1937 NSWRFL season

1937 NSWRFL season
Teams	9
Premiers	Eastern Suburbs (7th title)
Minor premiers	Eastern Suburbs (8th title)
Matches played	36
Points scored	1088 (total) 30.222 (per match)
Top point scorer(s)	Jack Beaton (56)
Top try scorer(s)	Fred Tottey (10)

The 1937 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the thirtieth season of the Sydney, New South Wales-based top-grade rugby league football club competition, Australia's first. Nine teams from across the city contested the premiership during the season, which lasted from April until June, with Eastern Suburbs being crowned champions.^[1]

Season summary

The season only lasted eight rounds in 1937 due to the Kangaroo tour, and used a 'first past the post' system to determine the premiers. There were no Finals. The second half of the season was taken up with a City Cup competition.

Eastern Suburbs won their 7th Premiership going through the season undefeated - a feat achieved by teams in only five other seasons before or since. At the end of the season the University club withdrew voluntarily from the premiership, having won only two matches in four years.

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
• University, formed in 1919 at Sydney University
• Western Suburbs, formed on February 4, 1908

Balmain	Canterbury-Bankstown	Eastern Suburbs
Newtown	North Sydney	South Sydney
St. George	University	Western Suburbs

Ladder

The geographical locations of the teams that contested the 1937 premiership across Sydney.

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Eastern Suburbs	8	6	2	0	1	187	56	+131	16
2	South Sydney	8	5	1	2	1	264	58	+106	13
3	St. George	8	5	1	2	1	151	92	+59	13
4	Newtown	8	4	0	4	1	144	126	+18	10
5	Canterbury	8	4	0	4	1	98	91	+7	10
6	Balmain	8	4	0	4	1	115	136	-21	10
7	North Sydney	8	3	0	5	1	84	94	-10	8
8	Western Suburbs	8	3	0	5	1	104	126	-22	8
9	University	8	0	0	8	1	44	309	-265	2

References

1. ^ Premiership Roll of Honour at rl1908.com

• Rugby League Tables - Notes The World of Rugby League
• Rugby League Tables - Season 1937 The World of Rugby League
• Premiership History and Statistics RL1908
• Results: 1931-40 at rabbitohs.com.au