Balmain Tigers 13–9 Newtown — Semi-Final, 1945 NRL Finals Series
25 Aug 1945 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, NSW · Attendance: 35,151
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Semi-Final, 1945 NRL finals series: Balmain Tigers 13–9 Newtown, at Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, NSW on 25 Aug 1945.
Sourcing caveat: Newtown's named scoring (Kirk 2 goals + 1 field goal = 6 points) falls 3 points short of the recorded 9 - the score requires an additional Newtown try that could not be identified from the source. Reported as an honest, unresolved gap rather than an invented scorer.
Scorers
| Balmain Tigers | Tries: Paterson Goals: Jorgenson (5) |
| Newtown | Goals: Kirk (2) Drop goals: Kirk |
Team sheets
| Balmain Tigers | Newtown | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parkinson | Fullback | Kirk | 1 |
| 2 | Nielsen | Wing | Jacobson | 2 |
| 3 | Jorgenson | Centre | Goodwin | 3 |
| 4 | Bourke (c) | Centre | Redmond | 4 |
| 5 | Paterson | Wing | A. Stewart | 5 |
| 6 | Ponchard | Five-Eighth | Nevin | 6 |
| 7 | Leo | Halfback | Bugden | 7 |
| 8 | Hampstead | Lock | Cahill | 8 |
| 9 | Ryan | Second Row | Narvo | 9 |
| 10 | Metcalf | Second Row | Montgomery | 10 |
| 11 | Spencer | Prop | Farrell (c) | 11 |
| 12 | Dawes | Hooker | Mulligan | 12 |
| 13 | Kidd | Prop | McLennan | 13 |
| Norm Robinson | Coach | Frank Farrell / Arthur Folwell | ||
Match officials
| Referee | George Bishop |
Match report
25 Aug 1945, SCG. Halftime: Balmain 4-2.