Sydney
- Metropolitan League
Newcastle
Competing teams: (28) the 12 Sydney teams, the 8 NSW Country divisional teams, 4 Brisbane teams (Northern Suburbs, Southern Suburbs, Past Brothers and Fortitude Valley), 2 Queensland country divisional teams (Ipswich and Toowoomba), Auckland, and the second division premiers Ryde-Eastwood.
Round 1:
South Sydney 37 beat Ipswich 6.
Newtown 11 drew with Western Suburbs 11.
(Newtown advanced on penalty countback.)
Ryde-Eastwood 17 beat Southern Division 16.
Newcastle 27 beat Cronulla Sutherland 8.
Balmain 24 beat Past Brothers 16.
Manly Warringah 44 beat North Coast 2.
Parramatta 27 beat Monaro 19.
Canterbury Bankstown 21 beat Riverina 16.
Toowoomba 22 beat North Sydney 13.
Illawarra 26 beat Northern Division 9.
St George 35 beat Northern Suburbs 16.
Penrith 37 beat Southern Suburbs 9.
Byes: Western Division (holders),
Eastern Suburbs (Sydney premiers),
Fortitude Valley (Brisbane premiers),
Auckland (nice smile).
Round 2:
South Sydney 13 beat Newtown 10.
Eastern Suburbs 34 beat Ryde-Eastwood 0.
Newcastle 20 beat Balmain 7.
Auckland 14 drew with Manly Warringah 14
(Auckland advanced on penalty countback.)
Parramatta 24 beat Canterbury 12.
Fortitude Valley 15 beat Toowoomba 6.
Penrith 20 beat Illawarra 10.
St George 18 beat Western Division 3.
Quarterfinals:
Eastern Suburbs 13 beat South Sydney 8.
Auckland 26 beat Newcastle 16.
Parramatta 33 beat Fortitude Valley 10.
St George 16 beat Penrith 5.
Semifinals:
Eastern Suburbs 23 beat Auckland 10.
Parramatta 13 beat St George 6.
Final:
Eastern Suburbs 17 beat Parramatta 7.
Prizemoney: Eastern Suburbs $20,000.
Round 1:
Illawarra 27 beat Northern Division 17.
North Coast 34 beat Newcastle 5.
Riverina 15 beat Western Division 7.
Southern Division 27 beat Monaro 26.
Semifinals:
Illawarra 35 beat North Coast 8.
Riverina 34 beat Southern Division 6.
Final:
Riverina 18 beat Illawarra 4.
For this year only the preseason was staged as a knockout competition. Eight teams played off in the first round, four were given byes into the second.
I am missing the result of the final, which wasn't covered in the SMH, presumeably because of a newspaper strike at the time.
Round 1:
Cronulla Sutherland 10 beat South Sydney 9.
Manly Warringah 26 beat North Sydney 0.
Western Suburbs 7 beat Canterbury Bankstown 2.
Parramatta 16 beat Penrith 13.
Round 2:
Western Suburbs 15 beat Eastern Suburbs 2.
Parramatta 11 beat Newtown 10.
Manly Warringah 11 beat St George 4.
Cronulla Sutherland 15 beat Balmain 9.
Round 3:
Parramatta 18 beat Western Suburbs 7.
Manly Warringah 13 beat Cronulla Sutherland 9.
Final:
Parramatta beat Manly Warringah.
1 Eastern Suburbs 22 20 0 2 - 431 198 233 40
2 Manly Warringah 22 15 0 7 - 439 314 125 30
3 St George 22 12 2 8 - 341 294 47 26
4 Canterbury Bankstown 22 11 2 9 - 330 287 43 24
5 Western Suburbs 22 10 2 10 - 365 289 76 21*
6 Parramatta 22 10 1 11 - 391 373 18 21
7 Balmain 22 10 1 11 - 288 357 -69 21
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8 Cronulla Sutherland 22 9 1 12 - 370 375 -5 19
9 North Sydney 22 9 0 13 - 322 414 -92 18
10 Newtown 22 7 2 13 - 349 422 -73 16
11 Penrith 22 7 1 14 - 312 452 -140 15
12 South Sydney 22 6 0 16 - 298 461 -163 12
* Western Suburbs had 1 point deducted for fielding an
ineligible player in round 8.
Playoffs:
Parramatta 18 beat Western Suburbs 13.
Parramatta 19 beat Balmain 18.
Preliminary Semifinals:
St George 10 beat Manly Warringah 3.
Parramatta 6 beat Canterbury Bankstown 5.
Semifinals:
St George 8 beat Eastern Suburbs 5.
Manly Warringah 22 beat Parramatta 12.
Preliminary Final:
Eastern Suburbs 28 beat Manly Warringah 13.
Grand Final:
Eastern Suburbs 38 beat St George 0.
St Mary's Band and Emu Plains each entered a team for a year. Blacktown left at the end of the year.
Teams (9): Blacktown, Emu Plains, Northern Districts, Ryde-Eastwood,
St Mary's, St Mary's Band, Sydney University, University of NSW,
Windsor.
Grand Final:
Ryde-Eastwood beat Windsor.