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词条 1931 NSWRFL season
释义

  1. Season summary

     Teams  Ladder 

  2. Finals

     Grand Final 

  3. References

  4. External links

{{Infobox rugby league season
| year = 1931
| competition = New South Wales Rugby Football League
| image =
| imagesize = 125px
| caption =
| teams = 8
| premiers = South Sydney[1]
| count = 10th
| minor premiers = Eastern Suburbs
| mpcount = 4th
| matches = 60
| points = 1681
| attendance =
| top point scorer = Jack Lynch (124)
| top try scorer = Jack Lynch (16)
}}

The 1931 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the twenty-fourth season of Sydney’s top-level rugby league club competition, Australia’s first. During the season, which lasted from April until September, eight teams from across the city contested the premiership which culminated in a grand final between minor premiers Eastern Suburbs and South Sydney.[2]

Season summary

The NSWRFL banned radio broadcasting of its matches in 1931 on the grounds that it was affecting the gates. After a year of broadcasts from nearby rooftops and ladders outside the grounds the League rescinded their ban.

Teams

  • Balmain, formed on January 23, 1908, at Balmain Town Hall
  • Eastern Suburbs, formed on January 24, 1908, at Paddington Town Hall
  • Newtown, formed on January 14, 1908
  • North Sydney, formed on February 7, 1908
  • South Sydney, formed on January 17, 1908, at Redfern Town Hall
  • St. George, formed on November 8, 1920, at Kogarah School of Arts
  • Western Suburbs, formed on February 4, 1908
  • University, formed in 1919 at Sydney University
Balmain
24th season
Ground: Birchgrove Oval
Coach: Reg Latta
Captain: Arthur Toby
University
12th season
Captain: Sammy Ogg
Newtown
24th season
Ground: Marrickville Oval
Captain: Jack Holmes
North Sydney
24th season
Ground: North Sydney Oval
Captain-Coach: Tom Wright
St. George
11th season
Ground: Earl Park
Captain-coach: Harry Kadwell

South Sydney
24th season
Ground: Sydney Sports Ground
Coach: Charlie Lynch
Capatin: Pat Maher
Eastern Suburbs
24th season
Ground: Sydney Sports Ground
Coach: Arthur Halloway

Captain: Norm Pope
Western Suburbs
24th season
Ground:Pratten Park
Coach: Frank McMillan

Captain: Bill Brogan

Ladder

TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts
1Eastern Suburbs141202339121+21824
2South Sydney14905250176+7418
3Western Suburbs14905220227-718
4St. George14806178183-516
5North Sydney14608143198-5512
6Newtown14509205194+1110
7Balmain14509133205-7210
8University142012135299-1644

Finals

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeCrowd
Semi Finals
South Sydney16 - 5St. George21 August 1931Sydney Sports GroundMcGrath17,561
Eastern Suburbs8 - 10Western Suburbs29 August 1931Sydney Sports GroundWebby Neill20,387
Preliminary Final
South Sydney17 - 3Western Suburbs5 September 1931Sydney Sports GroundLal Dean22,767
Grand Final
Eastern Suburbs7 - 12South Sydney12 September 1931Sydney Sports GroundLal Dean27,104

Grand Final

South SydneyPositionEastern Suburbs
Albert Spillane FB Morrie Boyle
Benny Wearing WG Billy Hong
Jack Morrison CE Dave Brown
Pat Maher CE Jack Lynch
Jack Why WG Fred Tottey
Jim Deeley FE Ernie Norman
Harry Eyers HB Norm Pope (c)
Carl Eggen PR Ray Stehr
Edward Root HK Dick Brown
Frank Curran PR Perc Atkinson
George Treweek (c) SR Max Nixon
Frank O'Connor SR Joe Pearce
Percy Williams LK Les Rogers
Charlie Lynch Coach Arthur Halloway

Eastern Suburbs started the match as short-priced favourites, and ran with the breeze from the western end after their captain Pope won the toss. With {{rlp|hk}} Dick Brown dominating the scrums, Eastern Suburbs attacked early. The first points came at the twenty-minute mark when Lynch kicked a goal after O’Connor was penalised in front of the posts. He missed another attempt two minutes later but Easts went further ahead when Lynch kicked another goal, from a drop kick. Benny Wearing had his chance for South Sydney but was pulled down from behind by Dave Brown two yards from the line. At halftime Eastern Suburbs led 4–0.

Five-minutes after the break South Sydney seized control of the match. They attacked desperately as Treweeke, Curran and then Root hurled themselves at the Eastern Suburbs line. A scrum followed and with an overlap out wide Wearing crossed unopposed in the corner. The winger then converted his own try to give South Sydney a 5–4 lead. Eastern Suburbs then hit back with a remarkable try. Billy Hong gathered in his own twenty-five yard area, stepped through the defence to halfway, passed to Tottey who beat Morrison in a race for the ball. Dave Brown missed the goal, Eastern Suburbs led 7–5. South Sydney fullback Spillane then landed a goal from two yards on his own side of halfway to level the score at 7–all.

Hong then went off after twisting an ankle, Eastern Suburbs struggled to contend with the extra man in South Sydney’s backline. Chances followed for both sides – South Sydney’s winger, Why, was thrown out at the corner post, Morrison lost possession close to the line and Brown missed with a penalty.

With only minutes left and scores locked at 7–all, South Sydney five-eighth Harry Eyres seized possession inside Eastern Suburbs quarter, stood still for a split second, then with an electrifying burst of speed exploded through the converging defence. He beat the ineffective tackle of Hong (who had come back onto the field) and with the referee accidentally getting in the way of Brown coming over in cover defence for Eastern Suburbs, Eyres crossed for the match winning try. Hong then collapsed and had to be carried from the field as Williams was converting the try.[3]

It was widely claimed as one of the most thrilling Grand Finals in the short history of the game in Sydney.

South Sydney 12

Tries: Wearing, Eyres. Goals: Wearing, Williams, Spillane

Eastern Suburbs 7

Tries: Tottey. Goals: Lynch (2)

References

1. ^Premiership Roll of Honour {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101011045210/http://www.rl1908.com/clubcomps/Honours.htm |date=2010-10-11 }} at rl1908.com
2. ^{{cite news| last =| first =| coauthors =| title = RUGBY LEAGUE: Grand Final| work = The Sydney Morning Herald| place = Australia| page = 13| language =| publisher =| date = 1931-09-08| url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=P_gQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3pEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2119,3202241| accessdate = 2009-12-04}}
3. ^{{cite news| last =| first =| coauthors =| title = South Sydney Premiers: Thrilling Grand Final| work = The Sydney Morning Herald| place =Australia| page = 6| language =| publisher =| date = 1931-09-14| url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=RPgQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3pEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7128,3698589| accessdate = 2009-12-04}}

External links

  • Rugby League Tables - Notes AFL Tables
  • Rugby League Tables - Season 1931 AFL Tables
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20090208150918/http://rl1908.com/premiership.htm Premiership History and Statistics] RL1908
  • History of the New South Wales Rugby League Finals, by Steve Haddan
  • The Rugby League News
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20080724071520/http://www.rabbitohs.com.au/The-Club/Tradition/Results---1931-1940.html Results: 1931-40 at rabbitohs.com.au]
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