New South Wales Rugby Football League season 1929

Infobox rugby league season
year = 1929
competition = New South Wales Rugby Football League


imagesize = 125px
caption =
teams = 9
premiers =
count = 9th
minor premiers =
mpcount = 8th
matches = 75
points = 1942
attendance =
top points scorer = (86)
top try scorer = (11)The 1929 New South Wales Rugby League premiership was the 22nd season of the rugby league football competition based in Sydney. During the season, which lasted from April until September, nine teams from across Sydney contested the premiership.

eason 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

Premiership final

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" [ "Whiticker & Collis p 35"] 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

* Whiticker, Alan & Collis, Ian (2006) "The History of Rugby League Clubs", New Holland, Sydney
* [http://www.stats.rleague.com/rl/seas/1929.html Rugby League Tables - Season 1929] "The World of Rugby League"

Footnotes

* [http://www.rabbitohs.com.au/The-Club/Tradition/Results---1921-1930.html Results: 1921-30 at rabbitohs.com.au]