1925 NSWRFL season

1925 New South Wales Rugby Football League
Teams	9
Premiers	South Sydney (5th title)
Minor premiers	South Sydney (5th title)
Matches played	52
Points scored	1197 (total) 23.019 (per match)
Top point scorer(s)	Benny Wearing (80)
Top try scorer(s)	Benny Wearing (12)

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.^[1]

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


Balmain 18th season Ground: Birchgrove Oval Coach: Alf Fraser Captain: Charles Fraser	Eastern Suburbs 18th season Ground: Sydney Sports Ground Captain: Bill Ives	Glebe 18th season Ground: Wentworth Oval Captain: Bert Gray
Newtown 18th season Ground: Marrickville Oval Coach: Albert Johnston Captain: Perce Horne	North Sydney 18th season Ground: North Sydney Oval Coach: Jim Devereux Captain: Herman Peters	St. George 5th season Ground: Earl Park Coach: Herb Gilbert Captain: Arnold Traynor
South Sydney 18th season Ground: Royal Agricultural Society Ground & Sydney Sports Ground Coach: Howard Hallett Captain: Alf Blair , Jack Lawrence	University 6th season Captains: Hubert Finn, Frank O'Rourke	Western Suburbs 18th season Ground: Pratten Park Captain: Gordon Stettler

Ladder

The geographical locations of the teams that contested the 1925 premiership across Sydney.

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	South Sydney	12	12	0	0	1	190	87	+103	26
2	Western Suburbs	11	6	0	5	2	166	150	+16	16
3	Balmain	12	6	1	5	1	130	112	+21	15
4	North Sydney	12	6	1	5	1	157	138	+19	15
5	St. George	11	5	1	5	2	132	141	-9	15
6	Glebe	12	5	0	7	1	107	171	-53	12
7	University	11	3	1	7	2	168	142	-24	11
8	Eastern Suburbs	12	4	0	8	1	161	120	-31	10
9	Newtown	11	3	0	8	2	120	136	-42	10

References

↑ Premiership Roll of Honour at rl1908.com

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

South Sydney Rabbitohs

Est. 1908 at Redfern Town Hall, Sydney, New South Wales

The club	History Honours Players Coaches Records Representatives Results

Home grounds	Current ANZ Stadium Past Sydney Sports Ground Redfern Oval Sydney Football Stadium

Culture	Charity Shield South Side Story Book of Feuds Ron Coote Cup Rivalries Return to Redfern South Sydney Leagues Club Red and Green Ball George Piggins Medal Souths Cares Rabbitohs Hall Of Fame

Important figures	Arthur Hennessy Benny Wearing George Treweek Jack Rayner Clive Churchill John Sattler Bob McCarthy George Piggins Russell Crowe

League	Current NRL Past NSWRL ARL

Titles	Premierships – 21 1908 1909 1914 1918 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1931 1932 1950 1951 1953 1954 1955 1967 1968 1970 1971 2014

Seasons (105)	1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Other competitions	Current Auckland Nines National Youth Competition S. G. Ball Cup Harold Matthews Cup Past Amco Cup New South Wales Cup Jersey Flegg Cup

Affiliations	South Sydney District Junior Rugby Football League North Sydney Bears

Related articles	The Burrow Reggie the Rabbit South Sydney Central

NRL seasons

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ARL / SL war	1995 1996 1997 (ARL / SL) ....

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