New South Wales Australian National Football League

Season 1949

 

Season notes

Illawarra joined the league this season.

 

Results

 

Round 1

South Sydney 12-12-84 St. George 2-7-19

Newtown 12-13-85 Eastern Suburbs 10-12-72

Balmain 9-17-71 Illawarra 7-5-47 Venue: Moore Park

North Shore 8-14-62 Sydney University 6-17-53 Venue: Trumper Park

Western Suburbs 14-19-103 Sydney 8-11-59

 

Round 2

Newtown 15-15-105 Sydney 1-10-16 Venue: Erskineville Oval

Sydney University 17-18-120 Illawarra 4-3-27 Venue: Henson Park

North Shore 14-16-100 Balmain 9-14-68 Venue: Trumper Park

Western Suburbs 12-12-84 St. George 9-22-76 Venue: Jubilee Oval, Kogarah

South Sydney 13-10-88 Eastern Suburbs 9-13-67 Venue: Sydney Sports Ground

 

Round 3

Western Suburbs 13-20-98 Eastern Suburbs 14-10-94 Venue: Concord Oval

St. George 13-22-100 Sydney 8-10-58 Venue: Trumper Park

South Sydney 13-11-89 Sydney University 6-7-43 Venue: Henson Park

Newtown 11-16-82 Balmain 7-12-54 Venue: Sydney Sports Ground

North Shore 14-13-97 Illawarra 3-12-30 Venue: Wollongong Showground

 

Round 4

Eastern Suburbs 11-11-77 North Shore 7-9-51

Western Suburbs 24-18-162 Illawarra 7-4-46

St. George 9-10-64 Sydney University 8-14-62

Sydney 20-23-143 Balmain 8-12-60

Newtown 11-11-77 South Sydney 9-17-71

 

Round 5

Western Suburbs 6-10-46 South Sydney 6-5-41 Venue: Concord Oval

Newtown 8-8-56 North Shore 6-7-43

St. George 12-8-80 Balmain 5-16-46

Sydney University 9-10-64 Eastern Suburbs 7-10-52

Illawarra 9-11-65 Sydney 7-12-54

 

Round 6

Newtown 15-15-105 Illawarra 3-6-24

Eastern Suburbs 15-18-108 St. George 10-9-69

Sydney University 7-4-46 Balmain 5-8-38 Venue: Henson Park

Sydney 16-6-102 South Sydney 7-10-52 Venue: Concord Oval

Western Suburbs 7-6-48 North Shore 5-18-48

 

Round 7

South Sydney 6-11-47 North Shore 2-4-16

Eastern Suburbs 13-18-96 Balmain 9-4-58 Venue: Trumper Park

Sydney 6-5-41 Sydney University 2-13-25 Venue: Concord Oval

Illawarra 4-13-37 St. George 3-17-35

Newtown 8-7-55 Western Suburbs 5-6-36 Venue: Henson Park

 

Round 8

South Sydney 13-11-89 Illawarra 11-8-74 Venue: Trumper Park

Eastern Suburbs 12-13-85 Sydney 11-7-73 Venue: Sydney Sports Ground

Newtown 9-13-67 Sydney University 7-4-46

Western Suburbs 12-16-88 Balmain 12-9-81

North Shore 21-21-147 St. George 6-6-42

 

Round 9

Eastern Suburbs 3-5-23 Illawarra 2-2-14

Sydney University 8-8-56 Western Suburbs 7-13-55

Newtown 13-15-93 St. George 8-15-63

North Shore 15-15-105 Sydney 7-13-55

South Sydney 15-16-106 Balmain 6-7-43

 

Round 10

North Shore 15-17-107 Sydney University 11-12-78

Balmain 15-17-107 Illawarra 7-4-46

Sydney 9-7-61 Western Suburbs 7-13-55

St. George 17-10-112 South Sydney 6-14-50

Newtown 13-12-90 Eastern Suburbs 11-18-84

 

Round 11

Newtown 9-10-64 Sydney 6-9-45

North Shore 11-11-77 Balmain 8-8-56

Western Suburbs 5-22-52 St. George 5-7-37

Eastern Suburbs 11-13-79 South Sydney 10-12-72

Sydney University 12-14-86 Illawarra 11-6-72

 

Round 12

Eastern Suburbs 9-10-64 North Shore 7-14-56

Balmain 12-14-86 Sydney 8-8-56

Newtown 15-16-106 South Sydney 10-13-73

Western Suburbs 17-19-121 Illawarra 8-10-58

St. George 10-12-72 Sydney University 10-8-68

 

Round 13

Sydney 12-11-83 St. George 9-12-66

Newtown 18-14-122 Balmain 6-5-41

South Sydney 16-13-109 Sydney University 7-12-54

North Shore 13-21-99 Illawarra 3-5-23

Eastern Suburbs 9-15-69 Western Suburbs 7-15-57

 

Round 14

Eastern Suburbs 15-11-101 Sydney University 12-9-81

Sydney 31-13-199 Illawarra 4-17-41

St. George 14-20-104 Balmain 13-15-93

South Sydney 16-13-109 Western Suburbs 6-17-53

North Shore 7-12-54 Newtown 5-18-48

 

Round 15

North Shore 16-14-110 Western Suburbs 12-8-80

Eastern Suburbs 21-18-144 St. George 7-9-51

Sydney University 10-7-67 Balmain 8-12-60

Newtown 16-10-106 Illawarra 12-9-81

South Sydney 13-24-102 Sydney 11-6-72

 

Round 16

Newtown 9-19-73 Western Suburbs 6-16-52

Sydney 10-15-75 Sydney University 9-12-66

Eastern Suburbs 26-22-178 Balmain 5-10-40

St. George 14-20-104 Illawarra 7-7-49

North Shore 8-23-71 South Sydney 8-8-56

 

Round 17

Newtown 9-14-68 Sydney University 7-12-54 Venue: Erskineville Oval

Sydney 17-4-106 Eastern Suburbs 12-12-84 Venue: Trumper Park

North Shore 14-17-101 St. George 3-9-27 Venue: Jubilee Oval, Kogarah

Western Suburbs 9-13-67 Balmain 6-16-52 Venue: Concord Oval

South Sydney 15-21-111 Illawarra 2-6-18 Venue: Wollongong Showground

 

Round 18

South Sydney 22-15-147 Balmain 6-9-45

Western Suburbs 16-18-114 Sydney University 10-12-72

Eastern Suburbs 34-35-239 Illawarra 0-3-3

Newtown 26-27-183 St. George 6-10-46

Sydney 13-9-87 North Shore 11-13-79

 

Final ladder

 

1949

Club

Played

Won

Lost

Drawn

For

Against

%

Points

1

Newtown

18

17

1

0

1585

955

166.0

68

2

North Shore

18

12

5

1

1423

995

143.0

50

3

Eastern Suburbs

18

12

6

0

1716

1156

148.4

48

4

South Sydney

18

11

7

0

1496

1097

136.4

44

5

Western Suburbs

18

10

7

1

1371

1197

114.5

42

6

Sydney

18

9

9

0

1385

1343

103.1

36

7

St. George

18

7

11

0

1167

1542

75.7

28

8

Sydney University

18

6

12

0

1141

1273

89.6

24

9

Balmain

18

3

15

0

1099

1652

66.5

12

10

Illawarra

18

2

16

0

755

1928

39.2

8

 

Total

180

89

89

2

13138

13138

 

360

 

 

Finals matches

 

First Semi-Final

Eastern Suburbs 8-8-56 South Sydney 8-7-55 Venue: Erskineville Oval

 

Second Semi-Final

Newtown 12-14-86 North Shore 9-12-66 Venue: Mascot Park

 

Preliminary Final

Eastern Suburbs 4-5-29 North Shore 3-9-27 Venue: Henson Park

 

Grand Final

Newtown 15-10-100 Eastern Suburbs 14-15-99 Venue: Sydney RAS Showground

 

 

1949 premiers: Newtown

 

 

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First created: 22 May 2020
Last updated: 27 May 2020

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