1929 NSWRFL season

1929 New South Wales Rugby Football League
Teams	9
Premiers	South Sydney (9th title)
Minor premiers	South Sydney (8th title)
Matches played	75
Points scored	1942 (total) 25.893 (per match)
Top point scorer(s)	Jim Craig (86)
Top try scorer(s)	Alan Brady (11)

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.^[1]

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^[2] 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


Balmain 22nd season Ground: Birchgrove Oval Captain-Coach: Reg Latta	Eastern Suburbs 22nd season Ground: RAS Showground Coach: George Boddington Captain: Arthur Oxford	Glebe 22nd season Ground: Wentworth Park Coach: Chris McKivat Captain: Jack McMahon
Newtown 22nd season Ground: Marrickville Oval Coach: Jack Chaseling^[3] Captain(s): Tom Ellis, Fred Lind	North Sydney 22nd season Ground: North Sydney Oval Coach: Leo O'Connor Captain: Les Carroll	St. George 9th season Ground: Earl Park Coach: Frank Burge Captain: Arthur Justice
South Sydney 22nd season Ground: Sydney Sports Ground Coach: Charlie Lynch Captain: Alf Blair	University 10th season Coach:Billy Kelly Captain: Sammy Ogg	Western Suburbs 22nd season Ground: Pratten Park Captain-Coach: Jim Craig

Ladder

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	South Sydney	16	13	1	2	2	296	104	+192	31
2	St. George	16	11	1	4	2	180	147	+33	27
3	Western Suburbs	16	10	2	4	2	258	153	+105	26
4	Newtown	16	10	0	6	2	188	169	+19	24
5	North Sydney	16	6	3	7	2	194	211	-17	19
6	Balmain	16	6	1	9	2	213	259	-46	17
7	Eastern Suburbs	16	4	2	10	2	203	269	-66	14
8	Glebe	16	3	3	10	2	166	261	-95	13
9	University	16	2	1	13	2	157	282	-125	9

Finals

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
Home	Score	Away	Date and Time	Venue	Referee	Crowd
Minor Semi-Final
Newtown	8-7	St. George	7 September 1929	Earl Park		7,000
Major Semi-Final
South Sydney	22-10	Western Suburbs	7 September 1929	Sydney Sports Ground	Lal Deane	14,774
Final
South Sydney	30-10	Newtown	14 September 1929	Sydney Sports Ground	Lal Deane	16,360

Premiership final

South Sydney	Position	Newtown
Albert Spillane	FB	Jim Gilmour
Benny Wearing	WG	George Casey
Oscar Quinlivan	CE	Carl Mork
Harry Eyres	CE	Charlie Hill
Reg Williams	WG	Jack Kessey (c)
Jack Jones	FE	Vince Hughes
Alf Blair (c)	HB	Hans Mork
Frank O'Connor	PR	Charlie Pendergast
Alf O'Connor	HK	Tom Leamy
Carl Eggen	PR	Ben Edwards
Alf Binder	SR	Dave Waters
David Watson	SR	Jack Davies
Jack Why	LK	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^[4] 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 the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles in their 2011 NRL Grand Final win over the New Zealand Warriors.

South Sydney 30 (Tries: Blair 3, Williams 3, F. O'Connor, A O'Connor. Goals: Blair 2, Williams)

defeated

Newtown 10 (Tries: Edwards 2. Goals: Casey 2)

Alf O'Connor

References

↑ Premiership Roll of Honour at rl1908.com
↑ "History of the Premiership". centenaryofrugbyleague.com.au. Australian Rugby League. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
↑ History Of NSW Rugby League Finals. Stephen Hadden (ISBN 978 0 646 05098 0)
↑ "Whiticker & Collis p 35"

External links

Whiticker, Alan & Collis, Ian (2006) The History of Rugby League Clubs, New Holland, Sydney
Rugby League Tables - Season 1929 AFL Tables
Results: 1921-30 at rabbitohs.com.au

South Sydney Rabbitohs

Est. 1908 at Redfern Town Hall, Sydney, New South Wales

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Titles	Premierships – 21 1908 1909 1914 1918 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1931 1932 1950 1951 1953 1954 1955 1967 1968 1970 1971 2014

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Other competitions	Current Auckland Nines National Youth Competition S. G. Ball Cup Harold Matthews Cup Past Amco Cup New South Wales Cup Jersey Flegg Cup

Affiliations	South Sydney District Junior Rugby Football League North Sydney Bears

Related articles	The Burrow Reggie the Rabbit South Sydney Central

South Sydney squad - 1929 NSWRFL Premiers (9th title)

1. Albert Spillane 2. Benny Wearing 3. Oscar Quinlivan 4. Harry Eyres 5. Reg Williams 6. Jack Jones 7. Alf Blair (c) 8. Frank O'Connor 9. Alf O'Connor 10. Carl Eggen 11. Alf Binder 12. David Watson 13. Jack Why Coach: Charlie Lynch

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