Balmain Tigers 25–19 Canterbury-Bankstown — Final, 1947 NRL Finals Series
13 Sep 1947 · Sydney Sports Ground, Sydney, NSW · Attendance: 34,994
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Final, 1947 NRL finals series: Balmain Tigers 25–19 Canterbury-Bankstown, at Sydney Sports Ground, Sydney, NSW on 13 Sep 1947.
Sourcing caveat: RLP's narrative summary named only Pat Devery (2 tries) for Balmain; a fuller scoresheet extraction additionally listed Bryan, Lulham and Williams each with an unmarked (implicitly single) try, which is the only reading that reconciles with the 25-19 score. Reported on that basis; these additional scorers are arithmetic-supported rather than explicitly counted by the source's own narrative text.
Scorers
| Balmain Tigers | Tries: Devery (2); Bryan; Lulham; Williams Goals: Devery (5) |
| Canterbury-Bankstown | Tries: Burns; Simmonds; Tracey Goals: Hasson (5) |
Team sheets
| Balmain Tigers | Canterbury-Bankstown | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McCullough | Fullback | D. Johnson | 1 |
| 2 | Lulham | Wing | Simmonds | 2 |
| 3 | Devery | Centre | Tracey | 3 |
| 4 | Bourke (c) | Centre | N. Young | 4 |
| 5 | Wallace | Wing | Murphy | 5 |
| 6 | Williams | Five-Eighth | Hasson | 6 |
| 7 | Bryan | Halfback | Hopkins | 7 |
| 8 | De Belin | Lock | Fallon | 8 |
| 9 | Ryan | Second Row | Charlton | 9 |
| 10 | Bath | Second Row | Holmes | 10 |
| 11 | Brannigan | Prop | Burns | 11 |
| 12 | Gilbert | Hooker | Kirkaldy | 12 |
| 13 | Spencer | Prop | Porter (c) | 13 |
| Norm Robinson | Coach | Ross McKinnon | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Jack O'Brien |
Match report
13 Sep 1947, Sydney Sports Ground. Halftime: Balmain 10-7.