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1940 NSWRFL season

August 29, 2023

The 1940 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the thirty-third season of Sydney’s top-level rugby league club competition, Australia’s first. Eight teams from across the city contested the premiership during the season, which lasted from April until August, culminating in Eastern Suburbs’ victory over Canterbury-Bankstown in the final.[1]

1940 New South Wales Rugby Football League
Teams8
Premiers Eastern Suburbs (8th title)
Minor premiers Eastern Suburbs (9th title)
Matches played59
Points scored1738
Top points scorer(s) Tom Kirk (99)
Top try-scorer(s) Jack Lindwall (19)

Season summary Edit

For this season St. George returned to Hurstville Oval as their home ground.

Teams Edit

Balmain
 

33rd season
Ground: Leichhardt Oval
Coach: Bill Kelly
Captain: Sid Goodwin

Canterbury-Bankstown
 

6th season
Ground: Belmore Oval
Coach: Alan Brady
Captain: Alan Brady→Jack Bonnyman

Eastern Suburbs
 

33rd season
Ground: Sydney Sports Ground
Coach: Dave Brown
Captain: Ray Stehr

Newtown
 

33rd season
Ground: Henson Park
Coach: Frank Burge
Captain: Percy Williams

North Sydney
 

33rd season
Ground: North Sydney Oval
Coach: Arthur Halloway
Captain: Roy Thompson

South Sydney
 

33rd season
Ground: Sydney Sports Ground
Coach: Charlie Lynch
Captain: Fred Felsch

St. George
 

20th season
Ground: Hurstville Oval
Captain-coach: Neville Smith

Western Suburbs
 

33rd season
Ground: Pratten Park
Captain-Coach: Max Gray

Ladder Edit

 
The geographical locations of the teams that contested the 1940 premiership across Sydney.
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1   Eastern Suburbs 14 9 1 4 250 136 +114 19
2   Newtown 14 9 0 5 261 200 +61 18
3   St. George 14 7 2 5 263 203 +60 16
4   Canterbury-Bankstown 14 8 0 6 204 195 +9 16
5   Balmain 14 7 1 6 199 162 +37 15
6   South Sydney 14 7 0 7 165 259 -94 14
7   North Sydney 14 4 0 10 156 243 -87 8
8   Western Suburbs 14 3 0 11 159 259 -100 6

Finals Edit

In the two semi finals, minor premiers Eastern Suburbs defeated St. George whilst fourth-placed Canterbury-Bankstown beat second-placed Newtown. Eastern Suburbs then beat Canterbury-Bankstown in the final to collect their eighth premiership.

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Crowd
Semifinals
  Eastern Suburbs 10–3   St. George 17 August 1940 Sydney Cricket Ground Jack O'Brien 17,473
  Newtown 11–19   Canterbury-Bankstown 24 August 1940 Sydney Cricket Ground Jack O'Brien 22,061
Final
  Eastern Suburbs 24–14   Canterbury-Bankstown 31 August 1940 Sydney Cricket Ground Jack O'Brien 24,167

Premiership final Edit

Led by their standard-setting captain-coach Dave Brown, the Tricolours continued their strong season performance with a semi-final victory over St George to gain a final berth.

Although Brown was ruled out on the morning of the decider with a leg injury, replacement Bill Brew slotted into the side and scored a try after backing up second rower Sid “Joe” Pearce who also scored the next try. The young Easts team, who averaged twenty years of age, overcame Canterbury by six tries to two.

Eastern Suburbs 24 (Tries: Pierce 2, O'Loan, Brew, Pearce, Clarke. Goals: Dunn 2 )

defeated

Canterbury-Bankstown 14 (Tries: Bonnyman, Denton. Goals: Johnson 4)

References Edit

  1. ^ Premiership Roll of Honour 2007-04-28 at the Wayback Machine at rl1908.com

External links Edit

  • Rugby League Tables - Notes AFL Tables
  • Rugby League Tables - Season 1940 AFL Tables
  • rl1908
  • Hunterlink Site
  • Sean Fagan interviews Dick Dunn
  • at rabbitohs.com.au

August 29, 2023
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