1950 NSWRFL season

1950 New South Wales Rugby Football League
Teams	10
Premiers	South Sydney (12th title)
Minor premiers	South Sydney (11th title)
Matches played	93
Points scored	2901 (total) 31.194 (per match)
Top point scorer(s)	Bill Keato (180)
Top try scorer(s)	Jack Troy (16)

The 1950 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the 43rd season of Sydney's top-level rugby league football competition, Australia's first. Ten teams from across the city contested the premiership during the season which culminated in a grand final between South Sydney and Western Suburbs.

Teams


Balmain 43rd season Ground: Leichhardt Oval Coach: Athol Smith Captain: Fred de Belin	Canterbury-Bankstown 16th season Ground: Belmore Sports Ground Coach: Alby Why Captain: Eddie Burns	Eastern Suburbs 43rd season Ground: Sports Ground Coach: Ernie Norman Captain: Ferris Ashton	Manly-Warringah 4th season Ground: Brookvale Oval Coach: Wally O'Connell Captain: Perce Pritchard
Newtown 43rd season Ground: Erskineville Oval Captain - Coach: Frank Farrell	North Sydney 43rd season Ground: North Sydney Oval Coach: Frank Hyde Captain: Martin Gallagher	Parramatta 4th season Ground: Cumberland Oval Coach: Vic Hey Captain: Bob Hobbs	South Sydney 43rd season Ground: Redfern Oval Captain-Coach: Jack Rayner
	St. George 30th season Ground: Jubilee Oval Coach: Jim Duckworth Captain: Johnny Hawke	Western Suburbs 43rd season Ground: Pratten Park Coach: Jeff Smith Captain: Frank Stanmore

Ladder

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	South Sydney	18	14	0	4	323	228	+95	28
2	Balmain	18	12	2	4	255	208	+47	26
3	Newtown	18	11	2	5	347	269	+78	24
4	Western Suburbs	18	10	2	6	307	259	+48	22
5	St. George	18	9	3	6	336	261	+75	21
6	Canterbury-Bankstown	18	9	0	9	296	277	+19	18
7	Eastern Suburbs	18	7	0	11	237	345	-108	14
8	Manly-Warringah	18	6	0	12	231	293	-62	12
9	Parramatta	18	3	3	12	203	296	-93	9
10	North Sydney	18	3	0	15	258	357	-99	6

Finals

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
Home	Score	Away	Date and Time	Venue	Referee	Crowd
Semi Finals
South Sydney	30-4	Newtown	2 September 1950	Sydney Cricket Ground	George Bishop	33,514
Balmain	10-28	Western Suburbs	9 September 1950	Sydney Sports Ground	Tom McMahon	33,542
Final
South Sydney	21-15	Western Suburbs	16 September 1950	Sydney Sports Ground	Tom McMahon	32,373

Final

South Sydney	Position	Western Suburbs
Clive Churchill	FB	William Keato
John Graves	WG	Jack Wall
Kevin Woolfe	CE	Dev Dines
Milton Atkinson	CE	Jack Woods
Cliff Smailes	WG	John Lackey
Greg Hawick	FE	Frank Stanmore (c)
Bill Stewart	HB	Keith Holman
Denis Donoghue	PR	Don Stait
Ernie Hammerton	HK	Alan Hornery
Ken Macreadie	PR	William Horder
Bernie Purcell	SR	Kevin Hansen
Jack Rayner (Ca./Co.)	SR	Don Milton
Les Cowie	LK	Peter McLean

In a close and physical encounter South Sydney held a six point lead at half time 15-11. Both sides scored six further points after the break.

Souths captain Jack Rayner led the team in fine style to their first title in 18 years while the club's internationals all stood up and were counted. Forward Bernie Purcell kicked five long-range penalty goals in succession; fullback Clive Churchill ran Wests' heavyweight forwards off their legs and winger Johnny Graves scored two great tries.

South Sydney Rabbitohs 21 (Tries: Graves 2, Smailes. Goals: Purcell 5, Graves 1.)

Western Suburbs Magpies 15 (Tries: Holman. Goals: Keato 6.)

References

Rugby League Tables - Season 1950 The World of Rugby League
Results:1941-1950 at rabbitohs.com.au
1950 Labor Daily Cup at rleague.com
NSWRFL season 1950 at rugbyleagueproject.com

South Sydney squad - 1950 NSWRFL Premiers (12th title)

1. Clive Churchill 2. John Graves 3. Kevin Woolfe 4. Milton Atkinson 5. Cec Smailes 6. Greg Hawick 7. Bill Stewart 8. Denis Donoghue 9. Ernie Hammerton 10. Ken Macreadie 11. Bernie Purcell 12. Les Cowie 13. Jack Rayner (ca.)/(co.)

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

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