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1953 South Sydney season

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1953 South Sydney season
NSWRFL Rank1st
1953 recordWins: 11; draws: 1; losses: 6
Points scoredFor: 384; against: 278
Team information
Coach-CaptainRupert John Reyner
Captain
StadiumRedfern Oval
Top scorers
TriesIan Moir (23)
PointsIan Moir (69)
← 1952 List of seasons 1954 →

The 1953 South Sydney Rabbitohs season was the 46th in the club's history. They competed in the New South Wales Rugby Football League's 1953 Premiership, and won the grand final.

Ladder

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 South Sydney 18 11 1 6 384 278 +106 23
2 St. George 18 11 0 7 313 289 +24 22
3 North Sydney 18 10 1 7 421 283 +138 21
4 Eastern Suburbs 18 10 1 7 330 310 +20 21
5 Newtown 18 9 2 7 292 268 +24 20
6 Canterbury 18 9 2 7 252 291 -39 20
7 Parramatta 18 8 1 9 271 291 -20 17
8 Balmain 18 7 0 11 313 377 -64 14
9 Manly 18 6 0 12 294 393 -99 12
10 Western Suburbs 18 5 0 13 287 377 -90 10

Results

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Round Opponent Result Score Date Venue
1 Western Suburbs Loss 28 – 44 Saturday 4 April Sydney Cricket Ground
2 Newtown Loss[2] 12 – 24 Monday 6 April Redfern Oval
3 Eastern Suburbs Loss[3] 18 – 22 Saturday 11 April Sydney Sports Ground
4 Manly Warringah Win[4] 19 – 12 Saturday 18 April Redfern Oval
5 St George Win[5] 23 – 10 Saturday 18 April Sydney Cricket Ground
6 Canterbury Win[6] 14 – 2 Saturday 2 May Sydney Cricket Ground
7 North Sydney Loss[7] 13 – 43 Saturday 9 May Sydney Sports Ground
8 Parramatta Win[8] 27 – 12 Saturday 6 June Redfern Oval
9 Balmain Loss[9] 12 – 16 Saturday 13 June Redfern Oval
10 Western Suburbs Win[10] 13 – 9 Saturday 20 June Redfern Oval
11 Newtown Draw[11] 5 – 5 Saturday 27 June Erskineville Oval
12 Eastern Suburbs Win 21 – 2 Saturday 4 July Redfern Oval
13 Manly Warringah Win 27 – 5 Saturday 11 July Brookvale Oval
14 St George Loss 15 – 18 Saturday 18 July Kogerah Oval
15 Canterbury Win 51 – 15 Saturday 1 August Redfern Oval
16 North Sydney Win 38 – 17 Saturday 8 August Sydney Cricket Ground
17 Parramatta Win 29 – 11 Saturday 15 August Cumberland Oval
18 Balmain Win 19 – 11 Saturday 22 August Leichhardt Oval
SF North Sydney Win 5 – 4 Saturday 29 August Sydney Cricket Ground
GF St George Win 31 – 12 Saturday 12 September Sydney Cricket Ground

References

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  1. ^ "NSWRFL 1953 - South Sydney Rabbitohs". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Three tries to Preston". The Sydney Morning Herald. 7 April 1953. p. 10 – via Trove, National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Rabbit-ohs are skinned". Truth. 12 April 1953. p. 23 – via Trove, National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "Football results at a glance". Truth. 19 April 1953. p. 24 – via Trove, National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ Jim Mathers (26 April 1953). "Churchill knighted at S.C.G. Greatest try ever; then sent off". Truth. pp. 24–25 – via Trove, National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ Jim Mathers (3 May 1953). "Moir wears mantle of Harold Horder". Truth – via Trove, National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ Jim Mathers (10 May 1953). "Souths Settled and sunk - Norths turn on league boilover". Truth – via Trove, National Library of Australia.
  8. ^ "Souths led stampede". Truth. 7 June 1953. p. 25 – via Trove, National Library of Australia.
  9. ^ "Tigers tamed souths". Truth. 14 June 1953. p. 26 – via Trove, National Library of Australia.
  10. ^ "Wests' spurt too late". Truth Sydney. 21 June 1953. p. 27 – via Trove, National Library of Australia.
  11. ^ "Souths in 5-all draw". Truth Sydney. 28 June 1953. p. 28 – via Trove, National Library of Australia.