Eastern Suburbs Roosters 24–22 Canterbury-Bankstown — Semi-Final, 1941 NRL Finals Series
16 Aug 1941 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, NSW · Attendance: 21,000
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Semi-Final, 1941 NRL finals series: Eastern Suburbs Roosters 24–22 Canterbury-Bankstown, at Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, NSW on 16 Aug 1941.
Sourcing caveat: Both sides' goal totals (Brown 5 for Eastern Suburbs, Johnson 5 for Canterbury) are stated directly and are individually consistent with the recorded scores if 4 tries are credited to each side, but the source names only 2 of Eastern Suburbs' tries (Dermond) and none of Canterbury's - the remaining try-scorers on both sides could not be identified from the source despite re-checking. Reported as an honest, unresolved gap in try-scorer completeness rather than invented names.
Scorers
| Eastern Suburbs Roosters | Tries: Dermond (2) Goals: D. Brown (5) |
| Canterbury-Bankstown | Goals: L. Johnson (5) |
Team sheets
| Eastern Suburbs Roosters | Canterbury-Bankstown | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bartlett | Fullback | L. Johnson | 1 |
| 2 | Dermond | Wing | Newham | 2 |
| 3 | Dunn | Centre | Bonnyman | 3 |
| 4 | D. Brown | Centre | Anderson | 4 |
| 5 | Walsh | Wing | Lyons | 5 |
| 6 | May | Five-Eighth | Bailey (c) | 6 |
| 7 | Lisle | Halfback | McCarter | 7 |
| 8 | Bamford | Lock | Sponberg | 8 |
| 9 | Gulliver | Second Row | Allison | 9 |
| 10 | Pearce | Second Row | Farrar | 10 |
| 11 | Clarke | Prop | Burns | 11 |
| 12 | Hollingdale | Hooker | Kirkaldy | 12 |
| 13 | Stehr (c) | Prop | Porter | 13 |
| Ray Stehr | Coach | Ron Bailey | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Tom McMahon (Glasgow) |
Match report
16 Aug 1941, SCG. Halftime: Eastern Suburbs 15-13.