Sydney
- Metropolitan League
Newcastle
Competing teams: (35) the 12 Sydney teams, the 8 NSW Country divisional teams, 7 of the 8 Brisbane teams (all except Wynnum-Manly), 4 Queensland Country divisional teams (Ipswich, North Queensland, Toowoomba and Wide Bay), 2 New Zealand teams (Auckland and Canterbury), Northern Territory, and the second division premiers Ryde-Eastwood.
Round 1:
Toowoomba 39 beat Northern Territory 7.
Ryde-Eastwood 29 beat Ipswich 13.
North Queensland 21 beat Wide Bay 11.
Round 2:
South Sydney 17 beat Southern Suburbs 8.
Manly Warringah 35 beat Newcastle 17.
North Sydney 5 beat Eastern Suburbs 4.
Past Brothers 19 beat Penrith 8.
Canterbury Bankstown 40 beat North Queensland 0.
Auckland 30 beat Redcliffe 5.
Cronulla Sutherland 28 beat Toowoomba 5.
Western Suburbs 21 beat Monaro 9.
Brisbane Eastern Suburbs 38 beat New Zealand Canterbury 7.
Newtown 32 beat Ryde-Eastwood 6.
Parramatta 20 beat North Coast 4.
Riverina 36 beat Fortitude Valley 2.
Balmain 26 beat Southern Division 9.
St George 34 beat Western Division 16.
Northern Division 16 beat Ilawarra 9.
Brisbane Western Suburbs 17 beat Northern Suburbs 2.
Round 3:
North Sydney 19 beat Newtown 7.
Past Brothers 12 beat Northern Division 6.
Riverina 16 beat South Sydney 11.
St George 17 beat Cronulla Sutherland 12.
Manly Warringah 24 beat Brisbane Western Suburbs 8.
Balmain 28 beat Auckland 8.
Parramatta 22 beat Western Suburbs 2.
Canterbury Bankstown 13 beat Brisbane Eastern Suburbs 7.
Quarterfinals:
North Sydney 44 beat Riverina 15.
Balmain 19 beat Past Brothers 3.
Canterbury Bankstown 8 beat Manly Warringah 7.
Parramatta 22 beat St George 20.
Semifinals:
Balmain 11 beat Canterbury Bankstown 10.
North Sydney 10 beat Parramatta 9.
Final:
Balmain 21 beat North Sydney 7.
Player of the Series: John Gray (North Sydney).
Round 1:
Illawarra 21 beat Southern Division 13.
Northern Division 34 beat North Coast 20.
Riverina 24 beat Monaro 21.
Western Division 18 beat Newcastle 9.
Semifinals:
Illawarra 33 beat Riverina 18.
Western Division 41 beat Northern Division 20.
Final:
Illawarra 24 beat Western Division 2.
The format was changed to a series of three full rounds of games, with the two teams with the best records playing each other in a final.
I am missing the results for two games in round 2.
1 Manly Warringah 3 3 0 0 - 47 17 30 6
2 Balmain 3 3 0 0 - 34 9 25 6
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3 St George 3 3 0 0 - 62 39 23 6
4 Parramatta 3 2 0 1 - 28 16 12 4
5 Penrith 3 2 0 1 - 39 39 0 4
6 Canterbury Bankstown 3 1 0 2 - 35 29 6 2
7 South Sydney 2 1 0 1 - 22 19 3 2
8 Newtown 2 0 0 2 - 21 33 -12 0
9 Cronulla Sutherland 2 0 0 2 - 8 21 -13 0
10 North Sydney 2 0 0 2 - 13 37 -24 0
11 Western Suburbs 2 0 0 2 - 6 30 -24 0
12 Eastern Suburbs 2 0 0 2 - 17 43 -26 0
Final:
Balmain 17 beat Manly Warringah 5.
Prizemoney: Balmain $5,000; Manly Warringah $1,000.
1 Manly Warringah 22 16 0 6 - 499 252 247 32
2 Parramatta 22 14 2 6 - 347 238 109 30
3 St George 22 14 0 8 - 328 298 30 28
4 Eastern Suburbs 22 13 1 8 - 399 250 149 27
5 Canterbury Bankstown 22 12 3 7 - 361 337 24 27
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6 Balmain 22 12 1 9 - 318 287 31 25
7 Western Suburbs 22 11 2 9 - 379 313 66 24
8 Cronulla Sutherland 22 9 1 12 - 378 393 -15 19
9 Penrith 22 8 1 13 - 352 333 19 17
10 South Sydney 22 8 0 14 - 297 431 -134 16
11 North Sydney 22 6 1 15 - 272 526 -254 13
12 Newtown 22 3 0 19 - 264 546 -282 6
Preliminary Semifinals:
Parramatta 31 beat St George 6.
Canterbury Bankstown 22 beat Eastern Suburbs 13.
Semifinals:
Parramatta 23 beat Manly Warringah 17.
Canterbury Bankstown 25 beat St George 9.
Preliminary Final:
Manly Warringah 15 beat Canterbury Bankstown 12.
Grand Final:
Manly Warringah 13 beat Parramatta 10.
Northern Districts either were replaced by or changed their name to Hornsby. The competition was suspended at the end of the year.
Teams (6): Hornsby, Ryde-Eastwood, St Mary's, Sydney University,
University of NSW, Windsor.
Grand Final:
Ryde-Eastwood 10 beat University of NSW 8.