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| 1955 New South Wales Rugby Football League | |
|---|---|
| Teams | 10 |
| Premiers |  South Sydney (16th title) |
| Minor premiers |  Newtown (6th title) |
| Matches played | 94 |
| Points scored | 3253 |
| Top points scorer(s) |  Doug Fleming (185) |
| Top try-scorer(s) |  Brian Allsop (18) Ian Moir (18) |
The 1955 NSWRFL season was the 48th season of the New South Wales Rugby Football League. Ten teams from across Sydney competed for the NSWRFL Premiership J. J. Giltinan Shield during the season, which culminated in a replay of the previous year's Grand Final between the South Sydney and Newtown clubs.[1]
Season summary
Halfway through the 1955 season Souths were in equal 9th place having won just three of ten matches. From that point they didn't lose another game, winning eight season encounters in a row before the finals. Eventually they finished 4th. Had they lost a single one of these games they would have missed the finals.
In the second last match of the regular season Souths met Manly-Warringah and were behind 4–7 with moments to go. Clive Churchill had broken his arm early in the game tackling Manly winger George Hugo but refused to leave the field. Souths lock Les Cowie managed to score a try in the corner and Churchill with a broken arm took a sideline conversion attempt that wobbled over the posts and won Souths the game. Churchill would take no part in Souths' 1955 finals campaign.
Teams
Balmain 48th season |
Canterbury-Bankstown 21st season |
Eastern Suburbs 48th season |
Manly-Warringah 9th season |
Newtown 48th season |
North Sydney 48th season |
Parramatta 9th season |
South Sydney 48th season |
St. George 35th season |
Western Suburbs 48th season |
Regular season
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | F1 | F2 | F3 | GF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balmain | MAN +2 |
NEW +4 |
SOU −18 |
PAR −12 |
WES +22 |
STG −3 |
NOR −4 |
CBY +6 |
EAS −4 |
MAN 0 |
NEW +4 |
SOU −8 |
PAR +16 |
WES +13 |
STG −2 |
NOR −13 |
CBY +4 |
EAS +8 |
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| Canterbury-Bankstown | WES −9 |
STG −17 |
NOR +2 |
SOU −25 |
EAS −3 |
MAN −17 |
NEW −25 |
BAL +6 |
PAR +5 |
WES +3 |
STG −18 |
NOR −28 |
SOU −34 |
EAS −34 |
MAN −26 |
NEW −10 |
BAL −4 |
PAR −13 |
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| Eastern Suburbs | PAR +19 |
WES −13 |
STG −4 |
NOR −19 |
CBY +3 |
SOU +3 |
MAN −7 |
NEW 0 |
BAL +4 |
PAR +26 |
WES +18 |
STG −7 |
NOR −4 |
CBY +34 |
SOU −11 |
MAN +1 |
NEW −18 |
BAL −8 |
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| Manly-Warringah | BAL −2 |
PAR +6 |
WES +46 |
STG −18 |
NOR +4 |
CBY +17 |
EAS +7 |
SOU +12 |
NEW −44 |
BAL 0 |
PAR −2 |
WES +26 |
STG +3 |
NOR +2 |
CBY +26 |
EAS −1 |
SOU −2 |
NEW +7 |
SOU −2 |
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| Newtown | SOU +23 |
BAL −4 |
PAR +3 |
WES +17 |
STG +6 |
NOR +10 |
CBY +25 |
EAS 0 |
MAN +44 |
SOU +1 |
BAL −4 |
PAR +17 |
WES +26 |
STG +5 |
NOR +7 |
CBY +10 |
EAS +18 |
MAN −7 |
X | STG +3 |
X | SOU −1 |
| North Sydney | STG −10 |
SOU +8 |
CBY −2 |
EAS +19 |
MAN −4 |
NEW −10 |
BAL +4 |
PAR +7 |
WES +22 |
STG −11 |
SOU −15 |
CBY +28 |
EAS +4 |
MAN −2 |
NEW −7 |
BAL +13 |
PAR +1 |
WES +22 |
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| Parramatta | EAS −19 |
MAN −6 |
NEW −3 |
BAL +12 |
SOU +9 |
WES −4 |
STG −8 |
NOR −7 |
CBY −5 |
EAS −26 |
MAN +2 |
NEW −17 |
BAL −16 |
SOU −22 |
WES +20 |
STG −29 |
NOR −1 |
CBY +13 |
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| South Sydney | NEW −23 |
NOR −8 |
BAL +18 |
CBY +25 |
PAR −9 |
EAS −3 |
WES +25 |
MAN −12 |
STG −18 |
NEW −1 |
NOR +15 |
BAL +8 |
CBY +34 |
PAR +22 |
EAS +11 |
WES +11 |
MAN +2 |
STG +10 |
MAN +2 |
X | STG +4 |
NEW +1 |
| St. George | NOR +10 |
CBY +17 |
EAS +4 |
MAN +18 |
NEW −6 |
BAL +3 |
PAR +8 |
WES +13 |
SOU +18 |
NOR +11 |
CBY +18 |
EAS +7 |
MAN −3 |
NEW −5 |
BAL +2 |
PAR +29 |
WES +15 |
SOU −10 |
X | NEW −3 |
SOU −4 |
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| Western Suburbs | CBY +9 |
EAS +13 |
MAN −46 |
NEW −17 |
BAL −22 |
PAR +4 |
SOU −25 |
STG −13 |
NOR −22 |
CBY −3 |
EAS −18 |
MAN −26 |
NEW −26 |
BAL −13 |
PAR −20 |
SOU −11 |
STG −15 |
NOR −22 |
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| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | F1 | F2 | F3 | GF |
Bold – Home game
X – Bye
Opponent for round listed above margin
