New South Wales Rugby Football League season 1923

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New South Wales Rugby Football League season 1923

Logo of the NSWRFL
Teams 9
Premiers Eastern Suburbs (4th title)
Minor premiers Eastern Suburbs (3rd title)
Matches played 73
Points scored 1862 (average 25.507 per match)
Top points scorer(s) Arthur Oxford (113 points)
Top try scorer(s) Herman Peters (16 tries)

The 1923 New South Wales Rugby League premiership was the sixteenth season of the rugby league competition based in Sydney. Nine teams from across Sydney contested during the season.

Contents

[edit] Teams

[edit] Colours

[edit] Ladder

The geographical locations of the foundation teams across Sydney.
The geographical locations of the foundation teams across Sydney.
Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Eastern Suburbs 16 13 0 3 2 235 124 +111 30
2 South Sydney 16 13 0 3 2 242 173 +69 30
3 Balmain 16 10 1 5 2 247 136 +111 25
4 Western Suburbs 16 9 0 7 2 257 218 +39 22
5 North Sydney 16 8 0 8 2 245 223 +22 20
6 Glebe 16 6 0 10 2 160 193 -33 16
7 St. George 16 5 0 11 2 168 236 -68 14
8 Newtown 16 4 2 10 2 161 297 -136 14
9 University 16 2 1 13 2 120 235 -115 9

[edit] Finals

The top two sides, Eastern Suburbs and South Sydney, tied on equal points at the end of the season. Eastern Suburbs had previously been leading South Sydney by 2 points coming into the final round of the year, only to lose to third-placed Balmain by 1 point in front of 14,000 people in the final match. South Sydney on the other hand won their final match against North Sydney to go level on top of the ladder.

[edit] Final

Eastern Suburbs Position South Sydney
Ed Rigney FB Howard Hallett
Cyril Abotomey WG Benny Wearing
Jack Dawson CE Tom Barry
Les Steel CE Vic Lawrence
George Agar WG Oscar Quinlivan
Harry Caples(c) FE Bill Gillespie (c)
Sid Kaufman HB A. Johnstone
Arthur Oxford PR David Watson
Bill Richards HK Pat Murphy
Tom Molloy PR Perc Horne
Bill Ives SR Ern Wilmot
Harold Holmes SR Alf O'Connor
Jack Watkins LK Jack Lawrence
Edward Connerton Replacement -
Ray Norman Coach

A final, the second in as many seasons, was played between Eastern Suburbs and South Sydney the following Wednesday 12 September at the Sydney Cricket Ground, attracting a crowd of 15,000 people. With referee Tom McMahon officiating Eastern Suburbs prevailed winners 15-12 and claimed their first premiership since 1913.

Eastern Suburbs 15 (Tries: Caples 2, Steel. Goals: Oxford 3)

South Sydney 12 (Tries: Wearing 2. Goals: Wearing 3)

Easts kicked off in front of 15,000 spectators, Souths responded soon after with a try to Benny Wearing, the try was unconverted leaving Souths with a 3-0 lead. Easts responded with an unconverted try to Les Steel after some good lead up work from Easts captain Harry Caples. Both sides then traded penalty goals. The Tricolours took a 7-5 lead to the break following another goal to front-row forward Arthur Oxford.

After the break play flowed from end to end until, from a scrum win in Souths halfback, Johnstone, kicked over the defense, regathered, then found Wearing who scored under the posts, Wearing then converted his own try to give Souths a 10-7 lead. The lead changed yet again when Caples took an intercept, kicked past the fullback and scored, Oxford converted to make it 12-10. A penalty goal to Benny Wearing soon after locked the scores up at 12 points all. With time almost up Caples scored out wide after some fine lead up work from Easts centre, Dawson.

The win gave Eastern Suburbs their first premiership in ten years. rugby league publication 'Rugby League News' referred to the match as "the most brilliant game of the season."

—Hadden, Brad, "History of the NSWRL Finals"


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