1940 NSWRFL season

Rugby league competition March 2024 1940 New South Wales Rugby Football League 125px 8 16x16px Eastern Suburbs 8th 16x16px Eastern Suburbs 9th 59 1738 16x16px Tom Kirk (99) 16x16px Jack Lindwall (19) 16x16px Western Suburbs 7th 1939 NSWRFL season 1939 1941 NSWRFL season 1941 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.Premiership Roll of Honour https://web.archive.org/web/20070428143335/http://rl1908.com/clubcomps/Honours.htm 2007-04-28 at rl1908.com Season summary For this season St. George returned to Hurstville Oval as their home ground. Teams Balmain, formed on January 23, 1908, at Balmain Town Hall Canterbury-Bankstown Eastern Suburbs, formed on January 24, 1908, at Paddington Town Hall Newtown, formed on January 14, 1908 North Sydney, formed on February 7, 1908, at the North Sydney School of Arts in Mount Street South Sydney, formed on January 17, 1908, at Redfern Town Hall St. George, formed on November 8, 1920, at Kogarah School of Arts Western Suburbs, formed on February 4, 1908 Balmain100px|center 33rd seasonGround: Leichhardt Oval Coach: Bill KellyCaptain: Sid GoodwinCanterbury-Bankstown100px|center 6th seasonGround: Belmore Oval Coach: Alan BradyCaptain: Alan Brady→Jack BonnymanEastern Suburbs100px|center 33rd seasonGround: Sydney Sports Ground Coach: Dave BrownCaptain: Ray StehrNewtown100px|center 33rd seasonGround: Henson Park Coach: Frank BurgeCaptain: Percy WilliamsNorth Sydney100px|center 33rd seasonGround: North Sydney Oval Coach: Arthur HallowayCaptain: Roy ThompsonSouth Sydney100px|center 33rd seasonGround: Sydney Sports Ground Coach: Charlie LynchCaptain: Fred FelschSt. George100px|center 20th seasonGround: Hurstville Oval Captain-coach: Neville SmithWestern Suburbs100px|center 33rd seasonGround: Pratten Park Captain-Coach: Max Gray Ladder 230px|thumb|right|The geographical locations of the teams that contested the 1940 premiership across Sydney. TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts116x16px Eastern Suburbs14914250136+11419216x16px Newtown14905261200+6118316x16px St. George14725263203+6016416x16px Canterbury14806204195+916516x16px Balmain14716199162+3715616x16px South Sydney14707165259-9414716x16px North Sydney144010156243-878816x16px Western Suburbs143011159259-1006 Finals 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. HomeScoreAwayMatch InformationDate and TimeVenueRefereeCrowd Semifinals 23x23px Eastern Suburbs10–3 23x23px St. George17 August 1940Sydney Cricket GroundJack O'Brien17,473 23x23px Newtown11–19 23x23px Canterbury-Bankstown24 August 1940Sydney Cricket GroundJack O'Brien22,061 Final 23x23px Eastern Suburbs24–14 23x23px Canterbury-Bankstown31 August 1940Sydney Cricket GroundJack O'Brien24,167 Premiership final Eastern SuburbsPositionCanterbury-Bankstown 13. Doug Bartlett FB 13. Lindsay Johnson 12. Rod O'Loan WG 17. Edgar Newham 37. Stan Callaghan CE 9. Merv Denton10. Dick Dunn CE 23. Bob Russell 22. Bill Brew WG 11. Jack Bonnyman (c) 8. Fred May FE 8. Ted Anderson 25. Sel Lisle HB 7. Roy McCarter Ray Stehr (c) PR 14. Jim Gibbs 2. Noel Hollingdale HK 2.Roy Kirkaldy 18. John Clarke PR 6. Jack Reilly 4. Harry Pierce SR 5. Bob Allison 5. Sid Pearce SR 15. Bob Farrar 6. Andrew Norval LK 31. Gordon ClunasDave Brown Coach Alan Brady 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 External links Rugby League Tables - Notes AFL Tables Rugby League Tables - Season 1940 AFL Tables rl1908.com History and Statistics rl1908 Finals Line-ups and Scores Hunterlink Site rl1908.com interview Sean Fagan interviews Dick Dunn Results: 1931-40 at rabbitohs.com.au Category:New South Wales Rugby League premiership Nswrfl season