1937 South Sydney Rabbitohs season

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1937 South Sydney Rabbitohs season
NSWRFL Rank2nd (out of 9)
Play-off resultN/A
1937 recordWins: 5; Draws: 1; Losses: 2
Points scoredFor: 187; Against: 56
Team information
CoachCharlie Lynch
Captain
Top scorers
TriesHarold Thomson (11)
GoalsPercy Williams (28)
PointsFred 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.

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[]

Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Eastern Suburbs 8 6 2 0 1 187 56 +131 16
2 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 8 5 1 2 1 264 58 +106 13
3 St. George colours.svg St. George 8 5 1 2 1 151 92 +59 13
4 Newtown colours.svg Newtown 8 4 0 4 1 144 126 +18 10
5 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown 8 4 0 4 1 98 91 +7 10
6 Balmain colours.svg Balmain 8 4 0 4 1 115 136 -21 10
7 North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney 8 3 0 5 1 84 94 -10 8
8 Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs 8 3 0 5 1 104 126 -22 8
9 University colours.svg Sydney University 8 0 0 8 1 44 309 -265 2

Fixtures[]

Regular season[]

Round Opponent Result Score Date Venue Crowd Ref
1 University colours.svg Sydney University Win 63 – 0 Saturday 17 April Sports Ground 4,700 [1]
2 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Win 14 – 10 Saturday 24 April Sydney Cricket Ground [2]
3 St. George colours.svg St. George Loss 7 – 8 Monday 26 April Earl Park, Arncliffe 6,000 [3]
4 Newtown colours.svg Newtown Win 34 – 14 Saturday 1 May Henson Park 7,000 [4]
5 Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs Win 14 – 9 Saturday 8 May Sports Ground 8,500 [5]
6 BYE
7 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Eastern Suburbs Draw 6 – 6 Saturday 15 May Sydney Cricket Ground 21,200 [6]
8 North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney Loss 8 – 10 Saturday 22 May North Sydney Oval 7,000 [7]
9 Balmain colours.svg Balmain Win 15 – 15 Saturday 19 June Leichhardt [8]

City Cup[]

Round Opponent Result Score Date Venue Crowd Ref
1 University colours.svg Sydney University Win 15 – 2 Saturday 26 June Sports Ground [9]
2 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Loss 7 – 12 Saturday 3 July Belmore Park [10]
3 St. George colours.svg St. George Win 31 – 10 Monday 10 July Sydney Sports Ground [11]
4 Newtown colours.svg Newtown Loss 22 – 23 Saturday 17 July Sydney Sports Ground 5,000 [12]
5 Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs Loss 10 – 22 Saturday 24 July Pratten Park [13]
6 BYE
7 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Eastern Suburbs Loss 5 – 13 Saturday 7 August Sydney Cricket Ground [14]
8 North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney Win 32 – 3 Saturday 14 August Sydney Cricket Ground [15]
9 Balmain colours.svg Balmain Loss 0 – 5 Saturday 21 August Sydney Cricket Ground [16]

Club records[]

Further information: List of South Sydney Rabbitohs records

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

References[]

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  2. ^ "NSWRFL 1937 - Round 2 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2021-10-29.
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  6. ^ "NSWRFL 1937 - Round 7 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2021-10-29.
  7. ^ "NSWRFL 1937 - Round 8 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2021-10-29.
  8. ^ "NSWRFL 1937 - Round 9 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2021-10-29.
  9. ^ "City Cup 1937 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2021-10-30.
  10. ^ "City Cup 1937 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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  12. ^ "City Cup 1937 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2021-10-30.
  13. ^ "City Cup 1937 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2021-10-30.
  14. ^ "City Cup 1937 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2021-10-30.
  15. ^ "City Cup 1937 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2021-10-30.
  16. ^ "City Cup 1937 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2021-10-30.
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