Eastern Suburbs Roosters 25–13 Canterbury-Bankstown — Semi-Final, 1936 NRL Finals Series
5 Sep 1936 · Belmore Oval, Sydney, NSW · Attendance: 7,201
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Semi-Final, 1936 NRL finals series: Eastern Suburbs Roosters 25–13 Canterbury-Bankstown, at Belmore Oval, Sydney, NSW on 5 Sep 1936.
Sourcing caveat: Canterbury's side reconciles exactly (1 try + 5 goals = 13). Eastern Suburbs' confirmed scoring - Dave Brown (3 tries) and Tom Dowling (5 goals) - totals 19 of the recorded 25, leaving 2 further tries (6 points) unaccounted for. RLP's page returned inconsistent name sets for the remaining tries across repeated queries (variously including or excluding Jack Lynch, Rod O'Loan, Viv Thicknesse and Fred Tottey), and no combination of those names reconciled cleanly at face value. Rather than guess which two of the four scored, this is reported as an honest, unresolved gap in Eastern Suburbs' try-scorer list.
Scorers
| Eastern Suburbs Roosters | Tries: D. Brown (3) Goals: Dowling (5) |
| Canterbury-Bankstown | Tries: Gartner Goals: Kirk (5) |
Team sheets
| Eastern Suburbs Roosters | Canterbury-Bankstown | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dowling | Fullback | Kirk | 1 |
| 2 | O'Loan | Wing | Mitchell | 2 |
| 3 | D. Brown (c) | Centre | Brady (c) | 3 |
| 4 | Lynch | Centre | O'Sullivan | 4 |
| 5 | Tottey | Wing | Gartner | 5 |
| 6 | Norman | Five-Eighth | Chignell | 6 |
| 7 | Thicknesse | Halfback | Mason | 7 |
| 8 | Pearce | Lock | Knowles | 8 |
| 9 | H. Pierce | Second Row | McConnell | 9 |
| 10 | Craigie | Second Row | Hartwell Snr | 10 |
| 11 | Coote | Prop | Burns | 11 |
| 12 | McLachlan | Hooker | B. Porter | 12 |
| 13 | Stehr | Prop | H. Porter | 13 |
| Arthur Halloway | Coach | Frank Burge | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Lal Deane |
Match report
5 Sep 1936, Belmore Oval. Halftime: Eastern Suburbs 11, Canterbury 9.