Midway through the season the Balmain club looked out of touch winning only six of their first twelve games. Five consecutive wins to end the regular season left them in position to make a finals assault. Balmain’s Bob Lulham set a new record for the highest number of tries by a player in a debut season with a tally of 28 tries in eighteen matches. This remains that club’s record for tries in a season.
Teamsedit
The addition of two teams, Manly-Warringah and Parramatta, saw ten teams from across the city contest during the 1947 premiership, the first expansion of the League since Canterbury-Bankstown’s introduction in 1935. Manly had been competing for a number of years in the NSWRFL's President's Cup (3rd grade) competition and had been assured by the league of first grade status should they win the Presidents Cup, which they finally did in 1946. After Cumberland’s demise from the league, pressure began to build in the area for another team in the NSWRFL in the 1930s, though this died down during World War II and a Parramatta district club was not proposed again until 1946 when the club was successfully admitted into the Premiership.[3][4]
Balmain, formed on January 23, 1908, at Balmain Town Hall
The Tigers had strung together seven consecutive wins including a preliminary final victory over minor premiers Canterbury in their attempt at a second straight premiership. Canterbury exercised their “right of challenge” after losing the final and called for a Grand Final decider.
The formidable Canterbury front row of Eddie Burns, Roy Kirkaldy and Henry Porter were combining in their tenth season for over one hundred and fifty appearances as a scrum front trio. They led a punishing Berries defence and gave their side a better-than-even chance of possession in the scrum contests.
Balmain’s star international centre and Kangaroo captain Joe Jorgenson had played and coached on a country contract in Junee in 1947 but returned to the Tigers reserve-grade in time for the semifinals. The Grand Final marked his sole first-grade appearance of the season. Balmain’s Test five-eighth Pat Devery was the nominated match kicker but after several misses he passed over to Jorgenson who kicked three penalties to keep Balmain in the game and trailing 9–6 with ten minutes to go.
Then Jorgenson crashed over for a try under the posts and after receiving medical attention he converted his own goal to give the Tigers an 11–9 lead. A final 45-yard penalty goal then sealed the match for the Tigers at 13–9 with Jorgenson scoring all of Balmain’s points and being chaired victorious from the field.
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The 1947 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the fortieth season of Sydney s top level rugby league competition Australia s first For the first time the number of clubs in the league reached double digits due to the admission of Manly Warringah and Parramatta to the first grade competition The season culminated in a grand final between the Balmain and Canterbury Bankstown clubs 2 1947 New South Wales Rugby Football LeagueTeams10PremiersBalmain 1 10th title Minor premiersCanterbury 3rd title Matches played95Points scored3238Top points scorer s Pat Devery 142 Top try scorer s Bob Lulham 28 19461948 Contents 1 Season summary 2 Teams 3 Ladder 4 Finals 4 1 Grand final 5 Player statistics 6 References 7 External linksSeason summary editMidway through the season the Balmain club looked out of touch winning only six of their first twelve games Five consecutive wins to end the regular season left them in position to make a finals assault Balmain s Bob Lulham set a new record for the highest number of tries by a player in a debut season with a tally of 28 tries in eighteen matches This remains that club s record for tries in a season Teams editThe addition of two teams Manly Warringah and Parramatta saw ten teams from across the city contest during the 1947 premiership the first expansion of the League since Canterbury Bankstown s introduction in 1935 Manly had been competing for a number of years in the NSWRFL s President s Cup 3rd grade competition and had been assured by the league of first grade status should they win the Presidents Cup which they finally did in 1946 After Cumberland s demise from the league pressure began to build in the area for another team in the NSWRFL in the 1930s though this died down during World War II and a Parramatta district club was not proposed again until 1946 when the club was successfully admitted into the Premiership 3 4 Balmain formed on January 23 1908 at Balmain Town Hall Canterbury Bankstown formed on September 25 1934 Eastern Suburbs formed on January 24 1908 at Paddington Town Hall Manly Warringah admitted in 1947 Newtown formed on January 14 1908 North Sydney formed on February 7 1908 Parramatta formed in November 1946 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 1908Balmain nbsp 40th seasonGround s Leichhardt Oval Sydney Sports Ground Coach Norm RobinsonCaptain Tom Bourke Canterbury Bankstown nbsp 13th seasonGround s Belmore Oval Sydney Showground Sydney Sports Ground Coach Ross McKinnonCaptain Henry Porter Eastern Suburbs nbsp 40th seasonGround s Pratten Park Sydney Sports Ground Coach Arthur HallowayCaptain Sel Lisle Manly Warringah nbsp 1st seasonGround s Brookvale Oval Coach Harold Johnson amp Ray StehrCaptain Max Whitehead Newtown nbsp 40th seasonGround s Erskineville Oval Captain coach Frank FarrellNorth Sydney nbsp 40th seasonGround s North Sydney Oval Sydney Showground Coach Cliff PearceCaptain Tom Kirk Parramatta nbsp 1st seasonGround s Cumberland Oval Coach Frank McMillanCaptain Bob Andrews South Sydney nbsp 40th seasonGround s Pratten Park Sydney Sports Ground Coach Dave WatsonCaptain Jack Rayner St George nbsp 27th seasonGround s Hurstville Oval Coach Arthur Justice Charlie Lynch from May Captain Doug McRitchie Western Suburbs nbsp 40th seasonGround s Pratten Park Sydney Sports Ground Coach Frank BurgeCaptain Eric BennettLadder editTeam Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts1 nbsp Canterbury Bankstown 18 13 1 4 366 272 94 272 nbsp Balmain 18 12 0 6 342 265 77 243 nbsp Newtown 18 11 1 6 375 302 73 234 nbsp St George 18 11 0 7 353 272 81 225 nbsp Western Suburbs 18 11 0 7 295 253 42 226 nbsp North Sydney 18 9 1 8 287 278 9 197 nbsp South Sydney 18 9 0 9 314 328 14 188 nbsp Eastern Suburbs 18 5 1 12 270 316 46 119 nbsp Manly Warringah 18 4 0 14 242 364 122 810 nbsp Parramatta 18 3 0 15 230 424 194 6Finals editHome Score Away Match InformationDate and Time Venue Referee CrowdPlayoff nbsp St George 5 10 nbsp Western Suburbs 27 August 1947 Sydney Sports Ground 13 552Semifinals nbsp Canterbury 25 15 nbsp Newtown 30 August 1947 Sydney Cricket Ground George Bishop 36 303 nbsp Balmain 27 16 nbsp Western Suburbs 6 September 1947 Sydney Sports Ground Tom McMahon 29 375Final nbsp Canterbury 19 25 nbsp Balmain 13 September 1947 Sydney Sports Ground Jack O Brien 34 994Grand Final nbsp Canterbury 9 13 nbsp Balmain 20 September 1947 5 Sydney Sports Ground Jack O Brien 29 292Grand final edit Canterbury Bankstown Position Balmain13 Dick Johnson FB Jack McCullough14 Jeff Simmonds WG 2 Robert Lulham11 Eddie Tracey CE 3 Pat Devery10 Norm Young CE 14 Joe Jorgenson9 Morrie Murphy WG 15 Arthur Patton8 Roy Hasson FE 4 George Williams7 Bruce Hopkins HB 32 Des BryanEddie Burns PR 34 John Brannigan56 Roy Kirkaldy HK 9 Herb Gilbert Jnr3 Henry Porter c PR 8 Jack Spencer25 Alister Clarke SR 24 Sid Ryan58 Ken Charlton SR 11 Harry Bath6 Len Holmes LK 7 Tom Bourke c Ross McKinnon Coach Norm RobinsonThe Tigers had strung together seven consecutive wins including a preliminary final victory over minor premiers Canterbury in their attempt at a second straight premiership Canterbury exercised their right of challenge after losing the final and called for a Grand Final decider The formidable Canterbury front row of Eddie Burns Roy Kirkaldy and Henry Porter were combining in their tenth season for over one hundred and fifty appearances as a scrum front trio They led a punishing Berries defence and gave their side a better than even chance of possession in the scrum contests Balmain s star international centre and Kangaroo captain Joe Jorgenson had played and coached on a country contract in Junee in 1947 but returned to the Tigers reserve grade in time for the semifinals The Grand Final marked his sole first grade appearance of the season Balmain s Test five eighth Pat Devery was the nominated match kicker but after several misses he passed over to Jorgenson who kicked three penalties to keep Balmain in the game and trailing 9 6 with ten minutes to go Then Jorgenson crashed over for a try under the posts and after receiving medical attention he converted his own goal to give the Tigers an 11 9 lead A final 45 yard penalty goal then sealed the match for the Tigers at 13 9 with Jorgenson scoring all of Balmain s points and being chaired victorious from the field Balmain 13 Tries Jorgenson Goals Jorgenson 5 defeatedCanterbury Bankstown 9 Tries Hasson Goals Johnson 2 Hasson nbsp Joe Jorgenson nbsp Harry BathPlayer statistics editThe following statistics are as of the conclusion of Round 18 Top 5 point scorers Points Player Tries Goals Field Goals130 nbsp Bill Keato 0 65 0126 nbsp Jack Lindwall 14 42 0116 nbsp Tom Kirk 0 58 0114 nbsp Pat Devery 6 48 081 nbsp Roy Hasson 11 24 0Top 5 try scorers Tries Player25 nbsp Bobby Lulham14 nbsp Jack Lindwall13 nbsp Morrie Murphy13 nbsp Len Smith13 nbsp Norm Jacobson Top 5 goal scorers Goals Player65 nbsp Bill Keato58 nbsp Tom Kirk48 nbsp Pat Devery42 nbsp Jack Lindwall33 nbsp Frank BonnerReferences edit Premiership Roll of Honour Archived April 28 2007 at the Wayback Machine at rl1908 com Canterbury wants Kilham back The Sydney Morning Herald Australia 1947 09 15 p 8 Retrieved 2009 11 20 Fagan Sean Parramatta Eels RL1908 Archived from the original on 29 September 2007 Retrieved 18 September 2007 History of the Premiership centenaryofrugbyleague com au Australian Rugby League Archived from the original on 9 February 2008 Retrieved 21 October 2013 1947 Grand Final Archived 2011 03 06 at the Wayback Machine at nrlstats comExternal links editRugby League Tables Notes AFL Tables Rugby League Tables Season 1947 AFL Tables Premiership History and Statistics RL1908 Finals lineups and results Hunterlink site Balmain Official History Tigers History Site Whiticker Alan 2004 Captaining the Kangaroos New Holland Sydney Results 1941 1950 at rabbitohs com au 1947 Labor Daily Cup dead link at rleague com 1947 NSWRFL season permanent dead link at rugbyleagueproject org Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1947 NSWRFL season amp oldid 1156281687, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
