NSWRL 1926

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The NSWRL 1926 was the nineteenth season of the New South Wales Rugby League Premiership , the first Australian rugby league championship. First place after the end of the regular season went to the South Sydney Rabbitohs . They won the final 11: 5 against a team from the University of Sydney and won the NSWRL for the sixth time.

Between 1912 and 1925, the format of the NSWRL provided that the team won the title that took first place in the table after the regular season. There was a final only if the first and second in the table were equal on points. This had a decreasing interest in the competition in the final rounds, so that it was decided to introduce a playoff series between the four best-placed teams.

table

  • Playoff participation
    • team Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
    points     		Diff. Table
    points
    01. South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 16 14th 0 2 318: 146 + 172 32
    02. Same colours.svg Glebe 16 9 1 6th 188: 168 + 20 23
    03. Eastern Suburbs colors.svg Eastern suburbs 16 9 1 6th 207: 192 + 15 23
    04th University colors.svg Sydney University 16 9 0 7th 198: 217 - 19th 22nd
    05. Western Suburbs colors.svg Western Suburbs Magpies 16 8th 0 8th 252: 227 + 25 20th
    06th Newtown colors.svg Newtown Jets 16 7th 0 9 189: 223 - 34 18th
    07th North Sydney colors.svg North Sydney Bears 16 7th 0 9 227: 271 - 44 18th
    08th. Balmain colors.svg Balmain Tigers 16 6th 0 10 187: 184 + 3 16
    09. St. George colors.svg St. George Dragons 16 2 0 14th 169: 307 - 138 8th
    • Since each team had two byes this season, only 4 points were added to the normal number of points after the season.

    Playoffs

    Semifinals

    September 4th
    		 University colors.svg Sydney University 29: 3 Same colours.svg Glebe Sydney Cricket Ground , Sydney
    Spectators: 9,000
    Referee: Webby Neill
    (8: 0)
    report
    September 11
    		 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 21: 5 Eastern Suburbs colors.svg Eastern suburbs Sydney Cricket Ground , Sydney
    Spectators: 15,000
    Referee: Webby Neill
    (5: 0)
    report

    Grand Final

    September 18
    		 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 11: 5 University colors.svg Sydney University Royal Agricultural Society Showground , Sydney
    Spectators: 20,000
    Referee: Webby Neill
    Tries: Brogan , Finch , Watson
    Increases: Blair (1/3)
    		 (11: 0)
    report     		Tries: McCormack
    Increases: McIntyre (1/1)
    1 Alan Righton
    2 Albert Carr
    3 Vic Lawrence
    4th Harry Finch
    5 Reg Williams
    6th Alfred Blair (C)Captain of the crew
    7th Frank Brogan
    8th Arch Thompson
    9 Harry Cavanough
    10 George Treweek
    11 Eddie Root
    12 Alf O'Connor
    13 Dave Watson
    1 Hubert Finn
    2 Frank O'Rourke
    3 Tom Barry
    4th Pat McCormack
    5 Martin Cunningham
    6th Alby Lane (C)Captain of the crew
    7th Edward Wynter
    8th Edward Ryan
    9 Frank Benning
    10 Jim Ward
    11 Ernest Ogg
    12 Bill Flanagan
    13 Jim McIntyre

    Web links

    Individual evidence

    1. ↑ http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/ten-of-the-greatest-seasons-in-rugby-league-history-according-to-historian-david-middleton/story-fni3fbgz-1226729899765