1948 South Sydney season

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1948 South Sydney season
NSWRFL Rank7th
Play-off resultMissed finals
1948 recordWins: 7; draws: 1; losses: 10
Points scoredFor: 265; against: 302
Team information
Coach Dave Watson
Captain
Stadium Redfern Oval
Top scorers
Tries Len Allmond (17)
Goals Bernard Purcell (27)
Points John Graves (82)
  1947 List of seasons 1949  

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.

Contents

Ladder

TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts
1 Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs (P)181602322189+13332
2 Newtown colours.svg Newtown 181305386248+13826
3 Balmain colours.svg Balmain 181224287222+6526
4 St. George colours.svg St. George 181017332262+7021
5 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown 18729282276+616
6 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Eastern Suburbs 18729225248-2316
7 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 187110265302-3715
8 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta 185112237346-10911
9 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah 184113221334-1139
10 North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney 183213191321-1308

Fixtures

RoundOpponentResultScoreDateVenueRef
1 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Win15 – 12Saturday 10 April Cumberland Oval [1]
2 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Eastern Suburbs Draw19 – 19Saturday 17 April Redfern Park [2]
3 Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs Loss8 – 10Saturday 24 April Sydney Cricket Ground [3]
4 Balmain colours.svg Balmain Loss10 – 13Monday 26 April Leichhardt Oval [4]
5 Newtown colours.svg Newtown Loss8 – 16Saturday 1 May Erskineville Oval [5]
6 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Win17 – 9Saturday 5 June Redfern Park [6]
7 North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney Win12 – 7Saturday 12 June North Sydney Oval [7]
8 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Loss8 – 17Monday 14 June Sydney Cricket Ground [8]
9 St. George colours.svg St. George Loss2 – 31Saturday 19 June Redfern Park [9]
10 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Win38 – 5Saturday 26 June Redfern Park [10]
11 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Eastern Suburbs Win16 – 8Saturday 3 July Sports Ground [11]
12 Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs Loss17 – 18Saturday 10 July Sydney Cricket Ground [12]
13 Balmain colours.svg Balmain Loss8 – 14Saturday 17 July Redfern Park [13]
14 Newtown colours.svg Newtown Loss13 – 20Saturday 24 July Redfern Oval [14]
15 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Loss13 – 39Saturday 31 July Brookvale Oval [15]
16 North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney Win24 – 17Saturday 7 August Redfern Park [16]
17 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Win22 – 16Saturday 14 August Redfern Park [17]
18 St. George colours.svg St. George Loss15 – 31Saturday 21 August Hurstville Oval [18]

Player statistics

Name App T G FG Pts
Keith Aitken 183009
Leonard Allmond 18110033
Eric Anderson 31003
Doug Barwick 50000
Max Bennett 10000
Ron Brightwell 40000
Ken Brogan 1742016
Clive Churchill 905010
William Collins 80000
Leslie Cowie 93009
Ed Crawford 41003
Terry Crowe 50000
Bruce Devlin 132006
Denis Donoghue 83009
James Evans 10000
Gordon Glasscock 40306
John Graves 9817058
Howard Hallett 130306
Len Haskins 11003
Jim Hunt 20000
Alec Johnston 10000
George Kempshall 63009
Allan Melville 1140012
George Morton 21003
William Mullane 40000
Don Murdoch 51003
Norm Nilson 30000
Jimmy O'Connor 133009
John Payne 10000
Jack Quinlivan 10000
Rupert Rayner 93009
Barry Redding 15120043
Norm Spillane 11003
Alan Stolzenheim 31003
Ian Verrender 70000
Totals19554510264

References

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  2. "NSWRFL 1948 - Round 2 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
  3. "NSWRFL 1948 - Round 3 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
  4. "NSWRFL 1948 - Round 4 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
  5. "NSWRFL 1948 - Round 5 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
  6. "NSWRFL 1948 - Round 6 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
  7. "NSWRFL 1948 - Round 7 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
  8. "NSWRFL 1948 - Round 8 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
  9. "NSWRFL 1948 - Round 9 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
  10. "NSWRFL 1948 - Round 10 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
  11. "NSWRFL 1948 - Round 11 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
  12. "NSWRFL 1948 - Round 12 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
  13. "NSWRFL 1948 - Round 13 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
  14. "NSWRFL 1948 - Round 14 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
  15. "NSWRFL 1948 - Round 15 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
  16. "NSWRFL 1948 - Round 16 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
  17. "NSWRFL 1948 - Round 17 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
  18. "NSWRFL 1948 - Round 18 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2021-12-11.