1925 NSWRFL season

Rugby league competition March 2024 1925 New South Wales Rugby Football League 9 16x16px South Sydney 5th 16x16px South Sydney 5th 52 1197 16x16px Benny Wearing (80) 16x16px Benny Wearing (12) Newtown 2nd 1924 NSWRFL season 1924 1926 NSWRFL season 1926 The 1925 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the eighteenth season of Sydney’s top-level rugby league club competition, Australia’s first. Nine teams from across the city contested during the season, with South Sydney being crowned premiers by finishing on top of the League.Premiership Roll of Honour https://web.archive.org/web/20060511185232/http://www.rl1908.com/clubcomps/Honours.htm May 11, 2006 at rl1908.com Season summary For this season the St George Dragons found a permanent homeground at Earl Park, Arncliffe. The NSWRFL introduced reserve footballs, so that a game could continue even if the ball had been booted out of the stadium. South Sydney won all their twelve matches during the season, and remain the only club to achieve this in the history of the competition and just one of five to go through a season undefeated. The Rabbitohs made a clean sweep of all three grades. It was the first of seven premierships South Sydney would win in eight years through to 1932. There were no finals played. By Round 13 South Sydney was in such a dominant position (10 points ahead with five rounds to play) that the NSWRFL curtailed the competition and proceeded to the City Cup knockout tournament, which Souths also won. Teams Balmain, formed on January 23, 1908, at Balmain Town Hall Eastern Suburbs, formed on January 24, 1908, at Paddington Town Hall Glebe, formed on January 9, 1908 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 Balmain100px|center18th seasonGround: Birchgrove OvalCoach: Alf FraserCaptain: Charles FraserEastern Suburbs100px|center18th seasonGround: Sydney Sports GroundCaptain: Bill IvesGlebe100px|center18th seasonGround: Wentworth OvalCaptain: Bert GrayNewtown100px|center18th seasonGround: Marrickville OvalCoach: Albert JohnstonCaptain: Perce HorneNorth Sydney100px|center18th seasonGround: North Sydney OvalCoach: Jim DevereuxCaptain: Herman PetersSt. George100px|center5th seasonGround: Earl ParkCoach: Herb GilbertCaptain: Arnold TraynorSouth Sydney100px|center18th seasonGround: Royal Agricultural Society Ground & Sydney Sports GroundCoach: Howard HallettCaptain: Alf Blair, Jack LawrenceUniversity100px|center6th seasonCaptains: Hubert Finn, Frank O'RourkeWestern Suburbs100px|center18th seasonGround: Pratten ParkCaptain: Gordon Stettler Ladder 230px|thumb|right|The geographical locations of the teams that contested the 1925 premiership across Sydney. TeamPldWDLBPFPAPDPts116x16px South Sydney121200119087+10326216x16px Western Suburbs116052166150+1616316x16px Balmain126151133112+2115416x16px North Sydney126151157138+1915516x16px St. George115152132141-915616x16px Glebe125071118171-5312716x16px Sydney University113172118142-2411816x16px Eastern Suburbs12408189120-3110916x16px Newtown11308294136-4210 See also Sports References External links Rugby League Tables - Notes The World of Rugby League Rugby League Tables - Season 1925 AFL Tables Premiership History and Statistics RL1908 History - Introduction North Sydney Bears Results: 1921-30 at rabbitohs.com.au Category:New South Wales Rugby League premiership NSWRFL Season