1951 South Sydney season | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
NSWRFL Rank | 1st | |||
Play-off result | Won Grand final | |||
1951 record | Wins: 16; draws: 1; losses: 1 | |||
Points scored | For: 428; against: 237 | |||
Team information | ||||
Coach-Captain | Rupert Rayner | |||
Captain | ||||
Stadium | Redfern Oval | |||
Top scorers | ||||
Tries | John Graves (28) | |||
Goals | Bernard Purcell (50) | |||
Points | Bernard Purcell (146) | |||
|
The 1951 South Sydney was the 44th in the club's history. The club competed in the New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership (NSWRFL), finishing the season as repeat premiers.
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
18 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 428 | 237 | +191 | 33 |
2 | ![]() |
18 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 424 | 262 | +162 | 22 |
3 | ![]() |
18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 374 | 251 | +123 | 21 |
4 | ![]() |
18 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 360 | 333 | +27 | 20 |
5 | ![]() |
18 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 304 | 340 | -36 | 18 |
6 | ![]() |
18 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 309 | 410 | -101 | 18 |
7 | ![]() |
18 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 266 | 362 | -96 | 14 |
8 | ![]() |
18 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 261 | 341 | -80 | 12 |
9 | ![]() |
18 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 283 | 365 | -82 | 12 |
10 | ![]() |
18 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 220 | 328 | -108 | 10 |
Round | Opponent | Result | Score | Date | Venue | Crowd | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
Win | 20 – 6 | Saturday 7 April | North Sydney Oval | [1] | |
2 | ![]() |
Win | 21 – 14 | Saturday 14 April | Sports Ground | 8,600 | [2] |
3 | ![]() |
Win | 16 – 10 | Saturday 21 April | Redfern Oval | 8,400 | [3] |
4 | ![]() |
Win | 29 – 17 | Wednesday 25 April | Royal Agricultural Society Showground | 9,400 | [4] |
5 | ![]() |
Win | 36 – 14 | Saturday 28 April | Sydney Cricket Ground | 28,400 | [5] |
6 | ![]() |
Win | 23 – 17 | Saturday 5 May | Sydney Cricket Ground | 22,800 | [6] |
7 | ![]() |
Draw | 16 – 16 | Wednesday 9 May | Sydney Cricket Ground | 50,000 | [7] |
8 | ![]() |
Win | 67 – 0 | Saturday 26 May | Sports Ground | 15,300 | [8] |
9 | ![]() |
Win | 36 – 10 | Saturday 9 June | Sydney Cricket Ground | 14,300 | [9] |
10 | ![]() |
Win | 18 – 9 | Saturday 16 June | Redfern Oval | [10] | |
11 | ![]() |
Loss | 19 – 22 | Sunday 22 June | Redfern Oval | [11] | |
12 | ![]() |
Win | 7 – 33 | Saturday 30 June | Leichhardt Oval | 16,800 | [12] |
13 | ![]() |
Win | 16 – 12 | Saturday 7 July | Sports Ground | 13,400 | [13] |
14 | ![]() |
Win | 16 – 12 | Saturday 28 July | Pratten Park | [14] | |
15 | ![]() |
Win | 25 – 18 | Saturday 4 August | Redfern Oval | 5,500 | [15] |
16 | ![]() |
Win | 22 – 15 | Saturday 11 August | Sydney Cricket Ground | 30,800 | [16] |
17 | ![]() |
Win | 23 – 19 | Saturday 18 August | Redfern Oval | 39,700 | [17] |
18 | ![]() |
Win | 10 – 50 | Saturday 25 August | Cumberland | 28,600 | [18] |
Home | Score | Away | Match Information | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Date and Time | Venue | Referee | Crowd | |||
Semifinals | ||||||
![]() |
8–35 | ![]() |
1 September 1951 | Sydney Cricket Ground | Aub Oxford | 39,735 |
Final | ||||||
![]() |
42–14 | ![]() |
23 September 1951 | Sydney Sports Ground | Jack O'Brien | 28,505 |
Further information: List of South Sydney Rabbitohs records |
Many notable club and NSWRL/NRL records were set in the 1951 season.
28 tries by John Graves at the time, tied Bobby Lulham (1947) for second (behind Dave Brown (1935) with 38). As of 2021, ranks as the 5th highest try total by a player in a season (tied with Tom Trbojevic - 2021 and Lulham - 1947).