New South Wales Rugby Football League season 1924

Infobox rugby league season
year = 1924
competition = New South Wales Rugby Football League


imagesize = 125px
caption =
teams = 9
premiers =
count = 6th
minor premiers =
mpcount = 6th
matches = 37
points = 917
attendance =
top points scorer = (42)
top try scorer = (10)
1924's New South Wales Rugby League premiership was the seventeenth season of the rugby league competition based in Sydney. Nine teams from across Sydney contested during the season.

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 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

Balmain and South Sydney finished equal at the top of the ladder, having dropped just one game each. The teams had earlier met in Round 5, with a 10-10 draw being the result at the Sydney Cricket Ground in front of a crowd of around 16,000.

The Final was played before a crowd of around 15,000 at the Sydney Cricket Ground on 29 July 1924 and refereed by former Rabbitoh premiership winner Webby Neill. Balmain led 3-0 at half-time and both sides failed to score in the second half. The Tigers claimed their sixth premiership within ten years. At the time it was the lowest-scoring Final since the start of the NSWRFL and the first time a team had been held scoreless in a Final.

The Final was the first rugby league match broadcast on radio with the commentary by Balmain secrtary Bob Savage.

Balmain 3 (Try: Latta)

defeated

South Sydney 0

References

* [http://www.stats.rleague.com/rl/snotes.html Rugby League Tables - Notes] "The World of Rugby League"
* [http://www.stats.rleague.com/rl/seas/1924.html Rugby League Tables - Season 1924] "The World of Rugby League"
* [http://www.rl1908.com/premiership.htm Premiership History and Statistics] "RL1908"
* [http://www.northsydneybears.com.au/history/Introduction.htm History - Introduction] "North Sydney Bears"
* Andrews, Malcolm (2006) "The ABC of Rugby League" Austn Broadcasting Corpn, Sydney
* [http://www.rabbitohs.com.au/The-Club/Tradition/Results---1921-1930.html Results: 1921-30 at rabbitohs.com.au]