1949 South Sydney season

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1949 South Sydney season
NSWRFL Rank1st
Play-off resultRunner-ups
1949 recordWins: 13; Draws: 1; Losses: 4
Points scoredFor: 360; Against: 210
Team information
Coach Dave Watson
Captain
Stadium Redfern Oval
Top scorers
Tries Len Allmond (17)
Goals Bernard Purcell (27)
Points John Graves (82)
<  1948 List of seasons 1950  >

The 1949 South Sydney was the 42nd in the club's history. The club competed in the New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership (NSWRFL), finishing the season as runner-ups and minor premiers.

Contents

Ladder

TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts
1 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 181314360210+15027
2 Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs 181206365280+8524
3 St. George colours.svg St. George 181116345231+11423
4 Balmain colours.svg Balmain 181026265206+5922
5 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta 18846311269+4220
6 Newtown colours.svg Newtown 18918358332+2619
7 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown 186210236337−10114
8 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah 186111171293−12213
9 North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney 185112253369−11611
10 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Eastern Suburbs 183114214351−1377

Fixtures

Regular season

RoundOpponentResultScoreDateVenueCrowdRef
1 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Draw14 – 14Saturday 9 April Belmore Sports Ground 6,700 [1]
2 Newtown colours.svg Newtown Win19 – 9Saturday 16 April Sports Ground 18,600 [2]
3 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Win32 – 0Monday 25 April Brookvale 5,000 [3]
4 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Win26 – 22Saturday 30 April Sydney Cricket Ground 24,600 [4]
5 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Eastern Suburbs Win15 – 10Saturday 7 May Sports Ground [5]
6 North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney Win30 – 15Saturday 14 May Redfern Park 6,000 [6]
7 Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs Win13 – 6Saturday 21 May Pratten Park 4,600 [7]
8 Balmain colours.svg Balmain Win11 – 7Saturday 28 May Sports Ground 22,600 [8]
9 St. George colours.svg St. George Loss2 – 22Saturday 11 June Sydney Cricket Ground 37,200 [9]
10 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Loss12 – 15Monday 13 June Redfern Park [10]
11 Newtown colours.svg Newtown Win16 – 12Saturday 25 June Sports Ground 17,200 [11]
12 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Win32 – 10Saturday 2 July Redfern Park [12]
13 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Loss13 – 14Saturday 9 July Cumberland Oval [13]
14 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Eastern Suburbs Win48 – 6Saturday 16 July Redfern Oval [14]
15 North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney Win25 – 10Saturday 23 July North Sydney Oval 6,100 [15]
16 Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs Loss13 – 18Saturday 30 July Sports Ground 16,800 [16]
17 Balmain colours.svg Balmain Win17 – 16Saturday 6 August Sydney Cricket Ground 24,800 [17]
18 St. George colours.svg St. George Win22 – 4Saturday 13 August Sydney Cricket Ground 33,800 [18]

Finals

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeCrowd
Semifinals
South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 12–16 St. George colours.svg St. George 20 August 1949 Sydney Cricket Ground Tom McMahon41,700
Grand Final
South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 12–19 St. George colours.svg St. George 10 September 1949 Sydney Cricket Ground George Bishop56,500


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