1956

[1955][1957]

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[Ladder] [Semi-Finals]

Round 1
Canterbury	5g	10	Wests	5t 7g	29	Belmore	Mon,02-Apr-1956
St George	1t 2g 1fg	9	Manly	3g	6	Kogarah	Mon,02-Apr-1956
Souths	4t 5g	22	Newtown	3t 4g	17	S.C.G.	Mon,02-Apr-1956
Parramatta	2t 4g	14	Balmain	2t 6g	18	Cumberland	Mon,02-Apr-1956
Norths	1t 7g	17	Easts	2t 3g	12	North_Sydney	Mon,02-Apr-1956

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Round 2
Manly	5t 5g	25	Souths	6t 6g	30	Brookvale	Sat,07-Apr-1956
Parramatta	3t 3g	15	St George	7t 7g	35	Cumberland	Sat,07-Apr-1956
Balmain	5t 9g	33	Canterbury	3g	6	Leichhardt	Sat,07-Apr-1956
Wests	2t 2g	10	Norths	1t 2g 1fg	9	S.C.G.	Sat,07-Apr-1956
Newtown	9t 8g	43	Easts	3t 4g	17	Henson	Sat,07-Apr-1956

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Round 3
Manly	6t 9g	36	Parramatta	2t 4g	14	Brookvale	Sat,14-Apr-1956
Wests	2t 1g	8	Newtown	3t 4g	17	S.C.G.	Sat,14-Apr-1956
Norths	4g	8	Balmain	5t 8g	31	North_Sydney	Sat,14-Apr-1956
St George	8t 8g	40	Canterbury	2t 4g	14	Kogarah	Sat,14-Apr-1956
Souths	7t 8g	37	Easts	1t 5g	13	Redfern	Sat,14-Apr-1956

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Round 4
Parramatta	2t 3g	12	Souths	1t 3g	9	Cumberland	Sat,21-Apr-1956
Balmain	4t 3g	18	Newtown	2t 4g	14	S.C.G.	Sat,21-Apr-1956
Canterbury	2t 4g	14	Manly	1t 4g	11	Belmore	Sat,21-Apr-1956
St George	3t 4g	17	Norths	1t 5g	13	Kogarah	Sat,21-Apr-1956
Wests	3g	6	Easts	4g	8	Pratten	Sat,21-Apr-1956

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Round 5
Newtown	2t 4g	14	St George	2g	4	S.C.G.	Wed,25-Apr-1956
Balmain	2t 8g	22	Easts	3t	9	Leichhardt	Wed,25-Apr-1956
Norths	2t 5g	16	Manly	11t 8g	49	North_Sydney	Wed,25-Apr-1956
Wests	1t 4g	11	Souths	2t 4g	14	Pratten	Wed,25-Apr-1956
Parramatta	4t 5g	22	Canterbury	5t 3g	21	Cumberland	Wed,25-Apr-1956

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Round 6
Balmain	2t 4g	14	Wests	3t 1g	11	Leichhardt	Sat,28-Apr-1956
Canterbury	1t 8g	19	Souths	4t 6g	24	Belmore	Sat,28-Apr-1956
Newtown	7t 6g	33	Manly	4g	8	S.C.G.	Sat,28-Apr-1956
Parramatta	4t 3g	18	Norths	2t 4g	14	Cumberland	Sat,28-Apr-1956
St George	8t 10g	44	Easts	2t 1g	8	Kogarah	Sat,28-Apr-1956

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Round 7
Newtown	7t 6g	33	Parramatta	1t 1g	5	Henson	Sat,05-May-1956
St George	7t 4g	29	Wests	1g	2	Kogarah	Sat,05-May-1956
Souths	7t 9g	39	Balmain	2g	4	S.C.G.	Sat,05-May-1956
Norths	1t 4g	11	Canterbury	2t 3g	12	North_Sydney	Sat,05-May-1956
Manly	5t 4g	23	Easts	4g	8	Brookvale	Sat,05-May-1956

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Round 8
Manly	2t 8g	22	Wests	2t 3g	12	Brookvale	Sun,27-May-1956
Balmain	4t 5g	22	St George	1t 4g	11	Leichhardt	Sun,27-May-1956
Easts	5t 4g	23	Parramatta	4t 2g	16	Sports_Ground	Sun,27-May-1956
Souths	5t 3g	21	Norths	3t 2g	13	Redfern	Sun,27-May-1956
Newtown	3t 2g	13	Canterbury	1t 4g	11	Henson	Sun,27-May-1956

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Round 9
Balmain	3t 3g	15	Manly	1t 3g	9	S.C.G.	Mon,04-Jun-1956
Norths	1t 2g	7	Newtown	7t 4g	29	North_Sydney	Mon,04-Jun-1956
Wests	7t 1g	23	Parramatta		0	Pratten	Mon,04-Jun-1956
Souths	6t 5g	28	St George	3g	6	Redfern	Mon,04-Jun-1956
Easts	6t 3g	24	Canterbury	1t 2g	7	Sports_Ground	Mon,04-Jun-1956

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Round 10
Manly	1t 4g	11	St George	1t 4g	11	Brookvale	Sat,16-Jun-1956
Newtown	5t 7g	29	Souths	4t 2g	16	S.C.G.	Sat,16-Jun-1956
Balmain	3t	9	Parramatta	1t 1g	5	Leichhardt	Sat,16-Jun-1956
Wests	4t 5g	22	Canterbury	4g	8	Pratten	Sat,16-Jun-1956
Easts	2t 5g	16	Norths	4g	8	Sports_Ground	Sun,17-Jun-1956

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Round 11
Norths	4t 3g	18	Wests	4g	8	North_Sydney	Sat,23-Jun-1956
Souths	5t 4g	23	Manly	3t 5g	19	S.C.G.	Sat,23-Jun-1956
St George	6t 4g	26	Parramatta	3t 3g	15	Kogarah	Sat,23-Jun-1956
Canterbury	1t 5g	13	Balmain	3t 5g	19	Belmore	Sat,23-Jun-1956
Easts	2g	4	Newtown	2t 3g	12	Sports_Ground	Sun,24-Jun-1956

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Round 12
Newtown	3g	6	Wests	2t 4g	14	Henson	Sun,01-Jul-1956
Balmain	1t 3g	9	Norths	2t 2g	10	Leichhardt	Sun,01-Jul-1956
Canterbury	3g	6	St George	5t 5g	25	Belmore	Sun,01-Jul-1956
Easts	1t 2g	7	Souths	3t 2g	13	Sports_Ground	Sun,01-Jul-1956
Parramatta	2t 3g	12	Manly	7t 7g	35	Cumberland	Sun,01-Jul-1956

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Round 13
Norths	1t 5g	13	St George	5t 5g	25	North_Sydney	Sat,07-Jul-1956
Souths	3t 3g	15	Parramatta	3t 3g	15	Redfern	Sat,07-Jul-1956
Newtown	3t 3g	15	Balmain	2t 2g	10	S.C.G.	Sat,07-Jul-1956
Manly	2t 4g	14	Canterbury	3t 1g	11	Brookvale	Sat,07-Jul-1956
Easts	3g	6	Wests	7t 2g	25	Sports_Ground	Sun,08-Jul-1956

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Round 14
Manly	1t 2g	7	Norths	1t 2g	7	Brookvale	Sat,14-Jul-1956
Souths	1t	3	Wests	2t 3g	12	Redfern	Sat,14-Jul-1956
Canterbury	4t 4g	20	Parramatta	1g	2	Belmore	Sat,14-Jul-1956
St George	8t 4g	32	Newtown	4g	8	S.C.G.	Sat,14-Jul-1956
Easts	5g	10	Balmain	3t 5g	19	Sports_Ground	Sun,15-Jul-1956

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Round 15
Manly	1t 5g	13	Newtown	1t 1g	5	Brookvale	Sat,21-Jul-1956
Norths	4t 4g	20	Parramatta	3t 2g	13	North_Sydney	Sat,21-Jul-1956
Wests	3t 7g	23	Balmain	1t 3g	9	S.C.G.	Sat,21-Jul-1956
Souths	3t 5g	19	Canterbury	2t 7g	20	Redfern	Sat,21-Jul-1956
Easts	2t 2g	10	St George	5t 2g	19	Sports_Ground	Sun,22-Jul-1956

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Round 16
Balmain	2t 5g	16	Souths	2t 4g	14	Leichhardt	Sat,28-Jul-1956
Canterbury	2t 6g	18	Norths	3t 4g	17	Belmore	Sat,28-Jul-1956
Parramatta	4t 4g	20	Newtown	2t 5g	16	Cumberland	Sat,28-Jul-1956
Wests	5t 6g	27	St George	5t 2g 1fg	21	S.C.G.	Sat,28-Jul-1956
Easts	2t 5g	16	Manly	2t 5g	16	Sports_Ground	Sun,29-Jul-1956

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Round 17
Norths	3g	6	Souths	3t 5g	19	North_Sydney	Sat,04-Aug-1956
Canterbury	1t 3g	9	Newtown	5t 2g	19	Belmore	Sat,04-Aug-1956
Wests	3t 4g	17	Manly	2t 3g	12	Pratten	Sat,04-Aug-1956
St George	5t 4g	23	Balmain	1t 3g	9	S.C.G.	Sat,04-Aug-1956
Parramatta	1t 4g	11	Easts	2t 3g	12	Cumberland	Sat,04-Aug-1956

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Round 18
Newtown	2t 2g	10	Norths	3t 1g	11	Henson	Sat,11-Aug-1956
Parramatta	3t 3g	15	Wests	2t 5g	16	Cumberland	Sat,11-Aug-1956
St George	3t 6g	21	Souths	4t 3g	18	S.C.G.	Sat,11-Aug-1956
Canterbury	4t 2g	16	Easts	2t 1g	8	Belmore	Sat,11-Aug-1956
Manly	1t 2g	7	Balmain	2t 5g	16	Brookvale	Sat,11-Aug-1956
+ denotes [golden point]

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1956 Ladder

Team P W D L T G F For Ave. T G F Agn Ave. Diff. Pts

1.St George 18 13 1 4 78t 80g 2fg 398 22.11 37t 64g 0fg 239 13.28 +159 27

2.Balmain 18 13 0 5 45t 79g 0fg 293 16.28 37t 65g 0fg 241 13.39 +52 26

3.Souths 18 11 1 6 70t 77g 0fg 364 20.22 37t 77g 0fg 265 14.72 +99 23

4.Newtown 18 11 0 7 63t 72g 0fg 333 18.50 41t 53g 0fg 229 12.72 +104 22

5.Wests 18 11 0 7 50t 63g 0fg 276 15.33 33t 59g 2fg 221 12.28 +55 22

6.Manly 18 7 3 8 51t 85g 0fg 323 17.94 45t 66g 1fg 269 14.94 +54 17

7.Canterbury 18 6 0 12 31t 71g 0fg 235 13.06 64t 80g 0fg 352 19.56 -117 12

8.Norths 18 5 1 12 30t 63g 1fg 218 12.11 60t 72g 0fg 324 18.00 -106 11

9.Easts 18 5 1 12 33t 56g 0fg 211 11.72 64t 81g 0fg 354 19.67 -143 11

10.Parramatta 18 4 1 13 42t 49g 0fg 224 12.44 75t 78g 0fg 381 21.17 -157 9

Totals 493 tries, 695 goals, 3 field goals = 2875 points, 15.97 average score

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Semi-Finals

Play Off for 4th

Wests⁵ 2t 2g 10 Newtown⁴ 1t 1g 5 Redfern Tue,14-Aug-1956 20920

Minor Semi

Souths³ 11t 6g 45 Wests⁵ 1t 2g 7 S.C.G. Sat,18-Aug-1956 C.Pearce 51775

Major Semi

St George¹ 6t 6g 30 Balmain² 3t 8g 25 S.C.G. Sat,25-Aug-1956 C.Pearce 37339

Preliminary Final

Balmain² 6t 9g 36 Souths³ 7t 6g 33 S.C.G. Sat,01-Sep-1956 D.Lawler 42350

Grand Final

St George¹ 4t 3g 18 Balmain² 2t 3g 12 S.C.G. Sat,08-Sep-1956 D.Lawler 61987

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1956 Ladder
Team	P	W	D	L	T G F	For	Ave.	T G F	Agn	Ave.	Diff.	Pts
1.St George	18	13	1	4	78t 80g 2fg	398	22.11	37t 64g 0fg	239	13.28	+159	27
2.Balmain	18	13	0	5	45t 79g 0fg	293	16.28	37t 65g 0fg	241	13.39	+52	26
3.Souths	18	11	1	6	70t 77g 0fg	364	20.22	37t 77g 0fg	265	14.72	+99	23
4.Newtown	18	11	0	7	63t 72g 0fg	333	18.50	41t 53g 0fg	229	12.72	+104	22
5.Wests	18	11	0	7	50t 63g 0fg	276	15.33	33t 59g 2fg	221	12.28	+55	22
6.Manly	18	7	3	8	51t 85g 0fg	323	17.94	45t 66g 1fg	269	14.94	+54	17
7.Canterbury	18	6	0	12	31t 71g 0fg	235	13.06	64t 80g 0fg	352	19.56	-117	12
8.Norths	18	5	1	12	30t 63g 1fg	218	12.11	60t 72g 0fg	324	18.00	-106	11
9.Easts	18	5	1	12	33t 56g 0fg	211	11.72	64t 81g 0fg	354	19.67	-143	11
10.Parramatta	18	4	1	13	42t 49g 0fg	224	12.44	75t 78g 0fg	381	21.17	-157	9
Totals	493 tries, 695 goals, 3 field goals = 2875 points, 15.97 average score

Semi-Finals
Play Off for 4th
Wests⁵	2t 2g	10	Newtown⁴	1t 1g	5	Redfern	Tue,14-Aug-1956		20920
Minor Semi
Souths³	11t 6g	45	Wests⁵	1t 2g	7	S.C.G.	Sat,18-Aug-1956	C.Pearce	51775
Major Semi
St George¹	6t 6g	30	Balmain²	3t 8g	25	S.C.G.	Sat,25-Aug-1956	C.Pearce	37339
Preliminary Final
Balmain²	6t 9g	36	Souths³	7t 6g	33	S.C.G.	Sat,01-Sep-1956	D.Lawler	42350
Grand Final
St George¹	4t 3g	18	Balmain²	2t 3g	12	S.C.G.	Sat,08-Sep-1956	D.Lawler	61987