| 1938 South Sydney season | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NSWRFL Rank | 2nd (out of 8) | |||
| Play-off result | Lost semifinals | |||
| 1938 record | Wins: 9; draws: 1; losses: 4 | |||
| Points scored | For: 254; against: 245 | |||
| Team information | ||||
| Coach | Charlie Lynch | |||
| Captain | ||||
| Avg. attendance | 6,650 | |||
| Top scorers | ||||
| Tries | Don Manson (14) | |||
| Goals | Percy Williams (40) | |||
| Points | Percy Williams (80) | |||
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The 1938 South Sydney Rabbitohs season was the 31st in the club's history. The club competed in the New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership (NSWRFL), finishing the season 2nd.
Ladder
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Canterbury-Bankstown
|
14 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 276 | 135 | +141 | 26 |
| 2 |  South Sydney
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14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 254 | 245 | +109 | 19 |
| 3 |  Balmain
|
14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 238 | 176 | +62 | 15 |
| 4 |  Eastern Suburbs
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14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 228 | 203 | +25 | 15 |
| 5 |  North Sydney
|
14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 163 | 220 | -57 | 12 |
| 6 |  Newtown
|
14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 174 | 228 | -54 | 11 |
| 7 |  Western Suburbs
|
14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 155 | 265 | -110 | 9 |
| 8 |  St. George
|
14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 159 | 275 | -116 | 7 |
Fixtures
Regular season
| Round | Opponent | Result | Score | Date | Venue | Crowd | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Balmain
|
Loss | 5 – 10 | Saturday 23 April | Leichhardt | 3,000 | |
| 2 | Eastern Suburbs
|
Win | 21 – 14 | Monday 25 April | Sydney Cricket Ground | 8,000 | |
| 3 | North Sydney
|
Win | 31 – 5 | Saturday 30 April | Sydney Cricket Ground | 5,000 | |
| 4 | Western Suburbs
|
Win | 8 – 4 | Saturday 7 May | Sydney Cricket Ground | 5,000 | |
| 5 | St. George
|
Win | 28 – 14 | Saturday 14 May | Earl Park | 5,000 | |
| 6 | Newtown
|
Win | 18 – 4 | Saturday 21 May | Sydney Cricket Ground | 7,300 | |
| 7 | Canterbury-Bankstown
|
Draw | 3 – 3 | Saturday 28 May | Sydney Cricket Ground | 20,100 | |
| 8 | Balmain
|
Win | 35 – 7 | Saturday 18 June | Sydney Cricket Ground | 10,300 | |
| 9 | Western Suburbs
|
Win | 13 – 9 | Saturday 25 June | Pratten Park | 3,500 | |
| 10 | North Sydney
|
Loss | 11 – 19 | Saturday 16 July | North Sydney Oval | 4,000 | |
| 11 | Eastern Suburbs
|
Loss | 10 – 28 | Saturday 23 July | Sports Ground | ||
| 12 | St. George
|
Win | 33 – 3 | Saturday 30 July | Sydney Cricket Ground | 3,700 | |
| 13 | Canterbury-Bankstown
|
Loss | 8 – 12 | Saturday 6 August | Sydney Cricket Ground | 10,00 | |
| 14 | Newtown
|
Win | 30 – 13 | Saturday 13 August | Henson Park | 3,000 |
Finals
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 20 August 1938 - Sydney Cricket Ground | ||||||
| Canterbury | 31 | |||||
| 3 September 1938 - Sydney Cricket Ground | ||||||
| Balmain | 24 | |||||
| Canterbury | 19 | |||||
| 27 August 1938 - Sydney Cricket Ground | ||||||
| Eastern Suburbs | 6 | |||||
| Eastern Suburbs | 19 | |||||
| South Sydney | 10 | |||||
Player statistics
| Name | App | T | G | FG | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Boyd | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Brown | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Ray Byrne | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Percy Fairall | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| Fred Felsch | 13 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 23 |
| Eddie Hinson | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Dick Johnson | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Jack Kadwell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| George Kilham | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Albert Lee | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul McCann | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Rodney McFarlane | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vincent Mahboub | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Manson | 14 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 39 |
| Bernard Murphy | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Alan Quinlivan | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Alan Schafer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| William Schmidt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| William Schofield | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harold Thomson | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Alan Tuohey | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Tom Voce | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Walsh | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Percy Williams | 12 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 80 |
| David Woods | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 195 | 54 | 51 | 0 | 264 |
References
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- "NSWRFL 1938 - Round 2 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
- "NSWRFL 1938 - Round 3 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
- "NSWRFL 1938 - Round 4 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
- "NSWRFL 1938 - Round 5 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
- "NSWRFL 1938 - Round 6 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
- "NSWRFL 1938 - Round 7 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
- "NSWRFL 1938 - Round 8 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
- "NSWRFL 1938 - Round 9 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
- "NSWRFL 1938 - Round 10 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
- "NSWRFL 1938 - Round 11 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
- "NSWRFL 1938 - Round 12 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
- "NSWRFL 1938 - Round 13 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
- "NSWRFL 1938 - Round 14 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
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