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1950 NSWRFL season

Rugby league competition

Field	Value
year	1950
competition	New South Wales Rugby Football League
teams	10
premiers	[[Image:South Sydney colours.svg	16x16px]] South Sydney
count	12th
minor premiers	[[Image:South Sydney colours.svg	16x16px]] South Sydney
mpcount	11th
matches	93
points	2901
top point scorer	[[Image:Western Suburbs colours.svg	16x16px]] Bill Keato (180)
top try scorer	[[Image:Newtown colours.svg	16x16px]] Jack Troy (16)
wooden_spoon	North Sydney
wooden_spoon_count	7th
prevseason_link	1949 NSWRFL season
prevseason_year	1949
nextseason_link	1951 NSWRFL season
nextseason_year	1951

The 1950 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the forty-third season of Sydney’s top-level rugby league 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

North Sydney[[Image:North Sydney Jersey 1941.png	100px	center]]	Parramatta[[Image:Parramatta Jersey 1948.png	100px	center]]	South Sydney[[Image:South Sydney Jersey 1930.png	100px	center]]	St. George[[Image:St George Jersey 1948.png	100px	center]]	Western Suburbs[[Image:Western Suburbs Jersey 1949.png	100px	center]]

Ladder

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	[[Image:South Sydney colours.svg	16x16px]] South Sydney	18	14	0	4	323	228	+95
2	[[Image:Balmain colours.svg	16x16px]] Balmain	18	12	2	4	255	208	+47
3	[[Image:Newtown colours.svg	16x16px]] Newtown	18	11	2	5	347	269	+78
4	[[Image:Western Suburbs colours.svg	16x16px]] Western Suburbs	18	10	2	6	307	259	+48
5	[[Image:St. George colours.svg	16x16px]] St. George	18	9	3	6	336	261	+75
6	[[Image:Canterbury colours.svg	16x16px]] Canterbury	18	9	0	9	296	277	+19
7	[[Image:Eastern Suburbs colours.svg	16x16px]] Eastern Suburbs	18	7	0	11	237	345	-108
8	[[Image:Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg	16x16px]] Manly	18	6	0	12	231	293	-62
9	[[Image:Parramatta colours.svg	16x16px]] Parramatta	18	3	3	12	203	296	-93
10	[[Image:North Sydney colours.svg	16x16px]] North Sydney	18	3	0	15	258	357	-99

Finals

Home	Score	Away	Match Information	Date and Time	Venue	Referee	Crowd
Semifinals
[[Image:South Sydney colours.svg	23x23px]] South Sydney	30–4	[[Image:Newtown colours.svg	23x23px]] Newtown	2 September 1950	Sydney Cricket Ground	George Bishop	33,514
[[Image:Balmain colours.svg	23x23px]] Balmain	10–28	[[Image:Western Suburbs colours.svg	23x23px]] Western Suburbs	9 September 1950	Sydney Sports Ground	Tom McMahon	33,542
Final
[[Image:South Sydney colours.svg	23x23px]] South Sydney	21–15	[[Image:Western Suburbs colours.svg	23x23px]] Western Suburbs	16 September 1950	Sydney Sports Ground	Tom McMahon	32,373

Final

South Sydney	Position	Western Suburbs
13. Clive Churchill	FB
12. John Graves	WG	22. Jack Wall
11. Kevin Woolfe	CE	20. Dev Dines
10. Milton Atkinson	CE	3. Jack Woods
9. Cliff Smailes	WG	26. John Lackey
26. Greg Hawick	FE	6. Frank Stanmore (c)
8. Bill Stewart	HB	7. Keith Holman
	PR	57. Don Stait
2. Ernie Hammerton	HK	15. Alan Hornery
18. Ken Macreadie	PR	5. Bill Horder
5. Bernie Purcell	SR	17. Kevin Hansen
4. Jack Rayner (Ca./Co.)	SR	9. Don Milton
6. Les Cowie	LK	8. Peter McLean

In a close and physical encounter South Sydney held a 17–11 six point lead at half time. The second half was tryless, but South Sydney kept ahead on penalty goals throughout.

Souths’ captain Jack Rayner led the team in fine style to their first title in eighteen 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.)

Player statistics

The following statistics are as of the conclusion of Round 18. Top 5 point scorers

Points	Player	Tries
Bill Keato	2	73
Joe Jorgenson	4	56
Noel Pidding	6	49
Darcy Russell	1	54
Bernie Purcell	8	41

Top 5 try scorers

Tries	Player	16	13	12	12	12
Jack Troy
Ron Roberts
Bobby Lulham
Mitchell Wallace
Peter O'Brien

Top 5 goal scorers

Goals	Player	73	56	54	49	47
Bill Keato
Joe Jorgenson
Darcy Russell
Noel Pidding
Ron Willey

References

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