New South Wales Australian National Football League

Season 1955

 

Season notes

Sydney was renamed Sydney Naval.

 

Results

 

Round 1

09/04/1955 (Sat) Balmain 7-8-50 St. George 20-10-130 Venue: Erskineville Oval

09/04/1955 (Sat) Sydney Naval 30-29-209 Sydney University 7-4-46 Venue: Trumper Park

09/04/1955 (Sat) Western Suburbs 9-18-72 Liverpool 9-9-63 Venue: Concord Oval

10/04/1955 (Sun) North Shore 9-7-61 South Sydney 14-14-98 Venue: North Sydney Oval

10/04/1955 (Sun) Eastern Suburbs 7-9-51 Newtown 17-23-125 Venue: Trumper Park

 

Round 2

16/04/1955 (Sat) Sydney Naval 19-20-134 Balmain 6-14-50 Venue: Trumper Park

16/04/1955 (Sat) Newtown 16-16-112 Liverpool 7-10-52 Venue: Erskineville Oval

16/04/1955 (Sat) Western Suburbs 12-21-93 Sydney University 6-14-50 Venue: Sydney University No. 1 Oval

16/04/1955 (Sat) St. George 17-15-117 South Sydney 10-18-78 Venue: Hurstville Oval

17/04/1955 (Sun) Eastern Suburbs 17-9-111 North Shore 11-13-79 Venue: Trumper Park

 

Round 3

23/04/1955 (Sat) Sydney University 12-11-83 Balmain 7-8-50 Venue: Erskineville Oval

23/04/1955 (Sat) Sydney Naval 12-12-84 Eastern Suburbs 15-18-108 Venue: Trumper Park

23/04/1955 (Sat) North Shore 18-19-127 Liverpool 5-13-43 Venue: Concord Oval

24/04/1955 (Sun) Newtown 14-12-96 St. George 10-7-67 Venue: Trumper Park

25/04/1955 (Mon) Western Suburbs 8-9-57 South Sydney 5-23-53 Venue: Erskineville Oval

 

Round 4

30/04/1955 (Sat) Newtown 6-11-47 Sydney Naval 5-10-40 Venue: Erskineville Oval

30/04/1955 (Sat) South Sydney 13-13-91 Sydney University 9-9-63 Venue: Trumper Park

30/04/1955 (Sat) Liverpool 9-7-61 Balmain 7-24-66 Venue: Concord Oval

01/05/1955 (Sun) Eastern Suburbs 7-16-58 Western Suburbs 4-7-31 Venue: Trumper Park

01/05/1955 (Sun) North Shore 10-21-81 St. George 9-12-66 Venue: North Sydney Oval

 

Round 5

07/05/1955 (Sat) Eastern Suburbs 11-19-85 Liverpool 6-13-49 Venue: Erskineville Oval

07/05/1955 (Sat) North Shore 21-18-144 Balmain 12-20-92 Venue: Trumper Park

07/05/1955 (Sat) Western Suburbs 8-17-65 Sydney Naval 17-13-115 Venue: Concord Oval

07/05/1955 (Sat) St. George 23-13-151 Sydney University 19-8-122 Venue: Hurstville Oval

08/05/1955 (Sun) Newtown 13-22-100 South Sydney 13-11-89 Venue: Trumper Park

 

Round 6

14/05/1955 (Sat) St. George 17-17-119 Liverpool 15-17-107 Venue: Hurstville Oval

14/05/1955 (Sat) Eastern Suburbs 24-26-170 Sydney University 11-5-71 Venue: Trumper Park

14/05/1955 (Sat) South Sydney 17-16-118 Balmain 9-10-64 Venue: Erskineville Oval

15/05/1955 (Sun) Newtown 18-23-131 Western Suburbs 18-16-124 Venue: Trumper Park

15/05/1955 (Sun) North Shore 16-20-116 Sydney Naval 16-13-109 Venue: North Sydney Oval

 

Round 7

21/05/1955 (Sat) Newtown 19-21-135 Sydney University 7-12-54 Venue: Erskineville Oval

21/05/1955 (Sat) Eastern Suburbs 24-20-164 Balmain 7-10-52 Venue: Trumper Park

21/05/1955 (Sat) North Shore 13-10-88 Western Suburbs 12-12-84 Venue: North Sydney Oval

21/05/1955 (Sat) South Sydney 11-17-83 Liverpool 9-17-71 Venue: Concord Oval

22/05/1955 (Sun) St. George 21-9-135 Sydney Naval 17-7-109 Venue: Trumper Park

 

Round 8

28/05/1955 (Sat) South Sydney 8-13-61 Sydney Naval 7-11-53 Venue: Erskineville Oval

28/05/1955 (Sat) Liverpool 8-5-53 Sydney University 15-16-106 Venue: Trumper Park

28/05/1955 (Sat) Western Suburbs 17-23-125 Balmain 5-5-35 Venue: Concord Oval

28/05/1955 (Sat) St. George 10-13-73 Eastern Suburbs 15-10-100 Venue: Hurstville Oval

29/05/1955 (Sun) Newtown 21-13-139 North Shore 14-9-93 Venue: Trumper Park

 

Round 9

04/06/1955 (Sat) Newtown 18-18-126 Balmain 3-4-22 Venue: Erskineville Oval

04/06/1955 (Sat) Liverpool 7-13-55 Sydney Naval 24-20-164 Venue: Trumper Park

04/06/1955 (Sat) Western Suburbs 14-13-97 St. George 10-18-78 Venue: Concord Oval

04/06/1955 (Sat) North Shore 11-16-82 Sydney University 9-5-59 Venue: North Sydney Oval

05/06/1955 (Sun) Eastern Suburbs 13-16-94 South Sydney 5-4-34 Venue: Trumper Park

 

Round 10

11/06/1955 (Sat) St. George 17-10-112 Balmain 4-3-27 Venue: Erskineville Oval

11/06/1955 (Sat) Sydney University 9-13-67 Sydney Naval 14-10-94 Venue: Trumper Park

11/06/1955 (Sat) Western Suburbs 9-12-66 Liverpool 5-11-41 Venue: Concord Oval

12/06/1955 (Sun) Eastern Suburbs 5-11-41 Newtown 12-10-82 Venue: Trumper Park

12/06/1955 (Sun) North Shore 13-12-90 South Sydney 10-26-86 Venue: North Sydney Oval

 

Round 11

18/06/1955 (Sat) Newtown 19-27-141 Liverpool 5-6-36 Venue: Erskineville Oval

18/06/1955 (Sat) Sydney Naval 20-14-134 Balmain 7-9-51 Venue: Trumper Park

18/06/1955 (Sat) Western Suburbs 13-14-92 Sydney University 9-10-64 Venue: Concord Oval

19/06/1955 (Sun) St. George 10-11-71 South Sydney 10-12-72 Venue: Trumper Park

19/06/1955 (Sun) North Shore 10-8-68 Eastern Suburbs 13-11-89 Venue: North Sydney Oval

 

Round 12

25/06/1955 (Sat) North Shore 19-17-131 Liverpool 5-2-32 Venue: Erskineville Oval

25/06/1955 (Sat) Sydney University 11-8-74 Balmain 6-13-49 Venue: Trumper Park

25/06/1955 (Sat) Western Suburbs 11-9-75 South Sydney 10-11-71 Venue: Concord Oval

25/06/1955 (Sat) St. George 17-10-112 Newtown 9-13-67 Venue: Hurstville Oval

26/06/1955 (Sun) Eastern Suburbs 17-12-114 Sydney Naval 15-11-101 Venue: Trumper Park

 

Round 13

02/07/1955 (Sat) Newtown 9-15-69 Sydney Naval 4-8-32 Venue: Erskineville Oval

02/07/1955 (Sat) South Sydney 11-15-81 Sydney University 10-6-66 Venue: Trumper Park

02/07/1955 (Sat) Liverpool 8-7-55 Balmain 9-3-57 Venue: Concord Oval

03/07/1955 (Sun) Eastern Suburbs 9-13-67 Western Suburbs 8-9-57 Venue: Trumper Park

03/07/1955 (Sun) North Shore 11-13-79 St. George 10-14-74 Venue: North Sydney Oval

 

Round 14

09/07/1955 (Sat) Eastern Suburbs 26-17-173 Liverpool 1-1-7 Venue: Erskineville Oval

09/07/1955 (Sat) North Shore 10-16-76 Balmain 5-6-36 Venue: Trumper Park

09/07/1955 (Sat) Western Suburbs 9-16-70 Sydney Naval 7-8-50 Venue: Concord Oval

09/07/1955 (Sat) St. George 18-16-124 Sydney University 7-7-49 Venue: Hurstville Oval

10/07/1955 (Sun) Newtown 21-14-140 South Sydney 6-10-46 Venue: Trumper Park

 

Round 15

16/07/1955 (Sat) Balmain 7-6-48 South Sydney 6-16-52 Venue: Erskineville Oval

16/07/1955 (Sat) Eastern Suburbs 11-12-78 Sydney University 5-13-43 Venue: Trumper Park

16/07/1955 (Sat) Western Suburbs 12-5-77 Newtown 12-13-85 Venue: Concord Oval

16/07/1955 (Sat) North Shore 11-11-77 Sydney Naval 11-8-74 Venue: Gore Hill Oval

16/07/1955 (Sat) St. George 18-26-134 Liverpool 3-7-25 Venue: Hurstville Oval

 

Round 16

23/07/1955 (Sat) Sydney University 10-9-69 Newtown 11-12-78 Venue: Sydney University No. 1 Oval

23/07/1955 (Sat) Balmain 1-0-6 Eastern Suburbs 22-22-154 Venue: Trumper Park

23/07/1955 (Sat) Liverpool 4-4-28 South Sydney 18-10-118 Venue: Concord Oval

23/07/1955 (Sat) St. George 25-16-166 Sydney Naval 8-6-54 Venue: Hurstville Oval

24/07/1955 (Sun) North Shore 9-7-61 Western Suburbs 9-7-61 Venue: Trumper Park

 

Round 17

30/07/1955 (Sat) South Sydney 9-20-74 Sydney Naval 12-15-87 Venue: Erskineville Oval

30/07/1955 (Sat) Liverpool 5-6-36 Sydney University 23-17-155 Venue: Trumper Park

30/07/1955 (Sat) Western Suburbs 23-16-154 Balmain 4-5-29 Venue: Concord Oval

31/07/1955 (Sun) Eastern Suburbs 13-25-103 St. George 9-7-61 Venue: Trumper Park

31/07/1955 (Sun) North Shore 9-10-64 Newtown 10-12-72 Venue: North Sydney Oval

 

Round 18

06/08/1955 (Sat) Newtown 26-20-176 Balmain 1-2-8 Venue: Erskineville Oval

06/08/1955 (Sat) Liverpool 2-15-27 Sydney Naval 17-15-117 Venue: Trumper Park

06/08/1955 (Sat) North Shore 18-19-127 Sydney University 14-9-93 Venue: Sydney University No. 1 Oval

06/08/1955 (Sat) Western Suburbs 29-8-182 St. George 15-16-106 Venue: Hurstville Oval

07/08/1955 (Sun) Eastern Suburbs 17-17-119 South Sydney 8-14-62 Venue: Trumper Park

 

Final ladder

 

1955

Club

Played

Won

Lost

Drawn

For

Against

%

Points

1

Newtown

18

17

1

0

1921

1077

178.37

68

2

Eastern Suburbs

18

16

2

0

1879

1085

173.18

64

3

North Shore

18

12

5

1

1644

1418

115.94

50

4

Western Suburbs

18

11

6

1

1582

1245

127.07

46

5

St. George

18

10

8

0

1896

1498

126.57

40

6

South Sydney

18

9

9

0

1367

1404

97.36

36

7

Sydney Naval

18

8

10

0

1760

1398

125.89

32

8

Sydney University

18

4

14

0

1334

1793

74.40

16

9

Balmain

18

2

16

0

792

2072

38.22

8

10

Liverpool

18

0

18

0

841

2026

41.51

0

 

Total

180

89

89

2

15016

15016

 

360

 

 

Finals matches

 

First Semi-Final

14/08/1955 (Sun) North Shore 17-13-115 Western Suburbs 14-15-99 Venue: Trumper Park

 

Second Semi-Final

21/08/1955 (Sun) Newtown 3-17-35 Eastern Suburbs 10-13-73 Venue: Trumper Park

 

Preliminary Final

28/08/1955 (Sun) Newtown 12-10-82 North Shore 15-2-92 Venue: Trumper Park

 

Grand Final

04/09/1955 (Sun) Eastern Suburbs 13-12-90 North Shore 7-10-52 Venue: Trumper Park

 

 

1955 premiers: Eastern Suburbs

 

 

About this document

Prepared and maintained by Andrew Robinson

Author: Andrew Robinson (contact: andrew at elitetograssroots dot net)
First created: 24 May 2020
Last updated: 8 May 2023

(C) Copyright Andrew Robinson
You are free to copy this document in whole or part provided that proper acknowledgement is given to the author. All rights reserved.

 

[ Sydney Australian Football Results and tables -- Main index ]