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where they were to be held for many years to come. The game played on July 26, 1916, in front of just six thousand people, saw the lead change three times in the first half with
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30:
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1802:ARL / SL war
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1263:
1248:
1233:Chook Fraser
1148:South Sydney
1147:
1146:
1143:
1138:
1137:
1128:
1112:Robert Craig
1105:George Moore
1080:Bill Schultz
1056:John Kerwick
921:Wally Dymant
883:
842:
801:
760:
735:North Sydney
719:
678:
637:
612:South Sydney
596:
515:Harold Leddy
497:
467:South Sydney
465:
453:Con Sullivan
434:North Sydney
432:
402:
370:
358:Jack Watkins
338:
310:
280:
245:South Sydney
239:North Sydney
194:
168:South Sydney
161:
148:rugby league
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134:
18:
1122:Bill Groves
1046:D. Cranston
448:Denis Lutge
420:Paddy McCue
388:Frank Burge
152:grand final
127:1917 →
122:← 1915
113:Frank Burge
67:(2nd title)
51:(2nd title)
1988:Categories
1290:AFL Tables
1282:AFL Tables
1264:rl1908.com
1240:References
1096:D. Stewart
1039:Roy Almond
1029:Alf Fraser
1004:Roy Norman
970:Rex Norman
954:C. Phelps
911:Lyall Wall
504:9th season
485:Roy Almond
473:9th season
439:9th season
409:9th season
377:9th season
346:9th season
317:9th season
287:7th season
1352:NSWRL era
1219:Bill Cann
1177:Jim Craig
1163:Bob Craig
1144:defeated
987:Bill Cann
960:Jim Craig
928:Reg Latta
902:Position
817:Annandale
513:Captain:
483:Captain:
451:Captain:
418:Captain:
386:Captain:
356:Captain:
296:Captain:
282:Annandale
204:Annandale
1256:Archived
899:Balmain
506:Ground:
476:Ground:
441:Ground:
411:Ground:
379:Ground:
349:Ground:
319:Ground:
289:Ground:
40:Premiers
1834:NRL era
1139:Balmain
776:Newtown
571:Balmain
511:Coach:
481:Coach:
446:Coach:
416:Coach:
404:Newtown
384:Coach:
354:Coach:
312:Balmain
294:Coach:
233:Newtown
209:Balmain
164:Balmain
65:Balmain
49:Balmain
1818:1997 (
1306:RL1908
1298:RL1908
524:Ladder
144:Sydney
892:Final
653:Glebe
533:Team
372:Glebe
227:Glebe
191:Teams
172:Glebe
137:1916
32:Teams
1972:2024
1966:2023
1961:2022
1956:2021
1951:2020
1946:2019
1941:2018
1936:2017
1931:2016
1926:2015
1921:2014
1916:2013
1911:2012
1906:2011
1901:2010
1896:2009
1891:2008
1886:2007
1881:2006
1876:2005
1871:2004
1866:2003
1861:2002
1856:2001
1851:2000
1846:1999
1841:1998
1814:1996
1809:1995
1793:1994
1788:1993
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1778:1991
1773:1990
1768:1989
1763:1988
1758:1987
1753:1986
1748:1985
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1738:1983
1733:1982
1728:1981
1723:1980
1718:1979
1713:1978
1708:1977
1703:1976
1698:1975
1693:1974
1688:1973
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1678:1971
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1668:1969
1663:1968
1656:1967
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1521:1940
1516:1939
1511:1938
1504:1937
1499:1936
1494:1935
1489:1934
1484:1933
1479:1932
1474:1931
1469:1930
1464:1929
1459:1928
1454:1927
1449:1926
1444:1925
1439:1924
1434:1923
1429:1922
1424:1921
1419:1920
1414:1919
1409:1918
1404:1917
1399:1916
1394:1915
1389:1914
1384:1913
1379:1912
1374:1911
1369:1910
1364:1909
1359:1908
880:-157
675:+111
557:Pts
536:Pld
170:and
135:The
115:(22)
99:(94)
83:1174
1820:ARL
1262:at
1013:(c)
877:249
839:-69
836:163
798:-19
795:153
792:134
757:-81
754:189
751:108
716:+81
710:170
672:106
669:217
634:+53
631:117
628:170
593:+81
590:100
587:181
554:PD
551:PA
548:PF
1990::
1824:SL
1822:/
1117:LK
1100:SR
1085:SR
1068:PR
1051:HK
1034:PR
1017:HB
999:FE
982:WG
965:CE
950:CE
933:WG
916:FB
874:92
871:12
862:14
833:94
830:10
821:14
780:14
761:10
739:14
720:16
713:89
698:14
679:21
660:10
657:14
638:22
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616:14
597:22
578:11
575:14
545:L
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199:.
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802:9
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786:1
783:4
767:6
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745:0
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704:2
701:7
685:4
666:3
663:1
644:3
625:3
622:0
603:2
584:3
581:0
562:1
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