| Year: | 1950 |
| Competition: | New South Wales Rugby Football League |
| Teams: | 10 |
| Count: | 12th |
| Mpcount: | 11th |
| Matches: | 93 |
| Points: | 2901 |
| Top Point Scorer: | Bill Keato (180) |
| Top Try Scorer: | Jack Troy (16) |
| Prevseason Link: | 1949 NSWRFL season |
| Prevseason Year: | 1949 |
| Nextseason Link: | 1951 NSWRFL season |
| Nextseason Year: | 1951 |
The 1950 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the forty-third season of Sydney’s top-level rugby league competition, Australia’s first. Ten teams from across the city contested the premiership during the season which culminated in a grand final between South Sydney and Western Suburbs.
| width=20 abbr="Position×" | width=175 | Team | width=20 abbr="Played" | Pld | width=20 abbr="Won" | W | width=20 abbr="Drawn" | D | width=20 abbr="Lost" | L | width=20 abbr="Points for" | PF | width=20 abbr="Points against" | PA | width=25 abbr="Points difference" | PD | width=20 abbr="Points" | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Sydney | 18 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 323 | 228 | +95 | 28 | ||||||||||
| 2 | Balmain | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 255 | 208 | +47 | 26 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Newtown | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 347 | 269 | +78 | 24 | ||||||||||
| 4 | Western Suburbs | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 307 | 259 | +48 | 22 | ||||||||||
| 5 | St. George | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 336 | 261 | +75 | 21 | ||||||||||
| 6 | Canterbury | 18 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 296 | 277 | +19 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 7 | Eastern Suburbs | 18 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 237 | 345 | -108 | 14 | ||||||||||
| 8 | Manly | 18 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 231 | 293 | -62 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 9 | Parramatta | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 203 | 296 | -93 | 9 | ||||||||||
| 10 | North Sydney | 18 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 258 | 357 | -99 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Home | Score | Away | Match Information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=17% | Date and Time | width=17% | Venue | width=11% | Referee | width=7% | Crowd | ||
| Semifinals | |||||||||
| align=left | South Sydney | 30–4 | align=left | Newtown | 2 September 1950 | Sydney Cricket Ground | George Bishop | 33,514 | |
| align=left | Balmain | 10–28 | align=left | Western Suburbs | 9 September 1950 | Sydney Sports Ground | Tom McMahon | 33,542 | |
| Final | |||||||||
| align=left | South Sydney | 21–15 | align=left | Western Suburbs | 16 September 1950 | Sydney Sports Ground | Tom McMahon | 32,373 | |
| South Sydney | Position | Western Suburbs |
|---|---|---|
| WG | 22. Jack Wall | |
| 20. Dev Dines | ||
| CE | 3. Jack Woods | |
| 26. John Lackey | ||
| 6. Frank Stanmore (c) | ||
| HB | 7. Keith Holman | |
| 57. Don Stait | ||
| 15. Alan Hornery | ||
| 5. Bill Horder | ||
| SR | 17. Kevin Hansen | |
| 4. Jack Rayner (Ca./Co.) | 9. Don Milton | |
| 8. Peter McLean | ||
Souths’ captain Jack Rayner led the team in fine style to their first title in eighteen years while the club’s internationals all stood up and were counted. Forward Bernie Purcell kicked five long-range penalty goals in succession; fullback Clive Churchill ran Wests’ heavyweight forwards off their legs and winger Johnny Graves scored two great tries.
South Sydney Rabbitohs 21 (Tries: Graves 2, Smailes. Goals: Purcell 5, Graves 1.)
Western Suburbs Magpies 15 (Tries: Holman. Goals: Keato 6.)
The following statistics are as of the conclusion of Round 18.Top 5 point scorers
| width=50 | Points | width=200 | Player | width=30 | Tries | width=30 | Goals | width=30 | Field Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 152 | Bill Keato | 2 | 73 | 0 | |||||
| 124 | Joe Jorgenson | 4 | 56 | 0 | |||||
| 116 | Noel Pidding | 6 | 49 | 0 | |||||
| 111 | Darcy Russell | 1 | 54 | 0 | |||||
| 106 | Bernie Purcell | 8 | 41 | 0 |
| width=50 | Tries | width=200 | Player |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | Jack Troy | ||
| 13 | Ron Roberts | ||
| 12 | Bobby Lulham | ||
| 12 | Mitchell Wallace | ||
| 12 | Peter O'Brien |
| width=50 | Goals | width=200 | Player |
|---|---|---|---|
| 73 | Bill Keato | ||
| 56 | Joe Jorgenson | ||
| 54 | Darcy Russell | ||
| 49 | Noel Pidding | ||
| 47 | Ron Willey |