1938 South Sydney season
NSWRFL Rank2nd (out of 8)
Play-off resultLost semifinals
1938 recordWins: 9; draws: 1; losses: 4
Points scoredFor: 254; against: 245
Team information
CoachCharlie Lynch
Captain
Avg. attendance6,650
Top scorers
TriesDon Manson (14)
GoalsPercy Williams (40)
PointsPercy Williams (80)
< 1937 1939 >

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 14 9 1 4 254 245 +109 19
3 Balmain 14 7 1 6 238 176 +62 15
4 Eastern Suburbs 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 [1]
2 Eastern Suburbs Win 21 – 14 Monday 25 April Sydney Cricket Ground 8,000 [2]
3 North Sydney Win 31 – 5 Saturday 30 April Sydney Cricket Ground 5,000 [3]
4 Western Suburbs Win 8 – 4 Saturday 7 May Sydney Cricket Ground 5,000 [4]
5 St. George Win 28 – 14 Saturday 14 May Earl Park 5,000 [5]
6 Newtown Win 18 – 4 Saturday 21 May Sydney Cricket Ground 7,300 [6]
7 Canterbury-Bankstown Draw 3 – 3 Saturday 28 May Sydney Cricket Ground 20,100 [7]
8 Balmain Win 35 – 7 Saturday 18 June Sydney Cricket Ground 10,300 [8]
9 Western Suburbs Win 13 – 9 Saturday 25 June Pratten Park 3,500 [9]
10 North Sydney Loss 11 – 19 Saturday 16 July North Sydney Oval 4,000 [10]
11 Eastern Suburbs Loss 10 – 28 Saturday 23 July Sports Ground [11]
12 St. George Win 33 – 3 Saturday 30 July Sydney Cricket Ground 3,700 [12]
13 Canterbury-Bankstown Loss 8 – 12 Saturday 6 August Sydney Cricket Ground 10,00 [13]
14 Newtown Win 30 – 13 Saturday 13 August Henson Park 3,000 [14]

Finals

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
20 August 1938 - Sydney Cricket Ground
 
 
 Canterbury31
 
3 September 1938 - Sydney Cricket Ground
 
 Balmain24
 
 Canterbury19
 
27 August 1938 - Sydney Cricket Ground
 
 Eastern Suburbs6
 
 Eastern Suburbs19
 
 
 South Sydney10
 

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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  2. ^ "NSWRFL 1938 - Round 2 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
  3. ^ "NSWRFL 1938 - Round 3 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
  4. ^ "NSWRFL 1938 - Round 4 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
  5. ^ "NSWRFL 1938 - Round 5 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
  6. ^ "NSWRFL 1938 - Round 6 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
  7. ^ "NSWRFL 1938 - Round 7 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
  8. ^ "NSWRFL 1938 - Round 8 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
  9. ^ "NSWRFL 1938 - Round 9 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
  10. ^ "NSWRFL 1938 - Round 10 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
  11. ^ "NSWRFL 1938 - Round 11 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
  12. ^ "NSWRFL 1938 - Round 12 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
  13. ^ "NSWRFL 1938 - Round 13 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
  14. ^ "NSWRFL 1938 - Round 14 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
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