1935 NSWRFL season

Rugby league competition March 2024 1935 New South Wales Rugby Football League 125px 9 16x16px Eastern Suburbs 5th 16x16px Eastern Suburbs 6th 75 16x16px Dave Brown (244) 16x16px Dave Brown (38) University 8th 1934 NSWRFL season 1934 1936 NSWRFL season 1936 The 1935 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the twenty-eighth season of Sydney’s top-grade rugby league club competition, Australia’s first. The season culminated in Eastern Suburbs’ victory over South Sydney in the final.Premiership Roll of Honour at rl1908.com Teams The addition of Canterbury-Bankstown meant that the League involved nine clubs for the first time since 1929.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 Balmain, formed on January 23, 1908, at Balmain Town Hall Canterbury-Bankstown, formed October 30, 1934. 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 28th seasonGround: Leichhardt Oval Coach: George RobinsonCaptain: Joe BuschCanterbury-Bankstown100px|center 1st seasonGround: Pratten Park Coach: Tedda CourtneyCaptain: Jack Morrison & Tom CareyEastern Suburbs100px|center 28th seasonGround: Sports Ground Coach: Arthur HallowayCaptain: Dave BrownNewtown100px|center 28th seasonGround: Marrickville Oval Captain: Hans Mork & Arthur FolwellNorth Sydney100px|center 28th seasonGround: North Sydney Oval Coach: Frank Burge Captain: Stan Ridgway & Grantley BennettSt. George100px|center 15th seasonGround: Earl Park Coach: Albert JohnstonCaptain: Fred Gardner & Edward RootSouth Sydney100px|center 28th seasonGround: Sports Ground Coach: Dave WatsonCaptain: Percy WilliamsUniversity100px|center 16th season Coach: Robert WilliamsCaptain: Tom McInerneyWestern Suburbs100px|center 28th seasonGround: Pratten Park Captain-coach: Frank McMillan Records set in 1935 The University club did not win a single match in 1935, continuing a losing streak that started in round 2, 1934 and which would run till round 14, 1936, and which marks the most consecutive losses in NSWRL/NRL premiership history at 42.Rugby League Tables – Most Consecutive Games Lost; AFl Tables On 11 May at Earl Park, St. George defeated newcomers Canterbury 91–6, this remaining the biggest winning margin and most points scored by one team in the history of the NSWRFL/NSWRL/ARL/NRL, beating South Sydney’s 67–nil win over Western Suburbs in 1910.Rugby League Tables – Game Records; AFL Tables The following weekend on 18 May, Eastern Suburbs defeated the “Cantabs” (as Canterbury were initially known) 87–7, this remaining the second-highest score and winning margin in the history of the competition. The record in any grade occurred on 19 July 1913 when South Sydney reserves defeated Mosman by 102 points to 2.‘Rugby League: Second Grade‘; The Sunday Times, 20 July 1913, p. 13‘Records Made: St. George and Griffen’; Sydney Morning Herald, 13 May 1935, p. 17 In the second half of the Earl Park match, St. George scored fourteen tries and sixty-eight points, this being the most scored in one half of any match.See Middleton, David; Rugby League 1996; pp. 123, 125 0732256720 Eastern Suburbs winger Rod O'Loan scored a club record of seven tries in a 61–5 win over University. This tally stands second (behind Frank Burge's eight tries in 1920) on the list of most individual tries in a premiership match. Dave Brown’s six tries in a 1935 game against Canterbury stands in equal third place in that same list, Easts winning the match 65–10.Rugby League Tables – Most Individual Tries in a Game; AFL Tables The standing record for most tries in one season also comes from 1935, being 38 by Brown.Middleton David Ten of the most dominant seasons in rugby league history from historian David Middleton http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/ten-of-the-greatest-seasons-in-rugby-league-history-according-to-historian-david-middleton/story-fni3fbgz-1226729899765 6 February 2014 The Daily Telegraph 30 September 2013 Dave Brown’s season tally of 244 points stood for 34 years as the record points scored in a season until topped by Eric Simms in 1969. Ladder 1935 Ladder https://afltables.com/rl/seas/1935.html#fin afltables.com 31 January 2021 230px|thumb|right|The geographical locations of the teams that contested the 1935 premiership across Sydney. TeamPldWDLBPFPAPDPts116x16px Easts1615012599157+44234216x16px Souths1611052314222+9226316x16px Wests1610062345243+10224416x16px Norths169162248253-523516x16px Balmain168172320225+9521616x16px St. George168082334162+17220716x16px Newtown168082280248+3220816x16px Canterbury1620142150660-5108916x16px University1600162109529-4204 Finals In the two semi-finals played as a double-header at the Sydney Cricket Ground on the same day, the top two ranked teams Eastern Suburbs and South Sydney beat their lower-ranked opponents Western Suburbs and North Sydney. Eastern Suburbs and South Sydney won their respective matches and met each other in the Final. 7 September 1935 – Sydney Cricket Ground 16x16px Eastern Suburbs 15 16x16px Western Suburbs 10 7 September 1935 – Sydney Cricket Ground 16x16px South Sydney 14 16x16px North Sydney 10 14 September 1935 – Sydney Cricket Ground 16x16px Eastern Suburbs 19 16x16px South Sydney 3 Premiership Final Eastern SuburbsPositionSouth Sydney13. Tom DowlingFB32. Les McDonald9. Rod O’LoanWG15. Harry Thompson10. Ross McKinnonCE18. Harry Eyers12. Jack BeatonCE34. Eddie Finucane24. Fred TotteyWG54. George Shankland8. Ernie NormanFE12. Jack 'Paddy' Stewart7. Viv ThicknesseHB10. Percy Williams(c) Ray Stehr (c)PR6. Jack McCormack14. Tom McLachlanHK7. George Kilham3. Max NixonPR4. Eric Lewis4. Harry PierceSR Frank Curran5. Joe PearceSR2. Michael Williams6. Andy NorvalLK3. Eddie HinsonArthur Halloway CoachDave Watson Before a crowd of 22,106 and refereed by Tom McMahon, Easts led 9–nil at half-time and were never headed despite being without their record-breaking centre, Dave Brown.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article160500918 The Rugby Season Has Ended The Sydney Mail XLVII 1225 New South Wales, Australia 18 September 1935 2 July 2024 32 National Library of Australia Scorers Eastern Suburbs Tries: Rod O'Loan 2, Harry Pierce, Fred Tottey, Jack Beaton. Goals: Ross McKinnon 2 South Sydney Try: George Shankland Source:http://stats.rleague.com/rl/scorers/games/193599.html#0921 Finals Scorers, 1935 stats.rleague.com 29 October 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20121019181834/https://www.stats.rleague.com/rl/scorers/games/193599.html 19 October 2012 Player statistics The following statistics are as of the conclusion of Round 18. Top 5 point scorers PointsPlayerTriesGoalsField Goals244Eastern Suburbs Dave Brown38650154Balmain Syd Christensen12590125St. George Les Griffin7520118Western Suburbs Les Mead4530116South Sydney Percy Williams4520 Top 5 try scorers TriesPlayer38Eastern Suburbs Dave Brown25Eastern Suburbs Rod O'Loan17Eastern Suburbs Fred Tottey16Balmain Sid Goodwin15Western Suburbs Alan Ridley Top 5 goal scorers GoalsPlayer65Eastern Suburbs Dave Brown59Balmain Syd Christensen53Western Suburbs Les Mead52South Sydney Percy Williams52St. George Les Griffin References 2 External links Rugby League Tables - Notes Rugby League Tables - Season 1935 Category:New South Wales Rugby League premiership NSWRFL season