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The 1947 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the fortieth season of Sydney's top-level rugby league football competition, Australia's first. The addition of two teams, Manly-Warringah and Parramatta, saw ten teams from across the city contest during the 1947 season, the first expansion of the League since Canterbury's introduction in 1935. The season sulminated in a grand final between the Balmain and Canterbury-Bankstown clubs.[1]
[edit] Season SummaryFor the first time since NSWRFL season 1937, more than eight clubs competed in the Sydney premiership due to the admission of Manly-Warringah and Parramatta to the first grade competition. Mid way through the season the Balmain Tigers looked out of touch winning only 6 of their first 12 games. Five consecutive wins to end the regular season left them in position to make a finals assault. Balmain's Bob Lulham's 28 try tally in 18 matches in 1947 remains that club's standing record for tries in a season and stands in second place behind Les Brennan's 1954 effort of 29 for the highest number of tries by a player in a debut season. [edit] Teams
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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 close to 100 appearances as a scrum front trio. They led a punishing Berries defence and give their side a better than even chance of possession in the scrum contests. Balmain's international star 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 semi-finals. 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 trailling 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 ) defeated Canterbury-Bankstown 9 (Tries: Hasson. Goals: Johnson 2, Hasson) [edit] References
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