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1945 NSWRFL season
Rugby league competition
Rugby league competition
| Field | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| year | 1945 | |
| competition | New South Wales Rugby Football League | |
| imagesize | 125px | |
| teams | 8 | |
| premiers | [[Image:Eastern Suburbs colours.svg | 16x16px]] Eastern Suburbs |
| count | 9th | |
| minor premiers | [[Image:Eastern Suburbs colours.svg | 16x16px]] Eastern Suburbs |
| mpcount | 11th | |
| matches | 60 | |
| points | 1941 | |
| top point scorer | [[Image:Eastern Suburbs colours.svg | 16x16px]] Dick Dunn (150) |
| top try scorer | [[Image:Newtown colours.svg | 16x16px]] Chicka Cahill (13) |
| wooden_spoon | South Sydney | |
| wooden_spoon_count | 1st | |
| prevseason_link | 1944 NSWRFL season | |
| prevseason_year | 1944 | |
| nextseason_link | 1946 NSWRFL season | |
| nextseason_year | 1946 |
The 1945 NSWRFL season was the thirty-eighth New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership season, Sydney’s top-level rugby league club competition, and Australia’s first. Eight teams from across the city contested during the season which culminated in Eastern Suburbs' victory over Balmain in the grand final.
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
| North Sydney[[Image:North Sydney Jersey 1941.png | 100px | center]] | South Sydney[[Image:South Sydney Jersey 1945.png | 100px | center]] | St. George[[Image:St George Jersey 1943.png | 100px | center]] | Western Suburbs[[Image:Western Suburbs Jersey 1944.png | 100px | center]] |
|---|
Ladder
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [[Image:Eastern Suburbs colours.svg | 16x16px]] Eastern Suburbs | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 276 | 190 | +86 |
| 2 | [[Image:Newtown colours.svg | 16x16px]] Newtown | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 326 | 177 | +149 |
| 3 | [[Image:Western Suburbs colours.svg | 16x16px]] Western Suburbs | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 238 | 192 | +46 |
| 4 | [[Image:Balmain colours.svg | 16x16px]] Balmain | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 252 | 202 | +50 |
| 5 | [[Image:North Sydney colours.svg | 16x16px]] North Sydney | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 188 | 175 | +13 |
| 6 | [[Image:Canterbury colours.svg | 16x16px]] Canterbury | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 217 | 285 | -68 |
| 7 | [[Image:St. George colours.svg | 16x16px]] St. George | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 183 | 253 | -70 |
| 8 | [[Image:South Sydney colours.svg | 16x16px]] South Sydney | 14 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 144 | 350 | -206 |
Finals
| Home | Score | Away | Match Information | Date and Time | Venue | Referee | Crowd | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Playoff | ||||||||||
| [[Image:Balmain colours.svg | 23x23px]] Balmain | 9–5 | [[Image:North Sydney colours.svg | 23x23px]] North Sydney | 16 August 1945 | Sydney Cricket Ground | 17,207 | |||
| Semifinals | ||||||||||
| [[Image:Eastern Suburbs colours.svg | 23x23px]] Eastern Suburbs | 28–13 | [[Image:Western Suburbs colours.svg | 23x23px]] Western Suburbs | 18 August 1945 | Sydney Cricket Ground | Tom McMahon | 34,916 | ||
| [[Image:Newtown colours.svg | 23x23px]] Newtown | 9–13 | [[Image:Balmain colours.svg | 23x23px]] Balmain | 25 August 1945 | Sydney Cricket Ground | George Bishop | 35,151 | ||
| Final | ||||||||||
| [[Image:Eastern Suburbs colours.svg | 23x23px]] Eastern Suburbs | 22–18 | [[Image:Balmain colours.svg | 23x23px]] Balmain | url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304215143/http://www.nrlstats.com/archive/match.cfm?MatchID=2172 | date=2012-03-04 }} at nrlstats.com | Sydney Cricket Ground | Jack O'Brien | 44,585 |
Premiership final
| Eastern Suburbs | Position | Balmain |
|---|---|---|
| 40. Ray Pratt | FB | |
| 9. Lionel Cooper | WG | 12. Robert Nielson |
| 10. Paul Tierney | CE | 3.Joe Jorgenson |
| 11. Johnny Hunter | CE | 4. Tom Bourke (c) |
| 35. Ken Foster | WG | 31. Robert Paterson |
| 8. Wally O'Connell | FE | 8. Harry Leo |
| 7. Sel Lisle | HB | 7. Stan Ponchard |
| 1. Ray Stehr (c) | PR | 10. Jack Spencer |
| 15. George Watt | HK | 9. Ted Dawes |
| 14. Jack Arnold | PR | 23. Hilton Kidd |
| 5. Bert Rollason | SR | 11. Jim Metcalf |
| 4. Sid Hobson | SR | 24. Sid Ryan |
| 6. Dick Dunn | LK | 13. Jack Hampstead |
| Arthur Halloway | Coach | Norm Robinson |
Balmain led 10–5 at half time and the match was evenly balanced throughout the second half. With three minutes to go the Tricolours trailed 17—18. The Roosters were awarded a penalty on half way and Dick Dunn convinced his reluctant captain Ray Stehr that he could make the distance. Dunn successfully kicked the goal from the then unorthodox upright position.
Dunn received Joe Jorgenson’s kick from the restart and booted the ball into touch five metres from the Balmain line. Tricolours’ George Watt won the scrum against the feed and Easts’ classy halves pairing of Sel Lisle and Wally O'Connell put on a move that saw Dunn score in the corner.
Dunn scored 19 of the Tricolours’ 22 points that day carrying with him for luck the sock of his fourteen-month-old daughter in his shorts pocket throughout the match.
Eastern Suburbs 22 (Tries: Dunn 3, J Arnold. Goals: Dunn 5)
defeated
Balmain 18 (Tries: Ponchard 2, Dawes, Nielsen. Goals: Jorgenson 3)
Player statistics
The following statistics are as of the conclusion of Round 14. Top 5 point scorers
| Points | Player | Tries | Goals | Field Goals | 118 | 103 | 98 | 50 | 41 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Dunn | 8 | 47 | 0 | ||||||
| Joe Jorgenson | 5 | 44 | 0 | ||||||
| Tom Kirk | 0 | 49 | 0 | ||||||
| Doug Deitz | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||||||
| George Endycott | 1 | 19 | 0 |
Top 5 try scorers
| Tries | Player | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Cahill | ||||||
| Athol Stewart | ||||||
| Sid Goodwin | ||||||
| Jack Snare | ||||||
| Harry Leo |
Top 5 goal scorers
| Goals | Player | 49 | 47 | 44 | 25 | 19 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Kirk | ||||||
| Dick Dunn | ||||||
| Joe Jorgenson | ||||||
| Doug Deitz | ||||||
| George Endycott |
References
References
- "Premiership Roll of Honour".
- "Eric Lewis". SmartPack International Pty Ltd.
- link. (2012-03-04 at ''nrlstats.com'')
- [http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/09/29/1096401652973.html SMH claim]
- "Dick Dunn: A True Rooster Booster".
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