1940 NSWRFL season

1940 New South Wales Rugby Football League
Teams	8
Premiers	Eastern Suburbs (8th title)
Minor premiers	Eastern Suburbs (9th title)
Matches played	59
Points scored	1738 (total) 29.458 (per match)
Top point scorer(s)	Tom Kirk (99)
Top try scorer(s)	Jack Lindwall (19)

The 1940 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the 33rd season of Sydney's top-level rugby league football 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.^[1]

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
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


Balmain 33rd season Ground: Leichhardt Oval Coach: Bill Kelly Captain: Sid Goodwin	Canterbury-Bankstown 6th season Ground: Belmore Oval Coach: Alan Brady Captain: Alan Brady→Jack Bonnyman	Eastern Suburbs 33rd season Ground: Sydney Sports Ground Coach: Dave Brown Captain: Ray Stehr	Newtown 33rd season Ground: Henson Park Coach: Frank Burge Captain: Percy Williams
North Sydney 33rd season Ground: North Sydney Oval Coach: Arthur Halloway Captain: Roy Thompson	South Sydney 33rd season Ground: Sydney Sports Ground Coach: Charlie Lynch Captain: Fred Felsch	St. George 20th season Ground: Hurstville Oval Captain-coach: Neville Smith	Western Suburbs 33rd season Ground: Pratten Park Captain-Coach: Max Gray

Ladder

The geographical locations of the teams that contested the 1940 premiership across Sydney.

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Eastern Suburbs	14	9	1	4	250	136	+114	19
2	Newtown	14	9	0	5	261	200	+61	18
3	St. George	14	7	2	5	263	203	+60	16
4	Canterbury-Bankstown	14	8	0	6	204	195	+9	16
5	Balmain	14	7	1	6	199	162	+37	15
6	South Sydney	14	7	0	7	165	259	-94	14
7	North Sydney	14	4	0	10	156	243	-87	8
8	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.

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
Home	Score	Away	Date and Time	Venue	Referee	Crowd
Semi Finals
Eastern Suburbs	10 - 3	St. George	17 August 1940	Sydney Cricket Ground	Jack O'Brien	17,473
Newtown	11 - 19	Canterbury-Bankstown	24 August 1940	Sydney Cricket Ground	Jack O'Brien	22,061
Final
Eastern Suburbs	24 - 14	Canterbury-Bankstown	31 August 1940	Sydney Cricket Ground	Jack O'Brien	24,167

Premiership Final

Eastern Suburbs	Position	Canterbury-Bankstown
Doug Bartlett	FB	Lindsay Johnson
Rod O'Loan	WG	Edgar Newham
Stan Callaghan	CE	Merv Denton
Dick Dunn	CE	Bob Russell
Bill Brew	WG	Jack Bonnyman (c)
Fred May	FE	Ted Anderson
Sel Lisle	HB	Roy McCarter
Ray Stehr (c)	PR	Jim Gibbs
Noel Hollingdale	HK	Roy Kirkaldy
John Clarke	PR	Jack Reilly
Harry Pierce	SR	Bob Allison
Sid Pearce	SR	Bob Farrar
Andrew Norval	LK	Gordon Clunas
Dave Brown	Coach	Alan Brady

Led by their standard-setting captain-coach Dave Brown, the Roosters 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 20 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

↑ Premiership Roll of Honour at rl1908.com

Rugby League Tables - Notes The World of Rugby League
Rugby League Tables - Season 1940 The World of Rugby League
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

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