NSWRL 1943

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The Newtown Jets of 1943

The NSWRL 1943 was the 36th season of the New South Wales Rugby League Premiership , the first Australian rugby league championship. The first place in the table after the end of the regular season occupied the Newtown Jets . They won in the final 34: 7 against the North Sydney Bears and won the NSWRL for the third time.

table

  • Playoff participation
    • team Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
    points     		Diff. Table
    points
    01. Newtown colors.svg Newtown Jets 14th 10 1 3 272: 143 + 129 21st
    02. Balmain colors.svg Balmain Tigers 14th 10 1 3 178: 131 + 47 21st
    03. North Sydney colors.svg North Sydney Bears 14th 7th 3 4th 193: 124 + 69 17th
    04th St. George colors.svg St. George Dragons 14th 8th 1 5 185: 188 - 3 17th
    05. South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 14th 8th 0 6th 161: 147 + 14 16
    06th Eastern Suburbs colors.svg Eastern suburbs 14th 4th 0 10 131: 214 - 83 8th
    07th Western Suburbs colors.svg Western Suburbs Magpies 14th 3 0 11 132: 176 - 44 6th
    08th. Canterbury colors.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 14th 3 0 11 115: 244 - 129 6th

    Playoffs

    In fact, North Sydney would have won the NSWRL after beating St. George. Since Newtown had the so-called "Right of Challenge" as the winner of the Minor Premiership, the Grand Final between Newtown and North Sydney took place a week later.

    Minor Premiership game

    August 22nd
    		 Newtown colors.svg Newtown Jets 11:10 Balmain colors.svg Balmain Tigers Sydney Cricket Ground , Sydney
    Spectators: 47,232
    Umpire: George Bishop
    report
    • The game took place as Newtown and Balmain were tied after the season ended.

    Elimination / qualification playoffs

    August 14th
    		 North Sydney colors.svg North Sydney Bears 21:16 Newtown colors.svg Newtown Jets Sydney Cricket Ground , Sydney
    Spectators: 35,920
    Referee: Jack O'Brien
    report
    August 21
    		 St. George colors.svg St. George Dragons 12: 5 Balmain colors.svg Balmain Tigers Sydney Cricket Ground , Sydney
    Spectators: 27,395
    Referee: George Bishop
    report

    Semifinals

    August 28th
    		 North Sydney colors.svg North Sydney Bears 25:19 St. George colors.svg St. George Dragons Sydney Cricket Ground , Sydney
    Spectators: 41,646
    Referee: Jack O'Brien
    (15:14)
    Report

    Grand Final

    September 4th
    		 Newtown colors.svg Newtown Jets 34: 7 North Sydney colors.svg North Sydney Bears Sydney Cricket Ground , Sydney
    Spectators: 60,922
    Umpire: Jack O'Brien
    Tries : Goodwin (2), Brailey , Farrell , Narvo , Phillips , Ryan , Smith
    Increases: Kirk (5/8)
    		 (14: 0)
    report     		Attempts: McLachlan
    Increases: Rudd (1/1)
    Penalty Kicks: Rudd (1)
    1 Tom Kirk
    2 James Goodwin
    3 Len Smith
    4th Norm Jacobson
    5 Bruce Ryan
    6th Tommy Nevin
    7th Paddy Bugden
    8th Charles Cahill
    9 Keith Phillips
    10 Hermann Narvo
    11 Frank Farrell (C)Captain of the crew
    12 Jim Brailey
    13 Gordon McLennan
    1 Stan Ridgway
    2 Ray Ainsworth
    3 Frank Hyde (C)Captain of the crew
    4th Ted Rudd
    5 Frank Collins
    6th Kelly McMahon
    7th Johnny McLachlan
    8th Don McKinnon
    9 Gerald Scully
    10 Harry McKinnon
    11 Frank Facer
    12 Laurie Doran
    13 Max Whitehead

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