1937 South Sydney season

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1937 South Sydney season
NSWRFL Rank2nd (out of 9)
Play-off resultN/A
1937 recordWins: 5; Draws: 1; Losses: 2
Points scoredFor: 187; Against: 56
Team information
Coach Charlie Lynch
Captain
Top scorers
Tries Harold Thomson (11)
Goals Percy Williams (28)
Points Fred Felsch (65)
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The 1937 South Sydney season was the 30th in the club's history. The club competed in the New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership (NSWRFL), finishing the season 2nd.

Contents

The 1937 season only lasted 8 rounds due to the Kangaroos tour. No finals were played, and Eastern Suburbs were declared premiers. The second half of the season was occupied by a City Cup tournament.

Ladder

TeamPldWDLBPFPAPDPts
1 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Eastern Suburbs 8620118756+13116
2 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 8512126458+10613
3 St. George colours.svg St. George 8512115192+5913
4 Newtown colours.svg Newtown 84041144126+1810
5 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown 840419891+710
6 Balmain colours.svg Balmain 84041115136-2110
7 North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney 830518494-108
8 Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs 83051104126-228
9 University colours.svg Sydney University 8008144309-2652

Fixtures

Regular season

RoundOpponentResultScoreDateVenueCrowdRef
1 University colours.svg Sydney University Win63 – 0Saturday 17 April Sports Ground 4,700 [1]
2 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Win14 – 10Saturday 24 April Sydney Cricket Ground [2]
3 St. George colours.svg St. George Loss7 – 8Monday 26 April Earl Park, Arncliffe 6,000 [3]
4 Newtown colours.svg Newtown Win34 – 14Saturday 1 May Henson Park 7,000 [4]
5 Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs Win14 – 9Saturday 8 May Sports Ground 8,500 [5]
6BYE
7 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Eastern Suburbs Draw6 – 6Saturday 15 May Sydney Cricket Ground 21,200 [6]
8 North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney Loss8 – 10Saturday 22 May North Sydney Oval 7,000 [7]
9 Balmain colours.svg Balmain Win15 – 15Saturday 19 June Leichhardt [8]

City Cup

RoundOpponentResultScoreDateVenueCrowdRef
1 University colours.svg Sydney University Win15 – 2Saturday 26 June Sports Ground [9]
2 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Loss7 – 12Saturday 3 July Belmore Park [10]
3 St. George colours.svg St. George Win31 – 10Monday 10 July Sydney Sports Ground [11]
4 Newtown colours.svg Newtown Loss22 – 23Saturday 17 July Sydney Sports Ground 5,000 [12]
5 Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs Loss10 – 22Saturday 24 July Pratten Park [13]
6BYE
7 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Eastern Suburbs Loss5 – 13Saturday 7 August Sydney Cricket Ground [14]
8 North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney Win32 – 3Saturday 14 August Sydney Cricket Ground [15]
9 Balmain colours.svg Balmain Loss0 – 5Saturday 21 August Sydney Cricket Ground [16]

Club records

Most Tries in a Match: 5 tries by Don Manson versus Sydney University on April 17, 1937

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