1938 South Sydney season

1938 South Sydney season
NSWRFL Rank	2nd (out of 8)
Play-off result	Lost semifinals
1938 record	Wins: 9; draws: 1; losses: 4
Points scored	For: 254; against: 245
Team information
Coach	Charlie Lynch
Captain	Fred Felsch
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.

Ladder

	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

Fixtures

Regular season

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]

Finals

	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

Player statistics

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
Francis Herbert McCann	10	3	0	0	9
Paul McCann aka 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

References

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12. "NSWRFL 1938 - Round 12 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
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