 16x16px]] South Sydney |
| count | 9th | |
| minor premiers | [[Image:South Sydney colours.svg | 16x16px]] South Sydney |
| mpcount | 8th | |
| matches | 75 | |
| points | 1942 | |
| top point scorer | [[Image:Western Suburbs colours.svg | 16x16px]] Jim Craig (86) |
| top try scorer | [[Image:Western Suburbs colours.svg | 16x16px]] Alan Brady (11) |
| wooden_spoon | University | |
| wooden_spoon_count | 4th | |
| prevseason_link | 1928 NSWRFL season | |
| prevseason_year | 1928 | |
| nextseason_link | 1930 NSWRFL season | |
| nextseason_year | 1930 |
The 1929 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the 22nd season of Sydney's top-level rugby league football competition, Australia's first. During the season, which lasted from April until September, nine teams from across Sydney contested the premiership, culminating in a South Sydney's win over Newtown in the final.
Season summary
Half of the 1929 season was played without several of the League's top players who were selected to embark on the 1929–30 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain. South Sydney won their ninth premiership and fifth in succession, defeating Newtown in the Final.
Teams
At the end of 1929 Glebe exited the League because of a lack of a home ground, poor results and primarily because the area they represented was no longer big enough to support a club.
- 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 8, 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
| South Sydney | ||
|---|---|---|
| [[Image:South Sydney Jersey 1927.png | 100px | center]]22nd season |
| Ground: Sydney Sports Ground | ||
| Coach: Charlie Lynch | ||
| Captain: Alf Blair | University | |
| [[Image:Sydney University Jersey 1929.png | 100px | center]]10th season |
| Coach:Billy Kelly | ||
| Captain: Sammy Ogg | Western Suburbs | |
| [[Image:Western Suburbs Jersey 1929.png | 100px | center]]22nd season |
| Ground: Pratten Park | ||
| Captain-Coach: Jim Craig |
Ladder
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [[Image:South Sydney colours.svg | 16x16px]] South Sydney | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 296 | 104 | +192 |
| 2 | [[Image:St. George colours.svg | 16x16px]] St. George | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 180 | 147 | +33 |
| 3 | [[Image:Western Suburbs colours.svg | 16x16px]] Western Suburbs | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 258 | 153 | +105 |
| 4 | [[Image:Newtown colours.svg | 16x16px]] Newtown | 16 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 188 | 169 | +19 |
| 5 | [[Image:North Sydney colours.svg | 16x16px]] North Sydney | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 194 | 211 | -17 |
| 6 | [[Image:Balmain colours.svg | 16x16px]] Balmain | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 213 | 259 | -46 |
| 7 | [[Image:Eastern Suburbs colours.svg | 16x16px]] Eastern Suburbs | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 203 | 269 | -66 |
| 8 | [[Image:Glebe colours.svg | 16x16px]] Glebe | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 166 | 261 | -95 |
| 9 | [[Image:University colours.svg | 16x16px]] Sydney University | 16 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 157 | 282 | -125 |
Finals
| Home | Score | Away | Match Information | Date and Time | Venue | Referee | Crowd | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minor Semi-Final | |||||||||
| [[Image:Newtown colours.svg | 23x23px]] Newtown | 8–7 | [[Image:St. George colours.svg | 23x23px]] St. George | 7 September 1929 | Earl Park | 7,000 | ||
| Major Semi-Final | |||||||||
| [[Image:South Sydney colours.svg | 23x23px]] South Sydney | 22–10 | [[Image:Western Suburbs colours.svg | 23x23px]] Western Suburbs | 7 September 1929 | Sydney Sports Ground | Lal Deane | 14,774 | |
| Final | |||||||||
| [[Image:South Sydney colours.svg | 23x23px]] South Sydney | 30–10 | [[Image:Newtown colours.svg | 23x23px]] Newtown | 14 September 1929 | Sydney Sports Ground | Lal Deane | 16,360 |
Premiership final
| South Sydney | Position | Newtown |
|---|---|---|
| 47. Albert Spillane | FB | 20. Jim Gilmour |
| 9. Benny Wearing | WG | 25. George Casey |
| 15. Oscar Quinlivan | CE | 10. Carl Mork |
| 34. Harry Eyres | CE | 18.Charlie Hill |
| 35. Reg Williams | WG | 9. Jack Kessey (c) |
| 28. Jack Jones | FE | 23. Vince Hughes |
| 11. Alf Blair (c) | HB | 7. Hans Mork |
| PR | 16. Charlie Pendergast | |
| 5. Alf O'Connor | HK | 8. Tom Leamy |
| 24. Carl Eggen | PR | 32. Ben Edwards |
| 2. Alf Binder | SR | 3. Dave Waters |
| 7. David Watson | SR | 51. Jack Davies |
| 8. Jack Why | LK | 5. T Walsh |
| Charlie Lynch | Coach |
South Sydney took their fifth successive title outgunning Newtown 30–10 after leading 18–2 at half-time.
The Whiticker/Collis reference quotes Sydney's Labor Daily in praise of Souths' win: "Newtown faced inevitable defeat, and while the margin was large, it hardly demonstrated South Sydney's superiority. They were on top from the start and gave a scintillating display both in combination and individual effort. Alf Blair played probably the greatest game in his long career".
Brothers Alf and Frank O'Connor both scored tries for the winning Rabbitohs. The next time two brothers would each score a try in a premiership decider was when Brett and Glenn Stewart scored for Manly-Warringah in their 2011 NRL Grand Final win over New Zealand.
South Sydney 30 (Tries: Alf Blair 3, Reg Williams 3, Frank O'Connor, Alf O'Connor. Goals: Alf Blair 2, Reg Williams)
defeated
Newtown 10 (Tries: Ben Edwards 2. Goals: George Casey 2)
References
References
- [http://www.rl1908.com/clubcomps/Honours.htm Premiership Roll of Honour] {{webarchive. link. (2010-10-11 at ''rl1908.com'')
- "History of the Premiership". [[Australian Rugby League]].
- History Of NSW Rugby League Finals. Stephen Hadden ({{ISBN. 978 0 646 05098 0)
- "Whiticker & Collis p 35"
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