Eastern Suburbs Roosters 19–6 South Sydney Rabbitohs — Semi-Final, 1934 NRL Finals Series
25 Aug 1934 · Sydney Sports Ground, Sydney, NSW · Attendance: 17,775
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Semi-Final, 1934 NRL finals series: Eastern Suburbs Roosters 19–6 South Sydney Rabbitohs, at Sydney Sports Ground, Sydney, NSW on 25 Aug 1934.
Sourcing caveat: An earlier plain-text extraction of the source page misattributed a digit '3' to Jack Beaton's (Eastern Suburbs) row, which would have overshot Eastern Suburbs' total to 21 points - the raw-HTML column alignment shows that digit actually belongs to South Sydney's Percy Williams column, and the reading used here (Beaton and Brown with 1 goal each, Williams 3 goals) is the one that reconciles cleanly for both sides.
Scorers
| Eastern Suburbs Roosters | Tries: Beaton; D. Brown; Lane; H. Pierce; Thompson Goals: Beaton; D. Brown |
| South Sydney Rabbitohs | Goals: Williams (3) |
Team sheets
| Eastern Suburbs Roosters | South Sydney Rabbitohs | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dowling | Fullback | Spillane | 1 |
| 2 | Lane | Wing | Wylie | 2 |
| 3 | D. Brown (c) | Centre | Harris | 3 |
| 4 | Beaton | Centre | Dean | 4 |
| 5 | Thompson | Wing | Blann | 5 |
| 6 | Norman | Five-Eighth | Finch | 6 |
| 7 | Thicknesse | Halfback | Williams | 7 |
| 8 | Norval | Lock | Why | 8 |
| 9 | H. Pierce | Second Row | Treweek (c) | 9 |
| 10 | Pearce | Second Row | O'Connor | 10 |
| 11 | Nixon | Prop | Lewis | 11 |
| 12 | McLachlan | Hooker | M. Williams | 12 |
| 13 | Stehr | Prop | Curran | 13 |
| Arthur Halloway | Coach | Charlie Lynch | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Lal Deane |
Match report
25 Aug 1934, Sydney Sports Ground. Halftime: Eastern Suburbs 6, South Sydney 4. Frank Curran (South Sydney) sent off. Eastern Suburbs made 3 lineup changes into this match: Beaton and Nixon in, Tottey and Clarke out, Thompson moved centre to wing.