City 17 beat Country 10
on Saturday 12th June at Sydney Cricket Ground.
City Seconds 31 beat Newcastle 16
on Saturday 12th June at New Lambton Oval.
Competing teams: (16) the eight Sydney teams, six Newcastle teams, plus two others (probably teams representing Groups 7 and 10).
I have not been able to track down most of the matches for this competition.
Round 1:
Waratah-Mayfield 24 beat North Sydney 13.
South Newcastle 19 beat Canterbury Bankstown 18.
Kurri Kurri 17 beat Western Suburbs 7.
Eastern Suburbs 35 beat Cessnock 8.
Balmain 71 beat Northern Suburbs 7.
St George 31 beat Newcastle Western Suburbs 18.
Newtown beat ?.
South Sydney beat ?.
Round 2:
St George 21 beat South Newcastle 17.
South Sydney 32 beat Kurri Kurri 12.
Newtown 30 beat Waratah-Mayfield 10.
Balmain 31 beat Eastern Suburbs 13.
Semifinals:
St George and Newtown won, South Sydney and Balmain lost.
Final:
St George 20 beat Newtown 13.
A scandal arose when Newtown lost the final. Many people believed that they had deliberately lost in order to ensure the extra gate takings they would get from a grand final.
1 Newtown 14 11 0 3 - 379 220 159 22
2 Balmain 14 10 1 3 - 402 171 231 21
3 St George 14 9 0 5 - 230 238 -8 18
4 South Sydney 14 7 1 6 - 193 287 -94 15
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5 North Sydney 14 5 1 8 - 204 202 2 11
6 Western Suburbs 14 4 2 8 - 180 246 -66 10
7 Eastern Suburbs 14 4 0 10 - 227 360 -133 8
8 Canterbury Bankstown 14 3 1 10 - 206 297 -91 7
Semifinals:
Newtown 55 beat St George 7.
Balmain 15 beat South Sydney 6.
Final:
Balmain 19 beat Newtown 16.
Grand Final:
Balmain 12 beat Newtown 8.
Two teams finished 1st, and three 3rd, which necessitated two weeks of playoffs.
1 Waratah Mayfield 14 11 0 3 - 292 156 22
2 South Newcastle 14 10 0 4 - 288 191 20
3 Kurri Kurri 14 9 0 5 - 213 175 18
4 Western Suburbs 14 6 2 6 - 176 167 14
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5 Northern Suburbs 14 5 2 7 - 137 163 12
6 Cessnock 14 5 0 9 - 162 215 10
7 Maitland 14 4 0 10 - 148 244 8 (0.607)
8 Central Newcastle 14 3 2 9 - 154 259 8 (0.595)
(calculated)
Semifinals:
Waratah Mayfield 7 beat Kurri Kurri 2.
Western Suburbs 18 beat South Newcastle 12.
Final:
Waratah Mayfield 18 beat Western Suburbs 15.
Final points: South Newcastle 22, Waratah Mayfield 20,
Western Suburbs 18, Northern Suburbs 17, Kurri Kurri 15,
Cessnock 10, Central Newcastle 8, Maitland 2.
Semifinals:
Western Suburbs 13 beat South Newcastle 6.
Northern Suburbs 13 drew with Waratah Mayfield 13.
(Northern Suburbs won the replay 20-13)
Final:
Northern Suburbs 18 beat Western Suburbs 17.
Grand Final:
South Newcastle 5 beat Northern Suburbs 0.
Teams: Northern Suburbs, South Newcastle, Waratah Mayfield,
Western Suburbs.
Semifinal:
Waratah Mayfield beat South Newcastle.
Final:
Northern Suburbs versus Waratah Mayfield.
Teams: Belmont, Central Newcastle, Dyke End,
Northern Suburbs, South Newcastle, Waratah Mayfield,
Western Suburbs.
Semifinals:
Western Suburbs beat Waratah Mayfield.
Central Newcastle beat Northern Suburbs.
Final:
Central Newcastle 7 beat Western Suburbs 0.
Grand Final:
Western Suburbs 8 beat Central Newcastle 4.
Teams: Central Newcastle, Northern Suburbs, South Newcastle,
Waratah Mayfield, Western Suburbs.
Semifinals:
Central Newcastle beat Western Suburbs.
South Newcastle beat Northern Suburbs.
Final:
Central Newcastle beat South Newcastle.
Grand Final:
Central Newcastle versus Western Suburbs.