1947 NSWRFL season

Rugby league competition March 2024 1947 New South Wales Rugby Football League 10 16x16px BalmainPremiership Roll of Honour https://web.archive.org/web/20070428143335/http://rl1908.com/clubcomps/Honours.htm April 28, 2007 at rl1908.com 10th 16x16px Canterbury 3rd 95 3238 16x16px Pat Devery (142) 16x16px Bob Lulham (28) Parramatta 1st 1946 NSWRFL season 1946 1948 NSWRFL season 1948 The 1947 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the fortieth season of Sydney’s top-level rugby league competition, Australia's first. For the first time, the number of clubs in the league reached double digits due to the admission of Manly-Warringah and Parramatta to the first grade competition. The season culminated in a grand final between the Balmain and Canterbury-Bankstown clubs. Canterbury wants Kilham back The Sydney Morning Herald Australia 8 1947-09-15 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZH0QAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wZMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5775,1981252 2009-11-20 Season summary Midway through the season the Balmain club looked out of touch winning only six of their first twelve games. Five consecutive wins to end the regular season left them in position to make a finals assault. Balmain's Bob Lulham set a new record for the highest number of tries by a player in a debut season with a tally of 28 tries in eighteen matches. This remains that club's record for tries in a season. Teams The addition of two teams, Manly-Warringah and Parramatta, saw ten teams from across the city contest during the 1947 premiership, the first expansion of the League since Canterbury-Bankstown’s introduction in 1935. Manly had been competing for a number of years in the NSWRFL's President's Cup (3rd grade) competition and had been assured by the league of first grade status should they win the Presidents Cup, which they finally did in 1946. After Cumberland’s demise from the league, pressure began to build in the area for another team in the NSWRFL in the 1930s, though this died down during World War II and a Parramatta district club was not proposed again until 1946 when the club was successfully admitted into the Premiership.Fagan Sean http://www.rl1908.com/Clubs/Parramatta-Eels.htm RL1908 Parramatta Eels 18 September 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070929102842/http://www.rl1908.com/Clubs/Parramatta-Eels.htm 29 September 2007 dead dmy-allHistory of the Premiership http://www.centenaryofrugbyleague.com.au/site/about/history/history-of-the-premiership.aspx https://web.archive.org/web/20080209104018/http://www.centenaryofrugbyleague.com.au/site/about/history/history-of-the-premiership.aspx dead 9 February 2008 centenaryofrugbyleague.com.au Australian Rugby League 21 October 2013 Balmain, formed on January 23, 1908, at Balmain Town Hall Canterbury-Bankstown, formed on September 25, 1934 Eastern Suburbs, formed on January 24, 1908, at Paddington Town Hall Manly-Warringah admitted in 1947 Newtown, formed on January 14, 1908 North Sydney, formed on February 7, 1908 Parramatta, formed in November 1946 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 Balmain100px|center 40th seasonGround(s): Leichhardt Oval, Sydney Sports Ground Coach: Norm RobinsonCaptain: Tom Bourke Canterbury-Bankstown100px|center 13th seasonGround(s): Belmore Oval,Sydney Showground, Sydney Sports Ground Coach: Ross McKinnonCaptain: Henry Porter Eastern Suburbs100px|center 40th seasonGround(s): Pratten Park, Sydney Sports Ground Coach: Arthur HallowayCaptain: Sel Lisle Manly-Warringah100px|center 1st seasonGround(s): Brookvale Oval Coach: Harold Johnson & Ray StehrCaptain: Max WhiteheadNewtown100px|center 40th seasonGround(s): Erskineville Oval Captain-coach: Frank Farrell North Sydney100px|center 40th seasonGround(s): North Sydney Oval, Sydney Showground Coach: Cliff PearceCaptain: Tom Kirk Parramatta100px|center 1st seasonGround(s): Cumberland Oval Coach: Frank McMillanCaptain: Bob AndrewsSouth Sydney100px|center 40th seasonGround(s): Pratten Park, Sydney Sports Ground Coach: Dave WatsonCaptain: Jack Rayner St. George100px|center 27th seasonGround(s): Hurstville Oval Coach: Arthur Justice, Charlie Lynch (from May)Captain: Doug McRitchieWestern Suburbs100px|center 40th seasonGround(s): Pratten Park, Sydney Sports Ground Coach: Frank BurgeCaptain: Eric Bennett Ladder TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts116x16px Canterbury181314366272+9427216x16px Balmain181206342265+7724316x16px Newtown181116375302+7323416x16px St. George181107353272+8122516x16px Western Suburbs181107295253+4222616x16px North Sydney18918287278+919716x16px South Sydney18909314328-1418816x16px Eastern Suburbs185112270316-4611916x16px Manly184014242364-12281016x16px Parramatta183015230424-1946 Finals HomeScoreAwayMatch InformationDate and TimeVenueRefereeCrowd Playoff 23x23px St. George5–10 23x23px Western Suburbs27 August 1947Sydney Sports Ground13,552 Semifinals 23x23px Canterbury25–15 23x23px Newtown30 August 1947Sydney Cricket GroundGeorge Bishop36,303 23x23px Balmain27–16 23x23px Western Suburbs6 September 1947Sydney Sports GroundTom McMahon29,375 Final 23x23px Canterbury19–25 23x23px Balmain13 September 1947Sydney Sports GroundJack O'Brien34,994 Grand Final 23x23px Canterbury9–13 23x23px Balmain20 September 19471947 Grand Final https://web.archive.org/web/20110306053030/http://www.nrlstats.com/archive/match.cfm?MatchID=2327 2011-03-06 at nrlstats.comSydney Sports GroundJack O'Brien29,292 Grand final Canterbury-BankstownPositionBalmain 13. Dick Johnson FB Jack McCullough 14. Jeff Simmonds WG 2. Robert Lulham 11. Eddie Tracey CE 3. Pat Devery 10. Norm Young CE 14. Joe Jorgenson 9. Morrie Murphy WG 15. Arthur Patton 8. Roy Hasson FE 4. George Williams 7. Bruce Hopkins HB 32. Des Bryan Eddie Burns PR 34. John Brannigan 56. Roy Kirkaldy HK 9. Herb Gilbert Jnr 3. Henry Porter (c) PR 8. Jack Spencer 25. Alister Clarke SR 24. Sid Ryan 58. Ken Charlton SR 11. Harry Bath 6. Len Holmes LK 7. Tom Bourke (c) Ross McKinnon Coach Norm Robinson The Tigers had strung together seven consecutive wins including a preliminary final victory over minor premiers Canterbury in their attempt at a second straight premiership. Canterbury exercised their “right of challenge” after losing the final and called for a Grand Final decider. The formidable Canterbury front row of Eddie Burns, Roy Kirkaldy and Henry Porter were combining in their tenth season for over one hundred and fifty appearances as a scrum front trio. They led a punishing Berries defence and gave their side a better-than-even chance of possession in the scrum contests. Balmain's star international centre and Kangaroo captain Joe Jorgenson had played and coached on a country contract in Junee in 1947 but returned to the Tigers reserve-grade in time for the semifinals. The Grand Final marked his sole first-grade appearance of the season. Balmain's Test five-eighth Pat Devery was the nominated match kicker but after several misses he passed over to Jorgenson who kicked three penalties to keep Balmain in the game and trailing 9–6 with ten minutes to go. Then Jorgenson crashed over for a try under the posts and after receiving medical attention he converted his own goal to give the Tigers an 11–9 lead. A final 45-yard penalty goal then sealed the match for the Tigers at 13–9 with Jorgenson scoring all of Balmain's points and being chaired victorious from the field. Balmain 13 (Tries: Jorgenson. Goals: Jorgenson 5 ) defeated Canterbury-Bankstown 9 (Tries: Hasson. Goals: Johnson 2, Hasson) Player statistics The following statistics are as of the conclusion of Round 18. Top 5 point scorers PointsPlayerTriesGoalsField Goals130Western Suburbs Bill Keato0650126St. George Jack Lindwall14420116North Sydney Tom Kirk0580114Balmain Pat Devery648081Canterbury Roy Hasson11240 Top 5 try scorers TriesPlayer25Balmain Bobby Lulham14St. George Jack Lindwall13Canterbury Morrie Murphy13Newtown Len Smith13Newtown Norm Jacobson Top 5 goal scorers GoalsPlayer65Western Suburbs Bill Keato58North Sydney Tom Kirk48Balmain Pat Devery42St. George Jack Lindwall33South Sydney Frank Bonner References 2 External links Rugby League Tables - Notes AFL Tables Rugby League Tables - Season 1947 AFL Tables Premiership History and Statistics RL1908 Finals lineups and results Hunterlink site Balmain Official History Tigers History Site Whiticker, Alan(2004) Captaining the Kangaroos, New Holland, Sydney Results:1941-1950 at rabbitohs.com.au 1947 Labor Daily Cup at rleague.com 1947 NSWRFL season at rugbyleagueproject.org Category:New South Wales Rugby League premiership Nswrfl season