1940 NSWRFL Season — Final Regular-Season Ladder
8 teams, 14-round home-and-away season (April-August), WWII era but no reduced-round disruption evident this year. Wikipedia's page fetch did not surface a full ladder table (only teams list, format summary, and Grand Final result), so the ladder here is from Rugby League Project and was arithmetically cross-checked (total wins=54=total losses; total points-for=1657=total points-against). Wikipedia confirms Eastern Suburbs (1st) defeated Canterbury-Bankstown (3rd) 24-14 in the Grand Final, consistent with the era's semi-final/challenge finals system rather than a simple top-2 decider.
Ladder
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | Diff | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eastern Suburbs | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 250 | 136 | +114 | 19 |
| 2 | Newtown | 14 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 261 | 200 | +61 | 18 |
| 3 | Canterbury-Bankstown | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 204 | 195 | +9 | 16 |
| 4 | St. George | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 263 | 203 | +60 | 16 |
| 5 | Balmain | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 199 | 162 | +37 | 15 |
| 6 | South Sydney | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 165 | 259 | -94 | 14 |
| 7 | North Sydney | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 156 | 243 | -87 | 8 |
| 8 | Western Suburbs | 14 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 159 | 259 | -100 | 6 |
Qualified for the finals series — top 4 that season.
Finals series
Semi-Final
| Date | Result | Venue | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Aug 1940 | Eastern Suburbs Roosters 10–3 St. George | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, NSW | 17,473 |
| 24 Aug 1940 | Canterbury-Bankstown 19–11 Newtown | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, NSW | 22,061 |
Grand Final
| Date | Result | Venue | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Aug 1940 | Eastern Suburbs Roosters 24–14 Canterbury-Bankstown | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, NSW |
Full Grand Final page (Clive Churchill Medal, match context, sources) →
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