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1940 NSWRFL season

Rugby league competition

Field	Value
year	1940
competition	New South Wales Rugby Football League
imagesize	125px
teams	8
premiers	[[Image:Eastern Suburbs colours.svg	16x16px]] Eastern Suburbs
count	8th
minor premiers	[[Image:Eastern Suburbs colours.svg	16x16px]] Eastern Suburbs
mpcount	9th
matches	59
points	1738
top point scorer	[[Image:Newtown colours.svg	16x16px]] Tom Kirk (99)
top try scorer	[[Image:St. George colours.svg	16x16px]] Jack Lindwall (19)
wooden_spoon	[[File:Western Suburbs colours.svg	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.

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

North Sydney[[Image:North Sydney Jersey 1935.png	100px	center]]	South Sydney[[Image:South Sydney Jersey 1930.png	100px	center]]	St. George[[Image:St George Jersey 1934.png	100px	center]]	Western Suburbs[[Image:Western Suburbs Jersey 1924.png	100px	center]]

Ladder

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

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	[[Image:Eastern Suburbs colours.svg	16x16px]] Eastern Suburbs	14	9	1	4	250	136	+114
2	[[Image:Newtown colours.svg	16x16px]] Newtown	14	9	0	5	261	200	+61
3	[[Image:St. George colours.svg	16x16px]] St. George	14	7	2	5	263	203	+60
4	[[Image:Canterbury colours.svg	16x16px]] Canterbury	14	8	0	6	204	195	+9
5	[[Image:Balmain colours.svg	16x16px]] Balmain	14	7	1	6	199	162	+37
6	[[Image:South Sydney colours.svg	16x16px]] South Sydney	14	7	0	7	165	259	-94
7	[[Image:North Sydney colours.svg	16x16px]] North Sydney	14	4	0	10	156	243	-87
8	[[Image:Western Suburbs colours.svg	16x16px]] Western Suburbs	14	3	0	11	159	259	-100

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	Date and Time	Venue	Referee	Crowd
Semifinals
[[Image:Eastern Suburbs colours.svg	23x23px]] Eastern Suburbs	10–3	[[Image:St. George colours.svg	23x23px]] St. George	17 August 1940	Sydney Cricket Ground	Jack O'Brien	17,473
[[Image:Newtown colours.svg	23x23px]] Newtown	11–19	[[Image:Canterbury colours.svg	23x23px]] Canterbury-Bankstown	24 August 1940	Sydney Cricket Ground	Jack O'Brien	22,061
Final
[[Image:Eastern Suburbs colours.svg	23x23px]] Eastern Suburbs	24–14	[[Image:Canterbury colours.svg	23x23px]] Canterbury-Bankstown	31 August 1940	Sydney Cricket Ground	Jack O'Brien	24,167

Premiership final

Eastern Suburbs	Position	Canterbury-Bankstown
13. Doug Bartlett	FB	13. Lindsay Johnson
12. Rod O'Loan	WG	17. Edgar Newham
37. Stan Callaghan	CE	9. Merv Denton
10. Dick Dunn	CE	23. Bob Russell
22. Bill Brew	WG	11. Jack Bonnyman (c)
8. Fred May	FE	8. Ted Anderson
25. Sel Lisle	HB	7. Roy McCarter
	PR	14. Jim Gibbs
2. Noel Hollingdale	HK	2.Roy Kirkaldy
18. John Clarke	PR	6. Jack Reilly
4. Harry Pierce	SR	5. Bob Allison
5. Sid Pearce	SR	15. Bob Farrar
6. Andrew Norval	LK	31. Gordon Clunas
Dave Brown	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)

References

[http://rl1908.com/clubcomps/Honours.htm Premiership Roll of Honour] {{webarchive. link. (2007-04-28 at ''rl1908.com'')

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