1947 NSWRFL Season — Final Regular-Season Ladder

Competition expanded from 8 to 10 teams with Manly-Warringah and Parramatta joining (first expansion since Canterbury-Bankstown entered in 1935); season lengthened to 18 rounds. Canterbury-Bankstown were minor premiers but lost the Grand Final to Balmain (13-9). Western Suburbs and St. George tied on competition points (22) for 4th; order per source. Arithmetically verified: total wins=88=total losses, total PF=3074=total PA.

NRL 1947 ▾

Ladder

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	Diff	Pts
1	Canterbury-Bankstown	18	13	1	4	366	272	+94	27
2	Balmain	18	12	0	6	342	265	+77	24
3	Newtown	18	11	1	6	375	302	+73	23
4	Western Suburbs	18	11	0	7	295	253	+42	22
4	St. George	18	11	0	7	353	272	+81	22
6	North Sydney	18	9	1	8	287	278	+9	19
7	South Sydney	18	9	0	9	314	328	-14	18
8	Eastern Suburbs	18	5	1	12	270	316	-46	11
9	Manly-Warringah	18	4	0	14	242	364	-122	8
10	Parramatta	18	3	0	15	230	424	-194	6

Qualified for the finals series — top 4 that season.

Finals series

Playoff

Date	Result	Venue	Attendance
27 Aug 1947	Western Suburbs Magpies 10–5 St. George	Sydney Sports Ground, Sydney, NSW	13,552

Semi-Final

Date	Result	Venue	Attendance
30 Aug 1947	Canterbury-Bankstown 25–15 Newtown	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, NSW	36,303
6 Sep 1947	Balmain Tigers 27–16 Western Suburbs Magpies	Sydney Sports Ground, Sydney, NSW	29,375

Final

Date	Result	Venue	Attendance
13 Sep 1947	Balmain Tigers 25–19 Canterbury-Bankstown	Sydney Sports Ground, Sydney, NSW	34,994

Grand Final

Date	Result	Venue	Attendance
20 Sep 1947	Balmain Tigers 13–9 Canterbury-Bankstown	Sydney Sports Ground, Sydney, NSW

Full Grand Final page (Clive Churchill Medal, match context, sources) →

Sources

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