South Sydney Rabbitohs 26–12 North Sydney Bears — Final, 1952 NRL Finals Series
13 Sep 1952 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, NSW · Attendance: 44,166
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Final, 1952 NRL finals series: South Sydney Rabbitohs 26–12 North Sydney Bears, at Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, NSW on 13 Sep 1952.
Sourcing caveat: RLP's individual match page for this game only mentions Threlfo's 2 tries, an incomplete listing; the round-summary's fuller 6-try list is the one that reconciles with the 26-point score (6x3 + 4x2 = 26), so it is used here.
Scorers
| South Sydney Rabbitohs | Tries: Threlfo (2); Graves; Macreadie; Rayner; Spencer Goals: Brogan (4) |
| North Sydney Bears | Tries: Diversi; Toole Goals: Diversi (2); Middleton (1) |
Team sheets
| South Sydney Rabbitohs | North Sydney Bears | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Murdoch | Fullback | Middleton | 1 |
| 2 | Smailles | Wing | O'Brien | 2 |
| 3 | Threlfo | Centre | Toole | 3 |
| 4 | Spencer | Centre | Martin | 4 |
| 5 | Graves | Wing | McClean | 5 |
| 6 | Spillane | Five-Eighth | Sullivan (c) | 6 |
| 7 | Brogan | Halfback | Gillon | 7 |
| 8 | Purcell | Lock | Diversi | 8 |
| 9 | Rayner (c) | Second Row | Evenden | 9 |
| 10 | Macreadie | Second Row | Waters | 10 |
| 11 | Donoghue | Prop | Hudson | 11 |
| 12 | Hammerton | Hooker | Strong | 12 |
| 13 | Orrock | Prop | Fitzgerald | 13 |
| Jack Rayner | Coach | Ross McKinnon | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Jack O'Brien |
Match report
13 Sep 1952, 3:00pm, SCG. Halftime: South Sydney 6, North Sydney 4. This is the "Final" round of the 1952 four-tier finals format, not the Grand Final (which was Western Suburbs vs South Sydney, played a week later and outside this backlog's scope).