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The 1929 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the 22nd season of Sydney's top-level rugby league football competition, Australia's first. During the season, which lasted from April until September, nine teams from across Sydney contested the premiership, culminating in a South Sydney's win over Newtown in the final.[1]

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Half of the 1929 season was played without several of the League's top players who were selected to embark on the 1929–30 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain. South Sydney won their ninth premiership and fifth in succession, defeating Newtown in the Final.

Teams

At the end of 1929 Glebe exited the League[2] because of a lack of a home ground, poor results and primarily because the area they represented was no longer big enough to support a club.

Balmain
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22nd season
Ground: Birchgrove Oval
Captain-Coach: Reg Latta
Eastern Suburbs
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22nd season
Ground: RAS Showground
Coach: George Boddington
Captain: Arthur Oxford
Glebe
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22nd season
Ground: Wentworth Park
Coach: Chris McKivat
Captain: Jack McMahon
Newtown
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22nd season
Ground: Marrickville Oval
Coach: Jack Chaseling[3]
Captain(s): Tom Ellis, Fred Lind
North Sydney
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22nd season
Ground: North Sydney Oval
Coach: Leo O'Connor
Captain: Les Carroll
St. George
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9th season
Ground: Earl Park
Coach: Frank Burge
Captain: Arthur Justice
South Sydney
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22nd season
Ground: Sydney Sports Ground
Coach: Charlie Lynch
Captain: Alf Blair
University
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10th season
Coach:Billy Kelly
Captain: Sammy Ogg
Western Suburbs
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22nd season
Ground: Pratten Park
Captain-Coach: Jim Craig

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Finals

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Premiership final

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South Sydney took their fifth successive title outgunning Newtown 30–10 after leading 18–2 at half-time.

The Whiticker/Collis reference quotes Sydney's Labor Daily[4] in praise of Souths' win: "Newtown faced inevitable defeat, and while the margin was large, it hardly demonstrated South Sydney's superiority. They were on top from the start and gave a scintillating display both in combination and individual effort. Alf Blair played probably the greatest game in his long career".

Brothers Alf and Frank O'Connor both scored tries for the winning Rabbitohs. The next time two brothers would each score a try in a premiership decider was when Brett and Glenn Stewart scored for Manly-Warringah in their 2011 NRL Grand Final win over New Zealand.

South Sydney 30 (Tries: Alf Blair 3, Reg Williams 3, Frank O'Connor, Alf O'Connor. Goals: Alf Blair 2, Reg Williams)

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Newtown 10 (Tries: Ben Edwards 2. Goals: George Casey 2)

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