1931 South Sydney season

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1931 South Sydney season
NSWRFL Rank2nd (out of 8)
Play-off resultPremiers
1931 recordWins: 9; Draws: 0; Losses: 5
Points scoredFor: 254; Against: 176
Team information
Coach Charlie Lynch
Captains
Avg. attendance8,300
Top scorers
Tries Benny Wearing (15)
Goals Benny Wearing (34)
Points Benny Wearing (107)
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The 1931 South Sydney Rabbitohs season was the 24th in the club's history. The club competed in the New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership (NSWRFL), finishing 2nd for the season and winning their 10th premiership.

Contents

Ladder

TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts
1 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Eastern Suburbs 141202339121+21824
2 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 14905250176+7418
3 Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs 14905220227-718
4 St. George colours.svg St. George 14806178183-516
5 North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney 14608143198-5512
6 Newtown colours.svg Newtown 14509205194+1110
7 Balmain colours.svg Balmain 14509133205-7210
8 University colours.svg Sydney University 142012135299-1644

Fixtures

Regular season

RoundOpponentResultScoreDateVenueCrowdRef
1 Newtown colours.svg Newtown Win5 – 10Saturday 25 April Marrickville Oval 8,000 [1]
2 St. George colours.svg St. George Win21 – 14Saturday 2 May Sports Ground 14,900 [2]
3 Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs Loss31 – 5Saturday 9 May Sports Ground 15,600 [3]
4 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Eastern Suburbs Loss8 – 4Saturday 16 May Sports Ground 19,200 [4]
5 Balmain colours.svg Balmain Loss28 – 14Saturday 23 May Birchgrove Oval 3,000 [5]
6 North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney Win18 – 4Saturday 20 June North Sydney Oval 4,000 [6]
7 University colours.svg Sydney University Win3 – 3Saturday 27 June Marrickville Oval 1,500 [7]
8 Newtown colours.svg Newtown Win35 – 7Saturday 4 July Marrickville Oval 4,000 [8]
9 St. George colours.svg St. George Win13 – 9Saturday 11 July Earl Park [9]
10 Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs Loss11 – 19Saturday 18 July Pratten Park [10]
11 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Eastern Suburbs Loss10 – 28Saturday 25 July Sports Ground 14,900 [11]
12 Balmain colours.svg Balmain Wn33 – 3Saturday 1 August Earl Park [12]
13 North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney Win8 – 12Saturday 8 August North Sydney Oval 4,000 [13]
14 University colours.svg Sydney University Win30 – 13Saturday 15 August Earl Park 2,000 [14]

Finals

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeCrowd
Semifinals
South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 16–5 St. George colours.svg St. George 21 August 1931 Sydney Sports Ground McGrath17,561
Preliminary Final
South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 17–3 Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs 5 September 1931 Sydney Sports Ground Lal Dean22,767
Grand Final
Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Eastern Suburbs 7–12 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 12 September 1931 Sydney Sports Ground Lal Dean27,104

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