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1933 NSWRFL season

New South Wales Rugby League season

Summary

New South Wales Rugby League season

Field	Value
year	1933
competition	New South Wales Rugby Football League
teams	8
premiers	[[Image:Newtown colours.svg	16x16px]] Newtown
count	2nd
minor premiers	[[Image:Newtown colours.svg	16x16px]] Newtown
mpcount	2nd
matches	59
top point scorer	[[Image:Balmain colours.svg	16x16px]] Syd Christensen (86)
top try scorer	[[Image:University colours.svg	16x16px]] Jack Gray-Spence (11)
wooden_spoon	[[File:Western Suburbs colours.svg	16x16px]] Western Suburbs
wooden_spoon_count	6th
prevseason_link	1932 NSWRFL season
prevseason_year	1932
nextseason_link	1934 NSWRFL season
nextseason_year	1934

The 1933 NSWRFL season was the twenty-sixth season of Sydney’s professional rugby league club competition, Australia’s first. Eight teams from across the city contested the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership during the season, which lasted from April until September, and culminated in Newtown’s victory over St. George in the final.

Season summary

When the Kangaroos sailed for England in July, the NSWRFL premiership, with a mere five rounds completed, was turned on its head. After losing the opening four matches of the season, last-placed Newtown won eleven of their next twelve matches to take the premiership, whilst Wests, who had won four and drawn one of six games, lost several key players and did not win another match. The Magpies lost virtually their entire backline of McMillan, Pearce, Ridley, Mead and the up-and-coming Vic Hey, and also suffered from their refusal to reappoint coach Jim Craig.

Teams

Balmain, formed on January 23, 1908, at Balmain Town Hall
Eastern Suburbs, formed on January 24, 1908, at Paddington Town Hall
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

St. George[[Image:St George Jersey 1933.png	100px	center]]	South Sydney[[Image:South Sydney Jersey 1930.png	100px	center]]	University[[Image:Sydney University Jersey 1924.png	100px	center]]	Western Suburbs[[Image:Western Suburbs Jersey 1931.png	100px	center]]

Ladder

The geographical locations of the teams that contested the 1933 premiership across Sydney.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	[[Image:Newtown colours.svg	16x16px]] Newtown	14	9	0	5	183	125	+58
2	[[Image:Eastern Suburbs colours.svg	16x16px]] Eastern Suburbs	14	8	1	5	224	169	+55
3	[[Image:South Sydney colours.svg	16x16px]] South Sydney	14	8	1	5	182	177	+5
4	[[Image:St. George colours.svg	16x16px]] St. George	14	8	0	6	165	174	-9
5	[[Image:Balmain colours.svg	16x16px]] Balmain	14	5	3	6	187	210	-23
6	[[Image:University colours.svg	16x16px]] Sydney University	14	5	1	8	218	216	+2
7	[[Image:North Sydney colours.svg	16x16px]] North Sydney	14	5	1	8	136	188	-52
8	[[Image:Western Suburbs colours.svg	16x16px]] Western Suburbs	14	4	1	9	210	246	-36

Finals

In the two semi finals, Newtown and St. George beat their opponents Eastern Suburbs and South Sydney. In their semi-final Newtown were reduced to twelve men after former representative fullback Alan Righton broke his leg. The two winners then advanced to the final. |26 August 1933 - Sports Ground| [[Image:Newtown colours.svg|16x16px]] Newtown |17| [[Image:South Sydney colours.svg|16x16px]] South Sydney |12 |2 September 1933 - Sports Ground| [[Image:St. George colours.svg|16x16px]] St. George |13| [[Image:Eastern Suburbs colours.svg|16x16px]] Eastern Suburbs |10 |9 September 1933 - Sports Ground| [[Image:Newtown colours.svg|16x16px]] Newtown |18| [[Image:St. George colours.svg|16x16px]] St. George |5}}

Premiership final

Newtown	Position	St. George
13. Tom Ellis	FB	13. Stan Robinson
25. Joe Gartner	WG	11. Bernie Martin
11. Alf Griffiths	CE	51. Max Hollingsworth
20. Frank Gilmore	CE	14. Norm Tipping
21. Garnet Braybrook	WG	8. Len Brennan
8. Keith Ellis (c)	FE	7. Mick Kadwell (Ca./Co.)
7. Hans Mork	HB	34. Dick Daly
15. Clarrie Tupper	PR	41. Tom Haywood
3. Clarrie Stevenson	HK	5. Percy Fairall
18. Henry Porter	PR	43. Alan Sprouster
5. Alf Smith	SR	31. Allan Woods
28. Les Bull	SR	2. Jim Rutherford
6. Jack Thornton	LK	30. Bill Killiby
Charles Russell	Coach

The match, refereed by William Fry, was level 5–all at halftime, before the Bluebags finished the stronger to take the premiership.

Newtown 18 (Tries: Alf Griffiths 2, Joe Gartner, George Braybrook. Goals: Frank Gilmore 3)

beat

St George 5 (Tries: Percy Fairall. Goal: Mick Kadwell )

References

[http://rl1908.com/clubcomps/Honours.htm Premiership Roll of Honour] {{webarchive. link. (2007-04-28 at ''rl1908.com'')
Lester, Gary; ''Clouds of Dust, Buckets of Blood: the Story of the Western Suburbs Rugby League Magpies''; p. 94. {{ISBN. 0949853526
link. (2012-03-04 at ''nrlstats.com'')

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