IDRLRA
Illawarra 1st Grade Grand Finals
FIRST GRADE GRAND FINAL APPOINTMENTS 1919 - 1948
WARREN WYNN
(Illawarra Referee 1958 - 1987)
ILLAWARRA 1st GRADE GRAND FINAL APPOINTMENTS - 1919 to 1948
Year Teams
Officials
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1919 Final Unanderra 8 - Wollongong Buccaneers 5
Referee – George Emery
1920 No Final - Wollongong Buccaneers awarded Premiership
1921 Final W'gong Buccaneers 5 Port Kembla 3
Referee - Mick Hegherty
1922 Final W'gong Buccaneers 5 - Pt Kembla 5
Replay ordered by I.R.L.
Referee - Neil Emery
1922 Replay PL Kembla 8 - W'gong Buccaneers 3
Referee - Mick Hegherty
1923 Final Pt. Kembla 3 - W'gong Buccaneers 0
Referee – Joe Black (Sydney)
1924 Final Pt. Kembla 22 - Wollongong Glebe 13
Referee - Mick Hegherty
1925 Final Gerringong 9 - Port Kembla 8
Referee – Bob Campbell
Touch Judges - Tom Coade & Rowley Penning
1926 Final Wollongong Glebe 13 - Keira 7
Referee – Herb Mills
Touch Judges - Jack McCloskey & Roger Richards
1927 Grand Final Port Kembla 2 - W'gong Glebe 0
Referee - Herb Mills
Touch Judges Arthur Askew & Rowley Penning
1928 Final Port Kembla 10 - Keira 6
Referee – Bob Campbell
Touch Judges – Jack McCloskey & Sam Parker
1929 Wollongong awarded Premiership.
(Jack McCloskey appointed referee but Port Kembla would not play under him)
1930 Grand Final Wollongong 13 - Port Kembla 6
Referee - Ray Walker
Touch Judges - Jack Kidd & Ned David
1931 Final Wollongong 31 - Thirroul 14
Referee – Sam Parker
Touch Judges – Vic Tate & Ray Walker
1932 Grand Final Wollongong 5 - Keira 4
Referee – Sam Parker,
Touch Judges - Arthur Askew & Jack Coltman
1933 Grand Final Wollongong 17 - Western Suburbs 17
Referee - Jack McCloskey
Touch Judges – Jack Kidd & Jack Coffman
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1933 Replay Western Suburbs 16 - Wollongong 11
Referee – Ned David
Touch Judges – Jack McCloskey & Jack Coltman
Year Teams
Officials
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1934 Grand Final Port Kembla 8 - Western Suburbs 6
Referee - Jack Coltman
1935 Grand Final Port Kembla 15 - Western Suburbs 8
Referee – Jack Coltman
Touch Judges – Arthur Coltman & George Nicholson
1936 Grand Final Mount Kembla 12 - Port Kembla 8
Referee - Jack Coltman
Touch Judges – Arthur Coltman & George Nicholson
1937 Final Port Kembla 41 - Wollongong 10
Referee - Jack Coltman
Touch Judges – George Nicholson & Ned David
1938 Final Port Kembla 18 - Mount Kembla 5
Referee - Jack Coltman
Touch Judges – Jack Kidd & Alf Jones
1939 Grand Final Replay Mount Kembla 26 - Port Kembla 15
Referee - Ned David
1940 Super Grade Final Port Kembla 20 – Mount Kembla 2
Referee - Jack Coltman
Touch Judges - Arthur Coltman & C. Wrench
1940 1st Grade Final Thirroul 4 - Corrimal 3
Referee - Jack Coltman
Touch Judges – Rex Massey & Sam Parker
1941 Final Port Kembla 24 - Corrimal 7
Referee - Jack Coltman
Touch Judges - Rex Massey & Sam Parker
1942 Final Port Kembla 17 - C.B.C. 9
Referee - Jack Coltman
Touch Judges – Alf Jones & Jack Kidd
1943 Final Port Kembla 16 - Wollongong 5
Referee - A. Jones
Touch Judges – Jack Coltman & Harold Gillard
1944 Final Port Kembla 30 - Thirroul 8
Referee – Alf Jones
Touch Judges – Harold Gillard & Bill Bemi
1945 Grand Final Wollongong 5 - Port Kembla 2
Referee – Alf Jones
Touch Judges – Harold Gillard & Arthur Leslie
1946 Final Port Kembla 19 - Wollongong 14
Referee - Alf Jones
Touch Judges – Col Markham & Hockey Greentree
1947 Grand Final Wollongong 21 – Port Kembla 8
Referee - Harold Gillard
Touch Judges – Alf Jones & Stan Edwards
1948 Grand Final Corrimal 22 - Port Kembla 7
Referee - Harold Gillard
Touch Judges – Alf Jones & Leo Ettinghausen