NSWRFL 1956

Stats

Note: * denotes incomplete data.

Premiers
St George 
Runners Up
Balmain 
Minor Premiers
St George 
Wooden Spoon
Parramatta 
Top Tryscorer
Tommy Ryan (18)
Top Pointscorer
Doug Fleming (189)
No. Of Teams
10
No. Of Games
95
No. Of Players
265
No. Of Tries
536
No. Of Goals
741
No. Of F.Goals
3
Total Attendance
793,539 *
Average Crowd
19,355 *
Average Crowd (Reg. Season)
16,219 *
Highest Crowd
61,987 *
Highest Crowd (Reg. Season)
50,557 *
Lowest Crowd
4,000 *
Mean Scoreline
22-11
Median Scoreline
20-10
Highest Scoreline
36-33
Lowest Scoreline
6-8
Highest Team Score
Manly (49-16)
Average PPG
36

Ladder

 HomeAwayOverallStats
TeamPWLDFAPD PWLDFAPD PWLDFAPtsPDFPGAPGAtt%Def%
1. St George99--2419314894411571461118134139823927+15922.1113.28
2. Balmain981-1588969954-135152-1718135-29324126+5216.2813.39
3. Souths962120711988954-1571461118116136426523+9920.2214.72
4. Western Suburbs963-1479849954-129123618117-276221* 22+5515.3312.28
  Newtown972-19696100945-137133418117-333229* 22+10418.5012.72
6. Manly9522158114449261165155101878332326917+5417.9414.94
7. Canterbury945-125154-29927-110198-8818612-23535212-11713.0619.56
8. Eastern Suburbs9351116135-19927-95219-12418512121135411-14311.7219.67
  North Sydney936-116198-829261102126-2418512121832411-10612.1118.00
10. Parramatta945-139176-379-8185205-1201841312243819-15712.4421.17
  • Western Suburbs, Newtown were involved in playoffs to determine their final position.

Playoffs/Finals

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Playoff Aug 14 Western Suburbs 10 Newtown 5 D. Lawler Redfern 20,920 View
Minor Semi 18 Souths 45 Western Suburbs 7 C. Pearce SCG 51,775 View
Major Semi 25 St George 30 Balmain 25 C. Pearce SCG 37,339 View
Prelim Final Sep 1 Balmain 36 Souths 33 D. Lawler SCG 42,350 View
Grand Final 8 St George 18 Balmain 12 D. Lawler SCG 61,987 View

 

Team Stats

Team Name Position W L D Pts For Pts Ag. Coach(es) Captain(s) Top Tryscorer(s) Top Pointscorer(s) Home Venue(s) Home Crowd Avg Extra Info
Balmain Tigers 2nd 13 5 0 293 241 Robinson Staunton, Barnes 12 - Mosman 180 -Barnes Leichhardt * 13,269 Runners Up
Canterbury Bankstown 7th 6 12 0 235 352 Hey Geelan 6 - Freebody 122 -Kell Belmore * 8,500
Eastern Suburbs 8th 5 12 1 211 354 O'Connor Paskins, Pidding 5 - Sellgren, Paskins 75 -Paskins Sports Ground * 10,291
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 6th 7 8 3 323 269 Devery Bull, Schubert, Duncan 14 - Ritchie 158 -Willey Brookvale * 6,000
Newtown 4th 11 7 0 333 229 Poole Poole, Holloway 15 - Considine 99 -Clifford Henson * 0
North Sydney 8th 5 12 1 218 324 Ryan Evenden, Allan, Strong, Dawson 6 - Cardilini 120 -Arkey North Sydney * 8,740
Parramatta Eels 10th 4 13 1 224 381 Fifield Slattery, Laird, Mann 7 - Mann 30 -Hurst, Laird Cumberland * 6,520 Wooden Spoon
St George Dragons 1st 13 4 1 398 239 Tipping Kearney, Carroll 18 - Ryan 189 -Fleming Kogarah * 8,607 Premiers
South Sydney Rabbitohs 3rd 11 6 1 364 265 Rayner Rayner, Cowie 15 - Moir 130 -Purcell Redfern * 10,920 Prelim Final
Western Suburbs Magpies 4th 11 7 0 276 221 Walsh Wells, O'Shea, Holman 9 - Holman 80 -Bain Pratten * 12,400 Minor Semi