1940 NSWRFL season
{{Short description|Rugby league competition}}
{{Use Australian English|date=March 2024}}
{{Infobox rugby league season
| year = 1940
| competition = New South Wales Rugby Football League
| image =
| imagesize = 125px
| caption =
| teams = 8
| premiers = 16x16px Eastern Suburbs
| count = 8th
| minor premiers = 16x16px Eastern Suburbs
| mpcount = 9th
| matches = 59
| points = 1738
| attendance =
| top point scorer = 16x16px Tom Kirk (99)
| top try scorer = 16x16px Jack Lindwall (19)
| wooden_spoon = 16x16px Western Suburbs
| wooden_spoon_count = 7th
| prevseason_link = 1939 NSWRFL season
| prevseason_year = 1939
| nextseason_link = 1941 NSWRFL season
| nextseason_year = 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.[http://rl1908.com/clubcomps/Honours.htm Premiership Roll of Honour] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070428143335/http://rl1908.com/clubcomps/Honours.htm |date=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
Ladder
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!width=175 |Team !width=20 abbr="Played" |Pld !width=20 abbr="Won" |W !width=20 abbr="Drawn" |D !width=20 abbr="Lost" |L !width=20 abbr="Points for" |PF !width=20 abbr="Points against" |PA !width=20 abbr="Points difference" |PD !width=20 abbr="Points" |Pts | ||||||||
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|1 | style="text-align:left;"|16x16px Eastern Suburbs
|14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 250 | 136 | +114 | 19 |
| style="background: #ccffcc;"
|2 | style="text-align:left;"|16x16px Newtown
|14 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 261 | 200 | +61 | 18 |
| style="background: #ccffcc;"
|3 | style="text-align:left;"|16x16px St. George
|14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 263 | 203 | +60 | 16 |
| style="background: #ccffcc;"
|4 | style="text-align:left;"|16x16px Canterbury
|14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 204 | 195 | +9 | 16 |
| 5 | style="text-align:left;"|16x16px Balmain
|14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 199 | 162 | +37 | 15 |
| 6 | style="text-align:left;"|16x16px South Sydney
|14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 165 | 259| | ||
| 94 | 14 | |||||||
| 7 | style="text-align:left;"|16x16px North Sydney
|14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 156 | 243| | ||
| 87 | 8 | |||||||
| 8 | style="text-align:left;"|16x16px Western Suburbs
|14 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 159 | 259| | ||
| 100 | 6 |
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.
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!rowspan=2 width=21%|Home !rowspan=2 width=6%|Score !rowspan=2 width=21%|Away !colspan=6|Match Information |
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!width=17%|Date and Time !width=17%|Venue !width=11%|Referee !width=7%|Crowd |
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| colspan=7 | Semifinals |
| bgcolor=#F5FAFF
|align=left | 23x23px Eastern Suburbs |10–3 |align=left | 23x23px St. George |17 August 1940 |Jack O'Brien |17,473 |
| bgcolor=#F5FAFF
|11–19 |align=left | 23x23px Canterbury-Bankstown |24 August 1940 |Jack O'Brien |22,061 |
| bgcolor="#D0E7FF"
| colspan=7 | Final |
| bgcolor=#F5FAFF
|align=left | 23x23px Eastern Suburbs |24–14 |align=left | 23x23px Canterbury-Bankstown |31 August 1940 |Jack O'Brien |24,167 |
=Premiership final=
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! style="width:140px; border:3px solid red; background: navy; color: white"|Eastern Suburbs ! style="width:40px; text-align:center; background:#eee; color:black;"|Position ! style="width:140px; border:3px solid blue; background: white; color: blue"|Canterbury-Bankstown | ||
| align=center
| 13. Doug Bartlett | FB | 13. Lindsay Johnson |
| align=center
| 12. Rod O'Loan | WG | 17. Edgar Newham |
| align=center
| 37. Stan Callaghan | CE | 9. Merv Denton |
| align=center
|10. Dick Dunn | CE | 23. Bob Russell |
| align=center
| 22. Bill Brew | WG | 11. Jack Bonnyman (c) |
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| 8. Fred May | FE | 8. Ted Anderson |
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| 25. Sel Lisle | HB | 7. Roy McCarter |
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| PR | 14. Jim Gibbs | |
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| 2. Noel Hollingdale | HK | 2.Roy Kirkaldy |
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| 18. John Clarke | PR | 6. Jack Reilly |
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| 4. Harry Pierce | SR | 5. Bob Allison |
| align=center
| 5. Sid Pearce | SR | 15. Bob Farrar |
| align=center
| 6. Andrew Norval | LK | 31. Gordon Clunas |
| align=center | 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)
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References
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External links
- [http://afltables.com/rl/snotes.html Rugby League Tables - Notes] AFL Tables
- [http://afltables.com/rl/seas/1940.html Rugby League Tables - Season 1940] AFL Tables
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090208150918/http://rl1908.com/premiership.htm rl1908.com History and Statistics] rl1908
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927025230/http://www2.hunterlink.net.au/~maajjs/aus/nsw/syd/res/syd1940a.htm#rfinals Finals Line-ups and Scores] Hunterlink Site
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110514025238/http://rl1908.com/Legends/dunn.htm rl1908.com interview ] Sean Fagan interviews Dick Dunn
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080724071520/http://www.rabbitohs.com.au/The-Club/Tradition/Results---1931-1940.html Results: 1931-40] at rabbitohs.com.au
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