A dispute broke out between the NSWRL and the CRL over the desire of the latter to have full control of the running of the game in country areas, and the CRL broke away from the NSWRL for a few weeks. The dispute was patched up when the CRL decided that it was not in anyone's interests to have the game divided during the war.
Competing teams: (16) the eight Sydney teams, three Newcastle teams (Kurri Kurri, Central Newcastle and Western Suburbs), plus teams representing Parkes District, Southern Districts, Group Three, Group Seven and Group Ten.
Teams involved in the finals series got byes into the latter rounds.
Round 1:
Eastern Suburbs 42 beat Southern Districts 7.
Group Seven 23 beat Western Suburbs 12.
Newtown 7 beat Parkes District 2.
North Sydney 19 beat Group Three 14.
Round 2:
Group Seven 19 beat Balmain 18.
Canterbury Bankstown 27 beat Eastern Suburbs 10.
Newtown 23 beat Kurri Kurri 14.
North Sydney 23 beat Group Ten 8.
Round 3:
North Sydney 27 beat St George 24.
Newtown 23 beat Newcastle Western Suburbs 15.
South Sydney 21 beat Central Newcastle 9.
Canterbury Bankstown 13 beat Group Seven 7.
Semifinals:
South Sydney 33 beat North Sydney 16.
Canterbury Bankstown 34 beat Newtown 17.
Final:
Canterbury Bankstown 25 beat South Sydney 12.
1 Balmain 14 10 2 2 - 249 115 134 22
2 St George 14 10 0 4 - 268 169 99 20
3 Canterbury Bankstown 14 10 0 4 - 234 155 79 20
4 South Sydney 14 9 0 5 - 219 158 61 18
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5 Eastern Suburbs 14 8 0 6 - 192 184 8 16
6 Western Suburbs 14 2 2 10 - 148 213 -65 6
7 North Sydney 14 2 2 10 - 129 272 -143 6
8 Newtown 14 2 0 12 - 124 297 -173 4
Semifinals:
Balmain 13 beat Canterbury Bankstown 9.
South Sydney 23 beat St George 10.
Final:
Balmain 33 beat South Sydney 4.
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