1925 NSWRFL season

1925 NSWRFL season
Teams	9
Premiers	South Sydney (5th title)
Minor premiers	South Sydney (5th title)
Matches played	52
Points scored	1197 (total) 23.019 (per match)
Top point scorer(s)	Benny Wearing (80)
Top try scorer(s)	Benny Wearing (12)

The 1925 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the eighteenth season of Sydney's top-level rugby league football 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]

Season summary

For this season the St George Dragons had found a permanent homeground at Earl Park, Arncliffe.

The NSWRFL introduced reserve footballs, so that the game could continue even if the ball had been booted out of the stadium.

South Sydney won each of 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 clubs to go through a season undefeated. Souths 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, which Souths also won.

Teams

• Balmain, formed on January 23, 1908 at Balmain Town Hall
• Eastern Suburbs, formed on January 24, 1908 at Paddington Town Hall
• Glebe, formed on January 9, 1908
• Newtown, formed on January 14, 1908
• North Sydney, formed on February 7, 1908
• South Sydney, formed on January 17, 1908 at Redfern Town Hall
• St. George, formed on November 8, 1920 at Kogarah School of Arts
• Western Suburbs, formed on February 4, 1908
• University, formed in 1919 at Sydney University

Balmain	Eastern Suburbs	Glebe
Newtown	North Sydney	St. George
South Sydney	University	Western Suburbs

Ladder

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	130	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	107	171	-53	12
7	University	11	3	1	7	2	168	142	-24	11
8	Eastern Suburbs	12	4	0	8	1	161	120	-31	10
9	Newtown	11	3	0	8	2	120	136	-42	10

References

• Rugby League Tables - Notes The World of Rugby League
• Rugby League Tables - Season 1925 The World of Rugby League
• Premiership History and Statistics RL1908
• History - Introduction North Sydney Bears
• Results: 1921-30 at rabbitohs.com.au