New South Wales Competitions 1974

[1973] [1975]

Sydney - Metropolitan League
Newcastle


Representative Games

[1973] [1975]

Midweek Cup (Amco Cup)

Competing teams: (21) the 12 Sydney teams, 7 of the 8 NSW Country divisional teams, Auckland, and the second division premiers Ryde-Eastwood.

I'm not sure I've found all the first round matches. Why 21 teams? Why didn't Newcastle play?

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Round 1:

    Eastern Suburbs 22 beat Western Suburbs 6.
    Parramatta 39 beat Riverina 11.
    North Sydney 19 beat North Coast 7.
    St George 22 beat Balmain 11.
    Penrith 18 beat Ryde-Eastwood 10.
    Byes: Auckland, Canterbury Bankstown, Cronulla Sutherland,
          Illawarra, Manly Warringah, Monaro, Newtown,
          Northern Division, Southern Division, South Sydney,
          Western Division.

Round 2:

    South Sydney 18 beat Newtown 14.
    Manly Warringah 34 beat Parramatta 10.
    Western Division 13 beat Auckland 7.
    Eastern Suburbs 32 beat Monaro 21.
    Canterbury Bankstown 22 beat Illawarra 19.
    Southern Division 15 beat Cronulla Sutherland 14.
    Northern Division 19 beat North Sydney 14
    Penrith 14 beat St George 3.

Quarterfinals:

    Manly Warringah 22 beat South Sydney 7.
    Western Division 12 beat Canterbury Bankstown 10.
    Eastern Suburbs 18 beat Southern Division 10.
    Penrith 31 beat Northern Division 11.

Semifinals:

    Western Division 12 drew with Manly Warringah 12
      * Western Division advanced on penalty countback.
    Penrith 10 beat Eastern Suburbs 9.

Final:

    Western Division 6 beat Penrith 2.

Prizemoney: Western Division $15,000.

Caltex CRL Championship

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Round 1:

    Illawarra 35 beat Riverina 7.
    Monaro 23 beat Western Division 2.
    Northern Division 21 beat North Coast 13.
    Southern Division 21 beat Newcastle 16.

Semifinals:

    Illawarra 13 beat Monaro 5.
    Northern Division 16 beat Southern Division 13.

Final:

    Illawarra 28 beat Northern Division 8.

Sydney

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Preseason (Wills Cup)

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 1 Cronulla Sutherland   4  4  0  0  -   62   32   30   8
 2 Eastern Suburbs       4  3  0  1  -   70   38   32   6
 3 South Sydney          4  3  0  1  -   53   39   14   6
 4 Parramatta            4  3  0  1  -   62   54    8   6
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 5 Manly Warringah       4  3  0  1  -   69   63    6   6
 6 North Sydney          4  2  0  2  -   45   32   13   4
 7 St George             4  2  0  2  -   46   39    7   4
 8 Newtown               4  2  0  2  -   33   43  -10   4
 9 Penrith               4  1  0  3  -   48   58  -10   2
10 Western Suburbs       4  1  0  3  -   38   51  -13   2
11 Canterbury Bankstown  4  0  0  4  -   27   61  -34   0
12 Balmain               4  0  0  4  -   44   87  -43   0

Semifinals:

    Eastern Suburbs 20 beat Parramatta 0.
    South Sydney 23 beat Cronulla Sutherland 14.

Final:

    Eastern Suburbs 43 beat South Sydney 0.

Playoff for 3rd:

    Parramatta 20 beat Cronulla Sutherland 8.

First Grade Premiership

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 1 Eastern Suburbs      22 19  0  3  -  513  198  315  38
 2 Manly Warringah      22 15  0  7  -  526  316  210  30
 3 Canterbury Bankstown 22 13  0  9  -  364  308   56  26
 4 Western Suburbs      22 12  1  9  -  402  305   97  25
 5 South Sydney         22 12  1  9  -  317  327  -10  25
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 6 North Sydney         22 11  2  9  -  297  272   25  24
 7 Newtown              22  9  2 11  -  278  261   17  20
 8 St George            22 10  0 12  -  331  363  -32  20
 9 Penrith              22  9  0 13  -  353  465 -112  18
10 Cronulla Sutherland  22  9  0 13  -  314  437 -123  18
11 Parramatta           22  5  0 17  -  237  454 -217  10
12 Balmain              22  4  2 16  -  255  481 -226  10

Preliminary Semifinals:

    Canterbury Bankstown 20 beat Manly Warringah 14.
    Western Suburbs 24 beat South Sydney 8.

Semifinals:

    Canterbury Bankstown 19 beat Eastern Suburbs 17.
    Western Suburbs 23 beat Manly Warringah 20.

Preliminary Final:

    Eastern Suburbs 25 beat Western Suburbs 2.

Grand Final:

    Eastern Suburbs 19 beat Canterbury Bankstown 4.

Metropolitan League

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Windsor joined. Bankstown left at the end of the year.

First Grade Premiership

Teams (8): Bankstown, Blacktown, Northern Districts, Ryde-Eastwood,
St Mary's, Sydney University, University of NSW, Windsor.

Grand Final:

    Ryde-Eastwood 37 beat St Mary's 9.