1961 Eastern Suburbs season
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Eastern Suburbs (now known as the Sydney Roosters) competed in their 54th New South Wales Rugby League season in 1961 finishing the season in 5th position.[1][2]
Details
[edit]The Eastern Suburbs line-up for the 1961 season was: • John Andrew • Ken Ashcroft • Boyce Beeton • P. Dickenson • Terry Fearnley • Don Fenton • Peter Gallagher • Jack Gibson • Ron Hanson • Ron Keyes
1961 NSWRL ladder
[edit]| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | |
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| 1 |  Western Suburbs
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18 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 390 | 181 | +209 | 30 |
| 2 |  St. George
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18 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 367 | 167 | +200 | 30 |
| 3 |  Manly-Warringah
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18 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 294 | 209 | +85 | 20 |
| 4 |  Balmain
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18 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 281 | 292 | -11 | 20 |
| 5 |  Eastern Suburbs
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18 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 290 | 211 | +79 | 19 |
| 6 |  North Sydney
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18 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 273 | 298 | -25 | 18 |
| 7 |  South Sydney
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18 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 237 | 325 | -88 | 14 |
| 8 |  Canterbury-Bankstown
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18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 197 | 284 | -87 | 13 |
| 9 |  Newtown
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18 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 236 | 436 | -200 | 10 |
| 10 |  Parramatta
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18 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 203 | 365 | -162 | 6 |
1961 Premiership Results
[edit]- Round 1 - Sunday, 16 April 1961.
Eastern Suburbs 25 defeated South Sydney 11(W. Stokes Try; R. Taylor 4 Goals) played at the Sydney Cricket Ground
- Round 2 - Sunday, 23 April 1961.
Eastern Suburbs 34 defeated North Sydney 21(M. Maher, P. Cuneo, Irvine Tries; Carlson 6 Goals) played at the Sydney Sports Ground.
References
[edit]- ^ Bodman, Ryan (2023). Rugby League in New Zealand: A People's History. Bridget Williams Books. ISBN 978-1-991033-44-4.
- ^ "'Sporting apartheid': rugby union's war against rugby league", Rugby League in Twentieth Century Britain, Routledge, pp. 152–162, 27 September 2006, ISBN 978-0-203-08835-7, retrieved 5 August 2025