1935 Eastern Suburbs season

Eastern Suburbs (now known as the Sydney Roosters) competed in the 28th New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) premiership in 1935.

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line-up for the 1935 season contained:- Arthur 'Pony' Halloway (Coach); Jack Beaton, Dave Brown, Jack Coote, John Clarke, Tom Dowling, Gordon Favelle, Bill Halloway, Ross McKinnon, Tom McLachlan, Max Nixon, Ernie Norman, Andy Norval, Rod O'Loan, Sid 'Joe' Pearce, Henry 'Harry' Pierce, Viv Thicknesse, Fred Tottey, Les Trussler.

Season summary

In this match Eastern Suburbs recorded the club's biggest win and the 2nd biggest win ever recorded in Premiership history. Other premiership records set in this match are the 45 points scored by Dave Brown, this is the most points by any player in premiership history it came from 5 tries and 15 goals, his 15 goals stands (equally) as the most goals kicked in a premiership match.

The first of Dave Browns 6 tries in this match took him past Dally Messengers point scoring record for the most points scored in a season.

Ladder

Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Eastern Suburbs 16 15 0 1 2 599 157 +442 34
2 South Sydney 16 11 0 5 2 314 222 +112 26
3 Western Suburbs 16 10 0 6 2 345 243 +102 24
4 North Sydney 16 9 1 6 2 248 253 -5 23
5 Balmain 16 8 1 7 2 320 225 +95 21
6 St. George 16 8 0 8 2 334 162 +172 20
7 Newtown 16 8 0 8 2 280 648 +32 20
8 Canterbury-Bankstown 16 2 0 14 2 150 660 -510 8
9 University 16 0 0 16 2 109 529 -420 4

Season highlights

References

Rugby League Tables and Statistics

Preceded by
1934
Season
1935
Succeeded by
1936