1924 NSWRFL season

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1924 NSWRFL season - Wikipedia

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1924 New South Wales Rugby Football League
Teams	9
Premiers	Balmain (6th title)
Minor premiers	Balmain (6th title)
Matches played	37
Points scored	917
Top points scorer(s)	Jack Courtney (42)
Top try-scorer(s)	Tommy Kennedy (10)
← 1923 1925 →

The 1924 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the seventeenth 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 Balmain’s victory over South Sydney in the premiership final.^[1] The 1924 season was the last in the NSWRFL for future Australian Rugby League Hall of Fame inductee, Harold Horder.

Teams

Balmain, formed on 23 January 1908 at Balmain Town Hall
Eastern Suburbs, formed on 24 January 1908 at Paddington Town Hall
Glebe, formed on 9 January 1908
Newtown, formed on 14 January 1908
North Sydney, formed on 7 February 1908
South Sydney, formed on 17 January 1908 at Redfern Town Hall
St. George, formed on 8 November 1920 at Kogarah School of Arts
Western Suburbs, formed on 4 February 1908
University, formed in 1919 at Sydney University


Balmain 17th season Ground: Birchgrove Oval Captain-Coach: Charles Fraser	Eastern Suburbs 17th season Ground: Sydney Sports Ground Coach: Captains: Arthur Oxford, Jack Watkins	Glebe 17th season Ground: Birchgrove Oval Coach: Jack Hickey Captain: Bill Benson
Newtown 17th season Ground: Marrickville Oval Coach: Bill Farnsworth Captain: Tom Ellis	North Sydney 17th season Ground: North Sydney Oval Coach: Jim Devereux Captain: Clarrie Ives	South Sydney 17th season Ground: Sydney Cricket Ground Coach: Owen McCarthy Captain: Harold Horder
St. George 4th season Ground: Earl Park Coach: Herb Gilbert Captain: Arnold Traynor, George Carstairs	University 5th season Coach: Bill Kelly Captain: Hubert Finn, Alby Lane	Western Suburbs 17th season Ground: Pratten Park Coach: Albert "Ricketty" Johnston Captains: Tedda Courtney, Clarrie Prentice

Ladder

Because of the British Lions tour of Australia, and interstate matches, the 1924 season was shortened to a single round of eight matches. No club fixtures were played on the weekends of 31 May, 7 June, 21 June nor 28 June.^[2]

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Balmain	8	6	1	1	1	124	53	+71	15
2	South Sydney	8	6	1	1	1	104	60	+44	15
3	Western Suburbs	8	4	0	4	1	130	103	+27	10
4	Glebe	8	4	0	4	1	87	95	-8	10
5	St. George	8	3	2	3	1	94	125	-31	10
6	North Sydney	8	3	0	5	1	107	128	-21	8
7	Eastern Suburbs	8	3	0	5	1	85	106	-21	8
8	Sydney University	8	2	1	5	1	85	115	-30	7
9	Newtown	8	2	1	5	1	98	129	-31	7

Premiership Final

Balmain	Position	South Sydney
19. Des Ponchard	FB	18. Howard Hallett
6. Jim Love	WG	14. Benny Wearing
2. Dud Millard	CE	2. Harold Horder
5. Billy Craig	CE	15. Oscar Quinlivan
16. Tommy Kennedy	WG	5. Cec Blinkhorn
Charles Fraser (Ca./Co.)	FE	6. Alf Blair
24. Norman Robinson	HB	32. Frank Brogan
10. Bill Schultz	PR	22. David Watson
9. Horrie Watt	HK	9. Ern Wilmot
12. Alf Fraser	PR	13. Jack Lawrence
15. Roy Liston	SR	11. Edward Root
8. Les Hayes	SR	37. Pat Murphy
14. Reg Latta	LK	21. Alby Carr
	Coach	Owen McCarthy

Balmain and South Sydney finished equal at the top of the ladder, having dropped just one game each. The teams had earlier met in Round 5, with a 10–10 draw being the result at the Sydney Cricket Ground in front of a crowd of around 16,000.

The Final was played before a crowd of around 15,000 at the Sydney Cricket Ground on 29 July 1924 and refereed by former Rabbitoh premiership winner Webby Neill. Balmain led 3–0 at half-time and both sides failed to score in the second half. The Tigers thus claimed their sixth premiership within ten years. At the time it was the lowest-scoring Final since the start of the NSWRFL premiership and the first time a team had been held scoreless in a Final.

The Final was also the first rugby league match broadcast on radio with commentary by Balmain secretary Bob Savage.^[3]

Balmain 3 (Try: Latta)

defeated

South Sydney 0

References

^ Premiership Roll of Honour Archived 2011-05-14 at the Wayback Machine at rl1908.com
^ Haddan, Steve; History of the NSW Rugby League Finals; pp. 42-43 ISBN 0646050982
^ "Gerard first to 300; Joey smashes record; Taylor passes Halligan". NRL. 28 July 2022.

External links

Rugby League Tables - Notes AFL Tables
Rugby League Tables - Season 1924 AFL Tables
Premiership History and Statistics RL1908
History - Introduction North Sydney Bears
Andrews, Malcolm (2006) The ABC of Rugby League Austn Broadcasting Corpn, Sydney
Results: 1921-30 at rabbitohs.com.au

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