1941 NSWRFL season

1941 NSWRFL season
1941 NSWRFL season
Teams 8
Premiers St. George colours.svg St. George (1st title)
Minor premiers Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Eastern Suburbs (10th title)
Matches played 59
Points scored 1933 (total)
32.763 (per match)
Top point scorer(s) St. George colours.svg Neville Smith (84)
Top try scorer(s) Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Percy Dermond (13)
Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sel Lisle (13)

The 1941 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the thirty-fourth season of Sydney's top-level rugby league football 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 St. George in the grand final.[1] The 1941 season also saw the retirement from the League of future Australian Rugby League Hall of Fame inductee, Dave Brown.

Contents

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 home jersey 1940.svg
Balmain
Canterbury home jersey 1935.svg
Canterbury-Bankstown
Eastern Suburbs home jersey 1939.svg
Eastern Suburbs
Newtown Jets home jersey 1908.svg
Newtown
North Sydney Bears home jersey 1932.svg
North Sydney
South Sydney home jersey 1908.svg
South Sydney
St. George home jersey 1921.svg
St. George
Western Suburbs home jersey 1940.svg
Western Suburbs

Ladder

The geographical locations of the teams that contested the 1941 premiership across Sydney.
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Eastern Suburbs 14 9 0 5 217 160 +57 18
2 Balmain colours.svg Balmain 14 9 0 5 243 205 +38 18
3 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown 14 9 0 5 205 182 +23 18
4 St. George colours.svg St. George 14 8 1 5 307 248 +59 17
5 Newtown colours.svg Newtown 14 6 2 6 219 242 -23 14
6 Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs 14 6 0 8 247 226 +21 12
7 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 14 4 0 10 193 277 -84 8
8 North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney 14 3 1 10 171 262 -91 7

Finals

Eastern Suburbs and St. George won their respective semi finals, allowing them to meet in the Final.

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Crowd
Semi Finals
Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Eastern Suburbs 24 - 22 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown 16 August 1941 Sydney Cricket Ground Tom McMahon 21,000
Balmain colours.svg Balmain 8 - 32 St. George colours.svg St. George 23 August 1941 Sydney Cricket Ground Tom McMahon 26,790
Final
Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Eastern Suburbs 14 - 31 St. George colours.svg St. George 30 August 1941 Sydney Cricket Ground Tom McMahon 39,957[2]

Premiership final

St George Dragons Position Eastern Suburbs Roosters
Jack Wedgwood FB Doug Bartlett
Owen Campbell WG Percy Dermond
Gordon Hart CE Dick Dunn
Jack Gilbert CE Dave Brown
Noel Jones WG Brian Walsh
Roy Hasson FE Fred May
Albert McAndrew HB Sel Lisle
Charlie Montgomery PR Jack Arnold
Herb Gilbert Jnr HK Noel Hollingdale
Lindsay Spencer PR Ray Stehr (Ca./Co.)
Neville Smith (Ca./Co.) SR Don Gulliver
Len Kelly (v.capt) SR Sid Pearce
Bill Tyquin LK Wal Bamford

In a tough encounter the Dragons won their first ever premiership in their 21st year in the competition. St George captain-coach Neville Smith was knocked out after a heavy tackle early in the match. Smith recovered and scored 13 points through one try and five goals.

Along with Smith, St George centre Gordon Hart also gave a sparkling display of free-running rugby league.[1]

In another incident Easts prop Jack Arnold and Saints lock Bill Tyquin were sent off after an almighty punch up. Tyquin, a Queensland representative who would later captain Australia, played only the 1941 war-time season in Sydney while he was stationed there on duty with the AIF.

It was to prove to be the final match in the stellar, record-setting career of Easts' Dave Brown who at 29 years of age announced his retirement at game's end.

St George 31 (Tries: Campbell 2, Hanson 2, Smith, Kelly, Hart, McAndrew. Goals: Smith 5)

defeated

Eastern Suburbs 14 (Tries: Dermond 2, Brown, Bamford. Goals: Brown 1)


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