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]

1925 New South Wales Rugby Football League
Teams9
Premiers South Sydney (5th title)
Minor premiers South Sydney (5th title)
Matches played52
Points scored1197
Top points scorer(s) Benny Wearing (80)
Top try-scorer(s) Benny Wearing (12)

Season summary

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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

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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

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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 1 133 112 +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 1 118 171 -53 12
7   Sydney University 11 3 1 7 2 118 142 -24 11
8   Eastern Suburbs 12 4 0 8 1 89 120 -31 10
9   Newtown 11 3 0 8 2 94 136 -42 10

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Premiership Roll of Honour Archived May 11, 2006, at the Wayback Machine at rl1908.com
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