1935 New South Wales Rugby Football League | |
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Teams | 9 |
Premiers | ![]() |
Minor premiers | ![]() |
Matches played | 75 |
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The 1935 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the twenty-eighth season of Sydney’s top-grade rugby league club competition, Australia’s first. The season culminated in Eastern Suburbs’ victory over South Sydney in the final.[1]
The addition of Canterbury-Bankstown meant that the League involved nine clubs for the first time since 1929.[2]
Balmain![]()
28th season |
Canterbury-Bankstown![]()
1st season |
Eastern Suburbs![]()
28th season |
Newtown![]()
28th season |
North Sydney![]()
28th season |
St. George![]()
15th season |
South Sydney![]()
28th season |
University![]()
16th season |
Western Suburbs![]()
28th season |
The University club did not win a single match in 1935, continuing a losing streak that started in round 2, 1934 and which would run till round 14, 1936, and which marks the most consecutive losses in NSWRL/NRL premiership history at 42.[3]
On 11 May at Earl Park, St. George defeated newcomers Canterbury 91–6, this remaining the biggest winning margin and most points scored by one team in the history of the NSWRFL/NSWRL/ARL/NRL, beating South Sydney’s 67–nil win over Western Suburbs in 1910.[4] The following weekend on 18 May, Eastern Suburbs defeated the “Cantabs” (as Canterbury were initially known) 87–7, this remaining the second-highest score and winning margin in the history of the competition.[4] The record in any grade occurred on 19 July 1913 when South Sydney reserves defeated Mosman by 102 points to 2.[5][6]
In the second half of the Earl Park match, St. George scored fourteen tries and sixty-eight points, this being the most scored in one half of any match.[7]
Eastern Suburbs winger Rod O'Loan scored a club record of seven tries in a 61–5 win over University. This tally stands second (behind Frank Burge's eight tries in 1920) on the list of most individual tries in a premiership match. Dave Brown’s six tries in a 1935 game against Canterbury stands in equal third place in that same list, Easts winning the match 65–10.[8]
The standing record for most tries in one season also comes from 1935, being 38 by Brown.[9]
Dave Brown’s season tally of 244 points stood for 34 years as the record points scored in a season until topped by Eric Simmsin1969.
Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts | |
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1 | ![]() |
16 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 599 | 157 | +442 | 34 |
2 | ![]() |
16 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 314 | 222 | +92 | 26 |
3 | ![]() |
16 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 345 | 243 | +102 | 24 |
4 | ![]() |
16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 248 | 253 | -5 | 23 |
5 | ![]() |
16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 320 | 225 | +95 | 21 |
6 | ![]() |
16 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 334 | 162 | +172 | 20 |
7 | ![]() |
16 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 280 | 248 | +32 | 20 |
8 | ![]() |
16 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 150 | 660 | -510 | 8 |
9 | ![]() |
16 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 109 | 529 | -420 | 4 |
In the two semi-finals played as a double-header at the Sydney Cricket Ground on the same day, the top two ranked teams Eastern Suburbs and South Sydney beat their lower-ranked opponents Western Suburbs and North Sydney. Eastern Suburbs and South Sydney won their respective matches and met each other in the Final.
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||
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| 7 September 1935 – Sydney Cricket Ground | |||||
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| 14 September 1935 – Sydney Cricket Ground | |||||
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| 7 September 1935 – Sydney Cricket Ground | |||||
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Eastern Suburbs | Position | South Sydney |
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13. Tom Dowling | FB | 32. Les McDonald |
9. Rod O’Loan | WG | 15. Harry Thompson |
10. Ross McKinnon | CE | 18. Harry Eyers |
12. Jack Beaton | CE | 34. Eddie Finucane |
24. Fred Tottey | WG | 54. George Shankland |
8. Ernie Norman | FE | 12. Jack 'Paddy' Stewart |
7. Viv Thicknesse | HB | 10. Percy Williams(c) |
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PR | 6. Jack McCormack |
14. Tom McLachlan | HK | 7. George Kilham |
3. Max Nixon | PR | 4. Eric Lewis |
4. Harry Pierce | SR | |
5. Joe Pearce | SR | 2. Michael Williams |
6. Andy Norval | LK | 3. Eddie Hinson |
Arthur Halloway | Coach | Dave Watson |
Before a crowd of 22,106 and refereed by Tom McMahon, Easts led 9–nil at half-time and were never headed despite being without their record-breaking centre, Dave Brown.[11]
Tries: Rod O'Loan 2, Harry Pierce, Fred Tottey, Jack Beaton. Goals: Ross McKinnon 2
Try: George Shankland
Source:[12]
The following statistics are as of the conclusion of Round 18.
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