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#REDIRECT [[1923 NSWRFL season#Finals]]
'''Premiership Final of the [[New South Wales Rugby League]], Wednesday the 12th of September [[1923]].'''
[[Sydney Roosters|Eastern Suburbs]] '''15''' ([[Harry Caples]] 2, Les Steel tries; Arthur Oxford 3 goals) defeated [[South Sydney Rabbitohs| South Sydney]] '''12''' (Benny Wearing 2 tries; Benny Wearing 3 goals) at the [[Sydney Cricket Ground]];Crowd 15,000; Referee Tom McMahon.
[[Sydney Roosters|Easts]] kicked off in front of 15,000 spectors, [[South Sydney Rabbitohs|Souths]] responded soon after with a [[try]] to Benny Wearing, the try was unconverted leaving Souths with a 3-0 lead, [[Sydney Roosters|Easts]] responded with an unconverted try to Les Steel after some good lead up work from [[Sydney Roosters|Easts]] captain [[Harry Caples]]. Both sides then traded penalty [[goal]]s. The [[Sydney Roosters|Tricolours]] took a 7-5 lead to the break following another [[goal]] to front-row [[forward]] Arthur Oxford.
After the break play flowed from end to end until, from a [[scrum]] win in [[South Sydney Rabbitohs|Souths]] [[halfback]], Johnstone, kicked over the defense, regathered, then found Wearing who scored under the posts, Wearing then [[converted]] his own [[try]] to give[[ South Sydney Rabbitohs|Souths]] a 10-7 lead. The lead changed yet again when [[Harry Caples|Caples]] took an [[intercept]], kicked past the[[ fullback]] and scored, Oxford converted to make it 12-10. A penalty goal to Benny Wearing soon after locked the scores up at 12 points all. With time almost up Caples scored out wide after some fine lead up work from Easts centre, Dawson.
The win gave [[Sydney Roosters|Eastern Suburbs]] their first [[premiership]] in ten years. [[rugby league|Rugby league]] publication 'Rugby League News' refered to the match as "the most brilliant game of the season."
The line-ups that day were:- [[Sydney Roosters|Eastern Suburbs]]; E. Rigney; C. Abotomey, J. Dawson, L. Steel, G. Agar; [[Harry Caples]](c), S. Kaufmann; A. Oxford, J.Watkins, B. Ives, T. Molloy, H. Holmes W. Richards; E. Connerton replaced an injured G. Agar. [[South Sydney Rabbitohs|South Sydney]]; H. Hallet; B. Wearing, T Barry, V Lawrence, O Quinlivan; W Gillespie (c), A Johnstone; D Watson, P Murphy, P Horne, E Wilmot, A O'Connor, J Lawrence.
(Sources: History Of The NSW Rugby League Finals(Steve Haddan)).
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