NSWRL 1944

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Game scene from the Grand Final

The NSWRL 1944 was the 37th 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 lost both the final and the grand final against the Balmain Tigers , which won the NSWRL for the eighth time.

table

  • Playoff participation
    • team Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
    points     		Diff. Table
    points
    01. Newtown colors.svg Newtown Jets 14th 11 0 3 379: 220 + 159 22nd
    02. Balmain colors.svg Balmain Tigers 14th 10 1 3 402: 171 + 231 21st
    03. St. George colors.svg St. George Dragons 14th 9 0 5 230: 238 - 8th 18th
    04th South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 14th 7th 1 6th 193: 287 - 94 15th
    05. North Sydney colors.svg North Sydney Bears 14th 5 1 8th 204: 202 + 2 11
    06th Western Suburbs colors.svg Western Suburbs Magpies 14th 4th 2 8th 180: 246 - 66 10
    07th Eastern Suburbs colors.svg Eastern suburbs 14th 4th 0 10 227: 360 - 133 8th
    08th. Canterbury colors.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 14th 3 1 10 206: 297 - 91 7th

    Playoffs

    The playoff system provided the "Right of Challenge" for the final in 1944. This stated that, should the lower ranked team win, the higher ranked team had the right to request a replay to take place one week later.

    Semifinals

    26th of August
    		 Newtown colors.svg Newtown Jets 55: 7 St. George colors.svg St. George Dragons Sydney Cricket Ground , Sydney
    Spectators: 34,883
    Umpire: Tom McMahon Jr.
    (15: 2)
    Report
    September 2nd
    		 Balmain colors.svg Balmain Tigers 15: 6 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Sydney Cricket Ground , Sydney
    Spectators: 28,237
    Umpire: Jack O'Brien
    (5: 4)
    Report

    Final

    the 9th of September
    		 Balmain colors.svg Balmain Tigers 19:16 Newtown colors.svg Newtown Jets Sydney Cricket Ground , Sydney
    Spectators: 41,807
    Referee: Tom McMahon Jr.
    (9:13)
    Report

    Grand Final

    16th September
    		 Balmain colors.svg Balmain Tigers 12: 8 Newtown colors.svg Newtown Jets Sydney Cricket Ground , Sydney
    Spectators: 24,186
    Umpire: Jack O'Brien
    Attempts: Devery , Parkinson
    Elevations: Jorgenson (1/2)
    Penalty Kicks: Jorgenson (2/2)
    		 (5: 3)
    report     		Tries: Farrell , McLean
    Increases: Kirk (1/2)
    1 Dave Parkinson
    2 Arthur Patton (C)Captain of the crew
    3 Cecil Jorgenson
    4th Tom Bourke
    5 Keith Parkinson
    6th Stan Ponchard
    7th Pat Devery
    8th Jack Hampstead
    9 Sid Ryan
    10 Athol Smith
    11 Colin Campbell
    12 George Watt
    13 Dawson Buckley
    1 Tom Kirk
    2 James Goodwin
    3 Lin McLean
    4th Bruce Ryan
    5 Norm Jacobson
    6th Tommy Nevin
    7th Jack Kadwell
    8th Charles Cahill
    9 Leo Ryan
    10 Keith Phillips
    11 Charlie Montgomery
    12 Jim Brailey
    13 Frank Farrell (C)Captain of the crew

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