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1945 NSWRFL

See also

1945 BRL

Stats

Note: * denotes incomplete data.

Premiers: Eastern Suburbs
Runners Up: Balmain
Minor Premiers: Eastern Suburbs
Wooden Spoon: South Sydney
Top Tryscorer: Charles Cahill (13)
Top Pointscorer: Dick Dunn (150)

No. Of Teams: 8
No. Of Games: 60
No. Of Players: 221
No. Of Tries: 399
No. Of Goals: 371
No. Of F.Goals: 1

Total Attendance: 736,919 *
Average Crowd: 13,399 *
Average Crowd (Reg. Season): *
Highest Crowd: 44,585 *
Highest Crowd (Reg. Season): *
Lowest Crowd: 3,290 *

Mean Scoreline: 21-11
Median Scoreline: 21-11
Highest Scoreline: 44-10
Lowest Scoreline: 3-5
Highest Team Score: Newtown (44-10)
Average PPG: 34.05

Ladder

		Home							Away							Overall
Team		P	W	L	D	F	A	PD	P	W	L	D	F	A	PD	P	W	L	D	F	A	Pts	PD	FPG	APG
1.	Eastern Suburbs	7	6	1	-	139	69	70	7	5	2	-	137	121	16	14	11	3	-	276	190	22	+86	19.71	13.57
2.	Newtown	7	6	1	-	187	80	107	7	4	2	1	139	97	42	14	10	3	1	326	177	21	+149	23.29	12.64
3.	Western Suburbs	7	6	1	-	161	93	68	7	2	4	1	77	99	-22	14	8	5	1	238	192	17	+46	17.00	13.71
4.	Balmain	7	2	1	4	128	108	20	7	4	3	-	124	94	30	14	6	4	4	252	202	16	+50	18.00	14.43
	North Sydney	7	4	3	-	94	86	8	7	4	3	-	94	89	5	14	8	6	-	188	175	16	+13	13.43	12.50
6.	Canterbury	7	2	5	-	108	109	-1	7	2	4	1	109	176	-67	14	4	9	1	217	285	9	-68	15.50	20.36
	St George	7	3	4	-	99	116	-17	7	1	5	1	84	137	-53	14	4	9	1	183	253	9	-70	13.07	18.07
8.	Souths	7	1	6	-	82	165	-83	7	-	7	-	62	185	-123	14	1	13	-	144	350	2	-206	10.29	25.00
Balmain, North Sydney were involved in playoffs to determine their final position.

Playoffs/Finals

Playoff	Aug 16	Balmain	9	North Sydney	5	A. Shiner	SCG	17,207	>
Semi Final	18	Eastern Suburbs	28	Western Suburbs	13	T. McMahon	SCG	34,916	>
Semi Final	25	Balmain	13	Newtown	9	G. Bishop	SCG	35,151	>
Final	Sep 1	Eastern Suburbs	22	Balmain	18	T. McMahon	SCG	44,585	>

Team Stats

Team Name	Position	W	L	D	Pts For	Pts Ag.	Coach(es)	Top Tryscorer(s)			Top Pointscorer(s)			Home Venue(s)	Home Crowd Avg	Extra Info
Balmain Tigers	4th	6	4	4	252	202	Norm ROBINSON	9	-	Harry LEO	123	-	Joe JORGENSON	Leichhardt	6,392	Runners Up
Canterbury Bankstown	6th	4	9	1	217	285	Bill KELLY	6	-	Vince WHALE Ron BAILEY	41	-	George ENDYCOTT	Belmore	* 6,167
Eastern Suburbs	1st	11	3	0	276	190	Arthur HALLOWAY	12	-	Dick DUNN	150	-	Dick DUNN	Sports Ground	* 8,766	Premiers
Newtown	2nd	10	3	1	326	177	Arthur FOLWELL Frank FARRELL	13	-	Charles CAHILL	104	-	Tom KIRK	Henson	6,929	Semi Final, State Championships
North Sydney	4th	8	6	0	188	175	Frank BURGE	9	-	Johnny BLISS	52	-	Doug DEITZ	North Sydney	7,474
St George Dragons	6th	4	9	1	183	253	Percy WILLIAMS Harry KADWELL	6	-	Walter MUSSING	26	-	Cyril HOLT	Hurstville	5,953
South Sydney Rabbitohs	8th	1	13	0	144	350	Eric LEWIS	5	-	Clem KENNEDY Frank CURRY	16	-	Les BELL	Sports Ground	* 4,678	Wooden Spoon
Western Suburbs Magpies	3rd	8	5	1	238	192	Frank McMILLAN	12	-	Jack SNARE	39	-	Bob ANDREWS	Pratten	* 7,012	Semi Final