South Sydney Rabbitohs 21–5 Eastern Suburbs Roosters — Semi-Final, 1926 NRL Finals Series
11 Sep 1926 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, NSW · Attendance: 15,000
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Semi-Final, 1926 NRL finals series: South Sydney Rabbitohs 21–5 Eastern Suburbs Roosters, at Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, NSW on 11 Sep 1926.
Sourcing caveat: This match's scoring only fully surfaced after several repeated extraction passes of the source page — an initial pass under-reported South Sydney's try list, and the Lapham/Lawrence/Treweek tries needed to reach the recorded 21 points were found only on a later, more thorough pass. The final reading does reconcile exactly, but confidence in this match's completeness is lower than most others in this backlog; independent verification against a period newspaper source would be worthwhile if higher confidence is needed.
Scorers
| South Sydney Rabbitohs | Tries: Root (2); Lapham; Lawrence; Treweek Goals: Blair; Righton; Watson |
| Eastern Suburbs Roosters | Tries: Byrne Goals: Hedger |
Team sheets
| South Sydney Rabbitohs | Eastern Suburbs Roosters | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Righton | Fullback | Rigney | 1 |
| 2 | Wearing | Wing | Steel | 2 |
| 3 | Why | Centre | Byrne | 3 |
| 4 | Lawrence | Centre | Toby | 4 |
| 5 | Harris | Wing | Hardy | 5 |
| 6 | Blair (c) | Five-Eighth | G. Harris | 6 |
| 7 | Brogan | Halfback | Hedger | 7 |
| 8 | Lapham | Lock | Ives | 8 |
| 9 | Cavanough | Second Row | Watkins (c) | 9 |
| 10 | Treweek | Second Row | Oxford | 10 |
| 11 | Root | Prop | T. Fitzpatrick | 11 |
| 12 | O'Connor | Hooker | Boddington | 12 |
| 13 | Watson | Prop | N. Fitzpatrick | 13 |
| Howard Hallett | Coach | Jack Watkins | ||
Match officials
| Referee | William Neill |
Match report
11 Sep 1926, SCG. Halftime: South Sydney 5, Eastern Suburbs 0. Ernie Lapham (South Sydney) was sent off, after having scored his try.