New South Wales Competitions 1953

[1952] [1954]

Sydney
Newcastle

Sydney

[1952] [1954]

Premiership

[details] [finals]

 1 South Sydney         18 11  1  6  -  384  288   96  23
 2 St George            18 11  0  7  -  313  289   24  22
 3 North Sydney         18 10  1  7  -  421  283  138  21
 4 Eastern Suburbs      18 10  1  7  -  330  310   20  21
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 5 Newtown              18  9  2  7  -  292  268   24  20
 6 Canterbury Bankstown 18  9  2  7  -  262  291  -29  20
 7 Parramatta           18  8  1  9  -  271  291  -20  17
 8 Balmain              18  7  0 11  -  313  377  -64  14
 9 Manly Warringah      18  6  0 12  -  294  393  -99  12
10 Western Suburbs      18  5  0 13  -  287  377  -90  10

Semifinals:

    South Sydney 5 beat North Sydney 4.
    St George 25 beat Eastern Suburbs 7.

Final:

    South Sydney 31 beat St George 12.

Notes:

1. RL95 and RL96 suggest that Canterbury scored an extra 10 points against South Sydney. The issues of the SMH that I checked were incomplete, so I could not check the match results.