1947 NSWRFL season

1947 New South Wales Rugby Football League
Teams10
Premiers Balmain[1] (10th title)
Minor premiers Canterbury (3rd title)
Matches played95
Points scored3238
Top points scorer(s) Pat Devery (142)
Top try-scorer(s) Bob Lulham (28)

The 1947 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the fortieth season of Sydney’s top-level rugby league competition, Australia’s first. For the first time, the number of clubs in the league reached double digits due to the admission of Manly-Warringah and Parramatta to the first grade competition. The season culminated in a grand final between the Balmain and Canterbury-Bankstown clubs.[2]

  1. ^ Premiership Roll of Honour Archived April 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine at rl1908.com
  2. ^ "Canterbury wants Kilham back". The Sydney Morning Herald. Australia. 1947-09-15. p. 8. Retrieved 2009-11-20.