NSWRL 1951

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The 1951 NSWRL was the 44th season of the New South Wales Rugby League Premiership , the first Australian rugby league championship. The first place in the table after the end of the regular season occupied the South Sydney Rabbitohs . They won in the final 42:14 against the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles and won the NSWRL for the 13th time.

table

  • Playoff participation
    • team Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
    points     		Diff. Table
    points
    01. South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 18th 16 1 1 428: 237 + 191 33
    02. Manly Sea Eagles colors.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 18th 11 0 7th 424: 262 + 162 22nd
    03. St. George colors.svg St. George Dragons 18th 10 1 7th 374: 251 + 123 21st
    04th Western Suburbs colors.svg Western Suburbs Magpies 18th 10 0 8th 360: 333 + 27 20th
    05. Eastern Suburbs colors.svg Eastern suburbs 18th 9 0 9 304: 340 - 36 18th
    06th Parramatta colors.svg Parramatta Eels 18th 9 0 9 309: 410 - 101 18th
    07th Canterbury colors.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 18th 7th 0 11 266: 362 - 96 14th
    08th. Newtown colors.svg Newtown Jets 18th 6th 0 12 261: 341 - 80 12
    09. Balmain colors.svg Balmain Tigers 18th 6th 0 12 283: 365 - 82 12
    010. North Sydney colors.svg North Sydney Bears 18th 5 0 13 220: 328 - 108 10

    Playoffs

    Manly-Warringah would actually have won the NSWRL after beating St. George. Since South Sydney had the so-called "Right of Challenge" as the winner of the Minor Premiership, the Grand Final between Manly-Warringah and South Sydney took place a week later.

    Elimination / qualification playoffs

    September 1
    		 St. George colors.svg St. George Dragons 35: 8 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Sydney Cricket Ground , Sydney
    Spectators: 39,735
    Referee: Arthur Oxford
    report
    September 8th
    		 Manly Sea Eagles colors.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 37: 9 Western Suburbs colors.svg Western Suburbs Magpies Sydney Cricket Ground , Sydney
    Spectators: 29,444
    Referee: George Bishop
    report

    Semifinals

    September 15th
    		 Manly Sea Eagles colors.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 18: 8 St. George colors.svg St. George Dragons Sydney Cricket Ground , Sydney
    Spectators: 41,845
    Referee: George Bishop
    (13: 6)
    Report

    Grand Final

    September 23rd
    		 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 42:14 Manly Sea Eagles colors.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Sydney Sports Ground , Sydney
    Spectators: 28,505
    Referee: Jack O'Brien
    Attempts: Graves (4), Churchill , Cowie , Mason , Rayner
    Elevations: Purcell (7/8)
    Penalty kicks: Donoghue (1), Hammerton (1)
    		 (15: 4)
    Report     		Attempts: Lumsden (2)
    Elevations: Rowles (2/2)
    Penalties: Rowles (2)
    1 Clive Churchill
    2 Johnny Graves
    3 Kevin Woolfe
    4th Milton Atkinson
    5 Harry Wells
    6th Norm Spillane
    7th Ray Mason
    8th Les Cowie
    9 Jack Rayner (C)Captain of the crew
    10 Bernie Purcell
    11 Denis Donoghue
    12 Ernest Hammerton
    13 Bryan Orrock
    1 Ron Beaumont
    2 Jack Lumsden
    3 Warren Simmons
    4th Gordon Willoughby
    5 Ron Rowles
    6th Jim Sullivan
    7th Kenneth Arthurson
    8th George Hunter
    9 Jack Herbert
    10 Jack Hubbard
    11 Fred Brown
    12 Kevin Schubert (C)Captain of the crew
    13 Roy Bull

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