The 1948 South Sydney was the 41st in the club's history. The club competed in the New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership (NSWRFL), finishing the season 7th, missing the finals.
Ladder TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts1 Western Suburbs (P)181602322189 +133322 Newtown181305386248 +138263 Balmain181224287222 +65264 St. George181017332262 +70215 Canterbury-Bankstown18729282276 +6166 Eastern Suburbs18729225248 -23167 South Sydney187110265302 -37158 Parramatta185112237346 -109119 Manly-Warringah184113221334 -113910 North Sydney183213191321 -1308
Fixtures RoundOpponentResultScoreDateVenueRef1 ParramattaWin15 – 12Saturday 10 AprilCumberland Oval2 Eastern SuburbsDraw19 – 19Saturday 17 AprilRedfern Park3 Western SuburbsLoss8 – 10Saturday 24 AprilSydney Cricket Ground4 BalmainLoss10 – 13Monday 26 AprilLeichhardt Oval5 NewtownLoss8 – 16Saturday 1 MayErskineville Oval6 Manly-WarringahWin17 – 9Saturday 5 JuneRedfern Park7 North SydneyWin12 – 7Saturday 12 JuneNorth Sydney Oval8 Canterbury-BankstownLoss8 – 17Monday 14 JuneSydney Cricket Ground9 St. GeorgeLoss2 – 31Saturday 19 JuneRedfern Park10 ParramattaWin38 – 5Saturday 26 JuneRedfern Park11 Eastern SuburbsWin16 – 8Saturday 3 JulySports Ground12 Western SuburbsLoss17 – 18Saturday 10 JulySydney Cricket Ground13 BalmainLoss8 – 14Saturday 17 JulyRedfern Park14 NewtownLoss13 – 20Saturday 24 JulyRedfern Oval15 Manly-WarringahLoss13 – 39Saturday 31 JulyBrookvale Oval16 North SydneyWin24 – 17Saturday 7 AugustRedfern Park17 Canterbury-BankstownWin22 – 16Saturday 14 AugustRedfern Park18 St. GeorgeLoss15 – 31Saturday 21 AugustHurstville Oval
Player statistics NameAppTGFGPtsKeith Aitken183009Leonard Allmond18110033Eric Anderson31003Doug Barwick50000Max Bennett10000Ron Brightwell40000Ken Brogan1742016Clive Churchill905010William Collins80000Leslie Cowie93009Ed Crawford41003Terry Crowe50000Bruce Devlin132006Denis Donoghue83009James Evans10000Gordon Glasscock40306John Graves9817058Howard Hallett130306Len Haskins11003Jim Hunt20000Alec Johnston10000George Kempshall63009Allan Melville1140012George Morton21003William Mullane40000Don Murdoch51003Norm Nilson30000Jimmy O'Connor133009John Payne10000Jack Quinlivan10000Rupert Rayner93009Barry Redding15120043Norm Spillane11003Alan Stolzenheim31003Ian Verrender70000Totals19554510264
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