| 1938 South Sydney season | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NSWRFL Rank | 2nd (out of 8) | |||
| Play-off result | Lost Semi Finals | |||
| 1938 record | Wins: 9; Draws: 1; Losses: 4 | |||
| Points scored | For: 254; Against: 245 | |||
| Team information | ||||
| Coach | Charlie Lynch | |||
| Captain | ||||
| Avg. attendance | 6,650 | |||
| Top scorers | ||||
| Tries | Don Manson (14) | |||
| Goals | Percy Williams (40) | |||
| Points | Percy Williams (80) | |||
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The 1938 South Sydney Rabbitohs season was the 31st in the club's history. The club competed in the New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership (NSWRFL), finishing the season 2nd.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Canterbury-Bankstown | 14 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 276 | 135 | +141 | 26 |
| 2 |  South Sydney | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 254 | 245 | +109 | 19 |
| 3 |  Balmain | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 238 | 176 | +62 | 15 |
| 4 |  Eastern Suburbs | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 228 | 203 | +25 | 15 |
| 5 |  North Sydney | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 163 | 220 | -57 | 12 |
| 6 |  Newtown | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 174 | 228 | -54 | 11 |
| 7 |  Western Suburbs | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 155 | 265 | -110 | 9 |
| 8 |  St. George | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 159 | 275 | -116 | 7 |
| Round | Opponent | Result | Score | Date | Venue | Crowd | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Balmain | Loss | 5 – 10 | Saturday 23 April | Leichhardt | 3,000 | [1] |
| 2 | Eastern Suburbs | Win | 21 – 14 | Monday 25 April | Sydney Cricket Ground | 8,000 | [2] |
| 3 | North Sydney | Win | 31 – 5 | Saturday 30 April | Sydney Cricket Ground | 5,000 | [3] |
| 4 | Western Suburbs | Win | 8 – 4 | Saturday 7 May | Sydney Cricket Ground | 5,000 | [4] |
| 5 | St. George | Win | 28 – 14 | Saturday 14 May | Earl Park | 5,000 | [5] |
| 6 | Newtown | Win | 18 – 4 | Saturday 21 May | Sydney Cricket Ground | 7,300 | [6] |
| 7 | Canterbury-Bankstown | Draw | 3 – 3 | Saturday 28 May | Sydney Cricket Ground | 20,100 | [7] |
| 8 | Balmain | Win | 35 – 7 | Saturday 18 June | Sydney Cricket Ground | 10,300 | [8] |
| 9 | Western Suburbs | Win | 13 – 9 | Saturday 25 June | Pratten Park | 3,500 | [9] |
| 10 | North Sydney | Loss | 11 – 19 | Saturday 16 July | North Sydney Oval | 4,000 | [10] |
| 11 | Eastern Suburbs | Loss | 10 – 28 | Saturday 23 July | Sports Ground | [11] | |
| 12 | St. George | Win | 33 – 3 | Saturday 30 July | Sydney Cricket Ground | 3,700 | [12] |
| 13 | Canterbury-Bankstown | Loss | 8 – 12 | Saturday 6 August | Sydney Cricket Ground | 10,00 | [13] |
| 14 | Newtown | Win | 30 – 13 | Saturday 13 August | Henson Park | 3,000 | [14] |
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 20 August 1938 - Sydney Cricket Ground | ||||||
| Canterbury | 31 | |||||
| 3 September 1938 - Sydney Cricket Ground | ||||||
| Balmain | 24 | |||||
| Canterbury | 19 | |||||
| 27 August 1938 - Sydney Cricket Ground | ||||||
| Eastern Suburbs | 6 | |||||
| Eastern Suburbs | 19 | |||||
| South Sydney | 10 | |||||
| Name | App | T | G | FG | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Boyd | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Brown | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Ray Byrne | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Percy Fairall | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| Fred Felsch | 13 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 23 |
| Eddie Hinson | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Dick Johnson | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Jack Kadwell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| George Kilham | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Albert Lee | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul McCann | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Rodney McFarlane | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vincent Mahboub | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Manson | 14 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 39 |
| Bernard Murphy | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Alan Quinlivan | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Alan Schafer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| William Schmidt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| William Schofield | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harold Thomson | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Alan Tuohey | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Tom Voce | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Walsh | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Percy Williams | 12 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 80 |
| David Woods | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 195 | 54 | 51 | 0 | 264 |
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