1952 NSWRFL Season — Final Regular-Season Ladder
18-round regular season, 10 teams, competing for the J. J. Giltinan Shield (minor premiership). Wikipedia's ladder table did not extract cleanly; ladder sourced from rugbyleagueproject.org and verified: total wins (89) = total losses (89); total PF (3045) = total PA (3045). Grand Final: Western Suburbs d. South Sydney 22-12. Note: one automated fetch mis-stated the Grand Final runner-up as 'North Sydney' — this was identified as a fetch/extraction artifact, not a genuine source discrepancy; South Sydney (2nd on the regular-season ladder, GF loser 12-22) is the correct runner-up used here.
Ladder
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | Diff | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Western Suburbs | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 331 | 264 | +67 | 29 |
| 2 | St. George | 18 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 377 | 279 | +98 | 26 |
| 3 | South Sydney | 18 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 344 | 189 | +155 | 24 |
| 4 | North Sydney | 18 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 384 | 249 | +135 | 22 |
| 4 | Manly-Warringah | 18 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 334 | 261 | +73 | 22 |
| 6 | Balmain | 18 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 351 | 256 | +95 | 16 |
| 7 | Eastern Suburbs | 18 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 259 | 397 | -138 | 12 |
| 7 | Newtown | 18 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 210 | 341 | -131 | 12 |
| 9 | Canterbury-Bankstown | 18 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 214 | 386 | -172 | 11 |
| 10 | Parramatta | 18 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 241 | 423 | -182 | 6 |
Qualified for the finals series — top 4 that season.
Finals series
Playoff
| Date | Result | Venue | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Aug 1952 | North Sydney Bears 36–8 Manly-Warringah | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, NSW | 8,770 |
Semi-Final
| Date | Result | Venue | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Aug 1952 | South Sydney Rabbitohs 18–10 Western Suburbs Magpies | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, NSW | 34,181 |
| 6 Sep 1952 | North Sydney Bears 21–9 St. George | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, NSW | 41,976 |
Final
| Date | Result | Venue | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Sep 1952 | South Sydney Rabbitohs 26–12 North Sydney Bears | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, NSW | 44,166 |
Grand Final
| Date | Result | Venue | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Sep 1952 | Western Suburbs Magpies 22–12 South Sydney Rabbitohs | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, NSW |
Full Grand Final page (Clive Churchill Medal, match context, sources) →
Sources
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