1929 NSWRFL season

1929 NSWRFL season
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

South Sydney winning their ninth premiership, over Newtown in the Final.

At the end of 1929 Glebe were eliminated from the competition 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.

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 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	Eastern Suburbs	Glebe
Newtown	North Sydney	St. George
South Sydney	University	Western Suburbs

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
			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	Charlie 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 Leamey
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^[2] 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".

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)

References

1. ^ Premiership Roll of Honour at rl1908.com
2. ^ "Whiticker & Collis p 35"

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