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The '''1945 NSWRFL season''' was the 38th [[New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership]] season, [[Sydney]]'s top-level [[rugby league]] club competition, and Australia's first. Eight teams from across the city contested during the season which culminated in Eastern Suburbs' victory over Balmain in the grand final.<ref>[http://rl1908.com/clubcomps/Honours.htm Premiership Roll of Honour]{{dead link|date=July 2012}} at ''rl1908.com''</ref>
The '''1945 NSWRFL season''' was the 38th [[New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership]] season, [[Sydney]]'s top-level [[rugby league]] club competition, and Australia's first. Eight teams from across the city contested during the season which culminated in Eastern Suburbs' victory over Balmain in the grand final.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://rl1908.com/clubcomps/Honours.htm |title=Premiership Roll of Honour |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20070428143335/http://rl1908.com/clubcomps/Honours.htm |archivedate=2007-04-28 |website=rl1908.com}}</ref>


==Teams==
==Teams==
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Dunn received Joe Jorgenson's kick from the restart and booted the ball into touch five metres from the Balmain line. Roosters' [[Rugby League positions#Hooker|hooker]] George Watt won the scrum against the feed and Easts' classy [[Rugby league positions#Halves|halves]] pairing of Sel Lisle and Wally O'Connell put on a move that saw Dunn score in the corner.
Dunn received Joe Jorgenson's kick from the restart and booted the ball into touch five metres from the Balmain line. Roosters' [[Rugby League positions#Hooker|hooker]] George Watt won the scrum against the feed and Easts' classy [[Rugby league positions#Halves|halves]] pairing of Sel Lisle and Wally O'Connell put on a move that saw Dunn score in the corner.


Dunn scored 19 of the Rooster's 22 points that day carrying with him for luck the sock of his 14-month old daughter in his shorts pocket throughout the match.<ref>[http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/09/29/1096401652973.html SMH claim]</ref><ref>[http://www.rl1908.com/Legends/dunn.htm rl1908.com disputes this claim]{{dead link|date=July 2012}}</ref>
Dunn scored 19 of the Rooster's 22 points that day carrying with him for luck the sock of his 14-month old daughter in his shorts pocket throughout the match.<ref>[http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/09/29/1096401652973.html SMH claim]</ref><ref>rl1908.com disputes this claim. {{cite web |url=http://www.rl1908.com/Legends/dunn.htm |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20110514025238/http://rl1908.com/Legends/dunn.htm |archivedate=2011-05-14 |title=Dick Dunn: A True Rooster Booster}}</ref>


'''Eastern Suburbs''' 22 (Tries: Dunn 3, J Arnold. Goals: Dunn 5)
'''Eastern Suburbs''' 22 (Tries: Dunn 3, J Arnold. Goals: Dunn 5)
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* [http://www.stats.rleague.com/rl/snotes.html Rugby League Tables - Notes] ''The World of Rugby League''
* [http://www.stats.rleague.com/rl/snotes.html Rugby League Tables - Notes] ''The World of Rugby League''
* [http://www.stats.rleague.com/rl/seas/1945.html Rugby League Tables - Season 1945] ''The World of Rugby League''
* [http://www.stats.rleague.com/rl/seas/1945.html Rugby League Tables - Season 1945] ''The World of Rugby League''
* [http://www.rl1908.com/premiership.htm Premiership History and Statistics]{{dead link|date=July 2012}} ''rl1908.com''
* {{cite web |url=http://www.rl1908.com/premiership.htm |title=Premiership History and Statistics |website=rl1908.com |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090208150918/http://rl1908.com/premiership.htm |archivedate=2009-02-08}}
* [http://www2.hunterlink.net.au/~maajjs/aus/nsw/syd/res/syd1945a.htm#rfinals Finals lineups and results] ''Hunterlink site''
* [http://www2.hunterlink.net.au/~maajjs/aus/nsw/syd/res/syd1945a.htm#rfinals Finals lineups and results] ''Hunterlink site''
* [[Sean Fagan]] interviews [[Dick Dunn (rugby league)|Dick Dunn]]. {{cite web |url=http://www.rl1908.com/Legends/dunn.htm |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514025238/http://rl1908.com/Legends/dunn.htm |archivedate=2011-05-14 |title=Dick Dunn: A True Rooster Booster |website=rl1908.com}}
* [http://www.rl1908.com/Legends/dunn.htm rl1908.com interview ]{{dead link|date=July 2012}} ''[[Sean Fagan]] interviews [[Dick Dunn (rugby league)|Dick Dunn]]''
* [http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/09/29/1096401652973.html Sydney Morning Herald 30sept2004] ''SMH interviews Dick Dunn''
* [http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/09/29/1096401652973.html Sydney Morning Herald 30sept2004] ''SMH interviews Dick Dunn''
* [http://www.rabbitohs.com.au/The-Club/Tradition/Results---1941-1950.html Results: 1941-1950] at ''rabbitohs.com.au''
* [http://www.rabbitohs.com.au/The-Club/Tradition/Results---1941-1950.html Results: 1941-1950] at ''rabbitohs.com.au''

Revision as of 03:22, 20 January 2015

1945 New South Wales Rugby Football League
Teams8
Premiers Eastern Suburbs (9th title)
Minor premiers Eastern Suburbs (11th title)
Matches played60
Points scored1941
Top points scorer(s) Dick Dunn (150)
Top try-scorer(s) Chicka Cahill (13)
Jack Snare (13)

The 1945 NSWRFL season was the 38th New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership season, Sydney's top-level rugby league club competition, and Australia's first. Eight teams from across the city contested during the season which culminated in Eastern Suburbs' victory over Balmain in the grand final.[1]

Teams

Balmain
38th season
Ground: Leichhardt Oval
Captain: Tom Bourke
Coach: Norm Robinson
Canterbury-Bankstown
11th season
Ground: Belmore Sports Ground
Coach: Bill Kelly
Captain: George Kilham 		Eastern Suburbs
38th season
Ground: Sydney Sports Ground
Coach: Arthur Halloway
Captain: Ray Stehr
Newtown
38th season
Ground: Henson Park
Coach: Arthur Folwell, Frank Farrell and Len Smith
Captain: Frank Farrell
North Sydney
38th season
Ground: North Sydney Oval
Coach: Frank Burge
Captain: Rex Harrison 		South Sydney
38th season
Ground: Sydney Sports Ground
Coach: Eric Lewis[2] 		St. George
25th season
Ground: Hurstville Oval
Coach: Percy Williams & Harry Kadwell
Captain: Jim Hale 		Western Suburbs
38th season
Ground: Pratten Park
Coach: Frank McMillan
Captain: Jack Walsh

Ladder

The geographical locations of the teams that contested the 1945 premiership across Sydney.
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 Eastern Suburbs 14 11 0 3 276 190 +86 22
2 Newtown 14 10 1 3 326 177 +149 21
3 Western Suburbs 14 8 1 5 238 192 +46 17
4 Balmain 14 6 4 4 252 202 +50 16
5 North Sydney 14 8 0 6 188 175 +13 16
6 Canterbury 14 4 1 9 217 285 -68 9
7 St. George 14 4 1 9 183 253 -70 9
8 South Sydney 14 1 0 13 144 350 -206 2

Finals

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Crowd
Playoff
Balmain 9 - 5 North Sydney 16 August 1945 Sydney Cricket Ground 17,207
Semi Finals
Eastern Suburbs 28 - 13 Western Suburbs 18 August 1945 Sydney Cricket Ground Tom McMahon 34,916
Newtown 9 - 13 Balmain 25 August 1945 Sydney Cricket Ground George Bishop 35,151
Final
Eastern Suburbs 22 - 18 Balmain 1 September 1945[3] Sydney Cricket Ground Jack O'Brien 44,585

Premiership Final

Eastern Suburbs Position Balmain
Ray Pratt FB Dave Parkinson
Lionel Cooper WG Robert Nielson
Paul Tierney CE Joe Jorgenson
Johnny Hunter CE Tom Bourke (c)
Ken Foster WG Robert Paterson
Wally O'Connell FE Harry Leo
Sel Lisle HB Stan Ponchard
Ray Stehr (c) PR Jack Spencer
George Watt HK Ernie Dawes
Jack Arnold PR Hilton Kidd
Bert Rollason SR Jim Metcalf
Sid Hobson SR Sid Ryan
Dick Dunn LK Jack Hampstead
Arthur Halloway Coach Norm Robinson

Balmain led by 10-5 at half time and the match was evenly balanced throughout the second half. With three minutes to go Roosters trailed 17-18. The Roosters were awarded a penalty on half way and Dick Dunn convinced his reluctant captain Ray Stehr that he could make the distance. Dunn successfully kicked the goal from the then unorthodox upright position.

Dunn received Joe Jorgenson's kick from the restart and booted the ball into touch five metres from the Balmain line. Roosters' hooker George Watt won the scrum against the feed and Easts' classy halves pairing of Sel Lisle and Wally O'Connell put on a move that saw Dunn score in the corner.

Dunn scored 19 of the Rooster's 22 points that day carrying with him for luck the sock of his 14-month old daughter in his shorts pocket throughout the match.[4][5]

Eastern Suburbs 22 (Tries: Dunn 3, J Arnold. Goals: Dunn 5)

defeated

Balmain 18 (Tries: Ponchard 2, Dawes, Nielsen. Goals: Jorgenson 3)

References

  1. ^ "Premiership Roll of Honour". rl1908.com. Archived from the original on 2007-04-28.
  2. ^ "Eric Lewis". yesterdayshero.com. SmartPack International Pty Ltd. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
  3. ^ 1945 Grand Final at nrlstats.com
  4. ^ SMH claim
  5. ^ rl1908.com disputes this claim. "Dick Dunn: A True Rooster Booster". Archived from the original on 2011-05-14.

Footnotes

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