New South Wales Australian National Football League

Season 1944

 

Club name change

Sydney changed its name to Sydney Naval for the next three seasons (1944 to 1946).

 

Results

 

Round 1

St. George 18-16-124 South Sydney 8-9-57

Newtown 8-23-71 Sydney Naval 9-3-57

R.A.A.F. 11-15-81 Eastern Suburbs 10-9-69

 

Round 2

St. George 11-9-75 R.A.A.F. 9-9-63

South Sydney 16-16-112 Sydney Naval 12-16-88

Newtown 9-18-72 Eastern Suburbs 6-15-51

 

Round 3

St. George 14-13-97 Newtown 8-5-53

Sydney Naval 8-11-59 Eastern Suburbs 7-16-58

R.A.A.F. 18-17-125 South Sydney 11-9-75

 

Round 4

Eastern Suburbs 11-17-83 St. George 6-16-52

Newtown 11-13-79 South Sydney 4-15-39

R.A.A.F. 16-18-114 Sydney Naval 14-12-96

 

Round 5

Newtown 12-17-89 R.A.A.F. 11-13-79

St. George 12-12-84 Sydney Naval 8-9-57

Eastern Suburbs 11-18-84 South Sydney 7-12-54

 

Round 6

R.A.A.F. 13-22-100 Eastern Suburbs 14-11-95

South Sydney 15-8-98 St. George 7-14-56

Newtown 10-17-77 Sydney Naval 8-8-56

 

Round 7

Sydney Naval 17-17-119 South Sydney 12-13-85

St. George 11-17-83 R.A.A.F. 13-5-83

Newtown 13-11-89 Eastern Suburbs 12-10-82

 

Round 8

Eastern Suburbs 14-10-94 Sydney Naval 9-19-73

Newtown 7-13-55 St. George 3-12-30

R.A.A.F. 15-19-109 South Sydney 12-10-82

 

Round 9

Sydney Naval 15-11-101 R.A.A.F. 9-7-61

Newtown 20-20-140 South Sydney 16-11-107

St. George 18-13-121 Eastern Suburbs 12-16-88

 

Round 10

Sydney Naval 14-10-94 St. George 8-20-68

R.A.A.F. 14-12-96 Newtown 5-14-44

Eastern Suburbs 13-16-94 South Sydney 8-9-57

 

Round 11

South Sydney 15-12-102 St. George 13-19-97

Newtown 17-14-116 Sydney Naval 7-8-50

R.A.A.F. 12-21-93 Eastern Suburbs 12-7-79

 

Round 12

South Sydney 19-19-133 Sydney Naval 15-13-103

R.A.A.F. 9-12-66 St. George 9-9-63

Newtown 11-12-78 Eastern Suburbs 4-12-36

 

Round 13

R.A.A.F. 20-15-135 South Sydney 7-9-51

Newtown 12-11-83 St. George 7-16-58

Sydney Naval 18-23-131 Eastern Suburbs 11-11-77

 

Round 14

Newtown 20-8-128 South Sydney 14-10-94

St. George 18-15-123 Eastern Suburbs 12-13-85

R.A.A.F. 10-15-75 Sydney Naval 4-11-35

 

Round 15

St. George 20-16-136 Sydney Naval 18-10-118

Newtown 12-16-88 R.A.A.F. 8-18-66

Eastern Suburbs 16-18-114 South Sydney 7-12-54

 

Round 16

South Sydney 19-19-133 St. George 15-15-105

Newtown 17-11-113 Sydney Naval 11-16-82

Eastern Suburbs 12-20-92 R.A.A.F. 10-11-71

 

Round 17

St. George 19-25-139 R.A.A.F. 18-16-124

Newtown 15-15-105 Eastern Suburbs 5-9-39

Sydney Naval 26-35-191 South Sydney 10-9-69

 

Round 18

Sydney Naval 16-16-112 Eastern Suburbs 13-20-98

Newtown 11-20-86 St. George 10-11-71

R.A.A.F. 14-20-104 South Sydney 11-9-75

 

Final ladder

 

1944

Club

Played

Won

Lost

Drawn

For

Against

%

Points

1

Newtown

18

16

2

0

1566

1190

131.6

64

2

R.A.A.F.

18

11

6

1

1645

1431

115.0

46

3

St. George

18

8

9

1

1582

1528

103.5

34

4

Sydney Naval

18

7

11

0

1622

1641

98.8

28

5

Eastern Suburbs

18

6

12

0

1418

1525

93.0

24

6

South Sydney

18

5

13

0

1477

1995

74.0

20

 

Total

108

53

53

2

9310

9310

 

216

 

 

Finals matches

 

First Semi-Final

Sydney Naval 18-7-115 St. George 16-18-114 Venue: Erskineville Oval

 

Second Semi-Final

R.A.A.F. 15-11-101 Newtown 10-12-72 Venue: Erskineville Oval

 

Preliminary Final

Sydney Naval 8-8-56 Newtown 7-11-53 Venue: Erskineville Oval

 

Grand Final

Sydney Naval 11-15-81 R.A.A.F. 8-17-65 Venue: Erskineville Oval

 

 

1944 premiers: Sydney Naval

 

 

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First created: 21 May 2020
Last updated: 27 May 2020

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