1945 NSWRFL season

Rugby league competition March 2024 1945 New South Wales Rugby Football League 125px 8 16x16px Eastern Suburbs 9th 16x16px Eastern Suburbs 11th 60 1941 16x16px Dick Dunn (150) 16x16px Chicka Cahill (13) South Sydney 1st 1944 NSWRFL season 1944 1946 NSWRFL season 1946 The 1945 NSWRFL season was the thirty-eighth New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership season, Sydney’s top-level rugby league club competition, and Australia’s first. Eight teams from across the city contested during the season which culminated in Eastern Suburbs' victory over Balmain in the grand final.http://rl1908.com/clubcomps/Honours.htm Premiership Roll of Honour https://web.archive.org/web/20070428143335/http://rl1908.com/clubcomps/Honours.htm 2007-04-28 rl1908.com 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 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 38th seasonGround: Leichhardt Oval Captain: Tom BourkeCoach: Norm RobinsonCanterbury-Bankstown100px|center 11th seasonGround: Belmore Sports Ground Coach: Bill KellyCaptain: George KilhamEastern Suburbs100px|center 38th seasonGround: Sydney Sports Ground Coach: Arthur HallowayCaptain: Ray StehrNewtown100px|center 38th seasonGround: Henson Park Coach: Arthur Folwell, Frank Farrell and Len SmithCaptain: Frank FarrellNorth Sydney100px|center 38th seasonGround: North Sydney Oval Coach: Frank BurgeCaptain: Rex HarrisonSouth Sydney100px|center 38th seasonGround: Sydney Sports Ground Coach: Eric LewisEric Lewis http://www.yesterdayshero.com.au/PlayerProfile_Eric-Lewis_4905.aspx yesterdayshero.com SmartPack International Pty Ltd 26 November 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140225063328/http://www.yesterdayshero.com.au/PlayerProfile_Eric-Lewis_4905.aspx 25 February 2014 Captain: Eddie HinsonSt. George100px|center 25th seasonGround: Hurstville Oval Coach: Percy Williams & Harry KadwellCaptain: Jim HaleWestern Suburbs100px|center 38th seasonGround: Pratten Park Coach: Frank McMillanCaptain: Jack Walsh Ladder 230px|thumb|right|The geographical locations of the teams that contested the 1945 premiership across Sydney. TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts116x16px Eastern Suburbs141103276190+8622216x16px Newtown141013326177+14921316x16px Western Suburbs14815238192+4617416x16px Balmain14644252202+5016516x16px North Sydney14806188175+1316616x16px Canterbury14419217285-689716x16px St. George14419183253-709816x16px South Sydney141013144350-2062 Finals HomeScoreAwayMatch InformationDate and TimeVenueRefereeCrowd Playoff 23x23px Balmain9–5 23x23px North Sydney16 August 1945Sydney Cricket Ground17,207 Semifinals 23x23px Eastern Suburbs28–13 23x23px Western Suburbs18 August 1945Sydney Cricket GroundTom McMahon34,916 23x23px Newtown9–13 23x23px Balmain25 August 1945Sydney Cricket GroundGeorge Bishop35,151 Final 23x23px Eastern Suburbs22–18 23x23px Balmain1 September 19451945 Grand Final https://web.archive.org/web/20120304215143/http://www.nrlstats.com/archive/match.cfm?MatchID=2172 2012-03-04 at nrlstats.comSydney Cricket GroundJack O'Brien44,585 Premiership final Eastern SuburbsPositionBalmain 40. Ray Pratt FB Dave Parkinson 9. Lionel Cooper WG 12. Robert Nielson 10. Paul Tierney CE 3.Joe Jorgenson 11. Johnny Hunter CE 4. Tom Bourke (c) 35. Ken Foster WG 31. Robert Paterson 8. Wally O'Connell FE 8. Harry Leo 7. Sel Lisle HB 7. Stan Ponchard 1. Ray Stehr (c) PR 10. Jack Spencer 15. George Watt HK 9. Ted Dawes 14. Jack Arnold PR 23. Hilton Kidd 5. Bert Rollason SR 11. Jim Metcalf 4. Sid Hobson SR 24. Sid Ryan 6. Dick Dunn LK 13. Jack Hampstead Arthur Halloway Coach Norm Robinson Balmain led 10–5 at half time and the match was evenly balanced throughout the second half. With three minutes to go the Tricolours trailed 17—18. The Roosters were awarded a penalty on half way and Dick Dunn convinced his reluctant captain Ray Stehr that he could make the distance. Dunn successfully kicked the goal from the then unorthodox upright position. Dunn received Joe Jorgenson’s kick from the restart and booted the ball into touch five metres from the Balmain line. Tricolours’ hk George Watt won the scrum against the feed and Easts’ classy halves pairing of Sel Lisle and Wally O'Connell put on a move that saw Dunn score in the corner. Dunn scored 19 of the Tricolours’ 22 points that day carrying with him for luck the sock of his fourteen-month-old daughter in his shorts pocket throughout the match.SMH claimrl1908.com disputes this claim. http://www.rl1908.com/Legends/dunn.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20110514025238/http://rl1908.com/Legends/dunn.htm 2011-05-14 Dick Dunn: A True Rooster Booster Eastern Suburbs 22 (Tries: Dunn 3, J Arnold. Goals: Dunn 5) defeated Balmain 18 (Tries: Ponchard 2, Dawes, Nielsen. Goals: Jorgenson 3) Player statistics The following statistics are as of the conclusion of Round 14. Top 5 point scorers PointsPlayerTriesGoalsField Goals118Eastern Suburbs Dick Dunn8470103Balmain Joe Jorgenson544098Newtown Tom Kirk049050North Sydney Doug Deitz025041Canterbury George Endycott1190 Top 5 try scorers TriesPlayer12Newtown Charles Cahill12Newtown Athol Stewart11Newtown Sid Goodwin11Western Suburbs Jack Snare9Balmain Harry Leo Top 5 goal scorers GoalsPlayer49Newtown Tom Kirk47Eastern Suburbs Dick Dunn44Balmain Joe Jorgenson25North Sydney Doug Deitz19Canterbury George Endycott References 2 External links Rugby League Tables - Notes AFL Tables Rugby League Tables - Season 1945 AFL Tables http://www.rl1908.com/premiership.htm Premiership History and Statistics rl1908.com https://web.archive.org/web/20090208150918/http://rl1908.com/premiership.htm 2009-02-08 Finals lineups and results Hunterlink site Sean Fagan interviews Dick Dunn. http://www.rl1908.com/Legends/dunn.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20110514025238/http://rl1908.com/Legends/dunn.htm 2011-05-14 Dick Dunn: A True Rooster Booster rl1908.com Sydney Morning Herald 30sept2004 SMH interviews Dick Dunn Results: 1941-1950 at rabbitohs.com.au 1945 Labor Daily Cup at rleague.com NSWRFL season 1945 at rugbyleagueproject.org Category:New South Wales Rugby League premiership Nswrfl season