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| year = 1923 | competition = New South Wales Rugby Football League | image = | imagesize = 125px | caption = | teams = 9 | premiers = Eastern Suburbs | count = 4th | minor premiers = Eastern Suburbs | mpcount = 3rd | matches = 73 | points = 1862 | attendance = | top point scorer = Arthur Oxford (113) | top try scorer = Herman Peters (16) }} The 1923 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the sixteenth 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 Eastern Suburbs’ victory over South Sydney in the premiership final.[1] This season would be the last season that future Australian Rugby League Hall of Fame inductee Duncan Thompson played in, for he returned to Toowoomba after a dispute with North Sydney. Teams
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FinalsThe 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 two premiership points coming into the final round of the year, only to lose to third-placed Balmain by one point in front of 14,000 people in their final match. South Sydney on the other hand won their final match against North Sydney to finish level on top of the ladder. Premiership final
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) {{cquote|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.”|30px|30px|Hadden, Brad|"History of the NSWRL Finals"}} {{clear}}References1. ^Premiership Roll of Honour {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514030740/http://rl1908.com/clubcomps/Honours.htm |date=2011-05-14 }} at rl1908.com External links
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