1941 Eastern Suburbs season

The 1941 Eastern Suburbs season was the 34th in the club's history. They competed in the New South Wales Rugby Football League's 1941 premiership, finishing regular season 1st (out of 8) to claim the club's 10th minor premiership. Easts then progressed to the premiership final which was lost to St. George.

Details

The line-up for the 1940 season contained:- Jack Arnold, W. Bamford, D.Bartlett, Dave Brown, Bill Brew, John Clarke, Percy Dermond, Dick Dunn, Don Gulliver, Noel Hollingdale, Sel Lisle, Fred May, Larry O'Shea, Joe Pearce, Ray Stehr, Brian Walsh.

Results

Premiership Round 1, Saturday 19 April 1941.

Eastern Suburbs 14 beat South Sydney 12 at Sydney Sports Ground.

Premiership Round 2, Saturday 26 April 1941. Eastern Suburbs 16 beat Western Suburbs 13 at Sydney Cricket Ground.

Premiership Round 3, Saturday 3 May 1941.

Eastern Suburbs 16 beat North Sydney 7 at North Sydney Oval.

Premiership Round 4, Saturday 10 May 1941.

Eastern Suburbs 25 beat Balmain 8 at Sydney Sports Ground.

Premiership Round 5, Saturday 17 May

Eastern Suburbs 13 beat Canterbury Bankstown 2 at Sydney Cricket Ground.

Premiership Round 6, Saturday 24 May 1941.

Newtown 4 beat Eastern Suburbs 3 at Henson Park.

Premiership Round 7, Saturday 31 June 1941.

St George 16 beat Eastern Suburbs 10 at Sydney Sports Ground.

Premiership Round 8, Saturday 21 June 1941.

South Sydney 22 beat Eastern Suburbs 15 at Sydney Sports Ground.

Premiership Round 9, Saturday 28 June 1941.

Eastern Suburbs 15 beat Western Suburbs 3 at Pratten Park.

Premiership Round 10, Sunday 6 July 1941.

Eastern Suburbs 24 beat North Sydney 3 at Trumper Park.

Premiership Round 11, Saturday 12 July 1941.

Balmain 19 beat Eastern Suburbs 12 at Sydney Sports Ground.

Premiership Round 12, Saturday 26 July 1941.

Eastern Suburbs 23( Tries ?; Goals ?, Dave Brown 6) beat Newtown 20 at Sydney Cricket Ground.

Easts were down 20 to 5 at half time. Dave Brown is said to have led a second half revival with a near faultless goal kicking display.

Premiership Round 13, Saturday 2 July 1941.

St George 20 beat Eastern Suburbs 16 at Hurstville Oval.

Premiership Round 14, Saturday 9 August 1941.

Eastern Suburbs 15 beat Canterbury Bankstown 11 at Belmore Oval.

Table

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Eastern Suburbs	14	9	0	5	217	160	+57	18
2	Balmain	14	9	0	5	243	205	+38	18
3	Canterbury-Bankstown	14	9	0	5	205	182	+23	18
4	St. George	14	8	1	5	307	248	+59	17
5	Newtown	14	6	2	6	219	242	-23	14
6	Western Suburbs	14	6	0	8	247	226	+21	12
7	South Sydney	14	4	0	10	193	277	-84	8
8	North Sydney	14	3	1	10	171	262	-91	7

Highlights

Dave Brown announced his retirement at the end of the season.

References

Rugby League Tables and Statistics

Sydney Roosters

Est. 1908 in Paddington, New South Wales

The Club	History Records Honours Seasons Players Representatives Coaches

Home grounds	Current Sydney Football Stadium Past Royal Agricultural Society Ground Sydney Sports Ground Sydney Cricket Ground Henson Park

Culture	Nick Politis Brian Canavan Eastern Suburbs Leagues Club Royal Agricultural Society Shield ANZAC Day Cup Foundation Cup Jack Gibson Cup Ron Coote Cup

Hall of Fame	Arthur Beetson Brad Fittler Dally Messenger Dave Brown Dick Dunn Jack Gibson Kevin Hastings Ray Stehr Ron Coote

League	Current NRL Past NSWRL ARL

Titles	Premierships – 13 1911 1912 1913 1923 1935 1936 1937 1940 1945 1974 1975 2002 2013 Minor Premierships – 19 1912 1913 1923 1931 1934 1935 1936 1937 1940 1941 1945 1974 1975 1980 1981 2004 2013 2014 2015

Seasons – 108	1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Other competitions	Current Auckland Nines National Youth Competition S. G. Ball Cup Harold Matthews Cup Past Amco Cup New South Wales Cup Jersey Flegg Cup

Affiliations	Sydney Roosters Juniors Wyong Roos

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Thursday, January 09, 2014. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.