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词条 1955 NSWRFL season
释义

  1. Season summary

     Teams  Ladder 

  2. Finals

     Grand Final 

  3. References

  4. External links

{{Infobox rugby league season
| year = 1955
| competition = New South Wales Rugby Football League
| image =
| imagesize = 125px
| caption =
| teams = 10
| premiers = South Sydney
| count = 16th
| minor premiers = Newtown
| mpcount = 6th
| matches = 94
| points = 3253
| attendance =
| top point scorer = Doug Fleming (185)
| top try scorer = Brian Allsop (18)
Ian Moir (18)
}}

The 1955 NSWRFL season was the 48th season of the New South Wales Rugby Football League. Ten teams from across Sydney competed for the NSWRFL Premiership J. J. Giltinan Shield during the season, which culminated in a re-play of the previous year's Grand Final between the South Sydney and Newtown clubs.[1]

Season summary

Halfway through the 1955 season Souths were in equal last place having won just three of nine matches. From that point they didn't lose another game, winning nine season encounters in a row before the finals. Eventually they finished fourth. Had they lost a single one of these games they would have missed the finals.

In the second last match of the regular season Souths met Manly-Warringah and were behind 7-4 with moments to go. Clive Churchill had broken his arm early in the game tackling Manly winger George Hugo but refused to leave the field. Souths lock Les Cowie managed to score a try in the corner and Churchill with a broken arm took a sideline conversion attempt that wobbled over the posts and won Souths the game. Churchill would take no part in Souths' 1955 finals campaign.

Teams

Balmain
48th season
Ground: Leichhardt Oval
Coach: Norm "Latchem" Robinson
Captain: Bill Marsh
Canterbury-Bankstown
21st season
Ground: Belmore Sports Ground
Coach: Vic Hey
Captain: Ray Gartner
Eastern Suburbs
48th season
Ground: Sydney Sports Ground
Coach: Frank O'Connor
Captain: Noel Pidding
Manly-Warringah
9th season
Ground: Brookvale Oval
Coach: Pat Devery
Captain: Roy Bull
Newtown
48th season
Ground: Henson Park
Capt./Coach: Dick Poole
North Sydney
48th season
Ground: North Sydney Oval
Coach: Rex Harrison
Captain: George Martin
Parramatta
9th season
Ground: Cumberland Oval
Captain-Coach: Johnny Slade
South Sydney
48th season
Ground: Redfern Oval
Capt./Coach: Jack Rayner
St. George
35th season
Ground: Kogarah Oval
Captain-Coach: Ken Kearney
Western Suburbs
48th season
Ground: Pratten Park
Captain-Coach: Keith Holman

Ladder

TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts
1Newtown181413376179+19729
2St. George181404396247+14928
3Manly-Warringah181116332245+8723
4South Sydney181107367260+10722
5North Sydney181008345278+6720
6Eastern Suburbs18819342325+1717
7Balmain18819384381+317
8Parramatta185013258365-10710
9Canterbury-Bankstown184014167414-2478
10Western Suburbs183015186459-2736

Finals

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeCrowd
Semi Finals
Manly-Warringah12-14South Sydney27 August 1955Sydney Cricket GroundDarcy Lawler35,677
Newtown11-8St. George3 September 1955Sydney Cricket GroundDarcy Lawler34,158
Preliminary Final
St. George14-18South Sydney10 September 1955Sydney Cricket GroundCol Pearce41,583
Grand Final
Newtown11-12South Sydney17 September 1955Sydney Cricket GroundCol Pearce42,466

Grand Final

South SydneyPositionNewtown
Don Murdoch FB Gordon Clifford
Ian Moir WG Kevin Considine
Martin Gallagher CE Dick Poole (Ca./Co.)
Malcolm Spencer CE Brian Clay
Dale Puren WG Ray Preston
John Dougherty FE Ray Kelly
Col Donohoe HB Bobby Whitton
Denis Donoghue PR Les Hampson
Ernie Hammerton HK Greg Ellis
Norm Nilson PR Don Stait
Bernie Purcell SR Frank Narvo
Jack Rayner (Ca./Co.) SR Henry Holloway
Les Cowie LK Peter Ryan

After their incredible nine game end of season run and having come from behind in both their semi-finals it looked unlikely that South's fairytale would end happily on Grand Final day. They were without stars Clive Churchill and Greg Hawick. Newtown were the minor premiers and had eleven of their 1954 Grand Final side back for the 1955 decider, all fit, experienced and keen to avenge their 1954 loss.

The 1955 Grand Final was very closely fought out. Souths trailed 8-4 at half-time and the Bluebags looked home with an 11-7 lead with ten minutes remaining. In the final moments captain-coach Jack Rayner managed to win a strike in the play-the-ball and toed it through. Newtown lock Peter Ryan fumbled and again Rayner got the boot to it. Souths halfback Col Donohoe won the race and grounded the ball next to the posts, enabling an easy conversion by Bernie Purcell for the Rabbitohs to take a one-point lead.[2]

A last gasp long-range penalty goal attempt from Bluebags {{rlp|fb}} Gordon Clifford was unsuccessful and Souths won by a single point. Despite being the best performed side for two successive seasons Newtown had nothing in the trophy cabinet to show for it. Souths had timed an extraordinary premiership run to absolute perfection.

Jack Rayner's fifth grand final win that day stands along with Ken Kearney's five wins by 1960 as the most number of grand final successes by an individual as captain. As captain-coach for all of those wins Rayner was thus also the first man to coach a side to five grand final victories, a record subsequently matched by Jack Gibson and beaten in 2006 by Wayne Bennett.

South Sydney 12

Tries: Moir, Donohoe. Goals: Purcell 3.

Newtown 11

Tries: Considine. Goals: Clifford 3. Fld Goal: Clifford

References

1. ^{{cite news | last = Goodman | first = Tom | coauthors = | title = Churchill decides not to play in R.L. Grand Final | work = The Sydney Morning Herald | place = | pages = 13 | language = | publisher = | date = | url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=oIgTAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tuQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7293,4049720 | accessdate = 2009-11-20}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}
2. ^{{cite news | last = Clarkson | first = Alan | coauthors = | title = The best Grand Finals I've seen | work = The Sydney Morning Herald | place = | pages = 77 | language = | publisher = Fairfax Media | date = 1986-09-26 | url = http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?page=1&sy=smh&Page=1&docID=news860926_0120_2297 | accessdate = 2010-09-14}}

External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20070323001217/http://www.stats.rleague.com/rl/seas/1955.html Rugby League Tables - Season 1955] The World of Rugby League
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20120319201723/http://www.rabbitohs.com.au/The-Club/Tradition/Results---1951-1960.html Results: 1951-60 at rabbitohs.com.au]
  • 1955 J J Giltinan Shield at rleague.com{{dead link|date=September 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20080820174752/http://www.rugbyleagueproject.com/competitions/NSWRL_1955.html NSWRFL season 1955 at rugbyleagueproject.com]
{{South Sydney Rabbitohs squad 1955 NSWRFL premiership}}{{South Sydney Rabbitohs}}{{National Rugby League seasons}}

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