NSWRL 1948

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The NSWRL 1948 was the 41st 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 Western Suburbs Magpies . They won 8: 5 against the Balmain Tigers in the final and won the NSWRL for the third time.

table

  • Playoff participation
    • team Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
    points     		Diff. Table
    points
    01. Western Suburbs colors.svg Western Suburbs Magpies 18th 16 0 2 322: 189 + 133 32
    02. Newtown colors.svg Newtown Jets 18th 13 0 5 386: 248 + 138 26th
    03. Balmain colors.svg Balmain Tigers 18th 12 2 4th 287: 222 + 65 26th
    04th St. George colors.svg St. George Dragons 18th 10 1 7th 332: 262 + 70 21st
    05. Canterbury colors.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 18th 7th 2 9 282: 276 + 6 16
    06th Eastern Suburbs colors.svg Eastern suburbs 18th 7th 2 9 225: 248 - 23 16
    07th South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 18th 7th 1 10 265: 302 - 37 15th
    08th. Parramatta colors.svg Parramatta Eels 18th 5 1 12 237: 346 - 109 11
    09. Manly Sea Eagles colors.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 18th 4th 1 13 221: 334 - 113 9
    010. North Sydney colors.svg North Sydney Bears 18th 3 2 13 191: 321 - 130 8th

    Playoffs

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

    Elimination / qualification playoffs

    August 28,
    16:00     		Balmain colors.svg Balmain Tigers 8: 7 Western Suburbs colors.svg Western Suburbs Magpies Sydney Cricket Ground , Sydney
    Spectators: 25,907
    Referee: George Bishop
    (8: 2)
    Report
    September 4th
    		 St. George colors.svg St. George Dragons 20: 8 Newtown colors.svg Newtown Jets Sydney Cricket Ground , Sydney
    Spectators: 31,310
    Referee: Jack O'Brien
    (10: 6)
    Report

    Semifinals

    September 11
    		 Balmain colors.svg Balmain Tigers 13:12 St. George colors.svg St. George Dragons Sydney Cricket Ground , Sydney
    Spectators: 37,404
    Referee: Jack O'Brien
    (3: 2)
    report

    Grand Final

    September 18
    		 Western Suburbs colors.svg Western Suburbs Magpies 8: 5 Balmain colors.svg Balmain Tigers Sydney Sports Ground , Sydney
    Spectators: 29,122
    Referee: George Bishop
    Tries: Hansen , Hudson
    Increases: Keato (1/2)
    		 (3: 5)
    report     		Attempts: Bourke
    Increases: Bourke (1/1)
    1 William Keato
    2 Col Hudson
    3 Eric Bennett
    4th Lindsay Rodda
    5 Jack Lackey
    6th Frank Stanmore
    7th Neville Hogan
    8th Peter McLean
    9 Don Milton
    10 Kevin Hansen
    11 Jack Walsh (C)Captain of the crew
    12 William Brown
    13 Bill Horder
    1 Dave Parkinson
    2 Leo Nosworthy
    3 George Williams
    4th Tom Bourke (C)Captain of the crew
    5 Mitchell Wallace
    6th Bill Sneddon
    7th The Bryan
    8th Jack Hampstead
    9 Sid Ryan
    10 Pat Madden
    11 Jim Thomson
    12 Bob Crane
    13 Jack Spencer

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