| New South Wales Rugby Football League season 1955 |
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| Teams | 10 |
| Premiers |  South Sydney (16th title) |
| Minor premiers |  Newtown (6th title) |
| Matches played | 94 |
| Points scored | 3253 (average 34. The South Sydney Rabbitohs, also known as Souths, The Bunnies, SSFC or The Rabbits, are an Australian professional Rugby league The Newtown Jets (formerly the Newtown "Bluebags") are a former first grade Rugby league club who departed the New South Wales Rugby Football League 606 per match) |
| Top points scorer(s) |  Doug Fleming (185 points) |
| Top try scorer(s) |  Brian Allsop (18 tries)
Ian Moir (18 tries) |
The 1955 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the forty-eighth season of the rugby league competition based in Sydney. Brian Allsop ( Sydney) was a Rugby league player in the Australian Competition the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL For the footballer Ian Moir see here. Ian Moir was an Australian Rugby league player a champion wing three-quarter New South Wales Rugby League premiership was the first Rugby league football club competition established in Australia History See also History of rugby league The grass roots of rugby league can be traced to early football history, through the playing of ball games Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4 Ten teams from across Sydney contested during the season for the J. J. Giltinan Shield. The JJ Giltinan Shield is an Australian Rugby league trophy first introduced for the 1951 New South Wales Rugby Football League season.
Teams
Season summary
Halfway through the 1955 season Souths were in equal last place having won just three of nine matches. The South Sydney Rabbitohs, also known as Souths, The Bunnies, SSFC or The Rabbits, are an Australian professional Rugby league From that point they didn't lose another game winning 9 season encounters in a row before the finals. Eventually they finished fourth. Had they lost a single one of these games they would have missed the finals.
In the 2nd last match of the season Souths met Manly and were behind 7-4 with moments to go. The Manly - Warringah Sea Eagles are an Australian professional Rugby league club based on the Northern Beaches of Sydney Clive Churchill had broken his arm early in the game tackling Manly winger George Hugo but refused to leave the field. Clive Bernard Churchill AM ( 21 January 1927 &ndash 9 August 1985) was an Australian Rugby league footballer and coach 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. A typical Rugby league team consists of thirteen players on the field plus four substitutes on the bench Les Cowie was an Australian rugby league player a fine lock forward for the champion South Sydney Rabbitohs teams of the 1950s and an Australian Churchill would take no further part in Souths' 1955 finals campaign.
Ladder
Finals
Grand Final
After their incredible nine game end of season run and having come from behind in both their semi-finals it looked unlikely that South's fairytale would end happily on Grand Final day. The Newtown Jets (formerly the Newtown "Bluebags") are a former first grade Rugby league club who departed the New South Wales Rugby Football League The St George Dragons were a team in the National Rugby League competition in Australia The Manly - Warringah Sea Eagles are an Australian professional Rugby league club based on the Northern Beaches of Sydney The South Sydney Rabbitohs, also known as Souths, The Bunnies, SSFC or The Rabbits, are an Australian professional Rugby league The North Sydney Bears are an Australian Rugby league football club based in Sydney who currently compete in the New South Wales Cup. The Sydney Roosters is a professional Rugby league club based in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, Australia. The Balmain Tigers (also known as the Sydney Tigers from 1995-96 were one of the founding rugby league football clubs of the New South Wales Rugby League premiership The Parramatta Eels are an Australian professional Rugby league football club based in the Sydney suburb of Parramatta. The Bulldogs Rugby League Football Club (formerly Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and "The Berries") are an Australian professional Rugby league The Western Suburbs Magpies are a Rugby league football club in Sydney Australia The Manly - Warringah Sea Eagles are an Australian professional Rugby league club based on the Northern Beaches of Sydney The South Sydney Rabbitohs, also known as Souths, The Bunnies, SSFC or The Rabbits, are an Australian professional Rugby league The Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG is a sports Stadium in Sydney. The Newtown Jets (formerly the Newtown "Bluebags") are a former first grade Rugby league club who departed the New South Wales Rugby Football League The St George Dragons were a team in the National Rugby League competition in Australia The Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG is a sports Stadium in Sydney. The St George Dragons were a team in the National Rugby League competition in Australia The South Sydney Rabbitohs, also known as Souths, The Bunnies, SSFC or The Rabbits, are an Australian professional Rugby league The Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG is a sports Stadium in Sydney. The Newtown Jets (formerly the Newtown "Bluebags") are a former first grade Rugby league club who departed the New South Wales Rugby Football League The South Sydney Rabbitohs, also known as Souths, The Bunnies, SSFC or The Rabbits, are an Australian professional Rugby league The Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG is a sports Stadium in Sydney. A typical Rugby league team consists of thirteen players on the field plus four substitutes on the bench For the footballer Ian Moir see here. 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The 1955 Grand Final was very closely fought out. Souths trailed 8-4 at half-time and the Bluebags looked home with a 11-7 lead with ten minutes remaining. In the final moments captain-coach Jack Rayner managed to win a strike in the play-the-ball and toed it through. Jack Rayner (1921 – 17 May 2008) was an Australian state and national representative Rugby league player and coach whose club career was with Newtown lock Peter Ryan fumbled and again Rayner got the boot to it. Souths halfback Col Donohoe won the race and grounded the ball next to the posts, enabling an easy conversion by Bernie Purcell for the Rabbitohs to take a one point lead. Bernie Purcell was an Australian Rugby league footballer and coahc
A last gasp long-range penalty goal attempt from Bluebags fullback Gordon Clifford was unsuccessful and Souths won by a single point. A typical Rugby league team consists of thirteen players on the field plus four substitutes on the bench Despite being the best performed side for two successive seasons Newtown had nothing in the trophy cabinet to show for it. Souths had timed an extraordinary premiership run to absolute perfection.
Jack Rayner's fifth grand final win that day stands along with Ken Kearney's five wins by 1960 as the most number of grand final successes by an individual as captain. Kenneth Howard Kearney (born 3 May 1924, died 18 August 2006) was an Australian Rugby footballer - a dual-code international player - and later As captain-coach for all of those wins Rayner was thus also the first man to coach a side to five grand final victories, a record subsequently matched by Jack Gibson and beaten in 2006 by Wayne Bennett. Jack Arthur Gibson OAM ( 27 February 1929 &ndash 9 May 2008) was an Australian Rugby league identity - a player commentator The year 2006 saw the ninth National Rugby League premiership, the 99th season of professional Rugby league football in Australia Wayne James Bennett AM (born 1 January, 1950) is an Australian Rugby league football identity
South Sydney 12 ( Tries: Moir, Donohoe. Goals: Purcell 3. )
Newtown 11 ( Tries: Considine. Goals: Clifford 3. Fld Goal: Clifford)
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