1927 NSWRFL season

1927 New South Wales Rugby Football League
Teams	9
Premiers	South Sydney^[1] (7th title)
Minor premiers	South Sydney (7th title)
Matches played	75
Points scored	2183
Top points scorer(s)	Alf Blair (94)
Top try-scorer(s)	Benny Wearing (19)

The 1927 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the twentieth season of Sydney’s top-level rugby league club competition, Australia’s first. Nine teams from across the city contested during the season, which culminated in South Sydney’s victory over St. George in the premiership final.

Season summary

The 1927 season saw a new record for length of a player’s suspension. Balmain’s Bill Maizey was suspended for twelve months for punching Easts player George Clamback. The season was also the last as a player in the NSWRFL for future Australian Rugby League Hall of Fame inductee, Frank Burge, who had returned as captain-coach of St. George after three seasons out of the NSWRFL.

Teams

Balmain, formed on 23 January 1908 at Balmain Town Hall
Eastern Suburbs, formed on 24 January 1908 at Paddington Town Hall
Glebe, formed on 9 January 1908
Newtown, formed on 14 January 1908
North Sydney, formed on 7 February 1908


Balmain 20th season Ground: Birchgrove Oval Coach: Alf Fraser Captain: Norm Robinson	Eastern Suburbs 20th season Ground: RAS Showground Coach: Captain: Arthur Oxford	Glebe 20th season Ground: Wentworth Park Captain: Tom McGrath
Newtown 20th season Ground: Marrickville Oval Coach: Albert "Ricketty" Johnston Captain(s): Charles Kell, Tom Ellis	North Sydney 20th season Ground: North Sydney Oval Coach: Captain: Leo O'Connor	St. George 7th season Ground: Earl Park Captain-Coach: Frank Burge
South Sydney 20th season Ground: Sydney Cricket Ground Captain-coach: Alf Blair	University 8th season Coach: Captain: Frank O'Rourke, Sammy Ogg	Western Suburbs 20th season Ground: Pratten Park Coach: Clarrie Prentice Captain: Frank McMillan

Ladder

The geographical locations of the teams that contested the 1927 premiership across Sydney.

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	South Sydney	16	14	0	2	2	402	162	+240	32
2	St. George	16	12	1	3	2	284	141	+143	29
3	Western Suburbs	16	9	0	7	2	222	182	+40	22
4	Eastern Suburbs	16	8	2	6	2	215	216	-1	22
5	Newtown	16	8	0	8	2	189	259	-70	20
6	North Sydney	16	6	1	9	2	174	256	-82	17
7	Balmain	16	5	2	9	2	210	238	-28	16
8	Glebe	16	4	0	12	2	176	297	-121	12
9	University	16	3	0	13	2	199	320	-121	10

Finals

All four finalists had been decided before the end of the final round and by coincidence faced each other in the penultimate round. 1926 wooden spooners St. George had a massive turnaround in 1927, with a chance to become minor premiers in the final round when they played South Sydney who were just one point ahead of them on the ladder. However looking for their third successive title, South Sydney prevailed 22-9 in front of a large crowd of 26,649 at the Sydney Cricket Ground, and as a result took the minor premiership. On the same day, Western Suburbs and Eastern Suburbs played each other for third spot, with Western Suburbs winning 8-6.

In the semi-finals, both South Sydney and St. George overcame their opponents and were able to set up a rematch of their Round 18 game just two weeks earlier.

Semi-finals		Final

10 September 1927 - Earl Park
St. George	26
Eastern Suburbs	11

		17 September 1927 - Royal Agricultural Society Showground
		South Sydney	20
		St. George	11



10 September 1927 - Royal Agricultural Society Showground
South Sydney	38
Western Suburbs	6

Final

South Sydney	Position	St George
Harry Kadwell	FB	Jack McCormack
Benny Wearing	WG	Stan Brain
Vic Lawrence	CE	George Carstairs
Sid Harris	CE	Lennie Guest
Harry Finch	WG	Frank Saunders
Alf Blair (Ca./Co.)	FE	Arnold Traynor
Michael O'Connor	HB	Bill Benson
David Watson	PR	Clarrie Tye
Alby Carr	HK	Arthur Justice
Chas Fennell	PR	Tom Killiby
George Treweek	SR	Bill Hardman
Edward Root	SR	Frank Burge (Ca./Co.)
Harry Cavanough	LK	Aub Kelly

Playing on a quagmire at the Royal Agricultural Society Grounds in front of a modest crowd of 12,124 St. George contested their first ever premiership decider in their seventh year in the top league. They confronted the might of South Sydney who were reigning premiers in the two prior years and minor premiers at the end of the 1927 regular season.

The two teams had already met earlier in the season at the Sydney Cricket Ground when Souths defeated Saints 17–14 in front of a massive crowd of 31,500. With heavy rain falling throughout the match, refereed by former Rabbitoh and international Webby Neill Souths took a 13–6 lead to the half time break. The Rabbitohs won the decider scoring four tries to three to take their third successive premiership and becoming the third club to do so.

South Sydney 20 (Tries: Carr, Root, Wearing, Finch. Goals: Blair 2, Kadwell 2)

defeated

St George 11 (Tries: Justice, Carstairs, Saunders. Goal: Saunders )

References

↑ Premiership Roll of Honour Archived 11 October 2010 at the Wayback Machine. at rl1908.com

External links

Rugby League Tables - Notes AFL Tables
Rugby League Tables - Season 1927 AFL Tables
Premiership History and Statistics RL1908
Results: 1921-30 at rabbitohs.com.au

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South Sydney squad - 1927 NSWRFL Premiers (7th title)
1. Harry Kadwell 2. Benny Wearing 3. Vic Lawrence 4. Sid Harris 5. Harry Finch 6. Alf Blair (Capt./Coach) 7. Michael O'Connor 8. David Watson 9. Alby Carr 10. Chas Fennell 11. George Treweek 12. Edward Root 13. Harry Cavanagh

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