New South Wales Australian National Football League

Season 1959

 

Results

 

Round 1

04/04/1959 (Sat) Newtown 13-31-109 Sydney Naval 10-15-75 Venue: Erskineville Oval

04/04/1959 (Sat) St. George 17-18-120 South Sydney 16-12-108 Venue: Hurstville Oval

05/04/1959 (Sun) Western Suburbs 13-8-86 Eastern Suburbs 12-16-88 Venue: Trumper Park

05/04/1959 (Sun) Liverpool 9-13-67 Bankstown 13-10-88 Venue: Rosedale Oval

05/04/1959 (Sun) North Shore 12-17-89 Balmain 10-13-73 Venue: North Sydney Oval

 

Round 2

11/04/1959 (Sat) South Sydney 9-14-68 Balmain 19-21-135 Venue: Trumper Park

11/04/1959 (Sat) North Shore 8-15-63 Newtown 16-15-111 Venue: Erskineville Oval

12/04/1959 (Sun) Sydney Naval 17-11-113 St. George 10-23-83 Venue: Trumper Park

12/04/1959 (Sun) Eastern Suburbs 15-13-103 Liverpool 5-11-41 Venue: Rosedale Oval

12/04/1959 (Sun) Bankstown 8-12-60 Western Suburbs 14-17-101 Venue: Picken Oval

 

Round 3

18/04/1959 (Sat) Newtown 10-17-77 Bankstown 5-5-35 Venue: Erskineville Oval

18/04/1959 (Sat) North Shore 25-9-159 South Sydney 18-16-124 Venue: Trumper Park

19/04/1959 (Sun) Western Suburbs 14-7-91 Sydney Naval 14-20-104 Venue: Picken Oval

19/04/1959 (Sun) Balmain 5-12-42 Eastern Suburbs 18-14-122 Venue: Trumper Park

19/04/1959 (Sun) Liverpool 8-11-59 St. George 11-19-85 Venue: Rosedale Oval

 

Round 4

25/04/1959 (Sat) Balmain 10-8-68 Newtown 10-15-75 Venue: Erskineville Oval

25/04/1959 (Sat) Bankstown 8-4-52 North Shore 10-11-71 Venue: Trumper Park

26/04/1959 (Sun) Sydney Naval 11-7-73 Eastern Suburbs 19-11-125 Venue: Trumper Park

26/04/1959 (Sun) St. George 2-11-23 Western Suburbs 6-16-52 Venue: Picken Oval

26/04/1959 (Sun) South Sydney 5-15-45 Liverpool 8-10-58 Venue: Rosedale Oval

 

Round 5

02/05/1959 (Sat) Balmain 9-7-61 Bankstown 9-13-67 Venue: Erskineville Oval

02/05/1959 (Sat) Sydney Naval 17-22-124 South Sydney 14-19-103 Venue: Trumper Park

03/05/1959 (Sun) Eastern Suburbs 17-13-115 St. George 10-9-69 Venue: Trumper Park

03/05/1959 (Sun) Western Suburbs 13-14-92 North Shore 5-8-38 Venue: Picken Oval

03/05/1959 (Sun) Liverpool 5-12-42 Newtown 9-6-60 Venue: Rosedale Oval

 

Round 6

09/05/1959 (Sat) South Sydney 17-14-116 Bankstown 8-13-61 Venue: Erskineville Oval

09/05/1959 (Sat) St. George 10-8-68 Balmain 10-14-74 Venue: Hurstville Oval

10/05/1959 (Sun) Liverpool 12-14-86 Sydney Naval 25-9-159 Venue: Rosedale Oval

10/05/1959 (Sun) Newtown 13-10-88 Western Suburbs 10-15-75 Venue: Trumper Park

10/05/1959 (Sun) Eastern Suburbs 12-16-88 North Shore 6-13-49 Venue: North Sydney Oval

 

Round 7

16/05/1959 (Sat) Newtown 7-13-55 St. George 12-11-83 Venue: Erskineville Oval

16/05/1959 (Sat) Bankstown 8-13-61 Sydney Naval 20-17-137 Venue: Trumper Park

17/05/1959 (Sun) Eastern Suburbs 11-23-89 South Sydney 9-8-62 Venue: Trumper Park

17/05/1959 (Sun) Western Suburbs 13-18-96 Western Suburbs 13-18-96 Venue: Picken Oval

17/05/1959 (Sun) Balmain 6-6-42 Liverpool 7-7-49 Venue: Rosedale Oval

 

Round 8

23/05/1959 (Sat) Sydney Naval 13-29-107 Balmain 5-16-46 Venue: Trumper Park

23/05/1959 (Sat) St. George 15-13-103 North Shore 13-10-88 Venue: Hurstville Oval

23/05/1959 (Sat) South Sydney 12-10-82 Newtown 18-21-129 Venue: Erskineville Oval

24/05/1959 (Sun) Eastern Suburbs 23-22-160 Bankstown 5-7-37 Venue: Trumper Park

24/05/1959 (Sun) Western Suburbs 25-14-164 Liverpool 8-5-53 Venue: Picken Oval

 

Round 9

30/05/1959 (Sat) Newtown 6-13-49 Eastern Suburbs 7-14-56 Venue: Erskineville Oval

30/05/1959 (Sat) Bankstown 10-11-71 St. George 15-18-108 Venue: Hurstville Oval

31/05/1959 (Sun) North Shore 20-8-128 Sydney Naval 14-13-97 Venue: Trumper Park

31/05/1959 (Sun) Liverpool 4-5-29 Balmain 7-11-53 Venue: Rosedale Oval

31/05/1959 (Sun) South Sydney 9-15-69 Western Suburbs 19-13-127 Venue: Picken Oval

 

Round 10

06/06/1959 (Sat) North Shore 16-10-106 Balmain 5-11-41 Venue: Trumper Park

06/06/1959 (Sat) South Sydney 7-17-59 St. George 8-10-58 Venue: Trumper Park

07/06/1959 (Sun) Bankstown 12-12-84 Liverpool 6-11-47 Venue: Rosedale Oval

07/06/1959 (Sun) Sydney Naval 11-13-79 Newtown 13-15-93 Venue: Erskineville Oval

07/06/1959 (Sun) Eastern Suburbs 9-13-67 Western Suburbs 13-9-87 Venue: Picken Oval

 

Round 11

13/06/1959 (Sat) Balmain 5-6-36 South Sydney 3-6-24 Venue: Erskineville Oval

14/06/1959 (Sun) Newtown 7-15-57 North Shore 10-14-74 Venue: North Sydney Oval

14/06/1959 (Sun) St. George 8-10-58 Sydney Naval 6-7-43 Venue: Trumper Park

14/06/1959 (Sun) Western Suburbs 15-17-107 Bankstown 5-10-40 Venue: Picken Oval

15/06/1959 (Mon) Liverpool 2-0-12 Eastern Suburbs 27-28-190 Venue: Erskineville Oval

 

Round 12

20/06/1959 (Sat) South Sydney 13-22-100 North Shore 7-8-50 Venue: Trumper Park

20/06/1959 (Sat) Eastern Suburbs 11-12-78 Balmain 6-14-50 Venue: Trumper Park

21/06/1959 (Sun) Bankstown 6-12-48 Newtown 14-18-102 Venue: Erskineville Oval

21/06/1959 (Sun) St. George 11-15-81 Liverpool 3-5-23 Venue: Rosedale Oval

21/06/1959 (Sun) Sydney Naval 13-20-98 Western Suburbs 9-9-63 Venue: Picken Oval

 

Round 13

27/06/1959 (Sat) Western Suburbs 16-19-115 St. George 11-8-74 Venue: Hurstville Oval

27/06/1959 (Sat) Newtown 12-14-86 Balmain 10-5-65 Venue: Erskineville Oval

27/06/1959 (Sat) North Shore 12-15-87 Bankstown 9-8-62 Venue: Trumper Park

28/06/1959 (Sun) Liverpool -- South Sydney -- Venue: Rosedale Oval -- Fixture postponed due to wet weather

28/06/1959 (Sun) Eastern Suburbs -- Sydney Naval -- Venue: Trumper Park -- Fixture postponed due to wet weather

The two postponed fixtures were re-scheduled for August 15/16, but ultimately not played as they had no bearing on the composition of the final four in each grade

 

Round 14

04/07/1959 (Sat) St. George 6-12-48 Eastern Suburbs 13-13-91 Venue: Hurstville Oval

04/07/1959 (Sat) Newtown 13-19-97 Liverpool 2-4-16 Venue: Erskineville Oval

05/07/1959 (Sun) North Shore 12-16-88 Western Suburbs 15-18-108 Venue: North Sydney Oval

05/07/1959 (Sun) Balmain 14-13-97 Bankstown 6-11-47 Venue: Picken Oval

05/07/1959 (Sun) South Sydney 15-8-98 Sydney Naval 11-11-77 Venue: Trumper Park

 

Round 15

11/07/1959 (Sat) Balmain 8-13-61 St. George 3-15-33 Venue: Erskineville Oval

11/07/1959 (Sat) Bankstown 5-9-39 South Sydney 16-16-112 Venue: Trumper Park

12/07/1959 (Sun) Western Suburbs 8-13-61 Newtown 9-10-64 Venue: Picken Oval

12/07/1959 (Sun) Sydney Naval 16-15-111 Liverpool 5-2-32 Venue: Rosedale Oval

12/07/1959 (Sun) Eastern Suburbs 16-14-110 North Shore 6-10-46 Venue: Trumper Park

 

Round 16

18/07/1959 (Sat) St. George 7-9-51 Newtown 10-9-69 Venue: Hurstville Oval

18/07/1959 (Sat) Sydney Naval 20-26-146 Bankstown 10-12-72 Venue: Erskineville Oval

18/07/1959 (Sat) Liverpool 8-6-54 North Shore 6-20-56 Venue: Trumper Park

19/07/1959 (Sun) South Sydney 12-12-84 Eastern Suburbs 13-11-89 Venue: Trumper Park

19/07/1959 (Sun) Western Suburbs 10-8-68 Balmain 7-9-51 Venue: Picken Oval

 

Round 18 (this round was played before Round 17)

25/07/1959 (Sat) Sydney Naval 4-10-34 North Shore 4-3-27 Venue: North Sydney Oval

25/07/1959 (Sat) St. George 11-18-84 Bankstown 5-8-38 Venue: Erskineville Oval

26/07/1959 (Sun) Eastern Suburbs 8-9-57 Newtown 9-4-58 Venue: Trumper Park

26/07/1959 (Sun) Western Suburbs 15-8-98 South Sydney 4-5-29 Venue: Picken Oval

26/07/1959 (Sun) Balmain 12-22-94 Liverpool 8-4-52 Venue: Rosedale Oval

 

Round 17

01/08/1959 (Sat) Liverpool 5-4-34 Western Suburbs 22-14-146 Venue: Rosedale Oval

01/08/1959 (Sat) North Shore 10-9-69 St. George 14-12-96 Venue: Hurstville Oval

01/08/1959 (Sat) Bankstown 8-4-52 Eastern Suburbs 14-15-99 Venue: Trumper Park

08/08/1959 (Sat) Newtown 2-3-15 South Sydney 13-11-89 Venue: Erskineville Oval

08/08/1959 (Sat) Balmain 12-13-85 Sydney Naval 10-18-78 Venue: Trumper Park

 

Final ladder

 

1959

Club

Played

Won

Lost

Drawn

For

Against

%

Points

1

Eastern Suburbs

17

15

2

0

1727

945

182.75

60

2

Newtown

18

14

4

0

1394

1119

124.58

56

3

Western Suburbs

18

13

5

0

1737

1110

156.49

52

4

Sydney Naval

17

10

7

0

1655

1360

121.69

40

5

St. George

18

9

9

0

1325

1303

101.69

36

6

North Shore

18

9

9

0

1385

1451

95.45

36

7

Balmain

18

8

10

0

1174

1293

90.80

32

8

South Sydney

17

6

11

0

1372

1464

93.72

24

9

Bankstown

18

3

15

0

1014

1779

57.00

12

10

Liverpool

17

1

16

0

754

1713

44.02

4

 

Total

176

88

88

0

13537

13537

 

352

 

Note: Two deferred matches from Round 13 (Liverpool-South Sydney and Eastern Suburbs-Sydney Naval) were not played in consequence of not having any bearing on the composition of the final four in each grade.

 

 

Finals matches

 

First Semi-Final

16/08/1959 (Sun) Western Suburbs 10-19-79 Sydney Naval 8-8-56 Venue: Trumper Park

 

Second Semi-Final

23/08/1959 (Sun) Eastern Suburbs 14-13-97 Newtown 13-9-87 Venue: Trumper Park

 

Preliminary Final

30/08/1959 (Sun) Newtown 11-9-75 Western Suburbs 8-13-61 Venue: Trumper Park

 

Grand Final

06/09/1959 (Sun) Eastern Suburbs 14-11-95 Newtown 7-11-53 Venue: Trumper Park

 

 

1959 premiers: Eastern Suburbs

 

 

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Last updated: 10 March 2023

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