Balmain Tigers 13–9 Canterbury-Bankstown — Semi-Final, 1939 NRL Finals Series
19 Aug 1939 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, NSW · Attendance: 23,774
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Semi-Final, 1939 NRL finals series: Balmain Tigers 13–9 Canterbury-Bankstown, at Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, NSW on 19 Aug 1939.
Sourcing caveat: Bill Johnson (Balmain) appears adjacent to the goals column on RLP's page but with no successful kicks attributed; excluded from the goal tally since including him would overshoot the recorded score. Treated as 0 successful kicks (unlike a blank entry in the tries column, which this dataset reads as 1), consistent with how the source distinguishes an attempted-but-missed kick from an unlisted try-scorer.
Scorers
| Balmain Tigers | Tries: Goodwin (2); Watt Goals: Bourke (2) |
| Canterbury-Bankstown | Tries: Gartner Goals: Kirk (3) |
Team sheets
| Balmain Tigers | Canterbury-Bankstown | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Day | Fullback | Kirk | 1 |
| 2 | Goodwin (c) | Wing | Newham | 2 |
| 3 | Winchester | Centre | Gartner | 3 |
| 4 | Hyde | Centre | Brady (c) | 4 |
| 5 | Bourke | Wing | Champion | 5 |
| 6 | Bischoff | Five-Eighth | McCarter | 6 |
| 7 | Quealey | Halfback | Anderson | 7 |
| 8 | Redman | Lock | B. Porter | 8 |
| 9 | A. Smith | Second Row | Kirkaldy | 9 |
| 10 | B. Johnson | Second Row | McCallum | 10 |
| 11 | Buckley | Prop | Allison | 11 |
| 12 | Watt | Hooker | Mitchell | 12 |
| 13 | Manning | Prop | Sponberg | 13 |
| Bill Kelly | Coach | Jerry Brien | ||
Match officials
| Referee | George Bishop (Goulburn) |
Match report
19 Aug 1939, SCG. Halftime: Balmain 5, Canterbury 7.