1944 NSWRFL season

1944 NSWRFL season
1944 NSWRFL season
Teams 8
Premiers Balmain colours.svg Balmain (8th title)
Minor premiers Newtown colours.svg Newtown (4th title)
Matches played 60
Points scored 2159 (total)
35.983 (per match)
Top point scorer(s) Newtown colours.svg Tom Kirk (185)
Top try scorer(s) Newtown colours.svg Sid Goodwin (22)

The 1944 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the thirty-seventh 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 culminated in Balmain's victory over Newtown in the grand final.[1]

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 1943.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 1944 premiership across Sydney.
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 Newtown colours.svg Newtown 14 11 0 3 379 220 +159 22
2 Balmain colours.svg Balmain 14 10 1 3 402 171 +231 21
3 St. George colours.svg St. George 14 9 0 5 230 238 -8 18
4 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 14 7 1 6 193 287 -94 15
5 North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney 14 5 1 8 204 202 +2 11
6 Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs 14 4 2 8 180 246 -66 10
7 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Eastern Suburbs 14 4 0 10 227 360 -133 8
8 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown 14 3 1 10 206 297 -91 7

Finals

Newtown looked set for back-to-back titles after finishing as minor premiers. Both Newtown and Balmain won their respective semi-finals with the Bluebags blitzing St George by 55-7. However injuries and war duties then ravaged the side including the key losses of Len Smith and Herb Narvo who had starred for them all season. Balmain thus overcame Newtown 19-16 in the Final, enabling Newtown a "right of challenge'.

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Crowd
Semi Finals
Newtown colours.svg Newtown 55 - 7 St. George colours.svg St. George 26 August 1944 Sydney Cricket Ground Tom McMahon 34,883
Balmain colours.svg Balmain 15 - 6 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 2 September 1944 Sydney Cricket Ground Jack O'Brien 28,237
Final
Newtown colours.svg Newtown 16 - 19 Balmain colours.svg Balmain 9 September 1944 Sydney Cricket Ground Tom McMahon 41,807
Grand Final
Newtown colours.svg Newtown 8 - 12 Balmain colours.svg Balmain 16 September 1944[2] Sydney Cricket Ground Jack O'Brien 24,186

Grand Final

Newtown Bluebags Position Balmain Tigers
Tom Kirk FB Dave Parkinson
Sid Goodwin WG Arthur Patton (c)
Lin McLean CE Joe Jorgenson
Bruce Ryan CE Tom Bourke
Norm Jacobson WG Keith Parkinson
Tom Nevin FE Stan Ponchard
Jack Kadwell HB Pat Devery
Charlie Montgomery PR Jack Hampstead
Jimmy Brailey HK George Watt
Frank Farrell (c) PR Colin Campbell
Keith Phillips SR Athol Smith
Len Ryan SR Sid Ryan
Charles Cahill LK Dawson Buckley
Arthur Folwell Coach Norm "Latchem" Robinson

Newtown exercised their "right of challenge" as minor premiers and called for a Grand Final. In a low scoring affair Balmain's representative centre Joe Jorgenson kicked two late penalty goals to give the Tigers a 12-8 win and their 8th title.

Balmain 12 (Tries: Devery, K Parkinson. Goals: Jorgenson 3)

defeated

Newtown 8 (Tries: Farrell, McLean. Goals: Kirk)

Tom Bourke of Balmain, with the ball, is about to be tackled by the Newtown defence. In the foreground Balmain pair Stan Ponchard (No.7) and Keith Parkinson (No.18) watch on.


References

  1. ^ Premiership Roll of Honour at rl1908.com
  2. ^ 1944 Grand Final at nrlstats.com

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