1939 South Sydney season

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1939 South Sydney season
NSWRFL Rank4th (out of 8)
Play-off resultRunners up
1939 recordWins: 9; draws: 0; losses: 5
Points scoredFor: 219; against: 158
Team information
Coach Charlie Lynch
Captain
Stadium Sydney Sports Ground
Top scorers
Tries Alan Tuohey (12)
Goals Fred Felsch (34)
Points Fred Felsch (77)
  1938 1940  

The 1939 South Sydney Rabbitohs season was the 32nd in the club's history. The club competed in the New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership (NSWRFL), finishing the season fourth.

Contents

Ladder

TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts
1 Balmain colours.svg Balmain 141022249115+13422
2 St. George colours.svg St. George 141004268169+9920
3 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown 141004234155+7920
4 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 14905219158+6118
5 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Eastern Suburbs 14806192184+816
6 Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs 142210148213-656
7 North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney 142210129272-1436
8 Newtown colours.svg Newtown 142012124297-1734

Fixtures

Regular season

RoundOpponentResultScoreDateVenueCrowdRef
1 St. George colours.svg St. George Loss15 – 33Saturday 22 April Earl Park [1]
2 Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs Win8 – 6Tuesday 25 April Sports Ground 3,000 [2]
3 Newtown colours.svg Newtown Win24 – 2Saturday 29 April Henson Oval 6,000 [3]
4 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Eastern Suburbs Win12 – 0Saturday 6 May Sydney Cricket Ground 8,000 [4]
5 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Loss4 – 9Saturday 13 May Sports Ground 6,000 [5]
6 Balmain colours.svg Balmain Win13 – 11Saturday 20 May Sydney Cricket Ground 18,700 [6]
7 North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney Win26 – 12Saturday 27 May North Sydney Oval 5,500 [7]
8 St. George colours.svg St. George Loss8 – 21Saturday 17 June Sports Ground 8,000 [8]
9 Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs Loss8 – 19Saturday 24 June Pratten Park [9]
10 Newtown colours.svg Newtown Win13 – 8Saturday 1 July Earl Park [10]
11 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Eastern Suburbs Win13 – 6Saturday 8 July Sports Ground 7,000 [11]
12 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Win17 – 12Saturday 15 July Sydney Cricket Ground 10,600 [12]
13 Balmain colours.svg Balmain Loss5 – 19Saturday 5 August Sydney Cricket Ground 11,200 [13]
14 North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney Win53 – 0Saturday 12 August Sports Ground [14]

Finals

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeCrowd
Semifinals
St. George colours.svg St. George 10–23 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 26 August 1939 Sydney Cricket Ground Tom McMahon21,722
Final
Balmain colours.svg Balmain 33–4 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 2 September 1939 Sydney Cricket Ground George Bishop26,972 [15]

References

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  2. "NSWRFL 1939 - Round 2 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2021-11-19.
  3. "NSWRFL 1939 - Round 3 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2021-11-19.
  4. "NSWRFL 1939 - Round 4 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2021-11-19.
  5. "NSWRFL 1939 - Round 5 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2021-11-19.
  6. "NSWRFL 1939 - Round 6 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2021-11-19.
  7. "NSWRFL 1939 - Round 7 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2021-11-19.
  8. "NSWRFL 1939 - Round 8 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2021-11-19.
  9. "NSWRFL 1939 - Round 9 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2021-11-19.
  10. "NSWRFL 1939 - Round 10 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2021-11-19.
  11. "NSWRFL 1939 - Round 11 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2021-11-19.
  12. "NSWRFL 1939 - Round 12 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2021-11-19.
  13. "NSWRFL 1939 - Round 13 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2021-11-19.
  14. "NSWRFL 1939 - Round 14 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2021-11-19.
  15. "1939 South Sydney Rabbitohs Players". www.ssralmanac.com. Retrieved 2021-11-19.