1951 South Sydney season

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.

Ladder

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	South Sydney	18	16	1	1	428	237	+191	33
2	Manly-Warringah	18	11	0	7	424	262	+162	22
3	St. George	18	10	1	7	374	251	+123	21
4	Western Suburbs	18	10	0	8	360	333	+27	20
5	Eastern Suburbs	18	9	0	9	304	340	-36	18
6	Parramatta	18	9	0	9	309	410	-101	18
7	Canterbury-Bankstown	18	7	0	11	266	362	-96	14
8	Newtown	18	6	0	12	261	341	-80	12
9	Balmain	18	6	0	12	283	365	-82	12
10	North Sydney	18	5	0	13	220	328	-108	10

Fixtures

Regular season

Round	Opponent	Result	Score	Date	Venue	Crowd	Ref
1	North Sydney	Win	20 – 6	Saturday 7 April	North Sydney Oval		[1]
2	Eastern Suburbs	Win	21 – 14	Saturday 14 April	Sports Ground	8,600	[2]
3	Balmain	Win	16 – 10	Saturday 21 April	Redfern Oval	8,400	[3]
4	Manly-Warringah	Win	29 – 17	Wednesday 25 April	Royal Agricultural Society Showground	9,400	[4]
5	Western Suburbs	Win	36 – 14	Saturday 28 April	Sydney Cricket Ground	28,400	[5]
6	Newtown	Win	23 – 17	Saturday 5 May	Sydney Cricket Ground	22,800	[6]
7	St. George	Draw	16 – 16	Wednesday 9 May	Sydney Cricket Ground	50,000	[7]
8	Canterbury-Bankstown	Win	67 – 0	Saturday 26 May	Sports Ground	15,300	[8]
9	Parramatta	Win	36 – 10	Saturday 9 June	Sydney Cricket Ground	14,300	[9]
10	North Sydney	Win	18 – 9	Saturday 16 June	Redfern Oval		[10]
11	Eastern Suburbs	Loss	19 – 22	Sunday 22 June	Redfern Oval		[11]
12	Balmain	Win	7 – 33	Saturday 30 June	Leichhardt Oval	16,800	[12]
13	Manly-Warringah	Win	16 – 12	Saturday 7 July	Sports Ground	13,400	[13]
14	Western Suburbs	Win	16 – 12	Saturday 28 July	Pratten Park		[14]
15	Newtown	Win	25 – 18	Saturday 4 August	Redfern Oval	5,500	[15]
16	St. George	Win	22 – 15	Saturday 11 August	Sydney Cricket Ground	30,800	[16]
17	Canterbury-Bankstown	Win	23 – 19	Saturday 18 August	Redfern Oval	39,700	[17]
18	Parramatta	Win	10 – 50	Saturday 25 August	Cumberland	28,600	[18]

Finals

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time	Venue	Referee	Crowd
Semifinals
South Sydney	8–35	St. George	1 September 1951	Sydney Cricket Ground	Aub Oxford	39,735
Final
South Sydney	42–14	Manly-Warringah	23 September 1951	Sydney Sports Ground	Jack O'Brien	28,505

Records

Many notable club and NSWRL/NRL records were set in the 1951 season.

Club records

• Highest Score in a Grand Final: 42 points versus Manly-Warringah in 1951 (Souths won 42–14)
• Most Tries in a Grand Final: 8 tries versus Manly-Warringah in 1951
• Most Goals in a Grand Final: 9 goals versus Manly-Warringah in 1951
• Most Tries in a Grand Final by an Individual Player: 4 tries by John Graves versus Manly-Warringah in 1951
• Most Tries in a season by an Individual Player: 28 tries by John Graves from 17 games

NSWRL/NRL records

• Most Tries in a season by an Individual Player

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).

References

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