1935 NSWRFL season

The addition of Canterbury-Bankstown meant that the League involved nine clubs for the first time since 1929.[2]

• Balmain, formed on January 23, 1908, at Balmain Town Hall
• Canterbury-Bankstown, formed October 30, 1934.
• Eastern Suburbs, formed on January 24, 1908, at Paddington Town Hall
• Newtown, formed on January 14, 1908
• North Sydney, formed on February 7, 1908
• South Sydney, formed on January 17, 1908, at Redfern Town Hall
• St. George, formed on November 8, 1920, at Kogarah School of Arts
• University, formed in 1919 at Sydney University
• Western Suburbs, formed on February 4, 1908

The University club did not win a single match in 1935, continuing a losing streak that started in round 2, 1934 and which would run till round 14, 1936, and which marks the most consecutive losses in NSWRL/NRL premiership history at 42.[3]

On 11 May at Earl Park, St. George defeated newcomers Canterbury 91-6, this remaining the biggest winning margin and most points scored by one team in the history of the NSWRFL/NSWRL/ARL/NRL, beating South Sydney’s 67–nil win over Western Suburbs in 1910.[4] The following weekend on 18 May, Eastern Suburbs defeated the “Cantabs” (as Canterbury were initially known) 87–7, this remaining the second-highest score and winning margin in the history of the competition.[4] The record in any grade occurred on 19 July 1913 when South Sydney reserves defeated Mosman by 102 points to 2.[5][6]

In the second half of the Earl Park match, St. George scored fourteen tries and sixty-eight points, this being the most scored in one half of any match.[7]

Eastern Suburbs winger Rod O'Loan scored a club record of seven tries in a 61–5 win over University. This tally stands second (behind Frank Burge's eight tries in 1920) on the list of most individual tries in a premiership match. Dave Brown’s six tries in a 1935 game against Canterbury stands in equal third place in that same list, Easts winning the match 65–10.[8]

The standing record for most tries in one season also comes from 1935, being 38 by Brown.[9]

Dave Brown’s season tally of 244 points stood for 34 years as the record points scored in a season until topped by Eric Simms in 1969.

Ladder

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The geographical locations of the teams that contested the 1935 premiership across Sydney.

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Easts	16	15	0	1	2	599	157	+442	34
2	Souths	16	11	0	5	2	314	222	+112	26
3	Wests	16	10	0	6	2	345	243	+102	24
4	Norths	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	248	+32	20
8	Canterbury	16	2	0	14	2	150	660	-510	8
9	University	16	0	0	16	2	109	529	-420	4

In the two semi-finals played as a double-header at the Sydney Cricket Ground on the same day, the top two ranked teams Eastern Suburbs and South Sydney beat their lower-ranked opponents Western Suburbs and North Sydney. Eastern Suburbs and South Sydney won their respective matches and met each other in the Final.

	Semi-finals				Final
	7 September 1935 – Sydney Cricket Ground
	Eastern Suburbs	15
					14 September 1935 – Sydney Cricket Ground
	Western Suburbs	10
					Eastern Suburbs	19
	7 September 1935 – Sydney Cricket Ground
					South Sydney	3
	South Sydney	14
	North Sydney	10

• Rugby League Tables - Notes AFL Tables
• Rugby League Tables - Season 1935 AFL Tables