1925 NSWRFL season

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 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

Balmain18th seasonGround: Birchgrove OvalCoach: Alf FraserCaptain: Charles FraserEastern Suburbs18th seasonGround: Sydney Sports GroundCaptain: Bill IvesGlebe18th seasonGround: Wentworth OvalCaptain: Bert GrayNewtown18th seasonGround: Marrickville OvalCoach: Albert JohnstonCaptain: Perce HorneNorth Sydney18th seasonGround: North Sydney OvalCoach: Jim DevereuxCaptain: Herman PetersSt. George5th seasonGround: Earl ParkCoach: Herb GilbertCaptain: Arnold TraynorSouth Sydney18th seasonGround: Royal Agricultural Society Ground & Sydney Sports GroundCoach: Howard HallettCaptain: Alf Blair, Jack LawrenceUniversity6th seasonCaptains: Hubert Finn, Frank O'RourkeWestern Suburbs18th seasonGround: Pratten ParkCaptain: Gordon Stettler

Ladder

TeamPldWDLBPFPAPDPts1 South Sydney121200119087+103262 Western Suburbs116052166150+16163 Balmain126151133112+21154 North Sydney126151157138+19155 St. George115152132141-9156 Glebe125071118171-53127 Sydney University113172118142-24118 Eastern Suburbs12408189120-31109 Newtown11308294136-4210

1925 NSWRFL season

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