Eastern Suburbs Roosters 15–12 South Sydney Rabbitohs — Final, 1923 NRL Finals Series
12 Sep 1923 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, NSW · Attendance: 15,000
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Final, 1923 NRL finals series: Eastern Suburbs Roosters 15–12 South Sydney Rabbitohs, at Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, NSW on 12 Sep 1923.
Sourcing caveat: RLP's jersey-number column for this match looked corrupted/unreliable for both teams (duplicate and out-of-range numbers) - left blank here rather than reproduced, with player names and positions still considered reliable. RLP's default scoresheet undercounted Wearing at 2 goals rather than 3; Wikipedia's figure of 3 was needed to reconcile the 12-point score for South Sydney.
Scorers
| Eastern Suburbs Roosters | Tries: Caples (2); Steel Goals: Oxford (3) |
| South Sydney Rabbitohs | Tries: Wearing (2) Goals: Wearing (3) |
Team sheets
| Eastern Suburbs Roosters | South Sydney Rabbitohs | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rigney | Fullback | Hallett | ||
| Abotomey | Wing | Wearing | ||
| Ives | Centre | A. O'Connor | ||
| Richards | Centre | Lawrence | ||
| Oxford | Wing | Johnston | ||
| Watkins | Five-Eighth | Gillespie (c) | ||
| Kaufmann | Halfback | Barry | ||
| Caples (c) | Lock | Quinlivan | ||
| Dawson | Second Row | Watson | ||
| Agar | Second Row | Murphy | ||
| Steel | Prop | Horne | ||
| Molloy | Hooker | V. Lawrence | ||
| Connerton | Prop | Willmott | ||
| Ray Norman | Coach | William Gillespie | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Tom McMahon |
Match report
12 Sep 1923, SCG. Halftime: Eastern Suburbs 7, South Sydney 3. This was Eastern Suburbs' first premiership in ten years (since 1913), described by Rugby League News at the time as the most brilliant game of the season.