Canterbury-Bankstown 25–15 Newtown — Semi-Final, 1947 NRL Finals Series
30 Aug 1947 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, NSW · Attendance: 36,303
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Semi-Final, 1947 NRL finals series: Canterbury-Bankstown 25–15 Newtown, at Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, NSW on 30 Aug 1947.
Sourcing caveat: RLP's own extraction was internally inconsistent on Newtown's try-scorers across repeated queries - one pass named only Farrell and McLean (2 tries), another added Len Smith (3 tries). Only the 3-try reading reconciles with the recorded 15-point score, so it is used here; Smith's try should be treated as arithmetic-supported rather than as cleanly and consistently stated by the source. Canterbury's 5 goals are credited to Hasson and Holmes jointly - the exact split between them could not be confirmed (different extractions gave 4+1 and 4+0); only the total of 5 is reconciled.
Scorers
| Canterbury-Bankstown | Tries: Hasson; Hopkins; Kirkaldy; Murphy; N. Young Goals: Hasson and Holmes (5 combined, split unconfirmed) |
| Newtown | Tries: Farrell; McLean; L. Smith Goals: Froome (3) |
Team sheets
| Canterbury-Bankstown | Newtown | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | D. Johnson | Fullback | Kennerson | 1 |
| 2 | Simmonds | Wing | Jacobson | 2 |
| 3 | Emptage | Centre | L. Smith | 3 |
| 4 | N. Young | Centre | McLean | 4 |
| 5 | Murphy | Wing | Clifford | 5 |
| 6 | Hasson | Five-Eighth | Northard | 6 |
| 7 | Hopkins | Halfback | Froome | 7 |
| 8 | Fallon | Lock | Drew | 8 |
| 9 | Charlton | Second Row | Scully | 9 |
| 10 | Holmes | Second Row | Pitman | 10 |
| 11 | Burns | Prop | Doran | 11 |
| 12 | Kirkaldy | Hooker | F. Johnson | 12 |
| 13 | Porter (c) | Prop | Farrell (c) | 13 |
| Ross McKinnon | Coach | Frank Farrell | ||
Match officials
| Referee | George Bishop |
Match report
30 Aug 1947, SCG. Halftime: Canterbury 4-2. Team changes: Canterbury - Roy Hasson in for Jack O'Brien (five-eighth); Newtown - Lin McLean in for Horrie Kessey, Norm Jacobson moved centre to wing.