1937 NSWRFL season

Rugby league competition March 2024 1937 New South Wales Rugby Football League 125px 9 16x16px Eastern Suburbs 7th 16x16px Eastern Suburbs 8th 36 1088 16x16px Jack Beaton (56) 16x16px Fred Tottey (10) University 10th 1936 NSWRFL season 1936 1938 NSWRFL season 1938 The 1937 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the 30th season of the Sydney, New South Wales-based top-grade rugby league club competition, Australia's first. Nine teams from across the city contested the premiership during the season, which lasted from April until June, with Eastern Suburbs being crowned champions.Premiership Roll of Honour https://web.archive.org/web/20070428143335/http://rl1908.com/clubcomps/Honours.htm 2007-04-28 at rl1908.com Season summary The 1937 season only lasted eight rounds due to the Kangaroo tour, and used a “first past the post” system to determine the premiers. There were no Finals. The second half of what would normally have been the NSWRFL season was taken up with a City Cup competition. Eastern Suburbs won their seventh Premiership going through the season undefeated – a feat achieved by teams in only five other seasons before or since. Having won only two matches in four seasons and only fifteen (plus two draws) in the nine seasons since 1929, the University club withdrew voluntarily from the premiership at the end of the season. Teams 1937 proved University’s final NSWRFL season.History of the Premiership http://www.centenaryofrugbyleague.com.au/site/about/history/history-of-the-premiership.aspx https://web.archive.org/web/20080209104018/http://www.centenaryofrugbyleague.com.au/site/about/history/history-of-the-premiership.aspx dead 9 February 2008 centenaryofrugbyleague.com.au Australian Rugby League 21 October 2013 After being allowed one more season to prove themselves, the Students did not win a match in any grade, scoring only 41 points in first grade, 39 in reserves, and 21 in third grade – in which University veterans were allowed to play the second half of the last match as a farewell.Lester, Gary; From Berries to Bulldogs: Fifty Years of Canterbury-Bankstown RLFC, p. 25 0949853062 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 South Sydney, formed on January 17, 1908, at Redfern Town Hall St. George, formed on November 8, 1920, at Kogarah School of Arts University, formed in 1919 at Sydney University Western Suburbs, formed on February 4, 1908 Balmain100px|center 30th seasonGround: Leichhardt Oval Coach: Harold MatthewsCaptain(s): Jim Duckworth, Jack RedmanCanterbury-Bankstown100px|center 3rd seasonGround: Belmore Oval Coach: George MasonCaptain: Alan BradyEastern Suburbs100px|center 30th seasonGround: Sydney Cricket Ground Coach: Arthur Halloway Captain: Viv Thicknesse Newtown100px|center 30th seasonGround:Henson Park Coach: Bill KellyCaptain: Herb Narvo North Sydney100px|center 30th seasonGround: North Sydney Oval Captain-Coach: Laurie Ward South Sydney100px|center 30th seasonGround: Sydney Sports Ground Coach: Charlie Lynch Captain: Eric Lewis St. George100px|center 17th seasonGround: Earl Park Coach: Peter Burge / Norm PopeCaptain: Norm Pope & Percy Fairall University100px|center 18th season Coach: Bob "Botsy" Williams Captain: Tom CareyWestern Suburbs100px|center 30th seasonGround: Pratten Park Coach: Jerry Brien Captain: Cliff Pearce Ladder 230px|thumb|right|The geographical locations of the teams that contested the 1937 premiership across Sydney. TeamPldWDLBPFPAPDPts116x16px Eastern Suburbs8620118756+13116216x16px South Sydney8512116458+10613316x16px St. George8512115192+5913416x16px Newtown84041144126+1810516x16px Canterbury840419891+710616x16px Balmain84041115136-2110716x16px North Sydney830518494-108816x16px Western Suburbs83051104126-228916x16px Sydney University8008141309-2682 References External links Rugby League Tables - Notes AFL Tables Rugby League Tables - Season 1937 AFL Tables Premiership History and Statistics RL1908 Results: 1931-40 at rabbitohs.com.au Category:New South Wales Rugby League premiership Nswrfl season