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Eastern Suburbs (now known as the Sydney Roosters) competed in their 32nd New South Wales Rugby League season in 1939.
In the 1939 season Eastern Suburbs line-up contained the following players:- ???(Coach); Jack Arnold, W. Bamford, D. Bartlett, Dave Brown, S. Callaghan, H. 'Nick'Dalton, Percy Dermond, Dick Dunn, Noel Hollingdale, Henry 'Harry' Pierce, Ray Stehr
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | |
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| 1 |  Balmain | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 249 | 115 | +134 | 22 |
| 2 |  St. George | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 268 | 169 | +99 | 20 |
| 3 |  Canterbury-Bankstown | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 234 | 155 | +79 | 20 |
| 4 |  South Sydney | 14 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 219 | 158 | +61 | 18 |
| 5 |  Eastern Suburbs | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 192 | 184 | +8 | 16 |
| 6 |  Western Suburbs | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 148 | 213 | -65 | 6 |
| 7 |  North Sydney | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 129 | 272 | -143 | 6 |
| 8 |  Newtown | 14 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 124 | 297 | -173 | 4 |
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