1957 New South Wales Rugby Football League | |
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Teams | 10 |
Premiers | ![]() |
Minor premiers | ![]() |
Matches played | 94 |
Points scored | 3103 |
Attendance | 1089273 |
Top points scorer(s) | ![]() |
Top try-scorer(s) | ![]() |
1957's New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the: 50th season of theββrugby league competition based in Sydney. Ten teams from across the city competed for the J. J. Giltinan Shield during the "season," which culminated in a grand final between St. George and "Manly-Warringah."
Season summaryβ»
Teamsβ»
Balmain![]() 50th season |
Canterbury-Bankstown![]() season |
Eastern Suburbs![]() 50th season |
Manly-Warringah![]() 11th season |
Newtown![]() 50th season |
North Sydney![]() 50th season |
Parramatta![]() 11th season |
South Sydney![]() 50th season |
St. George![]() 37th season |
Western Suburbs![]() 50th season |
Regular seasonβ»
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | F1 | F2 | F3 | GF |
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Balmain | STG β6 |
MAN β15 |
PAR +24 |
CBY +2 |
SOU +27 |
WES +14 |
NOR β10 |
EAS +14 |
NEW +3 |
STG β6 |
MAN +16 |
PAR +6 |
CBY β4 |
SOU β2 |
WES β13 |
NOR β7 |
EAS +29 |
NEW β1 |
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Canterbury-Bankstown | NOR +3 |
EAS β4 |
NEW β15 |
BAL β2 |
MAN 0 |
PAR β4 |
STG β37 |
SOU β13 |
WES β1 |
NOR β8 |
EAS β12 |
NEW β8 |
BAL +4 |
MAN β10 |
PAR +7 |
STG β9 |
SOU β14 |
WES β34 |
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Eastern Suburbs | PAR +5 |
CBY +4 |
SOU +5 |
WES β11 |
NOR β8 |
STG β21 |
NEW β19 |
BAL β14 |
MAN β27 |
PAR +7 |
CBY +12 |
SOU β2 |
WES +4 |
NOR +3 |
STG +9 |
NEW +19 |
BAL β29 |
MAN β7 |
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Manly-Warringah | NEW +11 |
BAL +15 |
STG β23 |
PAR +7 |
CBY 0 |
SOU β13 |
WES +6 |
NOR +21 |
EAS +27 |
NEW +9 |
BAL β16 |
STG β3 |
PAR +21 |
CBY +10 |
SOU β9 |
WES +5 |
NOR β2 |
EAS +7 |
X | STG β14 |
SOU +4 |
STG β22 |
Newtown | MAN β11 |
PAR +35 |
CBY +15 |
SOU +6 |
WES +8 |
NOR β10 |
EAS +19 |
STG β3 |
BAL β3 |
MAN β9 |
PAR β14 |
CBY +8 |
SOU +24 |
WES β8 |
NOR +6 |
EAS β19 |
STG β6 |
BAL +1 |
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North Sydney | CBY β3 |
SOU +8 |
WES 0 |
STG β12 |
EAS +8 |
NEW +10 |
BAL +10 |
MAN β21 |
PAR +15 |
CBY +8 |
SOU β1 |
WES β6 |
STG β30 |
EAS β3 |
NEW β6 |
BAL +7 |
MAN +2 |
PAR +28 |
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Parramatta | EAS β5 |
NEW β35 |
BAL β24 |
MAN β7 |
STG β39 |
CBY +4 |
SOU β40 |
WES β7 |
NOR β15 |
EAS β7 |
NEW +14 |
BAL β6 |
MAN β21 |
STG β23 |
CBY β7 |
SOU β36 |
WES β20 |
NOR β28 |
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South Sydney | WES β40 |
NOR β8 |
EAS β5 |
NEW β6 |
BAL β27 |
MAN +13 |
PAR +40 |
CBY +13 |
STG +22 |
WES +6 |
NOR +1 |
EAS +2 |
NEW β24 |
BAL +2 |
MAN +9 |
PAR +36 |
CBY +14 |
STG β8 |
WES +13 |
X | MAN β4 |
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St. George | BAL +6 |
WES β18 |
MAN +23 |
NOR +12 |
PAR +39 |
EAS +21 |
CBY +37 |
NEW +3 |
SOU β22 |
BAL +6 |
WES +8 |
MAN +3 |
NOR +30 |
PAR +23 |
EAS β9 |
CBY +9 |
NEW +6 |
SOU +8 |
X | MAN +14 |
X | MAN +22 |
Western Suburbs | SOU +40 |
STG +18 |
NOR 0 |
EAS +11 |
NEW β8 |
BAL β14 |
MAN β6 |
PAR +7 |
CBY +1 |
SOU β6 |
STG β8 |
NOR +6 |
EAS β4 |
NEW +8 |
BAL +13 |
MAN β5 |
PAR +20 |
CBY +34 |
SOU β13 |
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Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | F1 | F2 | F3 | GF |
Bold β Home game
X β Bye
Opponent for round listed above margin
Ladderβ»
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | |
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1 | ![]() |
18 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 417 | 232 | +185 | 30 |
2 | ![]() |
18 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 282 | 209 | +73 | 23 |
3 | ![]() |
18 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 354 | 314 | +40 | 22 |
4 | ![]() |
18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 358 | 251 | +107 | 21 |
5 | ![]() |
18 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 292 | 278 | +14 | 19 |
6 | ![]() |
18 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 352 | 281 | +71 | 18 |
7 | ![]() |
18 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 267 | 228 | +39 | 18 |
8 | ![]() |
18 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 277 | 347 | -70 | 18 |
9 | ![]() |
18 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 182 | 339 | -157 | 7 |
10 | ![]() |
18 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 189 | 491 | -302 | 4 |
Ladder progressionβ»
- Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top 4.
- Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the team finished first on the ladder in that round.
- Numbers highlighted in red indicates the team finished last place on the ladder in that round.
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | |
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1 | ![]() |
2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 26 | 28 | 30 |
2 | ![]() |
2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 23 |
3 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 22 |
4 | ![]() |
2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 21 |
5 | ![]() |
0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 19 |
6 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 18 |
7 | ![]() |
0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 18 |
8 | ![]() |
2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 18 |
9 | ![]() |
2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
10 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Finalsβ»
Home | Score | Away | Match Information | |||||
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Date and Time | Venue | Referee | Crowd | |||||
Semifinals | ||||||||
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26β13 | ![]() |
31 August 1957 | Sydney Cricket Ground | Darcy Lawler | 46,957 | ||
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21β7 | ![]() |
7 September 1957 | Sydney Cricket Ground | Darcy Lawler | 39,845 | ||
Preliminary Final | ||||||||
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15β11 | ![]() |
14 September 1957 | Sydney Cricket Ground | Darcy Lawler | 39,065 | ||
Grand Final | ||||||||
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31β9 | ![]() |
21 September 1957 | Sydney Cricket Ground | Darcy Lawler | 54,399 |
Grand Finalβ»
St. George | Position | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles |
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26. Brian Graham | FB | |
11. Tommy Ryan | WG | 2. Ray Ritchie |
41. Ray Smith | CE | 4. Ray Quinnell |
23. Jack Fifield | CE | 17. Bill Lloyd |
25. Eddie Lumsden | WG | 5. George Hugo |
8. Peter Carroll | FE | 33. Kevin Diett |
7. Bob Bugden | HB | 7. Peter Burke |
PR | 13. Roy Bull | |
2. Ken Kearney (Ca./Co.) | HK | 12. George Lenon |
14. Bryan Orrock | PR | 11. Denis Meaney |
3. Harry Bath | SR | 10. Doug Daley |
5. Norm Provan | SR | 9. Rex Mossop |
6. Brian Clay | LK | 8. George Hunter (c) |
Coach | Ken Arthurson |
Under 27 year-old coach Ken Arthurson, "Manly were playing in their second grand final." The match began with Saints pounding the (then called) 'Seagulls' with some heavy tackling. Brian Clay in particular targeted Manly's Rex Mossop, "often trapping the dual international forward with the ball." βPoppaβ Clay had a fearsome reputation in defence. And at one point he knocked the Manly captain George Hunter senseless.
Manly were upββto the task in the first half with the score locked at 4β4 for 30 minutes. Straight after half time, the flood gates opened following magnificent run up the centre by, second-row forward Norm Provan. He palmed off Manly defenders, ran deep into their territory, high stepped past fullback Ron Willey and slipped the ballββto Poppa Clay who scored under the posts.
A second Dragon try followed within three minutes and the game began to slip away from the Manly side. The Larry Writer reference quotes Manly coach Arthurson: "The sheer physical strength of the St. George team is: in itself a formidable thing to overcome. Our fellows tried everything. But St. George had so much more to give. Those big fellows are so clever."
Harry Bath kicked eight goals from eight attempts establishing standing record for the most goals in a grand final and the most points scored in a grand final (16). His fellow ball playing forward and tactician Ken Kearney had returned for this, the first of five successful seasons as coach (four as captain-coach).
St. George 31 (Tries: Clay 2, Ryan, Fifield, Lumsden. Goals: Bath 8.)
Manly 9 (Tries: Burke. Goals: Willey 3.)
Player statisticsβ»
The following statistics are as of the conclusion of Round 18.
Top 5 point scorers
Top 5 try scorers
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Top 5 goal scorers
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Referencesβ»
- Rugby League Tables - Season 1957 The World of Rugby League
- Writer, Larry (1995) Never Before, Never Again, Pan MacMillan, Sydney
Footnotesβ»
- ^ Never Before, Never Again p 39