| Round 1 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balmain | 2t 2g | 10 | St George | 2t 2g | 10 | Sports_Ground | Thu,25-Apr-1940 | ||
| Norths | 3t 2g | 13 | Newtown | 2t | 6 | North_Sydney | Thu,25-Apr-1940 | 6000 | |
| Wests | 4t 2g | 16 | Souths | 3t 1g | 11 | Cumberland | Thu,25-Apr-1940 | 5000 | |
| Easts | 5t 4g | 23 | Canterbury | 1t 3g | 9 | S.C.G. | Thu,25-Apr-1940 | 8065 | |
| Round 2 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newtown | 6t 6g | 30 | Wests | 1t 3g | 9 | Henson | Sat,27-Apr-1940 | ||
| Canterbury | 5t 2g | 19 | Norths | 1t | 3 | Belmore | Sat,27-Apr-1940 | ||
| Souths | 1t 3g | 9 | Balmain | 1t 1g | 5 | Sports_Ground | Sat,27-Apr-1940 | ||
| St George | 4t | 12 | Easts | 1t 3g | 9 | S.C.G. | Sat,27-Apr-1940 | ||
| Round 3 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balmain | 3t 2g | 13 | Newtown | 1g | 2 | Leichhardt | Sat,04-May-1940 | 7000 | |
| Easts | 5t 2g | 19 | Souths | 2t 3g | 12 | Sports_Ground | Sat,04-May-1940 | ||
| Wests | 3t 2g | 13 | Norths | 1t 3g | 9 | Pratten | Sat,04-May-1940 | ||
| St George | 6t 5g | 28 | Canterbury | 2t 3g | 12 | S.C.G. | Sat,04-May-1940 | 10600 | |
| Round 4 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Souths | 2t 1g | 8 | St George | 6t 6g | 30 | S.C.G. | Sat,11-May-1940 | ||
| Norths | 2t 3g 2fg | 16 | Balmain | 2t 2g | 10 | North_Sydney | Sat,11-May-1940 | ||
| Wests | 3t 2g | 13 | Canterbury | 4t 4g | 20 | Pratten | Sat,11-May-1940 | ||
| Newtown | 5t 3g | 21 | Easts | 3t 2g | 13 | Henson | Sat,11-May-1940 | ||
| Round 5 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balmain | 5t 5g | 25 | Wests | 1t 2g | 7 | Leichhardt | Sat,18-May-1940 | ||
| Canterbury | 4t 2g | 16 | Souths | 4t 3g | 18 | Belmore | Sat,18-May-1940 | ||
| Easts | 9t 2g 1fg | 33 | Norths | 1t | 3 | Sports_Ground | Sat,18-May-1940 | ||
| St George | 7t 7g | 35 | Newtown | 5t 2g | 19 | S.C.G. | Sat,18-May-1940 | 16895 | |
| Round 6 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newtown | 6t 3g | 24 | Souths | 3t 2g | 13 | S.C.G. | Sat,25-May-1940 | ||
| Norths | 4t 4g | 20 | St George | 3t 3g | 15 | North_Sydney | Sat,25-May-1940 | 8000 | |
| Easts | 6t 4g | 26 | Wests | 3t 1g | 11 | Sports_Ground | Sat,25-May-1940 | ||
| Canterbury | 1t 3g | 9 | Balmain | 2t 2g | 10 | Belmore | Sat,25-May-1940 | ||
| Round 7 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balmain | 2t 2g | 10 | Easts | 6t 4g | 26 | S.C.G. | Sat,01-Jun-1940 | ||
| Souths | 3t 4g | 17 | Norths | 2g | 4 | Sports_Ground | Sat,01-Jun-1940 | ||
| Wests | 2t 1g | 8 | St George | 3t 3g | 15 | Pratten | Sat,01-Jun-1940 | ||
| Newtown | 2t 2g | 10 | Canterbury | 2t 3g | 12 | Henson | Sat,01-Jun-1940 | ||
| Round 8 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newtown | 3t 4g | 17 | Norths | 6t 6g | 30 | Henson | Sat,22-Jun-1940 | ||
| Souths | 2g | 4 | Wests | 1g | 2 | Sports_Ground | Sat,22-Jun-1940 | ||
| Canterbury | 3t 2g | 13 | Easts | 1t 2g | 7 | Belmore | Sat,22-Jun-1940 | ||
| St George | 4t | 12 | Balmain | 3t 7g | 23 | S.C.G. | Sat,22-Jun-1940 | ||
| Round 9 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balmain | 7t 3g | 27 | Souths | 0 | Leichhardt | Sat,29-Jun-1940 | |||
| Easts | 2t 1g | 8 | St George | 2t 1g | 8 | S.C.G. | Sat,29-Jun-1940 | ||
| Wests | 2t 4g | 14 | Newtown | 5t 5g | 25 | Cumberland | Sat,29-Jun-1940 | ||
| Norths | 2t 3g | 12 | Canterbury | 4t 3g | 18 | North_Sydney | Sat,29-Jun-1940 | ||
| Round 10 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St George | 2t | 6 | Souths | 3t 2g | 13 | Hurstville | Sat,06-Jul-1940 | ||
| Balmain | 3t 1g | 11 | Norths | 1t | 3 | Leichhardt | Sat,06-Jul-1940 | ||
| Canterbury | 2t 2g | 10 | Wests | 1t 1g | 5 | Belmore | Sat,06-Jul-1940 | ||
| Easts | 2t | 6 | Newtown | 4g | 8 | S.C.G. | Sat,06-Jul-1940 | 4855 | |
| Round 11 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norths | 3t 3g | 15 | Wests | 3t 4g | 17 | North_Sydney | Sat,13-Jul-1940 | ||
| Canterbury | 4t 4g | 20 | St George | 4t 3g | 18 | Belmore | Sat,13-Jul-1940 | ||
| Newtown | 5t 3g | 21 | Balmain | 3t 4g | 17 | S.C.G. | Sat,13-Jul-1940 | ||
| Souths | 1t 2g | 7 | Easts | 8t 7g | 38 | Sports_Ground | Sat,13-Jul-1940 | ||
| Round 12 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balmain | 3t 1g | 11 | Canterbury | 2t 4g | 14 | S.C.G. | Sat,20-Jul-1940 | ||
| Souths | 2t 1g | 8 | Newtown | 9t 5g | 37 | Sports_Ground | Sat,20-Jul-1940 | ||
| St George | 8t 6g | 36 | Norths | 2t 2g | 10 | Hurstville | Sat,20-Jul-1940 | ||
| Wests | 2t 3g | 12 | Easts | 4t 2g | 16 | Pratten | Sat,20-Jul-1940 | ||
| Round 13 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newtown | 6t 5g | 28 | St George | 1t 2g | 7 | S.C.G. | Sat,27-Jul-1940 | 12438 | |
| Wests | 3t 4g | 17 | Balmain | 6t 2g | 22 | Pratten | Sat,27-Jul-1940 | ||
| Souths | 6t 3g | 24 | Canterbury | 4t 5g | 22 | Sports_Ground | Sat,27-Jul-1940 | ||
| Norths | 1t 1g | 5 | Easts | 2t 2g | 10 | North_Sydney | Sat,27-Jul-1940 | ||
| Round 14 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norths | 3t 2g | 13 | Souths | 5t 3g | 21 | North_Sydney | Sat,03-Aug-1940 | ||
| St George | 7t 5g | 31 | Wests | 3t 3g | 15 | Hurstville | Sat,03-Aug-1940 | ||
| Canterbury | 2t 2g | 10 | Newtown | 3t 2g | 13 | Belmore | Sat,03-Aug-1940 | ||
| Easts | 2t 5g | 16 | Balmain | 1t 1g | 5 | S.C.G. | Sat,03-Aug-1940 | ||
| + denotes [golden point] | |||||||||
| 1940 Ladder | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | P | W | D | L | T G F | For | Ave. | T G F | Agn | Ave. | Diff. | Pts | |
| 1.Easts | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 56t 40g 1fg | 250 | 17.86 | 28t 26g 0fg | 136 | 9.71 | +114 | 19 | |
| 2.Newtown | 14 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 57t 45g 0fg | 261 | 18.64 | 40t 40g 0fg | 200 | 14.29 | +61 | 18 | |
| 3.St George | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 59t 43g 0fg | 263 | 18.79 | 41t 40g 0fg | 203 | 14.50 | +60 | 16 | |
| 4.Canterbury | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 40t 42g 0fg | 204 | 14.57 | 43t 33g 0fg | 195 | 13.93 | +9 | 16 | |
| 5.Balmain | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 43t 35g 0fg | 199 | 14.21 | 30t 34g 2fg | 162 | 11.57 | +37 | 15 | |
| 6.Souths | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 35t 30g 0fg | 165 | 11.79 | 59t 41g 0fg | 259 | 18.50 | -94 | 14 | |
| 7.Norths | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 30t 31g 2fg | 156 | 11.14 | 55t 38g 1fg | 243 | 17.36 | -87 | 8 | |
| 8.Wests | 14 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 31t 33g 0fg | 159 | 11.36 | 55t 47g 0fg | 259 | 18.50 | -100 | 6 | |
| Totals | 351 tries, 299 goals, 3 field goals = 1657 points, 14.79 average score | ||||||||||||
| Semi-Finals | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Major Semi | |||||||||
| Easts1 | 2t 2g | 10 | St George3 | 1t | 3 | S.C.G. | Sat,17-Aug-1940 | J.O'Brien | 17473 |
| Minor Semi | |||||||||
| Canterbury4 | 5t 2g | 19 | Newtown2 | 1t 4g | 11 | S.C.G. | Sat,24-Aug-1940 | J.O'Brien | 22061 |
| Final | |||||||||
| Easts1 | 6t 3g | 24 | Canterbury4 | 2t 4g | 14 | S.C.G. | Sat,31-Aug-1940 | J.O'Brien | 24167 |